Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [pers pn] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ My husband has married only once , ’ she told me ‘ but he has forgotten that he has any duties . ’ |
2 | Staff at the Commission have claimed that it has insufficient funds to do this . |
3 | ( a ) He can arrest where he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that an arrestable offence has been committed and he has reasonable grounds for suspecting the person to be guilty of the offence . |
4 | Golf development will not normally be permitted if it causes unacceptable disruption to the public enjoyment of rights of way . |
5 | The Divine purpose of life is almost entirely forgotten and he spends each lifetime self-centredly chasing after vanishing mirages . |
6 | The ‘ expert ’ may have to be interviewed because she has special knowledge of a situation which it is vital for the researcher to have guidance on . |
7 | But there is now a 60 per cent chance that a fish will be caught after it reaches 35 centimetres ( the legal limit to netting size ) . |
8 | She says he must be caught before he hurts another child . |
9 | I 've noticed that she has good bladder control . |
10 | Your daughter does n't live extravagantly enough for it to be noticed that she has more money than the average student . |
11 | With his father 's help , Victor began slowly exercising his limbs , but doctors have said that he needs controlled therapy in the city hospital — something the family will never be able to afford . |
12 | Meanwhile , Dustin , who has said that he envies pregnant women , followed a natural childbirth course with Anne , doing all the exercises she did . |
13 | If a British multinational invests in plant abroad , it is often argued that it weakens British industry because the resources could have been used to invest in new production in the UK . |
14 | Marxism has sometimes been regarded as a positivist approach since it can be argued that it sees human behaviour as a reaction to the stimulus of the economic infrastructure . |
15 | We have already seen that it rejects any notion that God is changed . |
16 | Another six inch long wound on his stomach is not as deep , but the area is badly swollen and he has another inch deep wound on his front leg where the knife was stuck in . ’ |
17 | My husband has been told that he has high cholesterol . |
18 | ‘ Laughing when you should be crying ca n't be helped but it sends other people the wrong signals , so they may be shocked . ’ |
19 | The government insists that it will only be restarted if it passes stringent safety tests , and that a technical council composed of Russian , American , French and German experts will oversee its operation . |
20 | The benefits of this method are that it can be easily understood and it gives total control over every element at all times . |
21 | Is a judge ever conscious that his reputation as a judge is likely to be adversely affected in their eyes if he decides one way , and favourably affected if he decides another way ? |
22 | President Gaviria has found that he wields little power even over the 24 members from his balkanised Liberal Party . |
23 | The wound is then debrided if it contains devitalised tissue . |
24 | Besides , an idea is n't always abandoned because it fails some quality control test . |
25 | ‘ This greater broad backed bookworm must be found before he encourages other animals to read those books he seems to devouring just now , ’ said laid back Rabbit . |
26 | Lilley : Nothing will be spared as he scrutinises social security expenditure |
27 | It is popularly assumed that it has medicinal benefits , but there is no evidence whatever to support this , and much evidence to the contrary . |
28 | But this is n't the worst of Saddam , I mean , this is er , a human tragedy for all the families involved and it concerns individual lives , and for that we 're always very upset . |
29 | The flowers and foliage of the rose have gone and it needs thoughtful pruning and tying in to prevent it whipping about in autumn . |
30 | Her lungs are badly scarred , her throat is damaged , her sense of taste and smell have almost completely gone and she suffers severe mood swings . |