Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not long ago I thought that this date did n't concern me or Palestinian women in general ’ . |
| 2 | The hallway and various passages off it were full of visitors helping pyjama-ed relatives in and out of chairs , plumping cushions for them or fetching magazines from a well-stocked rack , or encouraging them to that last little drop of cocoa from what seemed to be a standard issue purple mug . |
| 3 | There are lots of new opportunities coming your way in the year ahead , but you must move quickly to take advantage of them or unscrupulous colleagues and rivals will get there before you . |
| 4 | There are lots of new opportunities coming your way in the year ahead , but you must move quickly to take advantage of them or unscrupulous colleagues and rivals will get there before you . |
| 5 | Though her job is to translate as faithfully as possible , this process is replicated in her mind by ‘ bad copies ’ in which analogous discursive systems are conjoined in such a way as to emphasize disparities between them or unexpected parallels . |
| 6 | Lord Diplock laid down the essentials for a passing-off action : 1 ) a misrepresentation 2 ) made by a trader in the course of trade 3 ) to prospective customers of his or ultimate consumers of goods or services supplied by him 4 ) which is calculated to injure the business or goodwill of another trader and 5 ) which causes actual damage to a business or goodwill of the trader by whom the action is brought . |
| 7 | In a similar way we sometimes need to remind ourselves that young readers have ideas that are worth consideration , and that the administratively-convenient solution to a problem may not be the most valuable one . |
| 8 | A policeman who works in the area describes Avenue as a nightmare of a crossing and I and other parents who have to take children across would entirely agree with this . |
| 9 | There are now few areas in the world where the impact of the TNCs has not been researched by someone and good examples of this type of study are Kowaleski ( 1982 ) on the Caribbean , Onimode et al. |
| 10 | The efficient two-way transfer of information between ourselves and external systems can be seen to underpin all of our scientific activities , most of our public information functions , and a great deal of our internal records management . |
| 11 | By far the best service that can now be done to these pubs , both for ourselves and future generations , is to leave well alone . |
| 12 | Soft flabby growth in plants is as much at risk to disease attack and structural collapse as it is with ourselves and other animals . |
| 13 | Onward : a race with a Chinese super-spacecraft , primitive life on Europa , salvage of the Discovery and HAL , Bowman 's disembodied return , many a gaudy travelogue , destruction/creation on a planetary scale , and home truths about the relative cosmic worth of ourselves and slimy things on Europa . |
| 14 | Winston McLeod , who played soccer for his school , district , London , Middlesex and West Ham United before a strangulated hernia sustained in a tackle in 1972 effectively finished his football career , reflected on his and other blacks ' experiences with teachers : |
| 15 | Sensory measurements in particular , complemented where relevant by instrumental analysis of the components of the odorant , could assist the complainant by providing valuable objective evidence to bolster his and other witnesses testimonies which are necessarily subjective . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , Ken was back on the London stage once more — with the role of one of the ugly sisters in the London Coliseum 's production of Cinderella — which , despite his and other interpretations was not quite a pantomime . |
| 17 | Hence ‘ a policeman is only as good as his interest in his and surrounding areas ’ ( FN 30/11/87 , p. 28 ) . |
| 18 | They are heartened by finding common ground between English and science for , if nothing else , the introduction of the national curriculum has encouraged teachers from different disciplines to talk to each other : ‘ At one time , we could conceive of ourselves as subject teachers , ’ said Mr Lenarduzzi . |
| 19 | A different approach might aim to show that our perception of ourselves as intentional subjects has not always existed , and might then suggest that it arises as a feature of capitalist ideology . |
| 20 | I know this is a bit of an affront to our high opinion of ourselves as human beings , er , of course many people regard it that way , but erm my view is that er we ca n't expect science necessarily to tell us things we want to hear . |
| 21 | We need to think about ourselves as well-functioning organisms without becoming too self-conscious , inhibited or paralysed by morbid introspection . |
| 22 | We tend to view ourselves as physical beings only and to deny that we have anything in the way of a soul or spirit . |
| 23 | This means that we have an innate predisposition to experience and act inter-subjectively , beginning with an awareness of ourselves as social beings with emotions in relationship to other social beings who have the same emotions , interests , and intentions which we can perceive . |
| 24 | The silence and emptiness of the scene did not become apparent to her until she turned into the drive of the house and realized there were no other cars parked there , no gaily clad groups tripping towards the garden , no jazz band to summon them nor hired flunkeys to greet them , no pop of champagne corks nor buzz of conversation , no bunting , no balloons , no merriment of any kind . |
| 25 | Larger peer groups — the boys ’ or ‘ the lads ’ — often appear more important to them than individual friendships . |
| 26 | ‘ ( 1 ) Subject to the following provisions of this section , a child who is being looked after by a local authority may not be placed , and , if placed , may not be kept , in accommodation provided for the purpose of restricting liberty ( ‘ secure accommodation ’ ) unless it appears — ( a ) that — ( i ) he has a history of absconding and is likely to abscond from any other description of accommodation ; and ( ii ) if he absconds , he is likely to suffer significant harm ; or ( b ) that if he is kept in any other description of accommodation he is likely to injure himself or other persons . |
| 27 | It was an accepted custom for architects of standing to include in their plans designs for chimney pieces and fireplaces , as well as the usual fittings , and throughout the house several pieces of furniture that Lutyens had designed either for himself or other clients are also represented . |
| 28 | Abie spoke little to anyone apart from himself and various personages from his past and his future . |
| 29 | So Derrick Greaves has testified in a conversation about Minton 's influence on himself and other students at the Royal College of Art . |
| 30 | His role was ill-defined except to himself and other members of his union , but he spent most of his time carting scenery around and moving heavy props into position . |