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

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1 The fact is that most parents find discipline one of the most difficult parts of their job ; not a few find it an impossible task — especially at particular periods of their children 's lives .
2 Her two Deutz engines with 1670 HP each give her a comfortable cruising speed of 14 kn with a range of miles .
3 These give us a better view of the musical lives of the Hotteterres in their historical and social contexts , reflecting the positions they held as musicians to the court of Louis XIV .
4 However , some raw materials and goods , whether they fall into a utilitarian or luxury category , were not always available locally and these give us the clearest testimony of the extent of exchange in early Anglo-Saxon society .
5 Gloria Swanson 's Grand Guignol performance , the film noir fatalism , the rats in the swimming pool all make it a never-bettered portrait of Hollywood gothic .
6 makes us all realise what a good job Save The Children do in our country as well .
7 Michael Bridges , the scientific journalist who first revealed to the public at large that this project existed — and we all owe him a great debt … ’
8 We all owe him a great debt of gratitude , and we wish him well .
9 We opt for The Baker 's Wife at the Phoenix and all vote it a definite winner , and I wonder again at the jaundiced palate of critics who gave it a fair old drubbing when it first trotted out .
10 We all know what the Labour party will do to the higher rate , but even it does not seem to know what it will do to the tax on middle managers — national insurance contributions .
11 ‘ … and we all know what the weary warrior wants after battle … ’
12 And , having watched the recent coal fiasco , we all know what the next step is once an unwanted raw material has been identified ; you stop its production .
13 The Trinity has remained the kingpin of Greek and Russian spirituality but in the West it has tended to retreat to the sidelines and many find it an impossible concept : God is seen as One and Jesus often becomes a sort of divine friend in a vision which robs the Christian mystery of much of its transcendent power .
14 Many think it a fatal weakness in any such attempt to base morality upon egoism that this answer is false .
15 They both show us a topsy-turvy world , a world turned inside-out by the particular lens through which it is viewed .
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