Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Air Force assigned 42–108777 to the Santa Maria Air Base where her two-seat capability was put to good use . |
| 2 | So we tried to look deeper , particularly for a way of applying our money where its unique lack of strings could help add most the eminent scientists on the Venture Research Advisory Council — the Chairman Sir James Menter , Sir Rex Richards , Sir Hans Kornberg and Professor John Cadogan — contributed their expertise to this slow painstaking process as did my colleagues in the Unit . |
| 3 | The light , clearing and brightening to the pure pale gold of primroses where its slanting rays could reach , still left the gatehouse and the court within the gates in shadow , and Tutilo kept his eyes on the cobbles and trod carefully , as though he could not see his way clearly . |
| 4 | The head needs to encourage staff to scrounge for good management , display and communications ideas from schools where they have previously worked , schools where their own children attend , industry , supermarkets , courses , magazines and even books . |
| 5 | One solution is to integrate roses in mixed borders where their bare appearance in winter and early spring is disguised by adjacent shrubs . |
| 6 | Across the landing which interrupted the downward curve of the stairs was a front bedroom where my youngest aunt slept until my grandmother took to her bed — and afterwards when left alone . |
| 7 | He let his mind wander down the twenty yards of landing and the three stairs to the back bedroom where his sixteen-year-old daughter lay . |
| 8 | Seen outside the ‘ homely ’ Bull & Gate pub — just a few doors down from the Town & Country Club where your beloved NME is currently holding its superlative week of talent flaunting — a small sad notice fluttering in the wake of the jostling NICK CAVE-bound hordes , announcing : ‘ HURRAH , onstage tonight at 10.30pm . |
| 9 | It was our pleasure seeing you this evening . ’ |
| 10 | She could taste blood now on her lips where her own teeth had bitten them , could see blood flecking her vision , hear it pounding in her ears as she ran , propelled by the first hot rush of her panic so that when she collided with the rough corner of a market stall she did not feel it ; when she stumbled again and scrambled to her feet she was unaware of her grazed hands and knees ; heedless of brewers ' drays , the hooves of heavy horses ; the outrage of the passers-by she pushed aside ; the woman with the heavy market basket she knocked over . |
| 11 | On Aug. 18 Ratsiraka declared Madagascar to be a federation of six states with himself as President , claiming to have the support of the five provinces where his ruling Arema party continued to hold majorities in the regional councils . |
| 12 | The editors begin their Introduction by agreeing with Professor David Walker 's statement in the Scottish Legal System that Scottish legal history is closer to that of the Continent than its English counterpart . |
| 13 | ‘ It is also nearer the coast than our previous activities so offers different constraints of beaches , wildlife and vessel traffic . |
| 14 | I met him once , in the late 1980s , a year or so before his death , in a pub in Camden Town : he was a quick , if ageing , inquisitive and half-bolting creature : more for his thick spectacles than his literary associations , other drinkers in the pub called him ‘ The Professor ’ . |
| 15 | In these circumstances the British were able to exert more influence over the development of defence thinking than their physical strength strictly warranted . |
| 16 | It was a faster car than their small Renault . |
| 17 | In practice for Sunday 's Belgian Grand Prix , Mansell was more than two seconds quicker in the Oxfordshire Williams car than his nearest rival Ayrton Senna . |
| 18 | She feels her Australian temperament has left her with fewer inhibitions than her European counterparts . |
| 19 | She suspects that she may get rather more exposure to outpatient clinics and theatre sessions than her medical colleagues because they get bogged down on the wards with tasks that she is not allowed to do . |
| 20 | Pretty soon the law would know more about Mahoney than his own mother . |
| 21 | This analysis may also help to assess the extent to which the central contradiction in Anderson 's character , his apparently greater interest in football than his academic field of ethics , displays itself in conversation . |
| 22 | It is certainly true that UK banks have , in the past , tended to lend less to industry than their foreign counterparts . |
| 23 | This special five-year chart shows a more balanced result than our two-month version ( see page 67 ) ; here longer term , established titles mix it with the ‘ Big Names ’ . |
| 24 | My friend in the business pointed out that his guitar had a slimmer neck than its big rival . |
| 25 | Domesticated grain contains less crude protein than its wild counterpart , and a higher percentage of carbohydrate . |
| 26 | AST Research Inc yesterday introduced the Premmia personal computer family , designed with a local-bus video subsystem claimed to yield more than 200% faster performance in Windows environments than its earlier generation Power Premium desktop systems which are cut $100 . |
| 27 | Britain 's businesses took a longer Christmas break than their European competitors this year , with millions of workers taking a two week holiday . |
| 28 | The writer has often pondered on the manner of their selection , and likes to feel that their skill carried more weight than their religious affiliations . |
| 29 | At all ages above 75 years women are more likely to be living in an institution than their male contemporaries . |
| 30 | As Brah and Deem point out , Afro-Caribbean young women are stereotyped as ‘ pushy ’ , but achieve better in schools than their male counterparts . |