Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here are some ideas to help you mix and match : |
| 2 | We have made a major contribution to the overall income of pensioners , while all that the Labour party has to offer is inflationary erosion of savings , a failure in home ownership and many other schemes that Labour has offered ; although such proposals make it seem that pensioners are better off , because they are offered with other features , in reality it is a small percentage rise . |
| 3 | Their bleedings and leakages , their lumps and growths , their peculiarly painful-sounding surgical operations — scraping of wombs , stripping of veins , amputation of breasts — the mere mention of such things makes him wince and cringe , and lately the menopause has added new items to the repertory : the hot flush , flooding , and something sinister called a bloat . |
| 4 | These ideas make me think that creativity and beauty are linked . |
| 5 | Which if any of these magazines do you read or look at on a regular basis ? |
| 6 | Rod Wallace needs to work on his finishing , how many times does he miss when he 's clean through ? |
| 7 | If this had n't happened … how many times do we think and feel and say those immortal words , a strange mantra that underscores the mystery of who and what and where we are in this mysterious world . |
| 8 | His name was Joe Jack , and after my first visit I went back many times to hear him talk as he carved out the shape of a leather sole or polished a repaired shoe on his rotary machine . |
| 9 | How many kids did he have when moved here ? |
| 10 | ( How many banks do you know that offer such a service , free as well ? ) . |
| 11 | ‘ How many troops do they have and how many tanks and guns ? |
| 12 | In those circumstances does he think that there is a place for a new organ donor card , which has to be countersigned by next of kin ? |
| 13 | No amount of reflection on first principles will stop a Christian from assuming that the morality demanded of women , which in Islam he judges to be imposed by the physically stronger sex in its own interests , is in his own religion true to the equality of the sexes before God ; not until women become conscious of and vocal about their own interests does he appreciate that the difference from Islam has from the very first been only one of degree . |
| 14 | Fascinated , she watched as this object rose towards her , and only after several seconds did she realize that it was a screeching flight of birds , whirling on the updraught towards the freedom of the skies . |