Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Saville , chairman of the J Saville Gordon parent group , said there was nothing to prevent the local authorities using their compulsory purchase powers to acquire the site if they so wished . |
| 2 | * Uganda has announced plans to promote its small population of mountain gorillas as a tourist attraction . |
| 3 | Previous nudes , even when taking the form of courtisanes , never allowed the odour of money to tarnish their classical form ; in Olympia , money is clearly at issue , sex becomes a commodity . |
| 4 | Accordingly on behalf of Department of Water and Drainage , as owners of the land , I can confirm that you have permission to erect your portable bird hide at Gladhouse subject to the following conditions : |
| 5 | A few deep breaths to steady his racing pulse , and he was ready . |
| 6 | Bernard would lie awake for hours waging his nightly battle with carnality , slapping it down , groaning . |
| 7 | Indeed many are still advice workers and are thus constantly furnished with very real on-going practical experience to support their tutoring role . |
| 8 | As the elevator ascended Newman made his flat statement . |
| 9 | One wonders just how furious : last week , back in Moscow to see her three-year-old son between performances , Semenyaka was having difficulties getting a visa to come back for her next role here , Cinderella , in only three weeks ' time . |
| 10 | Beer and whisky make your old uncle frisky . |
| 11 | DEC UNLEASHES ITS BET-THE-COMPANY ALPHA BLITZ |
| 12 | Next to him , I saw my mum push her grey hair from her temples . |
| 13 | Communities Theatre , erm , of er th they want a grant to support their current production . |
| 14 | Then a Professor of German Literature applied his literary mind to the Gospels and declared that they were a work of fiction and that Jesus had not actually existed ? |
| 15 | The office was , however , ideally suited for a gentleman of ancient lineage , who , for whatever reason , had determined to live upon his own estate , and was experiencing difficulty maintaining his social rank and providing for his family . |
| 16 | His enemies attacked its vulgar over-simplification , but the lecture did bring near the centre of popular debate many of the problems which Moberly had analysed a decade before . |
| 17 | Lecturers voiced their overwhelming support for Mrs Falconer and her sister at a meeting at RGU yesterday . |
| 18 | The minister is to be regarded as head , and part of , his department , and his decision represents its collective wisdom . |
| 19 | It is here that the notion of contract plays its vital role — not the doctrines of contract law , which in many respects are as arid and unsupportive of commercial activity as a dedicated anti-capitalist could imagine — rather , contract as practice , as putting into words what the parties can and must do , and if need be adjusting , or excluding , particular rules of law . |
| 20 | The People 's Will revealed their mounting impatience to seize state power and use it to reconstruct peasant society on rational lines from above . |
| 21 | To the objectors , Barnes 's decision justified our persistent assertion that the Chernobyl accident was central to any assessment of nuclear power in Britain . |
| 22 | LUTON defender Trevor Peake insists his troubled side will quickly climb out of danger if they can maintain the form they displayed in their 2-1 victory at Wolves . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , in South Africa , Mr de Klerk held talks with the African National Congress to discuss the A N C's decision to suspend its armed struggle . |
| 24 | Yet , in our enthusiasm to enjoy our great outdoors , we are destroying it through over-use |
| 25 | George Bush yesterday drafted in Secretary of State James Baker to bolster his flagging bid for re-election . |
| 26 | When Gertie brought Victoria to see her new brother , she leaned over the crib shaking with excitement . |
| 27 | Hall uses the Marxist philosopher Althusser and the social psychology of Laclau to argue that politics is not just about individuals and social groups pursuing their immediate material interests ; it is also about how they imagine and identify themselves in relation to the wider social world . |
| 28 | Manville brooded morosely on this topic as the driver manipulated his four-wheeled war chariot in between the busy traffic of the four-lane highway . |
| 29 | In the United States the President often has to work hard to create a majority to support his proposed legislation in its passage through Congress . |
| 30 | GOVERNMENT GIVES NOD TO USE OF 2.4GHz , SO NCR LAUNCHES ITS WAVELAN WIRELESS NETWORK IN THE UK |