Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The compartments were referred to by the ordinal numbers from 1 ( apex ) to 5 ( base ) and the labelling index calculated for each compartment . |
| 2 | Some of the rules change at this stage . |
| 3 | Groups formed in this way tended to remain relatively stable , moving as a whole from one activity to another , although in a few classes they were formed only for specific activities ( generally mathematics ) and disbanded for the rest of the day . |
| 4 | Dan realised with growing dismay that at forty-six he was qualified for nothing . |
| 5 | As we have seen , in the past false biological views led to false reasoning . |
| 6 | The East German won , the Frenchman came second and Allan qualified in third place . |
| 7 | She was very pretty , this girl , dressed in a bright green cheong sam , her dark hair gleaming with natural oil , and framing a pert , oriental face . |
| 8 | Five-year-old graphical user interface house XVT Software Inc in Boulder , Colorado has picked up $1m in first-round financing from JMI Equity Fund Ltd in Sugar Land , Texas : the company says the money will be used to underwrite further development of portable interactive design tools and portable object-oriented tools . |
| 9 | The development of NVQs and SVQs is underpinned by the assumption that in order for Britain to maintain and enhance its economic position in an increasingly competitive market it requires a more qualified , skilled , flexible and adaptable workforce capable of acquiring the competences to cope with changing technology and methods of work . |
| 10 | The codes used are summarised in Fig 11.13 ; internal in this instance referred to any activity within the EPH system model , and external to those of the wider system of interest or surrounding environment , eg the Department headquarters , Area Offices etc . |
| 11 | After 20 years ' service the almost total entitlement to remain on full pay , albeit suspended from duty , until the age of 65 . |
| 12 | The presidents agreed on a number of points relating to the 10-year-old civil war in El Salvador and the sanctuary given to Nicaraguan contra rebels in Honduras . |
| 13 | The marriage between logical semantics and textual semiotics does not , however , prove equally felicitous when the approach to the truth-conditionality of counterfactuals developed within modal logic is extended to the semantics of fictional universes by means of the " Principle of Minimal Departure " ( Chapter 3 ) . |
| 14 | I have just done her a return kindness by getting invitations for her and her mother , to the Alumnus of the Year award given by Royal Bank as holder of Chair of European Governmental Studies . |
| 15 | It may be argued by analogy that , given the importance under the CPA 1987 placed upon accurate instructions , this should permeate to cases where the buyer sues for economic loss under , for example , s14 of SGA 1979 . |
| 16 | While a Hague Rules inspired bill of lading can be challenged by an issuing bank on the basis that Article 3(3) of the Hague Rules defers to municipal law for unlisted requirements , decisional law does not reveal any such challenge . |
| 17 | If an individual buys a futures contract at this price and later sells a contract at 91–23 , then he will have made a loss of 328.13 ( i.e. 21 ticks x 15.625 per tick ) . |
| 18 | It is also possible to unwind a futures contract at any time by performing a reversing trade , so futures contracts are generally extremely liquid ( at least for the near maturing contracts ) . |
| 19 | The 32-year-old helped Sheffield stay in big time soccer but Dave Bassett would n't stand in his way if a move back South came up . |
| 20 | LGB opposition to extensions of social legislation was increased due to the reluctance of the Treasury to provide what the Board regarded as adequate staffing . |
| 21 | When the bas-relief on a newly-opened post office was reviewed by The Times , the newspaper 's art correspondent commented with some inspiration , ‘ The design consists of a male and female nude , recumbent , but with a suggestion that they are floating in water . |
| 22 | The relative lack of council housing has made this system more important : in 1948 34 per cent of farmworkers lived in tied housing , but by 1976 this figure had increased to 53 per cent . |
| 23 | Direct employment covers all those activities undertaken by Scotch Whisky companies , who , to a greater or lesser extent , are engaged in : |
| 24 | And at floor level the Revue sits on four skid feet . |
| 25 | His interest in physics developed at high school in Washington State where his family moved in 1953 . |
| 26 | But the big record companies say they need elaborate long term contracts to invest in new talent . |
| 27 | The platelet aggregates formed in this way are fixed with formol . |
| 28 | It is imperative that we emphasise the uniqueness of the Catholic school which understands itself as a faith community in which the beliefs and values communicated in Religious Education inspire and unify every aspect of the school life . |
| 29 | She stopped immediately , her heart thumping in sudden fright as she saw that the chapel was occupied . |
| 30 | White cutaway-collar broadcloth shirt ( Ben Sherman made these ) Club , regimental , etc. striped tie with stick-pin ; grey flannel parallels with normal size turnups , black toe-capped Oxfords . |