Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [adj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On each occasion a common sense category tied to urban renewal often hides a set of social processes which does little for those whose poverty provided the central rationale for urban policy in the first place . |
| 2 | It was pointed out that the education budget had grown each year since 1988 and that for 1991 it again exceeded the defence budget . |
| 3 | Those were the choices , and if we dissect the Labour budget I think you 'll see that we were quite proper in deciding that for all its faults , and I mean this is not a budget that any of us in that chamber , you see , certainly no Liberal Democrat , wanted to even put forward at all . |
| 4 | The suspicion must be that for all their draconian nature , Hitler 's comments on the Jews were regarded as stereotype repetition , and of little interest compared with his assessment of the war situation . |
| 5 | She often shrewdly suspected that they found it hard work too , and that for all their signatures of fondest love they did not really like her ; they wanted her , they thought that she would do , but they did not really like her . |
| 6 | I 'll bet , ’ he added , ‘ that for all your years of book-learning you know nothing about strapping on a pair of waders and getting out into the stream , feeling the water swirl around you — or how to bait a hook — ’ He pulled a small plastic box towards him . |
| 7 | Again and again in the night hours she thought of him , of his aggression and of the barely veiled hint in his parting shot ‘ so long as it does n't interfere with your work ! ’ that for all she had , so far , gone along with everything he had decreed , she could still find herself out of a job if she did n't toe the line . |
| 8 | It 's got an image , it 's got an emotional contact and I think we 're gon na play that for all it 's worth . |
| 9 | In marketing terms it 's a tremendous card to play erm our marketing line in the States was always ‘ we speak your language , a common heritage , a common culture erm almost a common language ’ and erm the special relationship really exits at a time like this to a very marked degree , and we shall be playing that for all it 's worth , certainly . |
| 10 | I 've written a great many books for children and some for adults about children ( several from both categories have caused a wave of national commotion ) , broadcasted , televised , been translated into every language including some I had n't realised existed — and what about a bizarre unidentifiable Japanese edition that is put out as one of my books , that for all I know is a codebook for terrorists or drug-runners ! |
| 11 | Thank goodness , though that for all he was n't so free with his smiles he had a terrific sense of humour and had not held against her the blunt , not to say impolite way she 'd asked if he was prepared to give her an interview . |
| 12 | And I would maintain that for all his limited command of English and his limited general knowledge , he not only knew all there was to know about how to run a house , he did in his prime come to acquire that ‘ dignity in keeping with his position ’ , as the Hayes Society puts it . |
| 13 | ‘ And you say she said that eagles of Callanish carry a burden and that for some it is hard … ’ and her voice drifted into a distance . |
| 14 | He thought she deserved better than that after all her troubles . |
| 15 | Edward Thompson has argued that there was a change in popular sentiment in that after 1791 it was no longer possible for the " establishment " to pressure radicals by raising " Church and King " mobs against them and their property . |
| 16 | My mum does n't have a clue where he is and says she does n't think she can divorce him because of this for all we know he could be dead . |
| 17 | My mum does n't have a clue where he is and says she does n't think she can divorce him because of this for all we know he could be dead . |
| 18 | I mention this for those who might want to use the circuit in other applications . |
| 19 | Charles repeatedly threatened this for those who flouted his authority . |
| 20 | They signal this for those who are not contemplatives and reflect it for those who are . |
| 21 | You have to take some off that one there |
| 22 | Give half for that one . |
| 23 | Which remi reminds me , I 've got to get some for all they spare children before |
| 24 | but still , she said she 's gon na send some for this one to have some er bonds or something |
| 25 | ‘ How can you treat me like this after all I have sacrificed for you ? ’ |
| 26 | This of confining you thus may perhaps be one of the worst . |
| 27 | Me and me friend 'd have half of that one . |
| 28 | Though this is good news for American and Japanese firms , who share a paltry 11% slice of the luxury market , it is disastrous for European companies which account for the remaining 89% of sales ( see chart on next page ) , but which sell nearly half of all their fancy products in America or Japan . |
| 29 | In the War , distribution expenditure had been running at only a fifth of the prewar level , and the plans prepared by the undertakings for the Electricity Commissioners show they expected to continue to spend more than half of all their capital on developing distribution , as they had in the 1930s . |
| 30 | So you only have to learn half of these you do n't have to learn all of them cos you can always switch it round . |