Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [adv] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The EC Council of Ministers needs to establish a general mechanism for negotiating with Switzerland now that it is the only country in Europe that has neither EC nor EEA status . |
| 2 | ‘ Well then , suppose I have here in my pocket a paper that shows where Flint hid his treasure , ’ said the doctor . |
| 3 | From the top of Scandale pass a path that leads down Caiston Glen to Patterdale . |
| 4 | In All 's Well that Ends Well Parolles ' use of verse seems to have connotations of falseness , as when he relays to Helena the news that Bertram is leaving Rossillion without consummating their marriage . |
| 5 | So here 's an all-inclusive checklist that includes both UK and Oz releases . |
| 6 | ‘ He that believeth not God , hath made Him a liar . ’ ( 1 John 5 verse 10 ) . |
| 7 | In that incomparable verse Racine surely articulates the classical and terrible conception that underlies also Virgil 's treatment of Dido : sexual passion , the erotic , understood as one undifferentiated energy running wild , fastening itself seemingly at random on this person or that one , and switching from one to another in a way that discredits all human vows of constancy . |
| 8 | The Object Management Group has organised a keynote panel session on July 21 that brings together Borland International Inc chief Philippe Kahn , Lotus Development Corp vice-president for software development John Landry , Microsoft Corp senior vice-president Paul Maritz , NeXT Inc chief Steve Jobs and head of Taligent Inc Joseph Guglielmi to discuss ‘ the strategic role of object technology for the software industry . ’ |
| 9 | Everything that makes up Ireland , he thought . |
| 10 | In his own particular way , Karajan also kept intact the ideal of ensemble opera , building teams and rehearsing , with the aid of handsome subventions from his record companies who make preliminary recordings , over a time-span that makes even Glyndebourne 's schedules look rushed . |
| 11 | The once-great Computer Systems News , which had to suffer the indignity in its declining months of being called Systems and Network Integration , gives up the ghost this week but not before it reports that IBM will turn up at AutoFacts in November with a new-fangled massively parallel machine that runs both AIX/ES and MVS and is based on a new ( possibly hybrid ) chip developed at the Thomas Watson Lab . |
| 12 | ‘ … if we rule out Aries and Leo that leaves only Sagittarius . ’ |
| 13 | And has n't Wittgenstein shown us anyway that a concept can be perfectly healthy without being definable , arguing that there need be no element common to all instances of a property ( e.g. instances of knowledge ) other than that they are instances ( e.g. that they are knowledge ) ? |
| 14 | cos has n't Grantham got the reputation of being the most boring town in Britain ? |
| 15 | In each case , the author analyses the environmental problem and describes how WWF is tackling it . |
| 16 | Thus Fforde describes Thatcherism as a revolt against a ‘ culture of Collectivism ’ and quotes uncritically Sir Keith Joseph 's remark about the need to clear away ‘ the vast bulk of the accumulating detritus of Socialism ’ . |
| 17 | The best parts of his book reveal the Honecker-like corruption that weaves around the top of the Communist party and embraces even Mr Gorbachev himself . |
| 18 | It 's a moving and exciting film and shows off Oxford and it 's countryside to its best advantage . |
| 19 | ‘ Achilles … ’ is a tremendously powerful song , and shows off Jimmy Page as a great guitarist . |
| 20 | ‘ Achilles … ’ is a tremendously powerful song , and shows off Jimmy Page as a great guitarist . |
| 21 | Doomsday cuts a swathe across the States and takes on Superman in a clash of the titans . |
| 22 | So it just skips past B , giving it no more than a quick glance , and takes up C. |
| 23 | In 10:1ff he solemnly names the twelve disciples , and tells how Jesus sent them out on a mission . |
| 24 | This short passage makes crystal-clear the role of the aristocracy in Carolingian politics , and explains why Charles now and later worked so hard to carry his followers with him . |
| 25 | He points to the benefit of having the two major Manchester rail stations linked for the first time by the Manchester Metro , and explains how LRT systems , connecting outlying communities to the mainline service , can open up new passenger markets . |
| 26 | He stops , and puts down Howard 's bags . |
| 27 | Dominic Woosey purveys his own brand of ambient House , lightly peppered with acidic loops , whilst Cosmic Baby turns the acid machines up full and demonstrates why Germany is about to take off in the same way that Belgium did last year . |
| 28 | And drags down Mira to the nether World . |
| 29 | CGI 's most visible asset is the Pacbase software engineering product , which is sold around the world — but has n't IBM been hammering away at the software engineering anvil for the past five years at no inconsiderable cost in both money and resources with AD/Cycle … |
| 30 | ‘ But has n't Mr Hardiman ever mentioned Rosie to you at all ? |