Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [pron] [adj] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | as if he were made of something finer than flesh and bone ; finer than yellow earth . |
| 2 | He made his debut a week or two after joining us and soon settled down at left-half , making the berth his own , but he was not seen at his best until Palace manager Tom Bromilow signed Les Lievesley from Torquay . |
| 3 | When consecrated ground is used for anything other than worship ( and similar things ) , formal permission — a ‘ faculty ’ — should be obtained , according to ecclesiastical law . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , a little humility does not ill become the social scientist , and a contribution to theory , no matter how small , which derives from careful enquiry , is more worthy of the accolade ‘ scholarship ’ than is the sweeping generalization based upon nothing more than armchair speculation . |
| 5 | Rose Shepherd goes on to argue that a first affair , usually based on attraction , leads to further affairs based on nothing more than boredom , loneliness , resentment , or the need for further boosting of confidence once the first extramarital partner has bowed out . |
| 6 | In general , empiricism is based on direct experience only and ignores statements based on anything other than experience . |
| 7 | In practice , legislation generally forbids such data being held thus and distributed in anything other than area aggregate form ; the cross-tabulations commonly employed ( e.g. to give tables of population numbers broken down by age and sex ) often result in a great multiplication of the data volumes . |
| 8 | He could n't have reacted with anything other than disgust . |
| 9 | The shares , which were up 1 to 27p in London yesterday , are still speculative at this stage and it is likely to be 1993 before they are supported by anything other than hope value . |
| 10 | Paviour greeted the visitor with immaculate politeness , but a certain air of acid disapproval which might well have stemmed from nothing more than nervousness . |
| 11 | The central issue raised by the appeal is whether a plea of autrefois convict can be sustained by anything less than evidence that the offence with which the defendant stands charged has already been the subject of a complete adjudication against him by a court of competent jurisdiction comprising both the decision establishing his guilt ( whether it be the decision of the court or of the jury or the entry of his own plea ) and the final disposal of the case by the court by passing sentence or making some other order such as an order of absolute discharge . |
| 12 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is sad to hear the ex-leader of the Greater London council , who appointed people purely on political merit , suggest that senior civil servants are chosen on anything other than ability ? |