Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The internationally respected journal Index on Censorship devoted the whole of its September 1988 issue to the question of liberty in Britain , because , as its opening article entitled ‘ Why Britain ? ’ put it , ‘ if freedom is diminished in the United Kingdom , where historically it has deep roots , it is potentially diminished everywhere ’ . |
| 2 | The newly styled firm of G. & J. Cary continued at 86 St James 's Street until 1850 , although apparently it ceased cartographic publication c .1846 . |
| 3 | Although originally we demanded experienced crews , many actually started their operations with PFF . |
| 4 | Sergeant Dixon ( stripes newly stitched ) was also enjoying himself , although initially he had serious doubts about whether he — or anyone else , for that matter — could successfully handle his assignment in the ridiculously short period of the three or four hours which Morse had asserted as ‘ ample ’ . |
| 5 | We have not yet been sufficiently educated to realize that the risk of dying from the greatest killer disease in the Western world could be drastically reduced if only we took preventative measures by eating sensibly and looking after our bodies . |
| 6 | If ever they make Maundy Thursday a holiday of course then there are jobs in which it will be the norm to go home on Wednesday lunchtime . |
| 7 | If ever you see Blue Peter |
| 8 | If today we follow scientific analysis , the peoples of the non-industrial world discriminated on the basis of sensory perception . |
| 9 | If then we have uneasy feelings about modern art , it looks as if Joyce must confirm them a thousandfold . |
| 10 | Do watch out cos sometimes they put silly spellings on which does n't help . |
| 11 | , because unusually he had sufficient time to compose and measure his shot . |
| 12 | Fathers , because ultimately they control financial resources , may be the people who sign cheques or who authorize the payment of money to their children , but it is often women who mediate and negotiate such gifts and loans ( Morris , 1983 ) . |
| 13 | Finally , if a comparison is possible at all , this can only be because ultimately we have non-comparative knowledge of the two things compared . |
| 14 | De Gaulle , thanks to radio , was a voice and a symbol for the French before ever he sought elective office . |
| 15 | The next morning I was sitting in the garden in the sun when suddenly I saw young Rupert of Hentzau on horse- back coming through the trees towards me . |
| 16 | As ever they found drunk drivers but across the area the numbers fell . |
| 17 | Thomas Baskerville , who saw it in the 1680s , called it ‘ Paradise Restored , for here you find large streets , fair built houses , fine women , and many coaches rattling about , and their shops full of merchantable goods ’ . |
| 18 | Being submissive is the co point where what happens when you 're submissive you keep it inside you do n't feel you 're worthy enough or you have n't got you have n't got the self esteem to rate yourself as being able to have what it is that you want , so you keep it inside and you do n't say anything and then you walk away should 've said this and should 've said that and all it does is eat away at you and it does that to you physically as well I mean scientific tests are already showing now that physically these sort of things you do if often be submissive enough what that does it pretty much helps helps you to eat your body up from the inside and causes physical problems which pretty much do that anyway . |
| 19 | The Boards usually carried out the work of laying distribution mains themselves , though sometimes they used independent contractors . |