Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [adv] [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company sees China , where AT&T recently signed a memo of understanding opening the way for a wide variety of deals as ‘ a huge opportunity ’ for AT&T although prospects depend on political stability and the country 's continued ability to obtain most-favoured-nation trade status . |
| 2 | Nothing in England could match the stupendous parterre dug out of the hill at New Park , Richmond ( 1692 ) , where London concurrently designed a forest garden , prophetic of the early liberated style at Wray Wood , Castle Howard . |
| 3 | Although placemen never formed a majority in the Commons , attendance at the House was often low — the average attendance per session during William 's reign was 238 — so their significance could be immense if they consistently and unanimously backed the government . |
| 4 | So halvard , if youve actually seen a lot of him in action ( on the pitch ) then fair enough … but i would nt believe the hype mate . |
| 5 | Without meaning to fall into pretentious meanderings , it does appear as if Morrissey finally needed a release from his previously closely guarded sexuality . |
| 6 | ( a ) That one night in June 1986 at ‘ Illusions ’ night-club the defendant said that he was having an affair with Paulette and that , if Zaidie ever laid a hand on her , he would kill him . |
| 7 | If Hollywood ever made a film of it ( Ha ! ) , it would doubtless finish with violins , smiles and tears of joy all round . |
| 8 | Well , the dress was five years old , and there was little chance of affording a new one unless Archie finally backed a Derby winner . |
| 9 | The two bodies labelled A and B in Fig. 2.3 carry corner cube mirrors C A A and C B while B also carried a beam splitter S. These optical components are used as elements of a Michelson interferometer ; the source is a stabilized He-Ne laser and the detector is a p-i-n photodiode . |
| 10 | While water certainly found a place in the past in the landscapes of famous gardeners like Capability Brown , this was scarcely water gardening as we know it today . |
| 11 | Wrote with steel nibs whereas Gustave always used a quill pen . |
| 12 | The oasthouses dotting the north-eastern part of the county are a tribute to this thirst , although , since hops usually paid a dividend only every third year , it was an uneasy base for an agricultural fortune . |
| 13 | One of his two sixes off left-arm spinner henry went out of the ground , and play was held up while police vainly chased a thief who made off with the ball . |
| 14 | Besieged from 11.00 a.m. to mid-afternoon , Randall and another civilian were killed and three others wounded , before Perry belatedly dispatched a relief force . |
| 15 | George fumbled out the little pinhole torch and watched as Maxim delicately smeared a film of shoe polish on the end of his key then probed ag in and immediately withdrew it to study the marks on the polish . |
| 16 | As Julie finally found a parking space close to the bank the first droplets of rain were striking the windscreen of the car , like oversized tears . |