Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Americans fret about many aspects of their political system , but not its fairness between parties ; and — given that no third party exists — its results are decently proportional . |
| 2 | Given the need for an extensive approach within the limitations noted above , and given that the first stage of the fieldwork demonstrated that heroin users generally confine themselves to specific networks , it was decided to use a ‘ network analysis ’ approach using the technique of snowball sampling , or chain referral ( Fraser and Hawkins 1984 , p. 82 ) . |
| 3 | I realised this the first time I saw her dressed up to go out — excited , nervous and yet so alive . |
| 4 | Who was intent upon launching such a third revolution ? |
| 5 | Katherine glanced up as she slit open the third envelope . |
| 6 | With competition becoming intense the first set of Motor Racing rules were drawn up for the Paris-Amsterdam-Paris race of 1898 . |
| 7 | About one in three adults can do this the first time they try it . |
| 8 | ‘ What do you think made you feel funny the last time ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Three months in prison , ’ they told Soapy the next day . |
| 10 | If you do either of these then you wo n't feel tired the next evening … and the difficulties will continue . |
| 11 | But there again , one week you might , one month you might get a one month he might give her that and bugger all the next month ! |
| 12 | HERR NORDERN did not feel better the next morning , in fact he felt considerably worse . |
| 13 | And you never know when your husband is coming home for dinner , or if he 's coming home alone , or with his secretary or with a friend — I mean , you have nothing in your life to plan , not even that night , let alone the next day or the weekend . |
| 14 | Because it rained all the next week , Mary went to talk to Colin every day instead of visiting the garden . |
| 15 | When members of Congress returned to Washington , not only did the Senate Republicans stand firm a third time , but conservative and moderate Democrats were emboldened to seek further cuts in spending , together with modifications to Mr Clinton 's energy tax . |
| 16 | ‘ Anyway , when I found out how well-known he was , I made sure the first spot was very organised . |
| 17 | The Heritage range is the most flexible because cantilever cross frames are used to carry all the first floor loads and most of the roof , leaving internal divisions largely a matter of choice . |
| 18 | Make sure the next generation has straight hair by cutting off the crusts . |
| 19 | There 's no excuse for that and if we 're er having as one of our major platforms of our business initiative 's quality , then er the quality must be right one hundred per cent all the time er so I was somewhat bothered that we were an an disappointed I suppose that we did n't get high ratings in the quality control reviews which were carried out , so to that end we were make make sure the next time we came round with a better score er so er we are looking at what 's called hot reviews which is looking at er an audit for example before it 's finalised by somebody completely independent of the job carrying out a technical review of the way in which tha that audit has been conducted er we are looking at it after the jobs been finished and probably in the slack season in the summer get people to actually review as if they were doing a dry quality control review of the job er prior to us getting an external review er carried out . |
| 20 | ‘ But he 'll make sure the next wench he fancies is n't another man 's property . |
| 21 | He also remembered that he 'd said he 'd ring Frances about the possibility of going down to Miles and Juliet 's on the Sunday , but decided to do that the next morning . |
| 22 | In fact he spent all the first winter of the war pontooning , and then was driving lorries on bomb disposal . |
| 23 | Most of the people , just over two thirds , who spent all the last year of their life in a residential or nursing home were 85 or more , and it is this age group which is predicted to increase most rapidly in the next twenty years ( Central Statistical Office ( CSO ) , 1989 ) so it is likely that increasing numbers will spend the last year of their lives in such homes . |
| 24 | If DELAY is not zero control is immediately returned to the main program , but if DELAY has reached zero the next step command is sent to the excitation sequence control and DELAY is loaded with the next value from the look-up table — The times between step commands are therefore proportional to the ( constant ) clock period and the look.up table values . |
| 25 | Tetsu tapped it in for his birdie and now , having three-putted the 3rd green , he was level par . |
| 26 | Most people feel homesick the first time they leave home , no matter how old they are . |
| 27 | She broke open the third drawer with a snap . |
| 28 | He handed her the folded documents as he prised open the first box . |
| 29 | On Saturday afternoons he shouted advice to the televised footballers , but often fell asleep the next minute , with a can of light ale in his hand . |
| 30 | went wrong the first time do you ? |