Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is also a section ( pages 25–27 ) giving restaurants that are thought excellent , either by me or by trusted friends . |
| 2 | Again the prosecution must rely on what the driver tells them or on written instructions and , in rare cases , on admissions by the employer . |
| 3 | The country is divided into nine regions and in each of these we have someone or in some cases two people , who represents us in the regional Standing Conference of Sport and Recreation , and also on the Movement and Dance Liaison Group or Association . |
| 4 | This makes us feel very feeble , as we have friends of our age who think nothing of motoring from here to Lowestoft in the day — but such feats are not for us , though we flatter ourselves that in most respects we are in pretty good nick . |
| 5 | Our limited ambition can , therefore , only be to sustain a reasonable quality of life for ourselves and for those animals that serve us . |
| 6 | He persuaded her parents to give her in marriage to a friend of his and by constant threats and ill-treatment she was forced to consent . |
| 7 | There was also Mr Maddern , seated comfortably in the lounge-car as though in the drawing-room of his home-and after 45 trips across the Nullarbor to sell shoes in Kalgoorlie , I suppose that is how it felt . |
| 8 | It never occurred to me that within three years I should hate the Italians with an unrelenting hatred . |
| 9 | ‘ It strikes me that in new clothes you could be highly presentable . |
| 10 | As we were giving our hands he looked up at me intently and told me that in two days there would be a gypsy wedding . |
| 11 | However , it seems to me that in most contexts the utterance of [ 25 ] would yield effects not produced by [ 27 ] . |
| 12 | Observers have commented that he is less tolerant and sympathetic when dealing with them than with other colleagues or outsiders . |
| 13 | Although social workers were trained in dealing with stress , said Mr Gower , the whole subject of removing children from their parents was no less emotive for them than for other members of the community . |
| 14 | Not only were there more of them than of other groups living in poverty or on the margins of poverty ; more had no assets or virtually no assets , and fewer possessed substantial amounts of assets … |
| 15 | Firstly there are undertakings to maintain the confidentiality of business secrets and not to use them except for limited purposes . |
| 16 | There were many famous examples , but little is left of any of them except in such cities as Rhodes , where some twentieth century excavations and restoration have been carried out . |
| 17 | to take reasonable care for the health and safety of himself and of other persons who may be affected by his acts or omissions at work ; and |
| 18 | The original edition in 1960 , ended the story in 1880 ; the new edition , revised and rewritten by Dr Leslie Hunt , brings the story up to date in all senses , relying on original historical research by Hunt himself and by many contributors to Johnson Matthey 's journal Platinum Metals Review ( founded 1957 ) , and on Hunt 's knowledge of modern industry It is lavishly illustrated , partly in colour . |
| 19 | It offended nobody but like most policies which achieve that result , it did not greatly please anyone either . |
| 20 | It was worked by petrol-electric single deck buses , which because of varying agreements , appeared at different periods either lettered ‘ GeneraL ’ or ‘ Thomas Tilling ’ . |
| 21 | Any person including any proposed acquiror of securities of the company referred to in this document or any business or assets referred to herein must satisfy himself as to all matters relating to that company or such business assets including all the information and statements contained herein . |
| 22 | Any person including any proposed acquiror of securities of the company referred to in this document or any business or assets referred to herein must satisfy himself as to all matters relating to that company or such business assets including all the information and statements contained herein . |
| 23 | Adventure Training put him in contact with me and after five days Bombardier Michael Goldsmith and a subaltern had come to see me from the Outer Hebrides with a view to offering an army vehicle . |
| 24 | These select committees were not intended to be tied to producing particular reports , but were to collect information and let the House and the public know what disputes were going on and what agreements were being reached within ministries , between them and between civil servants and outside pressure groups . |
| 25 | I , and my British parliamentary colleagues who think as they do , look forward to an increasingly close and warm cooperation with them and with other parliamentarians around Europe who share the vision of a united , free-trading , but not a federal Europe . |
| 26 | In addition to them and to other kinds of instrumental validation , consent can be given non-instrumental validation in many contexts . |
| 27 | By the end of the eighteenth century , Lane had become wealthy by profits from them and from military activities . |
| 28 | Obviously , frail elderly people are physically less powerful than those who look after them and in certain circumstances this may have a significant effect on their state of mind . |
| 29 | The sick were provided with food and medicine , neighbours were paid to nurse them and in some cases the overseers paid for medical care by contract with a local practitioner , or patients might be sent to hospital . |
| 30 | A membrane rapidly grows over them and within thirty hours , the eggs have disappeared from sight and the skin on the female 's back is smooth and entire once more . |