Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is clear that a major function of topic marking is precisely to relate the marked utterance to some specific topic raised in the prior discourse , t.e . |
| 2 | This politico-religious stance originated in the necessary defence of Western Europe from the Slavs , Saxons and Saracens , three pagan and savage races who continually sought to invade . |
| 3 | The forecast tax charge for the year is thirty four per cent which is below last year 's rate of thirty five and we expect this low rate to continue in the future . |
| 4 | His mother bites her lip , trying to nip some involuntary humour rising in the bud . |
| 5 | Another interesting fact shown in the DVR accounts is that the average weekly number of employees has been reduced by only five even though the DVR now operates one railway . |
| 6 | The origins of this popular movement lie in the first wave of pressure for disarmament , which began with the emergence of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament ( CND ) in 1958 and ended in 1964 , with its decline in the face of the new Labour Government 's failure to rid itself of nuclear weapons . |
| 7 | This old farmhouse resting in the village of Raskelf ( the name means ‘ the shelf of the roe deer ’ ) , probably dates back to the 18th century . |
| 8 | One view of play ( this spontaneous activity found in the immature animal and in most humans of any age ) is that it prepares the organism to meet and to cope with a wide range of situations . |
| 9 | Metro 's contribution to this social cinema came in the form of The Bigger Man , which the editor of the Exchange described as a ‘ timely ’ drama of ‘ love and labor … on the pregnant theme of the relation between capital and labor ’ . |
| 10 | SUMMARY : Seismic data across the northern flank of the London-Brabant Massif , between the United Kingdom and the Netherlands , have highlighted some interesting exploration leads in the sub-Permian section . |
| 11 | Examples of this reciprocal effect lie in the man who is engrossed in his work to the detriment of his married life or the woman who is so wrapped up in her children that she has little time for her husband . |
| 12 | Where excavations have been carried out , or detailed research conducted , we can see this central role manifested in the type and size of buildings on the site . |
| 13 | The biggest jump in this evolutionary process occurred in the seventeenth century with the Glorious Revolution of 1688 , which led to the establishment of the doctrine of the legislative supremacy of Parliament . |
| 14 | For Comte , this evolutionary movement lay in the growing division of labour in society . |
| 15 | Perhaps he should inform Jahsaxa Penumbra about this unusual datafile residing in the city 's bowels , and then , perhaps not . |
| 16 | When I move on to three eight one , three eight two there 's a lot of things been said about these benefits this morning which does n't leave much left for me but looking at the situation of the way this Tory government has in the last thirteen years , certainly since nineteen eighty two crucified the benefits paid genuinely to people is in itself a crime upon society and it reminds me of the the words of the song it 's the rich that get the gravy and it 's the poor that get the blame and nothing , but nothing has changed since those words were written many many years ago . |
| 17 | Immediately after take-off we passed San Sebastián on the north side of the coastline , making sure that another G-registered aeroplane heading in the opposite direction was south of it before being handed on to Bilbao . |
| 18 | Heather must have had some compelling reason to follow in the direction they led , yet what that reason might be he was no nearer discovering . |
| 19 | This is not to say that carbonate deposition began everywhere simultaneously as some heavenly clock chimed in the beginning of the Carboniferous Period . |
| 20 | They appeared in his novel of 1960 , Take a girl like you , in which Patrick gives freezing looks , and a group of children wears the ‘ expression of being proud of being serious , like some famous author photographed in the Radio Times ’ . |
| 21 | It was originally a triple-purpose breed , particularly valued for work and meat , but the cows were not good yielders ( average milk yield overall about 3,000kg ) except in individual cases , though the milk was of high quality and there are still some good milking strains in the breed . |
| 22 | If evidence of this deep desire to believe in the supernatural were needed , it is amply available in Randi 's books . |
| 23 | A rich restoration character , not recommended unless there is some reasonable experience working in the style . |
| 24 | This has two aspects : that all the members of a group were obliged to join in the fighting or threats ; and that there was some automatic trigger contained in the genealogy which determined the number of the combatants . |
| 25 | At 2am this terrible object loomed in the doorway , soaking wet and stone-cold sober , with the beginnings of a beautiful black eye . |
| 26 | Visit this major exhibition located in the former service rooms of the castle 's great hall . |
| 27 | I mean you can see that bloke stopping cos he saw this poor girl lying in the road . |
| 28 | Another good lesson came in the shape of a small bent old lady , with moth-eaten woollen gloves , who always singled me out to serve her with a dozen cracked eggs that were extremely cheap . |
| 29 | This stylish restaurant situated in the heart of the West End features Georgian and Florentine decor and furnishings . |
| 30 | The excellency of this extraordinary man lay in the propriety , beauty , and majesty of his characters , the judicious contrivance of his composition , his correctness of drawing , purity of taste , and skilful accommodation of other men 's conceptions to his own purpose . |