Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should regard Want , Disease , Ignorance and Squalor as common enemies of all of us , not as enemies with whom each individual may seek a separate peace , escaping himself to personal prosperity while leaving his fellows in their clutches . |
| 2 | The dank smell of the water was not unpleasant , and for years the scent of la Sologne that enveloped me that night would pierce my memory : a combination of stagnant water , slime , wild mushrooms , wispy dry grasses , sand and well-hung game . |
| 3 | ‘ His books taught me that poetry can be pure and profound , and at the same time popular . ’ |
| 4 | His view seems to be undeniable in this situation , and it serves to convince me that ageism will never be tackled unless recognition of the problem is followed by the introduction of positive measures . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ It seems to me that business could not function properly if such information could not be kept confidential . ’ |
| 6 | Juliette , it seems to me that openness must be represented not just in the way a school carries out its activities , but also the way it 's run , the way it 's governed . |
| 7 | representative , and , an independent superintendent , have just inspected the ship and tell me that loading can not start until the crew have dried out the holds — that will delay us a while . |
| 8 | This trip up country has been most valuable , and has convinced me that reconstruction must be our theme more than politics . |
| 9 | It just occurred to me that Tuesday would be another opportunity to talk to Julian , the guy who comes in and does the S U legal aid stuff . |
| 10 | The conception that a Lusignan should humour the fools , to persuade them that surrender would not be dishonourable ? |
| 11 | The anxiety of the papal reformers to put all clergy under a rule shows that experience suggested to them that celibacy could only be enforced on monks or folk living a quasi-monastic life . |
| 12 | There Terauchi informed them that independence would be proclaimed . |
| 13 | Maureen , who was now the manageress of the wool shop , had warned them that wool might be in short supply so they had all bought plenty of every colour , including a lot of khaki . |
| 14 | Northern Ireland 's experience in Spain and Mexico in the last two World Cups taught them that heat can pose more problems than the opposition for British-based players . |
| 15 | There was now no obvious ally to whom Scottish Protestants could look . |
| 16 | Sentencing Clarke to 21 months in prison and a 3 year driving ban , Judge Francis Allen said , ’ nothing this court can do can remedy the harm that you caused by your decision to drive that day . |
| 17 | Judge Allen told Clarke : ‘ Nothing this court can do can remedy the harm caused by your decision to drive on that day . ’ |
| 18 | The traditional attitude to the poor had been to regard them , in the absence of unambiguous evidence to the contrary , as undeserving individuals on whom public money should be spent most sparingly . |
| 19 | also i think players like Palmer , Pallister and Adams will see some big trouble with slick hollenders tomorrow — if they prove me wrong i will be happy : i hope for an english victory — but most of all a norw. point against Poland . |
| 20 | Those for whom free care might be extended should be only those with a realistic possibility of returning to self care in the community within two years . |
| 21 | An appeal has now been launched to encourage more donors to come forward — without them some patients will die . |
| 22 | This is all very well for the youngest generation of mountain lovers , but there are surely many grown-up readers , to whom metric measurements will convey only inaccuracy and confusion . |
| 23 | It refers only to university graduates , whom some employers may assume ( partly on the basis of A level grades ) to be more ‘ able ’ than polytechnic or college ones , and for whom therefore the ‘ screening for ability ’ function of a degree for general graduate employment may be relatively more important ( Gordon 1983 ) . |
| 24 | It struck me this mouse would be very attractive to portable users , but the generous serial lead to the receiver unit is a bit inconvenient for this.One thing I noticed straight away compared with my A4 Tech Microsoft Mouse clone was that it was necessary to reduce the movement sensitivity of my Windows mouse driver . |
| 25 | My Hayley 's a bit like that , jumping all over me this morning ca n't |
| 26 | Any tapes that anybody can get to me this week would be very very good because I was saying er a few minutes ago erm I 'm intending to send whatever we 've got done tomorrow week . |
| 27 | However , it is difficult to be completely sure of the absence of vascular disease on clinical grounds alone and , for this reason , some groups have studied platelet function in diabetic children and adolescents in whom vascular disease would be unlikely . |
| 28 | Precisely who falls into the outer circle of effective kin , or the inner circle of intimate kin , is not entirely predictable in individual cases , although people normally do have a fairly clear notion of two different categories , for whom different terms may be employed . |
| 29 | Wooden pegs in your sole , they used to drill 'em and they used to put wooden , and them wooden pegs would n they 'd never come out , cos if you put nails in , the nails would rust . |
| 30 | This Document [ is issued by the Company ] and is for distribution in the United Kingdom only to persons of the kind described in Article 9(3) of the Financial Services Act 1986 ( Investment Advertisements ) ( Exemptions ) Order 1988 , as amended , or of a kind to whom this Document may otherwise lawfully be issued . |