Example sentences of "[indef pn] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The conventions say little or nothing about actual combat , and were seen as supplementary to the 1907 Hague Regulations , which remained in force . |
| 7 | There is nothing about mere freedom that can guarantee anything . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 … |
| 10 | And almost nothing about Peruvian society as a whole . |
| 11 | He knew nothing about blue water sailing . |
| 12 | Nothing about environmental impact , customer care , or good business practices . |
| 13 | Goldring says : ‘ It is not a response to PMA and contains nothing about civil defence ’ . |
| 14 | He knew virtually nothing about European federalism , but here was Mrs Thatcher warning us that political union was on the cards . |
| 15 | ( 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 ) . |
| 16 | It 's no good having people who know nothing about qualitative research applying their yardsticks of experimental science to all types of research . |
| 17 | The Europe Agreements , however , say nothing about free trade in agriculture . |
| 18 | ‘ We 'll write him stating , ‘ Since you obviously know nothing about English literature , we expect you never to quote from it again' . ’ |
| 19 | It is consistent with any kind of human behaviour , and just because of that , it tells us nothing about human behaviour . |
| 20 | Institutionally , there are no mechanisms for punishing someone for deviant behaviour of any kind . |
| 21 | She felt it would have to be an MP or someone of similar standing in order that her story would at least be believed . |
| 22 | Someone of great influence in Britain must have exercised it on his behalf but who did so is not known . |
| 23 | An intention to kill must be proved in order to convict someone of attempted murder . |
| 24 | These prior conditions may be determined by a chief constable or his deputy , or someone of equivalent rank in the Metropolitan police . |
| 25 | She seemed a thoughtful person , someone of like nature to Mary Smith , but with much more up top . |
| 26 | He wanted someone of high calibre , with business and administrative skills , who was outside the traditional courtier mould yet compatible with the Old Guard already in situ . |
| 27 | Thus someone of mature judgement and sophisticated taste has to be taught and examined in literature alongside someone who has chosen that subject because it is thought to be relatively easy , has no aptitude for it nor any possible interest except in getting through the examination . |
| 28 | If they provide excellent support for someone of heavy build they 're most unlikely to suit anyone lighter . |
| 29 | I 've no wish for someone of unknown parentage to inherit after my death . ’ |
| 30 | The next move was to find a chairman from the ranks of the great and the good , someone of acknowledged independence who combined the qualities of Solomon and Job . |