Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dan realised with growing dismay that at forty-six he was qualified for nothing . |
| 2 | The East German won , the Frenchman came second and Allan qualified in third place . |
| 3 | In their church growth analysis , Currie , Gilbert and Horsley distinguish between autogenous and allogenous growth ( Currie , Gilbert and Horsley 1977:80 ) . |
| 4 | Similarly , the increasing use of urban development corporations ind Whitehall grants in inner cities would further undermine local authorities . |
| 5 | The 32-year-old helped Sheffield stay in big time soccer but Dave Bassett would n't stand in his way if a move back South came up . |
| 6 | As I suggested in the previous chapter , the creation of the European Economic Area and the looming enlargement of the Community make possible the development of an EEC consisting of some twenty to twenty-five freely cooperating nations . |
| 7 | Malaysia , Thailand , Indonesia and Bolivia account for 70 per cent of world output . |
| 8 | Lord Devlin expanded on this in the lorry accident case in 1969 : |
| 9 | ‘ I 've never seen anything like that in my life , ’ Mitch announced in absolute awe . |
| 10 | But Sam on the road to Mordor goes beyond both . |
| 11 | Teesside Crown Court heard how blonde Julie Spence agreed to four sex sessions with her husband when they split after ten years of marriage . |
| 12 | But Bangor recovered from 42–4 to triumph without losing another wicket . |
| 13 | The widening of the EEC argued for greater awareness of the European market and the need for both young people and businesses to face the real demands for new skills , greater knowledge of other languages and more mobility in moving throughout other countries . |
| 14 | Though Acca lived until 740 , he was never restored to Hexham and in 734 Ecgberht , bishop of York , consecrated Frithuberht to the still vacant see . |
| 15 | Trent rode in first gear , headlight tunnelling into the forest gloom through which the rain bucketed . |
| 16 | The idea of eating these things seemed absurd , and yet Pinkie asked for some . |
| 17 | In this way , Man and Daurog lived in uneasy harmony for many generations , each keeping to their realm , each finding power in the other , each recognizing the other in themselves … |
| 18 | In the decade before the war , Jewish settlement in the East End led to some involvement in the London underworld on the part of the Jewish population . |
| 19 | But Ward agreed that it would still be very difficult to stop Hamilton-Jones competing in big road races or marathons in which thousands of runners take part . |
| 20 | The Poles of the Congress Kingdom were not broken , for even Paskevich admitted in 1850 that the calm he had established merely reflected their " awareness of their powerlessness and their conviction of the incontestable might of your Imperial Highness " . |
| 21 | The red warning lights of The Sandhopper glowed like boiling blood in the blackness . |
| 22 | Couple of good saves today you must be pleased with ; Wittingham got in one very good header did n't he . |
| 23 | Ellis admitted to 22 charges under the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act at Liverpool Magistrates Court yesterday . |
| 24 | Wouters refers to this process as ‘ informalisation ’ . |
| 25 | He was engaging in a war of nerves with her , Isabel realised at last , but he did n't remember . |
| 26 | But it would be a mistake to believe that from the beginning Baldwin exercised all the power and merely allowed MacDonald to sit in impotent glory in 10 Downing Street . |
| 27 | The Soviet Foreign Minister Boris Pankin also visited Jerusalem , on Oct. 17 , and met with Israeli Foreign Minister David Levi , while Baker met with Prime Minister Itzhak Shamir . |
| 28 | In Saudi Arabia Baker met with foreign ministers from the six GCC countries and Egypt and Syria , who issued a joint statement expressing their appreciation for Bush 's March 6 speech and its " positive treatment " to the Palestinian question . |
| 29 | Lawson insists on high interest rates |
| 30 | The Australian Government met the British request by sending the Royal Australian Air Force 's Dakota transports of 38 Squadron to Malaya , deploying in May 1950 . |