Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [conj] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would have liked to have made a run for Mexico but he had work to do , and there was n't a chance of their surviving that long a race against the hurricane . |
| 2 | For the next week I thought long and hard about undertaking an interview with the Queen Mother which would cover every aspect of her life but the great historical event which had changed it for ever ; which had propelled her and her husband to the throne , had made happy and glorious a reign which might otherwise have been disastrous , yet which was tragically cut short by illness and death , and which in the long run had made her far and away the most loved of all the members of the Royal Family . |
| 3 | Now , those of a pluralist persuasion may be tempted to suggest that the left-inclined critique of their perspective is itself ideological and simply the product of bigoted minds disaffected from the established order and inattentive to the facts . |
| 4 | If you are going to take notes , let the candidate know at this stage , explain that you do it for all the candidates , and that they are nothing sinister but simply a memory aid . |
| 5 | In his Ascension Day Speech in May 1927 , Mussolini asserted that ‘ demographic power conditioned one political and thus the economic and moral power of nations ’ . |
| 6 | At this point you have got to say something interesting or else the conversation will pass on and leave you isolated once more . |
| 7 | It was not long before we had to try our swords , as the billhooks had become , on something real and so a row of perfectly harmless Brussels Sprouts were decapitated . |
| 8 | A brick beneath him crumbled and suddenly the whole wall began to sag . |
| 9 | There was little social justice in a system whereby simony could dictate the duration of one 's time in purgatory ; was it right that only the rich could secure such release ? |
| 10 | He makes it clear that both the official guidance and Yeo 's public statements are not supportable in law . |
| 11 | In the preface , the editor of the catalogue makes it clear that only a representative selection of coins is listed . |
| 12 | From the behavioural point of view , the principal male characteristic is sadistic sexual egoism , since is it clear that only the male who is capable of driving off his rivals can hold on to the females of the breeding group . |
| 13 | However , the scale of the Bank 's operations makes it improbable that even a substantial increase in its consumer lending would make a very great impact on credit options available to people in lower socio-economic groups . |
| 14 | Macca lets rip with another beast , merv dives to his left and miracuously the score remains 1–1. |
| 15 | This mental state may indicate the remedy on its own , like the emotional state of Chamomilla often does but there may be none of it apparent and yet the physical symptoms would still indicate its use . |
| 16 | Firstly , jump up and collect the shield , then go left , jump on the platform to your left and then the platform on your right , grab the weight , climb the right wall and throw the weight on the switch , jump/fly up onto the block on the wall , go left and cross the gap on the swing , fly up two platforms and run right , go under the guillotine , jump up the pipe and collect a weight , walk left and fall off the last platform , throw the weight on the switch , go left and use the fly to climb up the platform , take the weight and throw it on the switch above you . |
| 17 | She tried , but was not pleased with what came out , with the stilted words : — I have been unwell though not of anything infectious but rather a serious lowering of the spirits which I struggle to overcome . |