Example sentences of "[indef pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It came to him as a Revelation , descending upon his mind in all its complex glory , that there was a man in the City in need of his help , and that the man — his name did n't matter-would free everyone as this awakening had freed him . |
| 2 | Caving , of course , does nothing for pristine clothing , but the bedraggled and apparent roughnecks seen in the streets of Ingleton after a hard day can afford to ignore the caustic comments of observers : they know a wonderful world their critics will never see . |
| 3 | In any case it was Shirley who had typed the card and she was in a higher or lower world that cared nothing for such trivia . |
| 4 | After 1911 , women whose husbands were in insured employment received a maternity benefit of 30/ rising to £2 after World War I , which was completely absorbed by the cost of an attendant , leaving nothing for extra food and necessities for the mother and baby . |
| 5 | " I can do nothing for that boy . " |
| 6 | Julia felt nothing for that child , she did n't like her , she did n't hate her , I mean she , she did n't she just felt nothing cos that 's precisely what she told me , that 's her words , not mine , you know and I find then , that , she should n't be a childminder |
| 7 | Unless we care nothing for human freedom and are impervious to human suffering , denunciation seems an implausible general justification for a system which deliberately inflicts punishment on people . |
| 8 | We have a single-minded policy for British industrial success , but the Opposition have a feeble-minded policy which would achieve nothing for British industry . |
| 9 | Shareholders , who received a total dividend payout for 1991 of 3.75p per share , will receive nothing for last year . |
| 10 | In despair , I did nothing for another week . |
| 11 | I have to warn Professor that there 's more than one party can play that game and if he thinks that it is sensible to run the affairs of this council on deliberate obstructionism on the basis that if you go on long enough you can wear people down then I think it 's unfortunate , it 's bad for this council bad for the people we serve , it does frankly nothing for local government and I ca n't blame central government if it loses patience So I recognise at the end of the day that erm Mr has had troubles with some of his erm er newcomers he obviously needs to re-establish some control over his group . |
| 12 | Whatever else such a strategy may achieve , it certainly does not manage to produce a situation in which children are politically indistinguishable from adults and it rests on premises which , unless they can be defended , gain nothing for any defence to the charge of arbitrariness . |
| 13 | The conventions say little or nothing about actual combat , and were seen as supplementary to the 1907 Hague Regulations , which remained in force . |
| 14 | I know nothing about that kind of thing … ’ |
| 15 | And I said , well I know nothing about that kind of music but that 's the impression I got , I was just stood there at the bar thinking that last , last Friday it 's not the same one , thinking , you know , this is just this is just very samey it |
| 16 | I knew nothing about that deal until I played some recent demos of the things that eventually became ‘ Workbook ’ . |
| 17 | She asked why I had said nothing about that accident on the bypass , or seeing Old Red and General Francis on my holiday . |
| 18 | There is nothing about mere freedom that can guarantee anything . |
| 19 | ‘ Confidentiality ’ may mean my right ( or wish ) that you do not pass on what I have told you ( or do n't identify me as the informant ) , or it may mean my wish ( or right ) that you do not pass on information about me , or , with ‘ professional ’ prefixed , it may mean that our group will support each other by saying nothing about each other 's judgements , competencies or foibles . |
| 20 | Mr Rikanovic almost certainly knew nothing about Swiss law , by which anyone holding an item publicly for three years without judgment against him acquires title , but it is interesting that the visit occurred just at the time when Lord Northampton sought to have the ownership dispute heard by the Swiss courts . |
| 21 | For example in the February issue of The Art Newspaper ( No.25 pp.1 and 2 ) , in the article entitled ‘ Yugoslavia covered-up over the Sevso treasure ’ , it is stated that ‘ Mr Rikanovic almost certainly knew nothing about Swiss law , by which anyone holding an item publicly for three years without judgment against him acquires title … |
| 22 | And almost nothing about Peruvian society as a whole . |
| 23 | He knew nothing about blue water sailing . |
| 24 | These cheeses have their own identity , and nothing about one cheese changes the nature of the other cheeses . |
| 25 | Nothing about environmental impact , customer care , or good business practices . |
| 26 | Goldring says : ‘ It is not a response to PMA and contains nothing about civil defence ’ . |
| 27 | He knew virtually nothing about European federalism , but here was Mrs Thatcher warning us that political union was on the cards . |
| 28 | ( Please note I have said nothing about female homosexuality since some of the above arguments do not apply , so will lesbians please save themselves a stamp ) . |
| 29 | The trouble with the right hon. Gentleman is that he has been searching for a way to do nothing about this problem . |
| 30 | I know nothing about this case other than the reports which I , like everybody else , have read in the press . |