Example sentences of "[subord] [noun prp] [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But where Kant then found a place for religious faith in the realm of practical reason , in ethics and morals , Schleiermacher held that this too was inadequate . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | stoutly denied by Herr Nordern , strange gluts of — equally stoutly defended by him , memorable meals of the past , the coming party , and , although Omi barely spoke a word , sitting silently , merely picking at her meal , Karl kept up a lively alert manner which belied his years . |
| 5 | This was possible but , if it were true , she never saw them read anything , although Francie occasionally bought a copy of the Irish Independent . |
| 6 | Although T. never became a member of the sect she was brought up in accordance with its tenets . |
| 7 | Although Mamaloni successfully defeated a motion of no confidence in May , a second vote was scheduled when the legislature reconvened in October . |
| 8 | But although Biarritz still has a statue of Queen Victoria , that of Edward VII was blown up during the Second World War , on political rather than aesthetic or moral grounds it is said . |
| 9 | Christina wondered if Martin really had a date , and suddenly felt cheated , guilty and annoyed , all at the same time . |
| 10 | If Gedge inadvertently adopts a rockist pose , he instantly recognises the irony and sends himself up . |
| 11 | Without meaning to fall into pretentious meanderings , it does appear as if Morrissey finally needed a release from his previously closely guarded sexuality . |
| 12 | The passing out parade was held on Saturday , 23 February 1918 , which ended with Charlie marching his section up and down the parade ground keeping step with the regimental band , and for the first time feeling like a soldier even if Tommy still resembled a sack of potatoes . |
| 13 | IF AMERICA ever needs a banking tsar , Bruce Sundlun is your man . |
| 14 | ( 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 . |
| 15 | If Sinatra ever blew a line he would make ‘ such excuses as ‘ There 's an extra talking back there ’ . ’ |
| 16 | If Hollywood ever made a film of it ( Ha ! ) , it would doubtless finish with violins , smiles and tears of joy all round . |
| 17 | Sheffield must lose one of its matches next season and if all the other venues are to be preserved , a couple of games must be taken away from Headingley , unless Yorkshire also get a Tourist match . |
| 18 | Well , the dress was five years old , and there was little chance of affording a new one unless Archie finally backed a Derby winner . |
| 19 | In hindsight , it 's difficult to understand what all the furore was about , since Sikorsky only took a minority stake in Westland , but at the height of the storm Cuckney found himself in the unwelcome glare of national publicity . |
| 20 | While England thus had a monopoly power to buy colonial products , the sugar and tobacco and other products of the colonies were more or less guaranteed the entire English market by a system of preferential tariffs . |
| 21 | Churches remain at Maddington , Shrewton , and Rollestone , while Elston formerly had a chapel which may once have been a church . |
| 22 | Wrote with steel nibs whereas Gustave always used a quill pen . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Philip 's reluctance to risk battle helps to explain why even so famous a soldier as Richard never fought a battle in Europe , with the possible exception of his " battle " against Vulgrin of Angoulême 's mercenaries in 1176 — but that was probably a slaughter rather than a battle . |
| 25 | When Waterman finally got a glimpse of the superstar he had created he saw a Kylie unlike anything he had seen before . |
| 26 | It is a measure of the enthusiasm which he observed that , when Sadler duly provided a reading-list — tactfully headed with the ‘ King 's Book ’ , an episcopal compilation in which Henry VIII had had a hand — he felt it necessary to advise caution ; religious works circulating too freely had their own dangers , as Henry had recognized , when he passed an act in that year forbidding the reading of them by unfit groups , women , artificers and labourers . |
| 27 | And when Suckling completely missed a Stuart Ripley cross , Shearer tapped in his second . |
| 28 | Two more symphonies followed , both in three movements rather than the traditional four , though Mozart later added a minuet to No.33 in B flat . |
| 29 | There was still a flower-and-citron fragrance in the air but as Tjerssen fussily set a chair for her , she realized the fragrance was coming from him . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ I gather there has been a lot of soul-searching up north over the defeats for Linfield and Bangor — though Linfield now have a lifeline . |