Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [vb base] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The eyes in his skull-like face have long sunk into their sockets , and the rotted remains of a few teeth share his fetid mouth with a blackened , slightly forked tongue .
2 Some Clubs feature their own children 's programme , not necessarily based on a pirate theme .
3 However , some schools set their own versions of the tests .
4 Some countries enhance their economic growth rates by acquiring some factor endowments outside their national frontiers , e.g. use of specialised labour or importation of capital equipment .
5 Some Bills have their Second Reading Stage in Committee .
6 If the sale is of part only of the land affected by the notice of deposit , a simple letter of consent to the transaction from the bank or other person protected by the notice , addressed to the Chief Land Registrar , is sufficient ; but some banks have their own form , which they like to use in such cases .
7 This may be due to the poor quality of the preaching or it may be due to the fact that some Christians have their own interpretation of the dominical saying , ‘ Except ye be as little children ye can not enter the kingdom of heaven ’ .
8 Some libraries want their own library group others are quite happy to be joined in with one or more libraries within the adjoining group and the constitution does in fact provide that investment wish what we have n't said what those who should be at maximum membership membership and to their claim will common sense not to make it too large otherwise it might turn out to be more than than sensible discussion among a reasonable amount of people but this but then to decide that equally to encourage them to ah find ways and means of the public other than library users who will be represented on the committee and to that .
9 Now I think this is a very interesting point because if you go home , and over the next few days do what most people do after course like this , and that is they listen perhaps a little bit to radio , certainly watch some T V and , and think about all these issues , one of the things that will surprise you is that some of the people who are prominent broadcasters are really rather incompetent .
10 We meet the New Age and are influenced by it in everyday life , yet few Christians understand its full impact .
11 Our panel this month included Paul Boutinot of Paul Boutinot Wines the north 's leading shipper , who trotted out some wines form his own stable of Champagne look-alikes ; Bill Towers who must be unique in Britain because as a sheep farmer in the Lake District he runs a very successful wine merchants out of one of the barns on his farm .
12 She checks them out carefully through face-to-face interviews and obtains references , but is still surprised that so few customers ask her any questions about her sitters .
13 So this aspect of defence is quite close to being a private good as it is excludable and rivalrous , hence some households build their own shelters .
14 Some theories help their own positions while others do not .
15 Some dioceses have their own arrangements and now send the total amount rather than 75% . )
16 Some hakims manufacture their own remedies from raw materials bought in India , whereas others obtain commercial preparations directly from manufacturers in India or Pakistan .
17 Some students provide their own padlocks to rooms but the authorities or landlords may not allow this for reasons such as cleaning , safety , etc .
18 Some women attack their own bodies , scratching and tearing at their skin until the blood runs .
19 Some hotels programme their canned music in twenty-four hour cycles , varying by location and the hour .
20 Although curling is booming as a sport , the increased number of players is not reflected directly in the number of stones required , as very few curlers have their own stones .
21 Some grasshoppers produce their whirring trills by sawing the notched edge of their hind legs against a prominent strengthened vein of the wing .
22 First , only about one-third of authorities hold annual elections and each year some councils change their electoral systems .
23 On the other hand , such rules give us additional information about the structure of the complex .
24 Some such animals make their own poisons ; others take them from sources in their environment .
25 In the Victorian novel such mysteries have their social value , whose interest endures — as in the case of Chesney Wold — well beyond their solution .
26 Like woodland , such areas have their own archaeology — and their own characteristic field monuments .
27 Such sites suit their conventional styles of building and marketing , and at a time of low demand would improve their cash-flow by capitalising on their extensive land holdings of farm land on the fringe .
28 Such meteorites give us few clues as to the prevalence of life on other worlds ; however , members of a different class of meteorites — the carbonaceous chondritescontain organic chemicals , leading us to believe that the building blocks of life must be fairly commonplace .
29 Of course , it was now agreed , no one had really felt sure that Patrick was terminally ill , such conditions have their unpredictable aspects , even sometimes of psychosomatic origin ( though this side of the matter was touched on lightly ) .
30 Such clichés fill her first speech of welcome to Wilekin with a set of offers that for the reader and writer are ironically naive in the context of which we are aware : ( " If you like , come and sit , and what your will is , let me know , my dear life .
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