Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In due course the conspirators were taken to Edinburgh , subjected to protracted torture , and finally beheaded . |
| 2 | In due course the parents are relieved when he begins to ‘ miss ’ his two o'clock and then his six o'clock feeds . |
| 3 | It reverted to being a draught animal in many places , losing its beef productivity , though in some areas its old milking abilities were encouraged and in due course the dairies of Cheshire came to rely on Longhorn milk for cheese-making ; from 1839 onwards Longhorns were frequently winning major beef prizes too , right through to the 1880s . |
| 4 | We must all hope that in due course the talks will proceed . |
| 5 | In due course the usages of the frontier included regular meetings of Wardens from either side , seeking to control unrulier elements in their own jurisdiction and obtain redress for robberies or killings inflicted from the facing March . |
| 6 | In due course the details of the recovery filtered back and we learned that the tern had been ringed as a fledgling in a colony in southern Sweden only a couple of weeks earlier . |
| 7 | In due course the numbers will be drastically reduced by natural mortalities , disease and predators being the chief causes . |
| 8 | In due course the jigs became fully mechanical , and water powered . |
| 9 | If as a result of that provision the trustees or the majority of them are deemed , in relation to the trust , not to be resident in the United Kingdom , the provision goes on further to provide that the general administration of the trust shall be treated as ordinarily carried on outside the United Kingdom . |
| 10 | Other surveys in the Power stable measure the opinions of owners three months ( the Initial Quality Survey ) and five years ( the Vehicle Dependability Index ) after purchase . |
| 11 | Although the precise nature of the economic change the railways wrought is still debated , their impact can not be gainsaid . |
| 12 | I crossed carefully-even at low tide the sea-weeds made the stones treacherous — then went to the boat-house window and peered in . |
| 13 | What little sympathy the authorities had shown for the advance of enlightenment came to an end . |
| 14 | Within each shell the orbitals are divided into sub-shells according to the value of the angular momentum quantum number l , which can take values from zero to ( n - 1 ) ; there are ( 21 + 1 ) orbitals in the sub-shell corresponding to a given value of l . |
| 15 | Perhaps not quite a complete conversionbut the campaigns orgainsers say there is still tim e for the new religion to spread . |
| 16 | In that play the lovers are wholly sensitive and communicate to perfection . |
| 17 | Given the limited nature of the regional and social funds relative to the agricultural budget the benefits could not be substantial . |
| 18 | In each trial the defendants were accused of committing a vast range of crimes in order to ensure that Guinness was successful in its contested £2.6 billion bid for Distillers against James Gulliver 's Argyll Group . |
| 19 | In the Labour camp the issues are more fundamental . |
| 20 | Apart from removing an estimated thirty kilos of encrustation from the interior of each statue the restorers hope to gain information on the composition of the bronze alloy , the casting method and the origin of the casting clay . |
| 21 | If the orbits of M and m around each other are not circular then , with or without synchronous rotation , during each orbit the tides on each body will oscillate around the average orientation , the axial rotation rates being constant . |
| 22 | The French replied that the devastation and terrorism that continued was not all the fault of ‘ dissident ’ nationalist Vietnamese or bandits and although it might not have the status of an ‘ official ’ armed struggle the results were indistinguishable . |
| 23 | However , the Commissioner will consider each case individually-the merits of one case are not balanced against another . |
| 24 | Delta and Mu look like wide pairs , though in each case the components are not physically associated , and are too far apart to be classed as true doubles . |
| 25 | In each case the aims of the unit would be made explicit and discussed with pupils . |
| 26 | In each case the consequences of moving a million or more people , in the case of Tanzania , at least five million , were hardly recognized before the operations began . |
| 27 | In each case the siblings concerned had been separated from each other when they were babies . |
| 28 | In each case the honours subject occupies the whole of the final year with a research project as a major component . |
| 29 | In each case the studios were able to produce a steady supply of good , sometimes amazing , films . |
| 30 | In each case this antisexual devotion may be a defence against what are seen as insupportable responsibilities of marital sexuality and in each case the resentments and jealousies caused may reduce the satisfactions of sexual union or do away with them altogether . |