Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sanguinetti 's faction of the PC , although not opposed to privatization as such , opposed Lacalle 's plan to sell off state assets through direct negotiations with potential buyers rather than putting them up for public tender . |
| 2 | The high point was the abolition of capital punishment which , although finally decided by Parliament after free votes in both Houses in 1965 and 1969 , would not have been possible but for the long campaign , outside Parliament as much as inside , mounted by the penal reformers of the day . |
| 3 | Schools Minister Eric Forth reacted by praising pupils and teachers for their hard work , saying : ‘ We can now look forward to seeing more students than ever continuing in education beyond the age of 16 . ’ |
| 4 | Although still biased in favour of him we do to some extent begin to change our opinion and perhaps look further behind his lies and inconsistencies . |
| 5 | Whatever terrors awaited them in the city , it would be better to take a chance than simply wait for death at the hands of the Chelonians . |
| 6 | The commander , although partially blinded by blood from cuts on his head , made his way to the main cabin door , which he opened , and all occupants were evacuated . |
| 7 | There had always been more in common between the front benches than either had in common with their followers in the country . |
| 8 | These in turn become massively overdetermined , regenerative and self-justifying , creating an institutional mind which , although allegedly acting on behalf of society and the majority population , comes to regard that same group as outsiders and potential antagonists who are never to be accorded easy access to the processes of the organization . |
| 9 | This limited degree of representation was in an important sense imposed from above , rather than actively won through struggle from below , in the same way that the 1947 Constitution was imposed by the US occupation . |
| 10 | So Wilson 's work of ‘ Cader Idris ’ , even if only seen by Green as a print , must have been of seminal interest . |
| 11 | If so get in touch with Steve Hack on Farnham 725224 every Monday and we 'll give you some free publicity . |
| 12 | Buid describe these feelings in terms of the soul rising up from the chest into the neck and issuing forth in bitter words or even violence if not held in check by the mind . |
| 13 | My father , if correctly addressed by name by a complete stranger , would say , rather coldly , ‘ You have the advantage of me , Sir ’ — he felt slightly threatened by the mere fact that a stranger knew his name . |
| 14 | But if the former move out of residential care for four weeks and the latter for 13 weeks , or if either go into hospital for 52 weeks , the preserved rights are lost . |
| 15 | Unless otherwise limited by order of the court in accordance with these rules , the scope of discovery is as follows |
| 16 | Although his trousers might acquire or lose turnups and more or less leg width ; his shirt evolve from plain white to a variety of colours and patterns , along with minor ( but crucial ) alterations to collar cut ; and his ties perform similar minuets together with the length of his hair , he did not ever , unless actually appearing on stage in Swan Lake , have to make a big thing of — his big thing . |
| 17 | Having made significant political concessions to the pro-Allied monarchist and military " families " in the first half of the year , while repeatedly stalling on entry to the war on the side of the Axis , from June to December 1941 he showed open and sometimes vehement support for the Axis , ignoring the criticism of his senior generals and their suggestions that the time had come to consider restoring the monarchy . |
| 18 | Critics discussing the relations between poetry and economics in the eighteenth century have in some cases made assertions which , while perfectly sound in relation to well-known figures , must be modified once labouring poets are taken into account . |
| 19 | Dublin can not bring itself publicly to renounce its territorial claim to the North , while privately living in dread of ever having to acknowledge a direct responsibility for Northern Ireland 's Protestants . |
| 20 | Flaunting to the last the colours of his mistress Diane de Poitiers , while self-avowedly riding in honour of his queen Catherine de Medici , he was pierced in the eye and throat when the lance of his opponent , Jacques count of Montgomery , splintered on impact with his helm ; and on 10 July , in great pain , he died . |
| 21 | As Johnston said , it was bad luck on Dave Millard who had begun brilliantly and who , though eventually submerged by force of circumstances , had still shown Johnston a player he evidently never saw in Australia . |
| 22 | Where this is so , Parliament 's legislative role is as above described in relation to Acts and United Kingdom delegated legislation . |
| 23 | The Dictionary was available in northern Spain , though not used to advantage by the Spaniards . |
| 24 | Care had to be taken in fitting the cotter-pins securing the grips , and grooves were cut on the inside of the coffin into which the cotter-pins were bent , so as not to come into contact with the lead shell . |
| 25 | In due course , several of the ex-L.U.T. cars were renumbered in the 2000s , as though still working as part of that fleet . |
| 26 | I regard [ J. 's ] best interests as well as the interests of justice in preserving his life as both pointing in favour of granting relief . |
| 27 | It is difficult to separate incomplete adaptation from inconsistency , especially as both vary from speaker to speaker . |
| 28 | Though originally composed for use in the Royal Navy there is no reason why anyone may not use them , who would find them helpful . |
| 29 | you might as well go to bed with a Mills and Boon . |
| 30 | May as well go to bed in a drunken stupor after dinner , same as the rest of them . |