Example sentences of "[subord] [noun pl] [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In such primitive surroundings , amid the stunning beauties of the island and the glories of the Aegean , where fishermen still wrested a living from the sea and farmers scrabbled one from the land , Leonard found his peace ; his ‘ sitting-down time , ’ as he called it , where he could — as all poets must — recollect in tranquillity . |
| 2 | Aberdeen took advantage of Hibs not having a league fixture last week , and they did it in style , this spectacular overhead kick from Duncan Shearer clinching a two-nil victory over Dundee United at Pittodrie , which took the Dons to joint top spot in the Premier table , although Hibs now have a game in hand . |
| 3 | Aberdeen took advantage of Hibs not having a league fixture last week , and they did it in style , this spectacular overhead kick from Duncan Shearer clinching a two-nil victory over Dundee United at Pittodrie , which took the Dons to joint top spot in the Premier table , although Hibs now have a game in hand . |
| 4 | Nature of operations The Bank lends on a commercial basis ( although loans usually have a grace period of five years before repayments ) since the intention is to supplement private finance , not compete with it . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | If gallerists now sense a hesitancy on the part of collectors , this is not the direct or exclusive result of those collectors ' financial circumstances post reunification . |
| 7 | Granted , if socialists merely develop a list of pat answers to these questions ( nationalisation , ‘ planning ’ ) while failing to fight for more immediately realisable socialist gains outside of government they will not get much of a hearing , but equally to write off the macroeconomic questions as too difficult to speculate about is to forego the right to contest the policies of a reactionary national government . |
| 8 | It may seem a strange usage , too , because feminists usually make a distinction between sex ( anatomical , biological ) and gender ( social , cultural ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Apart from these three , reports came in to the Royal Society from more than fifty other vessels , whose log-books provided a valuable source of information , particularly since officers-of-the-watch habitually keep a note of the time at which observations are made . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Le Corbusier 's opinion that a house is a machine to live in is no longer disputed ; just as planners now regard a town as a machine to live in . |