Example sentences of "[noun sg] reminds [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While such links proliferate in affluent countries , the global scope of drugs-related crime , political violence and AIDS reminds us that poor countries are far from immune . |
| 2 | on crime reminds me that Bob told me only he does n't , he does n't know how much Bridget knows , so we must n't say anything to her , but he said that there is some possibility that she may get erm , I think April time she may be made what 's called Court Officer |
| 3 | Turning the Map : Images from the Americas part one , Christopher Columbus reached America 500 years ago and amid the celebrations of his achievement this two-part exhibition by photographers from all over that continent reminds us that America is not just one country and Columbus ' arrival was not so much a discovery , but more the beginning of colonisation by Europeans ( until 21 Feb ) . |
| 4 | Just when you 're looking forward to pushing the boat out and having a spending spree , your sensible side reminds you of all the practical and prudent things you should be doing with any extra money you have . |
| 5 | But she admitted : ‘ Such a senseless tragedy reminds us that , unfortunately , even the safest of places is not crime-proof . ’ |
| 6 | A useful mnemonic reminds us that movement with the heavens is passive ; movement against the sun and moon and the stars is aggressive and/or courageous ! |
| 7 | Your reply reminds me of my son paging through the brochure for George Washington University . |
| 8 | The idea of the vats of the mind reminds me of an occasion when I was walking on the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania with some friends , who showed me an oak gall . |
| 9 | Such studies resound with heartfelt quotations : ‘ I like to hear the sound of voices in the house ’ ; ‘ The programme reminds me that I could be worse off than I am ’ ; ‘ It sometimes helps me to understand my own life ’ ( McQuail , 1972 ) . |
| 10 | Rather , as the programme reminds you , it has assumed a fresh topicality by the appointment of Stella Rimington as the first female head of MI5 . |
| 11 | The thought of caged chicken reminds me of the occasion — I was about seven at the time — when my father lost his rather large , pompous cockbird who dominated his twelve wives . |
| 12 | The neck button disappeared — but not the buttonhole — and today a wedding boutonnière reminds us of the sporting ancestry of the coat . |
| 13 | ‘ Sometimes you come in and feel optimistic because you have done your work the previous night and the morning 's work reminds you of how little progress you have made . |
| 14 | And , as Popper reminds us , this is so in a literal sense : we can find the outcomes of research on the library shelves , or on the computer disc . |
| 15 | As the Committee reminds us , ‘ prepublication censorship ( i.e. today 's broadcasting regulation ) … has no place in a free society … . ’ and there can not be any justifications for imposing limits on what should or should not be published or printed . |
| 16 | The village reminds us very much of Nidri ten years ago , before foreign tourists arrived . |
| 17 | But it is a citizen of London who has left us the most elaborate rhapsody which survives from the central Middle Ages on any of the European cities of the day , and William FitzStephen 's glowing vision of the London in which his hero , archbishop Thomas Becket , was born , is a startling reminder that Londoners took fully as much pride in their city as did the Italians of their day — just as the fact that the citizens adopted Thomas Becket as their patron saint reminds us that he was martyred for showing excessive resistance to the king . |
| 18 | Gilroy reminds us that black political protest in the streets and urban crime have very successfully become fused in the public eye . |
| 19 | The ending reminds us that the boys are really just little boys who are childish , not the animals and cannibals we thought they were . |
| 20 | Your outlook reminds me of another saying : ‘ Where there 's muck , there 's brass . ’ |
| 21 | Advent reminds us of the significance of God 's time . |
| 22 | And — funny — my tender breast of chicken filled with garlic butter and herbs sauteed in sunflower oil with savoury rice and side salad reminds me of the chicken Kiev we occasionally buy in the supermarket . |
| 23 | In a way the sound reminds me of a small-bodied Gibson from the '30s or '40s , but with more volume and a clearer bass end . |
| 24 | The sound reminds me of the bass sound on all those expensively-produced American AOR albums — smooth , almost too clean , but live there 's an enormous amount of wallop available . ’ |
| 25 | If you ca n't , say the word to yourself , and see if the sound reminds you of how it looks . |
| 26 | The use of the term ‘ language-game ’ in this last quotation reminds us of the earlier quotation in which Wittgenstein says that ‘ the term ‘ language- game ’ is meant to bring into prominence the fact that the speaking of language is part of an activity' . |
| 27 | For Page has deliberately divided his dancers into the traditional hierarchy of principles , soloists and corps , and in so doing reminds us of all the great courts of 19th century ballets . |
| 28 | Looking at that picture reminds me of the photos of me and Marie — you know , them we took in that photo booth . |
| 29 | The picture reminds me of what 's possible again , that 's all , not of what 's gone for ever . ’ |
| 30 | Hosiery reminds me . |