Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could hear John breathing , and in the distance , distinguish the dim shape of the sapper . |
| 2 | Taylor will then need convincing shows in the USA before the FA would give him another four years , equalling the eight-year reign of Bobby Robson . |
| 3 | In the previous chapter we identified the major variables which influence the current account of the balance of payments and examined how automatic and discretionary adjustments operate to rectify payments imbalances . |
| 4 | How far do select committees influence the general atmosphere in the House of Commons ? |
| 5 | The doctor 's expectations as to how the elderly patient should behave influence the actual behaviour of the elderly patient by non-verbal communication . ’ |
| 6 | This data enables us to draw clear conclusions concerning the presence of B II conformations within the dodecamer under study and also points to more general rules which influence the probable appearance of such conformations within other sequences . |
| 7 | Less obvious , but equally important factors concern the economic and market distortions which influence the comparative disadvantage of many areas . |
| 8 | It is by following up such topics that this subject can truly come alive for the reader — banking and finance ( domestic or international ) influence the everyday life of most people . |
| 9 | On this account , several types of information influence the on-line interpretation of anaphors , though for any particular kind of anaphor one type of information predominates in determining considered judgements . |
| 10 | POU domain genes encode a family of highly conserved transacting factors that influence the transcriptional activity of several cell type-specific and ubiquitous genes . |
| 11 | Economic pressures producing changes in family structure may , for example , influence the higher-order structure of society only a generation or two later . |
| 12 | Whereas the aim of social advancement is to reduce individual inequalities but the social environment which produced them is left intact ( on the assumption that these inequalities are due to inadequate education effort on the part of individuals , the state or to inequality of ‘ education gifts ’ ) , the aim of the collective advancement is to give individual education and , at the same time , influence the social context in which the individuals live : an effort is made to involve as many persons as possible in the education campaign . |
| 13 | The European champions , who host the first leg in 11 days ' time , have lost Ruud Gullit and Marco Van Basten and are struggling for form . |
| 14 | Hartlepool 's Procession host the first show at the Empire in Middlesbrough on Monday ; Hug take the tour to Newcastle Poly on March 2 , and on March 5 the Poppyfield bring it to Perry 's in Darlington where the Autumn Divers will also be on the bill . |
| 15 | Unfortunately the use of a new gauge led to a simple practical problem — the break of gauge where the broad met the narrow gauge with the consequent need for transshipment of goods and passengers . |
| 16 | On Aug. 7 Greguric met the Prime Minister of the rump Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( FRY ) , Milan Panic , in Budapest , with the mediation of Hungarian Prime Minister Jozsef Antall . |
| 17 | His concerns are moral and religious , and in certain respects , therefore , although they appear to be out of line with the literary culture of Sidonius and his sixth-century followers , they do look back to the moral response which met the first wave of the barbarian invasions . |
| 18 | Wolsey met the first crisis by ordering the levy of a forced loan . |
| 19 | He then went back to Nigel 's room to see how the women were getting on — and met the first snag in the arrangements . |
| 20 | She flushed as she met the quizzical expression in Helen 's eyes . |
| 21 | I met the then Chairman of the AAA , Bill Ferguson , who asked me what the problem was all about . |
| 22 | She met the burning passion of his eyes , and time ceased . |
| 23 | Theda 's eyes met the scorching flame in his as she rose shakily to her feet to face him . |
| 24 | Then Benedict raised his head from where it rested in the wild disorder of her flaming hair , and his gaze met the misty love in the deep grey of her eyes . |
| 25 | Other companies , in sectors where the opportunities for technological change were greater , met the increasing competition by introducing more automation into their production processes . |
| 26 | And as she met the dark gaze of Guido Falcone , her breath caught as though a fist had connected with her solar plexus . |
| 27 | The actual reasons for the popularity ( albeit relatively short-lived ) of the high-rise phase are many : it was architecturally fashionable ; it may have suited municipal prestige ; it answered immediate problems of increasing density as the big cities ran out of building land within their own boundaries ; and it met the spurious argument about saving agricultural land ( mounted by the farming lobby and the Conservative-dominated shire counties ) . |
| 28 | Then she disappeared , until Jane opened the airing cupboard and met the unblinking gaze of Fluff and Titch side by side on the blankets . |
| 29 | Held to coincide with May Day ( celebrated elsewhere in the capital by some 5,000 people ) , the 2,000-strong congress met the violent opposition of left-wingers who protested at the various anti-Semitic , nationalist , conservative Catholic , and free-market views of the participants . |
| 30 | Most of those who met the future candidate on the Sailing Party were struck by his insatiable appetite for debate and a good time . |