Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pron] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Disseminators of " indecent " material which lacks the potency to corrupt are generally within the law so long as they do not despatch it by post , or seek to import it from overseas , or flaunt it openly in public places . |
| 2 | If you want to share them , put a new condom on them for each user or wash them thoroughly in hot water ( as long as the toy is not electrical ! ) . |
| 3 | The value of such studies is that they show plainly the ubiquity of popular political action , which may be diffuse , episodic , lacking any clearly formulated doctrine , or expressing itself mainly in religious or cultural terms , but always provides a matrix from which political organizations can emerge in favourable circumstances . |
| 4 | Studies of social mobility , of schools , of work , of leisure , of youth culture , even of the family , either ignored women or saw them only through male eyes . |
| 5 | This book is designed to help you cut out the hard work , and instead redirect your energies into formulating a worthwhile , personally relevant and practical route into the kind of nursing which appeals to you or suits you best at this particular stage in your career . |
| 6 | Even if you do not want to change brands you can decide to eat fewer biscuits or have something else like fresh fruit instead . |
| 7 | You ca n't up and change it just like that . ’ |
| 8 | But he put up no defence ; he simply raised his hands and laid them lightly on Gentle 's shoulders . |
| 9 | We noted the omission of any mention of meat and asked her particularly about this , as there have been so many debates among anthropologists in recent years as to the origins of hunting and meat-eating . |
| 10 | The specific function of the agents of transnational political practices is to create and sustain the organizational forms within which this penetration takes place and to connect them organically with those domestic practices that can be incorporated and mobilized in the interests of the global capitalist system . |
| 11 | Spread all the remaining green royal icing over the cake drum around the stable , and stipple it to create a grass effect by placing the flat side of a palette knife on to the icing and drawing it upwards in little strokes . |
| 12 | Taking account of the views of parents , employers , teachers , pupils and the recommendations of the Higginson Report , we will establish a five-subject A level and bring it together with technical qualifications into our new Advanced Certificate . |
| 13 | They dig for days to get them out of the ground , and hide them jealously from other Yahoos . ’ |
| 14 | He released her hands , and pinned her instead with one hard leg as he drew down the straps of her swimsuit , uncovering her full high breasts to his view . |
| 15 | So , as villagers sadly began to dig up bluebell and primrose roots from the soon-to-be-flooded little woods of their pleasant countryside and to plant them elsewhere on safer ground , the Anglian Water Board asked Dame Sylvia Crowe , the landscape architect , to take on the challenge of turning the proposed 3,000-acre inland sea , with its 27-mile perimeter , into an ‘ environmental asset ’ . |
| 16 | But now I really can not justify repacking them and squirrelling them away for another 40 years . |
| 17 | However , Wanderers are true amateurs on the field and will no doubt battle until they give up , so let's hope Athletico can keep up the good work and send them home with three lost points and the Samaritans ’ telephone number . |
| 18 | You want to psycho-analyse me and send me home with all my little idiosyncrasies ironed out ! ’ |
| 19 | Hands gripped her shoulders and moved her gently to one side . |
| 20 | Tigers have attacked the dummies and torn them apart without any sign of being discouraged by the sharp jolt they have received . |
| 21 | Badoglio lost no time in advancing on the capital , Addis Ababa — from which the Emperor , Haile Selassie , had already fled to Britain — and entered it triumphantly on 5 May 1936 . |
| 22 | The judge was unimpressed by the argument based on freedom of speech and the application of article 10 , and dismissed it summarily in these terms [ 1991 ] 4 All E.R. |
| 23 | He has several times got himself into a position of strength in his battle with parliament , and bartered it away for short-term gains . |
| 24 | The September decision of Prime Minister Hage Geingob to withdraw the Border Guards and the Special Constables — formed by ex-members of SWAPO 's People 's Liberation Army of Namibia ( PLAN ) , and of the South West Africa Territory Force — and replace them temporarily with trained members of the new Namibian Defence Force ( until properly trained police officers could take over ) proved unpopular , with SWAPO 's Youth League demanding reinstatement of ex-SWAPO fighters . |
| 25 | The scriptures are the comprehensive equipment of the man of God , and fit him fully for all branches of his work . " |
| 26 | Lastly they took the Minister and his wife , Jan , and drove them fast in separate cars across the Churchill Barriers that block the eastern approaches to Scapa Flow , to Kirkwall , the county town on Orkney 's mainland . |
| 27 | In Pearce [ 1973 ] Crim LR 321 ( CA ) , the accused was guilty when he put a boat onto a trailer and drove it away for later use . |
| 28 | Richard was also pleased with the visit , and drove us home at high speed ( Bob said he touched 100 mph — ca n't say I noticed . |
| 29 | In 1978 the act was amended to make the earliest mandatory retirement age 70 and to eliminate it entirely for federal employees . |
| 30 | Close your eyes and imagine yourself somewhere in five years ' time . |