Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 However , the enforcement agent in a compliance system regards prosecution as a sign of failure , where in a sanctioning system it becomes visible evidence that he has done his job .
2 After a while , though , I started receiving letters from her , and on Sunday evenings my Pop would take me to the phone booth , where at a prearranged time I would ring a phone booth in Scotland and talk to her for 3 minutes .
3 That is because it is an area where Marx and Engels , misled by Morgan , went most wrong , yet where at the same time they made the best use of anthropology .
4 A widespread factor is found where real or suggested expertise is involved in a transaction and where at the same time it may be assumed that the customer is ignorant about what it is he is paying for .
5 No love , except for the clinging love he feared .
6 The lady had cordially assured me at the outset that I was free " to party with anybody I liked the look of " ( this , except for the half-ounce bikini she wore , being her only hint that what we were sitting in was n't a beauty parlour or seminar room but actually a brothel .
7 Briefly , his interest was in her as a person with opinions and particular professional attitudes of her own , rather than as a female body he wanted to possess , and Maria responded with relief .
8 In time Michael too came to accept their centrality , although for a long time he asked when he could go home to his parents .
9 This year it has an improved range which again highlights the benefits of Torsion technology , although for the first time it 's combined with injected EVA , rather than firmer PU which turned some runners away .
10 On stage I still have humbuckers in everything , although for the next tour I hope to change my amp setup to accommodate single coil guitars as well .
11 On the plus side , the multiload is well thought out and the game does n't auto-restart once later levels are reached ( HURRAH ! ) but when each level is exactly the same as the one before it , except with a different background it hardly matters .
12 The view of the Pleiades is much more breathtaking with my 7 × 50 binoculars than with the lowest power I can use on my large reflector , because the small field of view with the telescope means that only a small part of the cluster can be seen at any one time .
13 ‘ Fun '90 ’ is an odd one , in which our favourite old people 's home have gone DANCE — albeit with the cranky individuality we would have hoped from the band .
14 ‘ Fun '90 ’ is an odd one , in which our favourite old people 's home have gone DANCE — albeit with the cranky individuality we would have hoped from the band .
15 So although in a liberal democracy it would seem practical and even suitable for the police to have a say in the way order is defined and maintained , as Foucault ( 1970 ) and Douglas ( 1987 ) have shown , this will inevitably take on an expansionist line ; for anything other than bland support of the proposals of the institution will present a challenge or pose a threat .
16 And neither do you , for Levi has never played in an Open Championship , although in a thoughtful moment he will say that he may have erred in not entering for the Old Course last year , and that now he may well play The Open .
17 It is normal procedure for this sort of evidence to be made available to defence lawyers , although in a civil case it is not a legal requirement .
18 Basically , I come to praise the positive steps taken by Health Ministers over the past five years , although in a minor way I will ask for reconsideration of a wrong done to a medical practice in my constituency .
19 Although in a numerical case we can find the degeneracy of AB by evaluating and studying C , it is instructive to examine ( 18 ) in numerical cases .
20 That stance was supported by the university 's rector , the rock musician Donnie Munro , who said that although in an ideal world he would hope such a sale would not be necessary , there may be little alternative .
21 What does remain to be done ( although in an ideal world it will already have been settled ) is to record the terms upon which the members have entered into their partnership , and ironically that will involve particular consideration of what is to happen when the partnership comes to an end .
22 I used a small spray of birds-foot trefoil , and although in the finished picture it seems as though it has been pressed just as it was picked , in fact the majority of the piece was dismantled for pressing and reassembled for the picture .
23 For example , although in the last chapter I advocated a policy of not hoarding , there are certain exceptions .
24 Among North Kensington laundresses , the local maxim was ‘ the best ironer gets the worst husband ’ , although within the local community it would appear that husbands and wives adjusted to the often superior earning power of the wife , and in at least one suburban district the custom prevailed whereby husbands remained responsible only for a sum which covered rent , the baker 's bill and boots for the family .
25 Limiting a bed or an area of a border to all the various shades of a single colour produces a sophisticated effect , although on a larger scale it may appear monotonous unless relieved by a subtle use of green or variegated foliage .
26 I feel that although on the modern piano we may lose a few colours , we ultimately gain more : a wider expressive range , increased dynamics , the possibility to suggest a full orchestra , and much greater ability to permit cantabile in the higher region of the instrument .
27 The All Blacks would treat such an outmoded approach with the scorn it deserves , although on the other hand they might have been impressed with Bridgend 's contrasting mobility and aggression .
28 No wonder the Accademia has been rearranged in anticipation of a siege ; although on the bleak day I went there was no need to queue .
29 Although at a regional level it is often possible to check secondary sources against the original data , this is impossible globally .
30 Under the scrutiny of Hayward and Browne , he began to revise and concentrate his verse — after the problems with The Family Reunion , he wished to use only poetry which met the test of " strict dramatic utility " although at a later date he was to worry in case he had strayed too close to the drama of Frederick Lonsdale .
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