Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , in an effort to once and for all give you the facts on why we 're Fun Factor Number 1 , we 've called in a few experts to run through the complete bizzo . |
| 2 | Concern with the nature and structure of knowledge is a continuing if not always explicit aspect of many subjects , but few discussions go beyond the single discipline or field . |
| 3 | Some prisoners benefiting from the general amnesty of March 7 had been detained following earlier incidents in October 1987 and October 1988 . |
| 4 | Noticing some birds feeding near the Inner Voder , we made a detour and were delighted to find a party of Manx shearwaters . |
| 5 | We would go down to the Seine and speak of water , boats and fish ; or we would go to the public park , where a few birds languished in an ancient aviary and the old mynah bird entertained us with a lavish range of endearments . |
| 6 | In the case of ancient or medieval coinage the existence in different groups of coins of different or similar patterns of die axis may support or reduce the likelihood of some coins belonging in the same group . |
| 7 | The lysozyme was first noticed during some investigations made on a patient suffering from acute coryza … . |
| 8 | Contrary to the usual practice elsewhere , ‘ less than £1 ’ means a few shillings leavened by a sporadic nil assessment , rather than the opposite , for only one man in nine was actually given as nil , the majority ranging from 3s. 4d. to 18s . |
| 9 | as if that was n't enough , Patrick Eggle himself telephoned within a few minutes to confer on the requested changes . |
| 10 | Rain spent a few minutes sympathizing with the psychic 's frustrations and then suggested that she try Maureen again , but with a specific request for a set of keys . |
| 11 | A lovely path goes up alongside amongst trees and in a few minutes leads to the open corrie and an impressive mountain scene : directly ahead is Beinn Dearg , the high mass on the left is Beinn Alligin and on the right is the last satellite of the Liathach range . |
| 12 | The century had been one of tremendous change and older views , like the emphasis on individualism , were being modified and in some cases challenged by the closing decades of the century . |
| 13 | Some galleries project from the first floor of the house ; others are on barn buildings above the yard . |
| 14 | Well I reckon it 's gon na take us three and a half hours to get to the other end , so two and a half hours to it and an hour on it if it 's not too bad and then of course we 've got to go up from there to Ipswich , Woodbridge but it 's dual carriageway all the way now you see . |
| 15 | Some researchers focus on a logic-based approach to hypertext , some build a hypertext model on top of Petri net formalisms , but the basic structure remains that of nodes and links with attributes . |
| 16 | Just time for a few hours sleep before the early morning call in the biggest beds you have ever seen . |
| 17 | Here is a cautionary tale with some parallels repeated in the 1989 episode , and also some differences . |
| 18 | Moed & Vriens found , in their study of inaccuracies in citations 146 , that the largest single cause of discrepancies was the method of dealing with compound names , such as van , van der , de , Mac , and hyphenated names ( some authorities cite under the first part , some under the second , some ignore the hyphen ) . |
| 19 | Moed & Vriens found , in their study of inaccuracies in citations , that the largest single cause of discrepancies was the method of dealing with compound names , such as van , van der , de , Mac , and hyphenated names ( some authorities cite under the first part , some under the second , some ignore the hyphen ) . |
| 20 | A round arch near the pulpit is thought by some authorities to belong to an earlier period . |
| 21 | As Ramaphosa was beginning discussions with members of the National Peace Secretariat ( who had offered to act as intermediaries in talks with the Ciskei authorities ) , some marchers broke through the razor-wire border fencing and started moving towards Bisho . |
| 22 | While some prodigies struggle without the right challenges and others burn out on reaching university , there are a few who face another obstacle — parental jealousy . |
| 23 | He spent some months hiding in the Western Isles and perhaps in Ireland . |
| 24 | So the loophole , if such it was , was closed although subsequently some months elapsed before a winding up order was eventually made on 14 January 1992 . |
| 25 | Troops commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Henry Clinton stayed for some months co-operating with the Portuguese garrison . |
| 26 | Some words apply to a wider historical debate e.g. " Victorianism " , " New Imperialism " , " Great Depression " , " Scramble for Africa " , " War Guilt " , " Cold War " . |
| 27 | Some jews went in the opposite direction by expropriating a territory in Palestine ( on the grounds of an historical occupation ) to substantiate their claim to being a nation . |
| 28 | Some fungi succumb to the first heavy frosts , but there are others which seem to thrive in cold , wet weather . |
| 29 | Sir Geoffrey Howe , Deputy Prime Minister and a potential successor , also signalled strong disapproval of what Sir Anthony last night called a challenge to ‘ a leader who claims infallibility ’ — and what some supporters likened to the mass Tory abstention which dislodged Neville Chamberlain in favour of Winston Churchill in 1940 . |
| 30 | The precedent suggests a reference to persons under the Tenant 's control in order to exclude mere callers , but where the clause refers to servants of the tenant ( which some precedents do despite the archaic nature of the expression ) it may be as well to qualify this with the words in the course of employment in case it is claimed that a servant will , by the nature of the expression , always be under the tenant 's control . |