Example sentences of "[subord] in [det] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although in this last case we should note that it is much harder to talk of the sentence being ‘ wrong ’ ; there are circumstances when people validly violate semantic norms , as we shall see . |
| 2 | I would rather stay at a good bed & breakfast than in several five-star hotels I could name . |
| 3 | I encountered a lot of very drunk people in Prague , more than in any other city I have visited except perhaps Belfast . |
| 4 | ‘ I think there are more twisted , envious and irresponsible people in the London newspaper world than in any comparable area I can think of . |
| 5 | But then , as if in that same instant he had solved the puzzle , he spoke . |
| 6 | Similarly : ( 10 ) I only offered her legal advice will , under one natural interpretation , refer to advice on legal matters ; and it will continue to do so even if in some rare case it is given under circumstances that mean it is offered illegally itself , for example if it makes use of secret information stolen from a government which prohibits unauthorized possession or transmission of secret government information ; on the other hand , as a phrase of English , it can perfectly well bear the other interpretation under which it means advice which is itself legal , in the sense that it is legally given , in which case it may concern any subject under the sun . |
| 7 | Increasingly , she wondered if in some unconscious way she had not simulated naivety since the first weeks of her marriage , if she had not — through her uncontrollable selflessness — permitted a skin to grow instead of probing beneath it . |
| 8 | And if in this new life he was to be alone … well , he had been alone for most of his life . |
| 9 | The nests of social insects are run almost entirely by smell , because in these dense communities it is the most efficient way of sending messages . |
| 10 | And it may be argued that centralist solutions are dangerous , not only because in any particular administration they may be used to bad effect , but because in principle they inhibit freedom . |
| 11 | They have white filters , and I am concerned lest in this poor light I should mistakenly set fire to the wrong end . |
| 12 | For in those few moments I had seen another world of eternity and the meeting was relegated to the category of the fleeting . |
| 13 | As in all active sports you pick up bumps and bruises , so we insist on medical insurance . |
| 14 | It is of course penalty kicks at goal which slow down play and I would deal with them very drastically , as in these modern days they quite often determine the result of a match . |