Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prior to this time , the early seventies , there was no real precedent for autonomous women 's groups organizing around a woman-only issue . |
| 2 | For these commentators Wilde represents both a cultural ‘ decay ’ and a resurrection of ‘ pagan viciousness ’ and ‘ primal errors ’ ( pp. 98 , 134 ) . |
| 3 | The significance of economic support Drawing together the different strands of this discussion of economic support , we can ask : Who are the main beneficiaries within a family ? |
| 4 | To provide people with the opportunity to acquire even a tiny stake in the land is a daunting task calling for wisdom , courage , and political integrity almost unheard of in modern times . |
| 5 | He had called in a local firm of builders to carry out the essential brickwork , plastering and re-tiling on the roof ; after that , he took a hand in the redecoration personally , splashing on new paint and putting up wallpaper . |
| 6 | Did the experience of plenty bring about a fundamental change in the American or British character ? |
| 7 | French doctors have treated dozens of patients in minutes using only a local anaesthetic . |
| 8 | To start with the computer made not a blind bit of difference . |
| 9 | By public demand their split became merely a brief sabbatical , and since being reunited the Blues Band have been playing their cocktail of traditional blues and original material around the globe . |
| 10 | As a matter of fact , directly after today 's game I will be going into frank discussions with the chairman to search out the real dead wood . |
| 11 | Peggy made quite a good joke . |
| 12 | Bruce Critchley and David Sheehan gave the amateurs some hope when they ran out as comfortable 5 & 3 winners over Ken Bousfield and Geoff Hunt , while Warren Humphreys and Michael Lunt fought out a halved match with Peter Butler and Peter Mills but elsewhere there were wins for Alliss and Hunt ( 4 & 3 ) , Dawson and Platts ( 4 & 3 ) , Clark and Guy Hunt ( 1 hole ) and Wood and Garner ( 3 & 2 ) . |
| 13 | The user can specify an issue number or use the default which is the latest version , and can specify an optional parameter allowing either the entire structure or just the root package to be read out . |
| 14 | Colin fought back the inevitable question . |
| 15 | As for clothes , fashion consultant Barbara Thomas decided Norma had the poise and presence to carry off a sophisticated designer label . |
| 16 | Gary McKeown slanted over an inviting ball , but it was criminal negligence for the visitors to allow Gary Paterson the time and space to chest the ball down before burying it in the net . |
| 17 | Gary McKeown slanted over an inviting ball , but it was criminal negligence for the visitors to allow Gary Paterson the time and space to chest the ball down before burying it in the net . |
| 18 | Is it really relevant that most of that military money produced not a single weapon ? |
| 19 | Efforts to secure a ceasefire have so far failed to halt the clashes , which began when Serb nationalists launched an offensive to carve out a separate state which would be attached to a truncated Yugoslavia after Bosnia won international recognition . |
| 20 | Those attending were given the opportunity to carry out the mock validation of a course which was defended by a very experienced course team . |
| 21 | It points out that legislation designed to protect under-16s is not being monitored or enforced and argues that the draft directive presents an opportunity to carry out an urgent review of provision . |
| 22 | The driver sought out the agreed parking space which was as far away as possible from the canteen and shop complex . |
| 23 | This exclusion is designed to focus the Merger Regulation on operations bringing about a lasting change in the structure of the undertakings concerned . |
| 24 | Legislation created a host of unemployed bureaucrats , municipal and seigniorial officials , who exhibited what liberals called ‘ passive ’ opposition to the constitution — the refusal of local authorities to carry out the administrative changes and apply the laws of the Cortes . |
| 25 | Since , women 's break in labour-market experience constitutes only a small part of their life-spans , other factors must help account for their disadvantaged position . |
| 26 | The polymorphism that is found within white clover populations in the field represents therefore a subtle ( or ? random ) variety of unique associations of apparently selectively important properties . |
| 27 | John Stuart Mill 's definition of the limits of law to curtail individual freedom laid down a simple principle : ‘ that the sole end for which mankind are warranted , individually or collectively , in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number , is self-protection . |
| 28 | Although there are plans to scale down the additional pension , this will not affect anyone retiring before 1998 and will only marginally affect those retiring by 2009 . |
| 29 | Lionello Venturi considered lives of artists made up a basic category of art criticism , buttressing his opinion with accounts of writings by Vasari and others . |
| 30 | His running tore QPR to shreds and he took a Waddle ball after 30 minutes to go down the left and set up Bright for a virtual tap in , his eighth goal in 14 games . |