Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , a story which for one reason had been meaningful to her as a young child provided guidance for her at adolescence for quite a different reason . |
| 2 | They would be competing with each other in the canopy for exactly the same sunlight , but they would all have ‘ paid ’ much smaller growing costs to get into the canopy . |
| 3 | attempt to understand and explain immediate daily experience , while the real reasons for both the socio-economic decline and New Commonwealth immigration are to be found in much more abstract and long-standing social and economic processes which can not be grasped in terms of daily experience . |
| 4 | Denmark joined the EEC for much the same reasons as the British did : she wished to ensure that she was not excluded from a large ‘ home ’ market , particularly for her agricultural products . |
| 5 | really a continuous , strongish wind to blow in one direction for quite a few hours . |
| 6 | Broadening this analysis , we might note that there is considerable variation in different cultures about how the two principles of blood and marriage relate to each other , and therefore in the code of conduct upon which in-law relationships are based . |
| 7 | ‘ See here , ’ said the doctor doubtfully , ‘ it is n't usual for a man to walk into an empty house at four in the morning and come out with another man 's cheque for nearly a hundred pounds . ’ |
| 8 | The exposition extends its sympathy for both the younger and the older Wells , and good sense is lavished on the borderline books between — uneasy but stimulating mixtures like When the Sleeper A wakes and A Modern Utopia . |
| 9 | It is possible that [ J. ] could inhale vomit during either a nasogastric feed or an epileptic fit . |
| 10 | It is possible that [ J. ] could inhale vomit during either a nasogastric feed or an epileptic fit . |
| 11 | When their mother died in 1778 she was sent away to Halifax , to stay with her mother 's cousin , Miss Elizabeth Threlkeld , for nine years ; she then lived at Penrith with her grand-parents , seeing William for only a short time , and from 1789 to 1794 was away from the Lake District again , in the care of her uncle and aunt at Forncett in Norfolk . |
| 12 | He 'd tried to stop a truck which was loaded with stolen aluminium scrap worth just a hundred pounds . |
| 13 | He 'd tried to stop a truck which was loaded with stolen aluminium scrap worth just a hundred pounds . |
| 14 | The problems result from long-term exposure , so families who change homes every few years may not suffer because they are exposed to levels above the action level for only a short time . |
| 15 | Iris has known Philippe for quite a long time . |
| 16 | If hypnotics are prescribed , enough tablets for only a few nights should be given at any one time and the medication stopped once the period of distress is over . |
| 17 | The adventure ties up a computer for quite a long time . |
| 18 | During the S the CNES budget increased substantially — largely due to state support for both the national and European ( ESA ) programmes : the CNES budget ( in real terms ) trebled in the years 1963–8 and then stayed level during most of the S ; in the S it rose steadily . |
| 19 | South Africa opposed Mozambique 's radical regime , fearing its potential influence in the region , and Frelimo 's support for both the Zimbabwean liberation struggle and the African National Congress ( ANC ) of South Africa . |
| 20 | Two crash programmes in December and January have boosted production of 81mm mortar bombs for both the British and the American forces — and the British design has been adapted to make it fit the slightly different mortar used by the Americans . |
| 21 | ‘ He had to pick an England team from what was left after the week-end games a fortnight ago , while I found myself with just two players at Highbury for almost the entire week . |
| 22 | Big undertakings like Sheffield and Worth only required twenty or thirty men each , and of course for just a few weeks at a time . |
| 23 | A single kiln , for instance , probably implies a potter 's presence for only a short period in the life of a settlement some may even have been itinerant or at best semi-residential , moving on once local demand had been satisfied . |
| 24 | But , in contrast , they may partly see the ad in this way a number of times during quite a short period . |
| 25 | Steam on the kitchen window cuts off the railway lines , making the tiny kitchen for once a friendly place . |
| 26 | The usefulness of the library to the English teacher must also not be under.emphasized , although very often " work in English " calls for only the simplest of library skills from the pupil . |
| 27 | Given the varying levels of computer expertise in Colleges at that time , and the current status of the proposed new systems , it was difficult to make specific proposals about how the associated responsibilities should be handled at College level . |
| 28 | During the final year , students follow the curriculum for either the general degree or the honours degree . |
| 29 | There are various competing accounts about how the different problems of the penal system are related to each other and what the underlying causes of the crisis are . |
| 30 | Give them some story about how an unexpected delay saved my life . |