Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would stand at the street door and wait until his tall , burly figure appeared , still plodding along with that measured tread acquired from years on the beat . |
| 2 | Something had to happen to change the higher-level assumptions if conflict between science and religion was to achieve that self-evident status proclaimed by Draper , White , and their successors . |
| 3 | Each alert head looks for problems but not for fault-finding . |
| 4 | Erm , if we are asking Mr to look at the long-term viability and the ways of preserving that , those options may be other than option one which was what you moved , and I think it 's rather premature to actually go down a road that says we preserve it in it 's present form with some disposals , when , we are asking for a report for it 's future viability , which may mean complete disposal , or may not , and I think , that , that 's why I 've seconded Mr 's amendment , because it 's right we should wait for that that report to come to property , know the full facts , and then we can make a decision as to which option we want for the County Farms estate . |
| 5 | That old barn belongs to Daddy . |
| 6 | It is quite clear , however , that marked deformation does in fact occur within some continental regions which are thousands of kilometres away from the nearest plate boundary . |
| 7 | What we require is a formulation of that universal imperative to take into account in choices which imposes its authority whenever something is recognized to exist , whenever it confronts us as not illusory but real . |
| 8 | Another strange picture hung in Hilbert 's room , one that Adam had never allowed himself to think about . |
| 9 | Ireland is still witnessed as a state in some indefinable way opposed to England . |
| 10 | This total range comprises of Shampoo , Conditioner , Gel Spray , Sculpting Spray , Volume Builder , Forming Mousse , Sculpting Wax and Fixing Spray and is available from Clynol appointed salons only . |
| 11 | Half that amount comes from Yorkshire pits . |
| 12 | The volume concludes with the first country-house poem published in English , an encomium of the countess 's estate at Cookham , in which the passing of the seasons suggests the ephemerality of patronage relations ; the walks bear ‘ summer Liveries ’ , and the prospect of hills and vales appears to ‘ preferre some strange unlook 'd for sute ’ only as long as their mistress is in residence . |
| 13 | Whether or not this small-scale self-publication works in terms of sales is less important than the extraordinary experience it can provide : that of working hard with a few other writers at making something , putting something into print . |
| 14 | If milk is diluted to one quarter of its normal strength , and hungry cats are then offered a choice between this weak milk laced with sucrose against the same milk without any sweetening , they always prefer the sweetened dishes . |
| 15 | Further analysis of the data is currently being carried out , and the results of this work , together with the analysis of a follow-up survey planned for Spring 1985 , will be considered in another interim report scheduled for June 1985 . |
| 16 | This working party consisted of representatives from the Scottish Division of Royal College of Psychiatrists , the Scottish Section of Royal College of Nursing , Medical and Nursing Officers from within SHHD , and Medical and Nursing Officers from the Common Services Agency Building Division which has its headquarters in Glasgow . |
| 17 | This political reality translates into law as a duty to pursue disarmament actively and in good faith . |
| 18 | So we decided to occupy some unused land owned by Don Juan Lopez , the big landowner of our region . |
| 19 | A data storage area : this may include some unused space to allow for additions embedded in the data . |
| 20 | The visitors reached 166–6 after some solid batting led by John Horrocks ( 37 not out ) , Louis Botes ( 35 ) and Phil Luxon ( 32 ) . |
| 21 | Surveying these now prosaically productive acres of beet and potato , it is as hard to imagine their undrained state as if one were trying to conjure up some fabulous landscape lost beyond recall . |
| 22 | membership by examination of another professional body approved by council |
| 23 | membership by examination of another professional body approved by council ; or |
| 24 | Adding , ‘ Do you know , I 'm beginning to find this unashamed eagerness to get to bed intriguing , to say the least ? ’ |
| 25 | Because this epigenetic rule occurs across cultures and is strong enough to defeat countervailing social pressures , it can reasonably be supposed to have a genetic basis . |
| 26 | Several decades later another French ambassador had in Rome a male staff of 145 , including " a theologian from the Sorbonne , two French secretaries and two Italian , eleven gentlemen of the chamber , a surgeon , sixty-two valets and lackeys of various kinds , four trumpeters , a French chef and his minions , plus coachmen , postillions and pages " . |
| 27 | Set aside a few fried onion rings for garnish , add the remaining to the chicken . |
| 28 | It had half a squadron of tanks embarked and there was another half squadron stockpiled in Kuwait itself . |
| 29 | Another fallacious account comes to mind . |
| 30 | Much of this public criticism directed at practitioners , often reinforced and fuelled by the reports themselves , is that these tragedies and scandals have arisen because practitioners ‘ failed ’ , in part , because they lacked the knowledge about child abuse which a thorough grounding in the research and its findings would have given them . |