Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I think it 's a bit unnecessary to put me on the spot — this is n't a bloody inquisition . |
| 2 | ‘ Bit tactless to remind them of home , surely , ’ said Nicholas , sitting down next to Sara and putting his arm round her shoulders . |
| 3 | Even their parents got in on the act , when the Mercedes hired to take them to the reception blew up . |
| 4 | Of these 133 new Majlis members , it was estimated that some 55 were supporters of Rafsanjani and that many of the remainder were reported to be independent candidates likely to align themselves with the President 's faction . |
| 5 | Go back to Chapter 4 to remind yourself of some of the basics of good nutrition if you need to . |
| 6 | As far as Wales was concerned , Warwick also took the opportunity offered by his control of Edward IV to help himself to some of Pembroke 's key offices : justiciar of south Wales , constable of Carmarthen and Cardigan and steward of Cantrefmawr and Cardiganshire . |
| 7 | As far as Wales was concerned , Warwick also took the opportunity offered by his control of Edward IV to help himself to some of Pembroke 's key offices : justiciar of south Wales , constable of Carmarthen and Cardigan and steward of Cantrefmawr and Cardiganshire . |
| 8 | If necessary go back to Chapter 5 to remind yourself of appropriate forms of exercise to cover these three areas ( choose the things you like the best to get you fit ) . |
| 9 | Output and display requirements dictate architectures which support high-resolution colour graphics , can display both RGB ( ‘ Red-Green-Blue' , the colour screen standard in which the three basic colours remain individually controllable ) and composite video information , and provide an audio capability able to handle anything from a feeble bleep to high fidelity stereo . |
| 10 | Continentals — and by and large the Celts , as you will no doubt agree — are as a rule unable to control themselves in moments of strong emotion , and are thus unable to maintain a professional demeanour other than in the least challenging of situations . |
| 11 | In the first half , Everton were overrun by a pumped-up Forest side desperate to drag themselves off the bottom of the Premier League and give the lie to whispers that Cloughie 's powers are in decline . |
| 12 | In an attempt to encourage take-up by national research networks , the Community is making funds available to assist them with their subscriptions . |
| 13 | Kurt Nielsen , who died in Aalborg , Denmark on March 26 at the age of 79 , was responsible for giving cricket in Denmark the injection necessary to raise it from mediocrity to a worthy associate member of the International Cricket Council . |
| 14 | That which causes a comment is thus at one remove from the comment and is not the sole agent necessary to bring it into being . |
| 15 | Have a car ready to take me to the city limits . |
| 16 | Excitement indeed ! and it even caught up a sober and spiritually distanced Quaker who could not " find words sufficient to draw it in colours strong enough " but has left a useful description of a phenomenon which seems to have lasted for several weeks , " when the great noise subsided , but the fire still existed " . |
| 17 | And , by the way , he did have this job in Italy , but if it was in the slightest degree inconvenient to join them in the villa , he 'd book into a cheap little pensione by the railway station in Siena . |
| 18 | And there was nothing in his present circumstances likely to ensnare him in sensuality . |
| 19 | In order to reassure the House and the public , perhaps the Minister can explain what is the procedure when a police officer uses the powers given in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 to stop someone in the street or someone driving a car . |
| 20 | Fernando Collor de Mello , 43 , on the same day signed a notice from the Senate , thereby formally acknowledging his 180-day suspension from office following the Chamber of Deputies vote on Sept. 29 to impeach him on corruption charges [ see p. 39079 ] . |
| 21 | Many companies unable to make it in tougher foreign markets had no such problems in the forgiving local market . |
| 22 | Whether the commitment from present enrolled nurses exists to make such approaches feasible , and whether there is sufficient financial help available to put them into practice , remains to be seen . |
| 23 | William Pickett , the senior partner , retired from business in February 1786 , and Philip Rundell , by then in sole control , invited Bridge in December 1787 to join him in a partnership ; thereafter the firm continued as Rundell & Bridge . |
| 24 | ‘ Women of middle class origins who found themselves at the beginning of their working lives unequipped to promote themselves within occupations which traditionally demanded either precise qualifications or highly developed aptitude ’ . |
| 25 | Fujimori accused Gen. Salinas of having attempted to organize an unpublicised coup in July 1990 to prevent him from coming to office . |
| 26 | Trustees are obliged under Article 119 to do everything in their power to ensure benefits comply with equal treatment and that cases can be brought against them as well as the employer , it says , although it recognises there may be limits imposed by the size of the fund and the trust terms . |
| 27 | The plight of Ian X , a 23-year-old Ayrshire man who has a mental age of six , surfaced when he appeared in court after getting into trouble for the first time with the police , and was sent to Barlinnie in the absence of any hospital or social work establishment willing to take him into care . |
| 28 | Throughout this , the Independent/Private sector has continued , with few governments willing to bring it into line or abolish it . |
| 29 | NEWSPAPERS , radio and television have commissioned an orgy of more than 100 polls during this election campaign but the five main pollsters — MORI , Gallup , Harris , ICM and NOP — have embarked on a price war likely to leave them with little profit . |
| 30 | The Belgian Government argued in that connection that the limits of articles 52 and 59 were plain : they dealt only with the freedom of any Community national to establish himself in another member state and provide services there while retaining his own nationality . |