Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The Bernard brothers were so struck by this that for some weeks afterwards Henrietta was known to them as ‘ Piss-off darling ’ .
2 No censorship would take place beforehand , but it was made quite clear that on these issues the press was expected to censor itself , to know what ought not to be reported .
3 These do require a certain degree of inference , but it is clear that under some conditions such remains can suggest the name of a sponsor , the reason for sponsorship , and the presence of a respected craftsmen or group of craftsmen At Avenches — and probably at Bavay — in France , and at Seriana and Timgad in North Africa , the names of individual craftsmen are attested ( although , as is shown by the inscription from Timgad , even differing ideas of the practice in which the craftsman was involved are apparent ) .
4 In both cases , however , it was clear that among those respondents who thought in terms of ‘ class ’ the most common designations were ‘ working ’ and ‘ middle ’ .
5 Differences remained ; but it was also clear that in many cases the two countries could work together , on an equal and principled basis , without prejudice to the interests of other countries .
6 Looked at from the ground , however , a rather different picture emerges , since it is clear that in many constituencies local issues were of greater importance , and even where national issues played a role , they were often distinctively shaped by peculiar local circumstances .
7 When we look back to the present , it will be perfectly clear that in many sectors of the economy , the recovery has indeed started .
8 Such criticism was premature , as it is now clear that in many parts of the world long dead-straight trackways were laid out and , in several cases , are still used .
9 In place of the nineteenth-century sense of a succession of literary historical " periods " , scholars have now revealed a continuum of " interlocking elements " making it clear that in all times the " spirit of literature " is one .
10 It is clear that in most cases limited sanctions such as disapproval of a particular form of conduct can be most effective .
11 It is clear that in both places , the higher the status group the greater the tendency to approximate to the spoken norm of Received Pronunciation , which retains [ h ] .
12 The levels and movements of urban rent are hard to document , but where substantial series of records survive , it is clear that in some towns at any rate , rents fell in the fifteenth century .
13 First of all , the case made it clear that in some circumstances statements of protest alone , however well argued and legitimate , were not sufficient to stop library censorship , particularly if it was widespread and co-ordinated .
14 It is also clear that in some places , Marx at least , seems willing to envisage qualifications which are even more fundamental ; for example , that there might be more than one line of evolution .
15 It is clear that in these circumstances external or police assistance should be called .
16 So if the law was clear that in those circumstances they should have been on notice and should have therefore watched where the money was going , there would n't have been a problem and are we not saying that legitimate stock lending which I think is what is about is suggesting , if carried on properly on the market , would be all right , but if it immediately goes off market into the back doors and back rooms and people ca n't see what 's going on and the Financial Institutions take part in that , then they are doing something that un undoubtedly is probably going to cause loss to pension funds and should n't there be a clear law which makes them liable in those circumstances .
17 So if the law was clear that in those circumstances they should have been on notice and should have therefore watched where the money was going , there would n't have been a problem and are we not saying that legitimate stock lending , which I think is what Good is abou is suggesting , if carried on properly on market , would be all right , but if it immediately goes off market into the back doors and back rooms and people ca n't see what 's going on and the financial institutions take part in that , then they are doing something that un undoubtedly is probably going to cause loss to pension funds and should n't there be a clear law which makes them liable in those circumstances .
18 It is notable that it was Bunting , in his generation the only British emulator of Pound , who was most confident and insistent that in these matters Pound 's immediate master was American , the Walt Whitman of ‘ Out of the Ocean Endlessly Rocking ’ .
19 He must also ensure that there is adequate information available about this and about any conditions necessary to ensure that it will be safe and without risks to health when properly used .
20 In view of this and after many years of being in the movement and being active in the movement , I know when to quit when I 'm winning , so I move motion one six three .
21 I myself was lucky enough last week to see a fine sample of the Lesser Twayblade and another of the Small White Orchid , rare occurrences as far south as this and in these times .
22 If , in addition , they could hire for private patients the very expensive facilities in the way of X-ray machines , operating theatres and the like , to be found within the National Health Service , this too made their lives very much easier and in many cases made their private practice a possibility .
23 To Europeans , this music is unfamiliar and in many cases the technical level of orchestration and harmony is deficient by world standards , but in place of technique , the Indians have something else that should interest us .
24 Their routine is quite demanding and in some ways it expects a level of determination on the part of the rehabilitee that would probably be high enough to get him back to work without a course of formal rehabilitation .
25 The greater light was , of course , the sun which , in early mythology , was considered masculine while the moon was feminine and in some cultures , she was called The Queen of Heaven .
26 In general the activities of the masses were though of as mindless but they were at least non-political and in many cases they even encouraged the acceptance of social norms and new routines necessary to urban and industrial life .
27 In those islands where demand is relatively high the equilibrium price of the good will be relatively high and in those islands where demand is relatively low the price of the good will be relatively low .
28 Regional libraries also receive full specifications of British and in some cases foreign patents and will make copies of these available to enquirers .
29 In their original formulation these two schools were both more concerned , if not exclusively so , with macro-economic and in some cases social historical development .
30 The location of the earliest episcopal churches — in the inhabited suburbs , within the walls , near the edge of the walled town , or near the centre ? — is often doubtful and in many cases has been much debated .
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