Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [adj] [subord] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Document Examination Laboratory with its cabinets and range of monorail cameras took up what some of his colleagues , notably Edwin Lorrimer , regarded as more than its share of room . |
| 2 | The Frenchman 's dark aquiline features and unsmiling silences made him think of history-book pictures he 'd seen of the warrior heroes of ancient Greece and Rome , and the dismay he had felt at first when their car had struck the Annamese villager had increased his sense of awe . |
| 3 | However , this will often conflict with the vendor 's desire to ensure that such assets are not sold for more than their tax written down value , otherwise the vendor may be liable to a balancing charge ( see , eg , s4 Capital Allowances Act 1990 regarding industrial buildings and s24 regarding plant and machinery ) . |
| 4 | When we were younger and talked about this as our retirement home , people tended to laugh and think we were being pessimistic thinking so far ahead . |
| 5 | We 've already thought of that cos my bike |
| 6 | Set back , uncared for amongst bracken at the edge of an arable field , was a short-armed Iona cross , a monument to ‘ Waverley Arthur Cameron of the Oban Times ’ drowned in 1891 whilst his sailing boat foundered off the coast — erected by his sorrowing father . |
| 7 | Some words can not be pronounced at all until their meaning has been recognised . |
| 8 | She had behaved like this when his grandmother died a few months before . |
| 9 | Most income is counted in full when your entitlement to a rebate is calculated . |
| 10 | Ramsey 's weight in debates rested upon more than his manner and his fluency and his command of words . |
| 11 | Stolojan , proposed by Roman as his successor , had in March 1991 tendered his resignation ( which Roman had then asked him to withdraw — see p. 38163 ) in protest at the NSF 's failure to implement more radical price liberalisation measures . |
| 12 | Resentment flashed into her eyes as she said in a pained voice , ‘ If ever the time does come , I hope I 'll be wanted for more than my ability with figures . ’ |
| 13 | It was followed by another when his father swiftly remarried , and from then on Nasser was never close to him . |
| 14 | The likely returns from their use must be estimated as more than their cost . |
| 15 | If you 've put in more than your share , why ca n't you — fairly — take more out ? |
| 16 | The paradox here is that this variable is very difficult to access and would not be accessed at all if our field methods and analytic methods were inadequate ; yet , the variation has strong social meaning within the community . |