Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He recovered his rudeness , and said , " I do n't care what sort of bloody birds you 're after . |
| 2 | In telephone calls and private meetings they are saying : ‘ Do n't do anything to rock the boat . |
| 3 | In general , on small-scale maps it is of course quite pointless to be too precise . |
| 4 | Despite the conflicting accounts it is clear that Richard had the upper hand and that William des Barres lost his valuable war-horse . |
| 5 | By examining the details visible on surviving coins it is possible to identify coins struck from the same die or dies , for they will show no divergence whatsoever in the details of the designs ( fig. 6 ) . |
| 6 | Building on solid foundations it is extremely encouraging to report that last year we saw a dramatic increase in the numbers of candidate entries . |
| 7 | Mr Kinnock has to be protected from questions because he is likely to give the wrong answers , even about specific Labour policies he is supposed to know by heart . |
| 8 | That makes over fifty ponies he 's sold this year that he claims took part . |
| 9 | new liners and that in the eight hours we were on shift . |
| 10 | She said : ‘ On one day , the water ran dirty for eight hours it was impossible to drink , you could n't make tea and washing was filthy . |
| 11 | If they do n't respond to me in the next forty eight hours I 'm going to send them a second letter er tel . |
| 12 | With these modified rules it is easy to adapt the procedure of this section for use in the PFRS format ( Exercise 3 ) . |
| 13 | The noises ‘ car ’ , ‘ dog ’ , ‘ house ’ bear no resemblance to the item in question , neither do the noises ‘ anger ’ , ‘ fear ’ , ‘ contentment ’ or , meekness ' bear any resemblance to the emotional states they are intended to convey . |
| 14 | In strong syllables it is comparatively easy to distinguish from , from , but in weak syllables the difference is not so clear . |
| 15 | All guitars , from the cheapest acoustics to the top-of-the-range electrics are buzz-checked in soundproofed rooms ; their playing actions are measured and if any guitar falls below the proscribed tolerences it is sent off to be readjusted , perhaps even fret-dressed , before rechecking , packing and shipping . |
| 16 | For technical reasons it was not always possible to obtain good results for the three probes on tissue from the same patient . |
| 17 | It was n't until a week later that I was able to ring John Reeves , vicar of St Luke 's , Cranham , who later said that he was intrigued from the word go by the strange activities we were involved with when he first contacted us . |
| 18 | However , as Lennie ( 1980 ) points out , that does not mean that these cells respond more rapidly to visual stimuli than the other classes , since the latency of response to visual input is determined largely by events in the retina At low spatial frequencies they are linear but as the spatial frequency is increased non-linear properties emerge . |
| 19 | The slopes which produce these prized vines are generally east-facing , but in a few specific cases they are exposed in northern and southern directions . |
| 20 | To understand the expression of political attitudes it is necessary to place them in their argumentative context . |
| 21 | Throughout , the legislators concerned will be subject to a great deal of explicit lobbying , and will be aware of the political debts they are expected to settle through the budget , as well as the importance that their decisions may have for their own political futures . |
| 22 | To find out if gastrointestinal symptoms ( and signs when present ) can accurately predict the need for specific investigations they were related to the endoscopic and colonic findings . |
| 23 | If you damage crops or upset animals you are making it more difficult for someone to earn their living . |
| 24 | In understanding design-society relationships it is crucial that we understand what we are talking about when we use the word " design " . |
| 25 | ‘ So I 'm really hoping for some sort of sponsorship for the eight months we 're away , ’ she added . |
| 26 | As my vouchers are used up in about four months each year this means that for eight months I 'm out of pocket using our stores for the weekly shop . |
| 27 | Unfortunately within eight months he was dead , being buried at the Parish Church on 1st October . |
| 28 | Despite the British Council 's regional offices it is essentially London-based and urban-orientated . |
| 29 | In pleading , however , for home-grown evangelists we are not excluding the role of the itinerant evangelist . |
| 30 | By virtue of socialization in the ‘ best ’ private schools they are assured access to the approved universities which stamp them as potential cadres of the ruling class ( Kellner and Crowther-Hunt , 1980 ) . |