Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 3 ) There is a modern attempt to defend what is called objectivism in ethics which turns on viewing both facts and values as essentially social constructs which are what they are because they are either what society drills us into accepting or what exceptional individuals can persuade us follow from the procedures we have been drilled into accepting as correct . |
| 2 | I must be quiet ; they must not hear my heart thumping or my involuntary gasp . |
| 3 | Throughout these reconnaissances , therefore , the raiders went to extreme lengths — even possibly to self-destruction — to avoid being caught or their special gear falling into enemy hands , for its nature made clear the purpose of the visit . |
| 4 | I was walking along with my girl and I see my old man and I was scared , you know , smoking , but at the same time I did n't want to throw it away because my girl was there , you know , and she 'd see it , and I just kept on walking and my old man stopped and said to me , ‘ Give me a light ’ , and I give him a light , and he said , ‘ I 'm away to the shops ’ , and I was , you know , thinking , I can get away with this . |
| 5 | There is , then , yet a third way of being systematic with regard to project work , and that is for a school to work out a definite policy on how it should be approached and which particular skills should be stressed at which levels . |
| 6 | Whether I have conveyed anything of the delight we took in his company I do n't know and his exact words may have been even better but the magic of his style returns to me and I had another giggle writing this . |
| 7 | If you have someone who is dependent on you and needs to be provided for , think of them first if you do n't plan to leave them everything , decide what they will need and what personal belongings you wish to leave them . |
| 8 | There was her article to write and her whole way of life in London . |
| 9 | He had almost decided to turn back , when a growl sounded behind him ; a large mongrel stood there , with its teeth bared and its long ears laid back . |
| 10 | It was clear he had been beaten , his face was bruised and his ragged clothing was hanging from him . |
| 11 | RJB is run by Richard Budge and its main asset is not coal but its Big Cats huge Caterpillar machines with shovels that can pick up tonnes of coal at a time . |
| 12 | However , they have also found themselves caught between what district health authority purchasers with a population based public health focus want and what general practitioners want based on their patients ' needs . |
| 13 | Her voice trembled and her whole body stiffened as she stared at Robert incredulously . |
| 14 | It must be stressed again that there is always a difference between what textbooks say and what real research is actually like . |
| 15 | ‘ I need your help , Nick , because my only son is dying and my only daughter is following his example , and I need a strong man who will save them . ’ |
| 16 | Mitzi was immediately conscious of pain and seconds later of the table upturning and its entire contents spreading themselves across the parquet . |
| 17 | Oxford 's green fields are being overwhelmed and its historic character lost to luxury developments , while homelessness grows . |
| 18 | In our present study , a disulphated derivative of PABA-UDCA was synthesised and its basic characters were investigated . |
| 19 | And they had also made guesses as to what might be possible if the deuterium and oxygen gases that were bubbling off from the cell could be recombined and their latent energy recovered and used as heat . |
| 20 | If he could be captured and dealt with , much of the danger for Scotland would be dispersed and his Scots support would dissolve . |
| 21 | Particular attention must be given to the following : ( 1 ) The secrecy obligation is closely linked to Rule 2.2(e) which requires that where more than a very restricted number of people ( ie those in the companies concerned who need to know and their immediate advisers ) are included in pre-offer negotiations or discussions , then an announcement must be made . |
| 22 | ( e ) when negotiations or discussions between the offeror and the target are about to be extended beyond a very small group of people ( ie the persons in the companies concerned who need to know and their immediate advisers ) . |
| 23 | The Alesis 3630 is easy to get to know and its quiet performance is better than its modest price would suggest . |
| 24 | Th What 's happened is that this spelling , th this reversal of spelling has occurred in English , as some of you obviously do n't seem to know and your modern English versions you speak used it . |
| 25 | And I think we did draw attention to the fact that er there may well in some instances be a conflict in terms of what Selby district wants and what current P P G advice suggests . |
| 26 | Options are not transferable and may only be exercised by the persons to whom they were granted or their personal representatives . |
| 27 | A ‘ top-down ’ comment by Holdgate ( 1982 ) also makes a plea for relevant local research which can be applied and its resulting policies replicated . |
| 28 | Phase I clinical trials have been carried out on healthy volunteers to evaluate the way the drug is absorbed and its potential toxicity . |
| 29 | As in America , smoking is now increasingly prohibited in public places in Britain , which means that children are less influenced by adults who smoke and whose passive smoking does much to damage young children 's health . |
| 30 | So too did the quality of goods manufactured and their relative dearness — given supply difficulties and lack of bulk orders to manufacturers . |