Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lobbying by pharmaceutical companies has already watered down a proposed directive which at first suggested forcing them to include detailed information on dosage and usage on advertisements . |
| 2 | It is always dangerously easy to write superficially about human relationships , particularly this one of the mother and daughter living together in old age , picturing them enjoying endless winter evenings by the fire , with never a cross word , and long summer afternoons in a garden of roses , sitting in deckchairs on a lawn that never needs mowing . |
| 3 | There is a revolution taking place today in the way that executives are obtaining information to help them make critical business decisions . |
| 4 | In short , both of them combine motley membership with rigid structure — which does not make for relaxed , efficient teamwork . |
| 5 | These accounts are also used to settle banks ' foreign exchange transactions and to enable them to conduct normal correspondent banking relationships ( see Chapter 3 , Foreign Exchange Market : Correspondent Banks ) . |
| 6 | The teachers ' accounts of what happened to them make disturbing reading . |
| 7 | Hoffmann J. declared that in each case the beneficial interest in the property was owned by the bankrupt and his wife in equal shares and he made orders for possession and sale but , after considering the circumstances of the two wives and their children and , in particular , that the half shares to which they would be entitled would be insufficient for them to acquire other accommodation in the area and the educational problems of the children , imposed a provision for postponement until the youngest child in each case attained the age of sixteen . |
| 8 | However , the standing of their occupations — the fact that a programmer or analyst is regarded as a " professional " in a way in which a typist or word processor operator is not , also makes it easier for them to acquire self-employed status . |
| 9 | Many scientists are active in such groups in Northern Ireland and a significant proportion of them bring special expertise to their organisations . |
| 10 | 12.20 : Another Social Worker asks me to arrange half-day visit to the School . |
| 11 | It was this that prompted me to scrutinize Greek tragedy and thereby gain the new view of the Hellenic spirit that I have been putting forward . |
| 12 | While he may not be collecting as actively as he was a few years ago , his name still inspires sufficient awe in most art world people for them to request complete anonymity when discussing him . |
| 13 | As most of their expansion had been in transport sectors , it was a natural step for them to try switching production from trucks to tanks . |
| 14 | It is difficult for them to obtain overseas development funds , and it is even hard to mail a letter to another country because Eritrean stamps are not yet internationally recognised . |
| 15 | It is difficult for them to obtain overseas development funds , and it is even hard to mail a letter to another country because Eritrean stamps are not yet internationally recognised . |
| 16 | Such a rate of increase has not lasted , however ; 357 appeared in the 1987 issue of this guide , most of them representing new growth , but at a steadier rate . |
| 17 | Munich , in other words , was expressly orchestrated to destabilise public opinion at home , to terrify whole populations with the threat of war and coerce them to accept reactionary government measures in exchange for peace ; ( c ) the British and French governments recoiled from inflicting the diplomatic humiliation on Hitler that would have resulted from resorting to the anti-fascist resistance offered by Washington and above all by Moscow . |
| 18 | Lanfranc 's authority over the Irish Church had been confined to Dublin , but shortly after his consecration Anselm wrote generally to all the bishops in Ireland urging them to establish canonical discipline , concluding with the words : |
| 19 | It was planned to appoint development officers whose work would cover a local area large enough to keep them occupied full time but sufficiently small to be manageable . |
| 20 | Indeed the supply of chaplains to educational establishments outside of our schools/colleges and their role within them needs careful appraisal . |
| 21 | So if America and Britain have any objection to the way Libya is handling the Lockerbie allegations , then it is incumbent on them to demand international arbitration . |
| 22 | Listen to what it says in John chapter five Truly , truly I say unto you , this is Jesus speaking he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and does not come into judgement but has passed out of death into life . |
| 23 | Exotic nuclei have more protons or neutrons than do stable nuclei , and studies of them provide valuable information on the balance of nuclear forces when atoms deviate from the most favourable ratios of neutrons to protons . |
| 24 | She said carrying the water up from the well had taken a great deal of time which , when I saw her filling the bucket , I was not surprised since she lowered the rope slow enough to make me fall asleep watching . |
| 25 | The police are increasingly looking to technology — and to information technology in particular — to help them combat increasing crime . |
| 26 | Until now Turkish protection of the Crimean Tatars had enabled them to launch repeated slave raids on Russian territory , prevented settled cultivation of wide areas of the Ukraine , and blocked Russian access to the Black Sea . |
| 27 | It thereupon wrote to all institutions offering advanced work asking them to provide detailed information about student numbers and other aspects of planning forward to 1984–5 . |
| 28 | Can EMI please explain how they justify this , and say how much extra it would cost them to provide proper documentation ? |
| 29 | The distinction you need to practise could also be between two sounds where both or one of them causes real difficulty in pronunciation as well as being contrastive . |
| 30 | If the mud flats freeze over , it is impossible for them to find sufficient food . |