Example sentences of "[det] [pron] [vb base] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Well , ’ she said , seeing me mixing rose madder and burnt sienna in my paint-box , ‘ what 's all this I hear about a new mother ? ’
2 This I regard as a possible but less natural meaning of the section .
3 We stop the jeep for a few words with the Marines , some I recognise from a few weeks ago when they were on their way to take up positions on the coast , on the left of 1st Commando Brigade .
4 And er the fire was underneath this you see in a little grate and you used to open the door and stoke it up and er more often than not it was fired by slack , which was a residue of the coal out of the coal house , you know when you broke your coal up with the lumps the the little sl bits of slack they were all put on one side for the copper fire .
5 However , for this they lock into a different sort of electricity — that produced by the prey itself .
6 On the application , the walls are in wood , and that 's as much you get with a polycarbonate roof .
7 As such they belong to a distinct and long-standing tradition , that of the ‘ mères ’ .
8 After that you go into a big room and they look through your clothes and they ask you questions , then you have to pull your knickers down to your knees and do a twizzle , twist round , pull your pants up and put your dressing-gown back on .
9 okay , I ju as I say i do n't want to promise you something that that I know I 'm not going to be able to achieve in these two days because that 's not yep certainly if you want to talk about that you know as a separate thing outside the time then then we 'll be able to help you do that , okay ?
10 All You Need for a Fun Day Out …
11 This will create a seating island which is probably all you need in a confined space .
12 Incredibly , the fine 1972 Nutcracker has yet to appear complete on CD ( Previn 's RPO remake is a bitter disappointment by comparison ) so the generous selection here ( including the ‘ Snowflakes Waltz ’ and the Finale as well as the pieces from the Suite and some other movements ) is all we have from a fine set .
13 Methods which make use of a combination of sensory inputs are likely to be more effective than those which relay on a single channel of communication .
14 The first which establish themselves by chance in a particular spot , tend , by the mere occupancy of space , to exclude other species — the greater choke the smaller , the longest livers replace those which last for a shorter period , he more prolific gradually make themselves masters of the ground , which species multiplying more slowly would otherwise fill .
15 However , only those which deviate to a lesser extent can be separated by fractional distillation .
16 Nevertheless teaching methods which make use of a combination of sensory inputs are likely to be more effective than those which rely on a single channel of communication .
17 ( iii ) Limitation of liability.It has been said that the courts tend to view clauses which limit liability more favourably than those which provide for a total exclusion .
18 The pattern of kinship relationships extends to other women in the working-class half of the sample , particularly to those who come from a large family .
19 It is very understandable that those who wish for a federal Europe should have tried to undermine the credibility of the ‘ Fresh Start ’ Motion , since it attracted the names of over eighty Conservative Members of Parliament .
20 The model assumes that many genes and environmental influences contribute to an individual 's position on an underlying continuous scale of liability but that disease is present only in those who fall above a critical threshold value .
21 But it is just this sort of judgment which those who argue for a unfudgeable standard do not wish to see exercised .
22 A further formulation might come from those who hold to a wider sense of the mission of higher education .
23 In a crisis , there are two sorts of people : There are those who go into a blind panic .
24 Even those who insist on a modern digital recording , as distinct from digitally remastered analogue sound , will find a remarkably wide choice .
25 Those who belong to a particular group or stratum will have some awareness of common interests and a common identity .
26 However , in the absence of clear evidence and when the fiscal debate is difficult to resolve , it is possible that those who begin with a public choice framework may be led to quite different reform proposals from those who approach the issue from a more traditional framework .
27 It is very difficult , particularly for those who work in a stuffy , overcrowded office , to which they commute on a stuffy overcrowded train , successfully to avoid catching cold or other viruses .
28 There were n't the business organisations that we have today , which place those who work in a particular place in the structure , as employee or employer .
29 More dangerous , those who talk of a British constitution may mislead themselves into thinking that there are parts of the system to which a special sanctity attaches .
30 For those who believe in a mythical golden age , when men and women lived in an idyll unspoilt by machines , then Birmingham is a brutal reminder of the victory of the Industrial Revolution .
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