Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [adv] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly , there was nothing peaceful in the relationships between either the brothers or their father . |
| 2 | He was saying what happened was the last three years there 's been no plums about so the supermarkets have sort of found something else . |
| 3 | In this discussion it has been hard to draw the line between issues that are essentially ‘ characteristics of policy ’ that affect implementation , and points that are really observations about the characteristics of either the relationships between central policy makers and local implementers , or of the organization of the implementing agencies . |
| 4 | A combination of a biographical dictionary of activists begun in the 1920s ( which was cut short by Stalin after completion of only the volumes covering the 1860s , 70s and a small proportion of the activists of 1880–1904 ) and the meticulous records of the Police and Justice Departments on political arrests have made possible rough estimates of the number who actually fell foul of the authorities . |
| 5 | Ears with practically no lobes , I could n't help noticing , a genetic trait of increasing popularity which no doubt Darwin could explain . |
| 6 | The Social Democrats jumped to 44.8% from 38.8% and can choose to form a coalition with either the Greens or the Free Democrats , which is likelier . |
| 7 | The thought of drifting along in the sunbeams , under the willow of the brook with only the frogs and water-rats to keep her company , filled her with glee . |
| 8 | The result is weight and inch loss from just the areas we want to slim down . |
| 9 | In other words , the continuing fall in the demand for labour on farms has prompted a growing proportion of even the locals to live in the village and work in towns . |
| 10 | This appears to envisage rules which require the disclosure of only the arrangements for the payment of commission and not of the actual amount . |
| 11 | The principal claim to greatness of even the popes themselves , before the mid-eleventh century , lay in their conduct as bishops of Rome , building churches , organizing poor relief , and resisting the attempts of every tinpot contender for the empire to dominate the city and its people . |
| 12 | While ignoring the possible trauma caused by the actual fighting itself , it graphically explores ( through brilliant performances by Frederic March , Dana Andrews , Harold Russell , Myrna Loy and Virginia Mayo ) the fractures that war creates in the lives of even the victors . |
| 13 | ‘ I went to Washington with only the clothes on my back . ’ |
| 14 | Another point Chris would like to stress is that he has only tested his herbal remedies on tropical community fish ( which are mainly acid-loving ) and pondfish — he does n't know how more specialised hard water fish , such as Mbuna , which come from areas with virtually no plants , would react . |
| 15 | On the one hand they are praised for succeeding in a sport with absolutely no guarantees — if you crave success , you have to win it . |
| 16 | His growing band of admirers , who gathered outside , were accustomed to hearing a great tumult from inside the walls , like riotous crowds fighting . |
| 17 | Certainly Gen McCreery wanted specific authorization from AFHQ to deal with these Croats in precisely the terms which Robertson 's order gave him . |
| 18 | The potential conflict in this species is removed because the flowers are pollinated above the branches by bees , the pedicels lengthening and becoming erect , to be lowered in fruit , when bats disperse the fruits from below the branches . |
| 19 | As a coach to both a colts XV and a senior team I have seen the game my charges play become more free flowing by doing away with the juggernaut mentality . |
| 20 | Since an interview is essentially a stimulus-response situation this means that there is very little standardization of either the stimuli or the recording of the responses . |
| 21 | In such a world , the easy resolution of the ethical dilemma remains problematic , for as Anne Akeroyd ( 1984 : 134 ) recognizes ‘ there is not , nor ever likely to be any definitive agreement about the nature of either the problems or solutions [ facing the social scientist and the question of ethics ] ’ . |
| 22 | Although Taylor was carrying out his research at the beginning of the century and despite the fact that his conclusions did not meet with the universal approval of either the workers or the management he left an important legacy which later theorists built upon : |
| 23 | He was a tall handsome man with huge white teeth ; a magician who could conjure coins or playing-cards from inside the pockets and behind the ears of small boys . |
| 24 | Thirty years from now the words will have been wiped clean by the sun and sea that inspired them . |
| 25 | There was a sound from inside the houses |
| 26 | Sir Joseph Banks had pioneered the effort to transplant useful species from one area to another , and hoped to use his position at the royal botanical gardens at Kew to further the interests of Britain 's overseas colonies . |
| 27 | Countries had used subsidies to further the interests of their national companies , and Britain had found it difficult to compete in this arena . |
| 28 | For the next couple of years at least the shares will be supported only by assets , which despite the fall in values are still worth 25 p.c. more than the share price . |
| 29 | The censor on the other hand claims a moral and élitist superiority in his or her actions , and whether intentionally or not credits the user with virtually no powers of discrimination . |
| 30 | As in Indonesia , he had to implement this decision with virtually no guidelines . |