Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be simply a difference of opinion where conflicting views bring us to an impasse . |
| 2 | More practically , it is probably one reason why the E. coli of distant lands , where different diets provide it with significantly distinct primary habitats , are apt to give the intrepid traveller diarrhoea . |
| 3 | This would not apply , for instance , to reference use of the library , where public use qualifies us for a discount on book purchases , but would apply for , say , postal loans of slides , commercial enquiries , online searches , photocopies and so on , where such services would use staff time and involve paying for resources which we would not otherwise have to buy in . |
| 4 | Persia , Mesopotamia and Egypt remain more or less where Hellenistic erudition put them as the holders of barbarian wisdom . |
| 5 | Despite his artistic pretensions , he was apprenticed to a local steel mill , where two accidents left him with a permanent limp and the loss of three fingers of one hand . |
| 6 | Junker resistance to the abolition of serfdom , their mistrust of the new powers of industry and their blank incomprehension when faced with the idea that their estates could be run more profitably on other than feudal lines set them on a course that was to have a profound impact on German history . |
| 7 | Of this person she could form no idea other than that Hugh believed him to be the owner of whatever was in the sack and that he was in some way connected with the outlaws ' Camp . |
| 8 | It took the jury at Nottingham Crown Court less than three hours to convict them after a two-week trial . |
| 9 | Although these omissions suited me at the time , I have since found them incredible to the point of doubting my own powers of recollection , but when I checked recently with my sister , she confirmed their accuracy . |
| 10 | However — although these contortions saved me from the worse excesses of daily racism , my face kept giving me away . |
| 11 | The idea of using frames in a word processor is , perhaps , a little novel , although Ami Professional uses them for graphics and tables . |
| 12 | In other words , the proposed research should enable us to discover whether the dark figure of crime is even larger than self-report studies reveal it to be . |
| 13 | Although many people suspected them to be lovers , Adam still insisted on secrecy . |
| 14 | Likewise , Wemyss had few kind things to say about Salisbury , and on more than one occasion denounced him as a ‘ socialist ’ for enacting measures like free education in rural districts and the Workmen 's Compensation Act . |
| 15 | In Escape from Childhood ( 1974 ) , John Holt notes that children are , in fact , capable of a great deal more than modern society allows them to be . |
| 16 | It took a hundred firefighters more than four hours to bring it under control . |
| 17 | Its grounds were small for so large a house , no more than two shrubberies dividing it from its neighbours , and at the rear a stretch of lawn with trees ran down to a fence . |
| 18 | This motion condemns rise in unemployment caused by the incompetent handling of the Tory government 's economic policies and I ask for support of the T U C campaigns for the unemployed , but I would beg really that when we do campaign , the T U C gives us more than two days to notify us of rallies and meetings . |
| 19 | Look out for anyone standing around on their own , and if possible try to involve them in what you are doing . |
| 20 | If possible try to frame them in a dramatic way — because this is a further pointer for the children showing how you are going to work together . |
| 21 | She kept up the desperate battle until another ambulance reached them near Hexham , Northumberland . |
| 22 | I had to end the letters ‘ Always supposing this letter reaches you in time . ’ |
| 23 | No one had ever been able to knock her for six , and if this man affected her at all it was because she disliked him so much . |
| 24 | Children play mournfully in heap of setter shit above which washing-line used to hang ( until sodden towel bust it at three a.m. , landing in setter ordure as mentioned ) . |
| 25 | If urgent circumstances prevent you from attending this course , please notify your own departmental training contact ( name below ) immediately . |
| 26 | If these variations remind us of the history of the Alps , then so much the better : we may find a better balance to the continuing battle between development and conservation . |
| 27 | ‘ If these guys ask you for anything , just give it to them . |
| 28 | She watched until dawn , until utter weariness overtook her without her being aware of when she slept . |
| 29 | If broadcast worship links us into that universal cycle of prayer and that reality , then it brings us closer to the presence of God . |
| 30 | The Imperial Rescript on Education was promulgated in October 1890 and thereafter read regularly in the schools of the empire until all children knew it by heart . |