Example sentences of "[noun prp] [am/are] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately , Tumbleweed are redeemed by the remaining songs : ‘ Carousel ’ which all but abandons their rockist bluster in favour of a gentler , almost poppy sound ; ‘ Stoned ’ , a brilliantly dumb dope-tribute , and ‘ Millenium ’ , which is a little too heavy on masturbatory muso-isms , but manages to retain enough hyperactive charm to make it a success . |
| 2 | At a too typical parents ' evening Mr and Mrs Bloggs are directed to a folded card bearing Fred 's name resting on a slightly dog-eared pile of exercise books . |
| 3 | The adjacent Forests of Epping and Hainault are viewed as an intolerable nuisance … the farmers uniformly declare that the privilege of commonage is by no means equal to the one-tenth part of the losses they constantly sustain from the deer in breaking down their fences , trespassing upon their fields , and destroying their crops either ripe or green . |
| 4 | However , there was certainly an imperialist aspect : as we have seen ( p. 41 ) one of Athens ' motives for western involvement was the abundant shipbuilding timber of southern Italy , and timbers from , precisely , Thurii are mentioned in an Attic inventory of the late fifth century ( IG i 3 386 1 . |
| 5 | Another legacy of the French period of broadcasting is the fact that for a long time few such stations broadcast in African languages : radio services in the Ivory Coast are dominated by the French language even today . |
| 6 | As well as studio kitchen sequences , the Rankins are filmed on a scenic culinary circuit of Ireland . |
| 7 | Ry Cooder and David Lindley are featured on the self-titled debut album from Hawaiian-based band The Pahinui Brothers ( on Private Music , through BMG ) . |
| 8 | Most of the vines have a slightly east to north-facing aspect , although those near Montbré are found on a gentle east-facing ridge . |
| 9 | On Feb. 14 the EC 's European Parliament again requested and the Commission on Feb. 20 agreed that the ECJ be asked for a new opinion on the agreement . |
| 10 | The " principles " of the NHS are equated with a particular set of institutional arrangements which , like a sanctified ancient monument , can not be touched but continue to crumble away under the onslaught of wind and weather . |
| 11 | Superb panoramic views of Cavehill and Belfast Lough are enhanced by an elevated site , offering rural tranquillity with city convenience ; schools and shops are within easy walking distance . |
| 12 | Many of the initiatives to promote community radio in Chile are spearheaded by the National Association of Community Radios ( ANARAP ) , which is supported by WACC . |
| 13 | Several top managers are unhappy that England are committed to a three-match tournament in the United States this summer . |
| 14 | SPZs are based on the liberalized Planning regimes pioneered within enterprise zones . |
| 15 | All the increases that he has just quoted — in the number of pupils staying on to the fifth and sixth years and in the number of social workers — are down to the fact that all the regional authorities in Scotland are controlled by the Labour party and they see as their spending priorities the need to create educational opportunities for young people and to provide home helps for old people . |
| 16 | Grants for their counterparts in Scotland are administered by the Scottish Education Department . |
| 17 | The first Abba/E systems running under Unitree are expected by the fourth quarter of 1993 . |
| 18 | The first Abba/E systems running under Unitree are expected by the fourth quarter of 1993 . |
| 19 | The vineyards of Mailly-Champagne are situated at the northern end of the village on fairly flat ground where they fare exceptionally well . |
| 20 | Senior Conservatives Sir Peter Hordern , Sir Peter Emery and Sir John Wheeler are appointed to the Privy Counsel . |
| 21 | The Pentland Hills are covered by the following maps : |
| 22 | THE Beatles are locked in a High Court battle over the rights to the cover of their album Sergeant Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band . |
| 23 | Irish History in the Later Modern Period and the Politics of Modern Ireland are studied in the second year . |
| 24 | ( Just think of the whispers sweeping around the office when Jeremy or Karen are seen in the car-park adding — or better still subtracting — a logo or two . ) |
| 25 | But just as the invention of print prepared the way for the traditional novel ( Watt 1957:196–200 , Couturier 1991:93–144 ) , so the fictions characters produce in Verbivore are conditioned by the technological advances which have made them possible . |
| 26 | LEADING Champion Hurdle contenders Granville Again and Morley Street are poised for an exciting rematch at Cheltenham on Saturday . |
| 27 | Further on he writes : " Istanbul , Bursa and Edirne are recorded in the defter each as 300-akce Damascus and Aleppo have been recorded each as 500-akce . |
| 28 | Some countries — New Zealand , say , and Japan — are obviously wholly Pacific ; but Australia , the United States and Canada are shared by the two oceans that lap their eastern and western shores ; and Russia , at least in the years prior to the Gorbachev speech at Vladivostok , was a country whose traditions and ethnic roots were quite obviously Atlantic and Baltic . |
| 29 | These two tendencies for electrons and ions to move away from Jupiter are opposed by the Jovian dipole field , which tends to contain the electrons and ions . |
| 30 | The actual operations in Burma are undertaken by the State-run ‘ Tourist Burma ’ — over whom we have no control — and we therefore can not be held liable or accept claims for damages resulting from changes , diversions , delays or cuts . |