Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is also firmly committed to proactive management : ‘ This is n't the kind of business environment in which we can set targets and expect something to happen , and we 're not waiting for an economic turnaround to provide us with the kind of results we want to turn in . |
| 2 | They were rusticated like naughty undergraduates to remote provinces — Molotov as ambassador to Ulan Bator , Malenkov to run a power station , Kaganovich to run a cement works , while Marshals Zhukov and Bulganin in due course followed them into retirement . |
| 3 | Richard Elliott , the Headmaster , chose Francis as one of the first pupil teachers , and in due course promoted him to the position of junior teacher at the Margate branch of the Asylum . |
| 4 | That finding leads us to a shocking conclusion : a gesture is more individual than an individual . |
| 5 | Small wonder that flocks of European and Scandinavian birds choose it as their resting point when migrating to more congenial climes each winter . |
| 6 | His political inclinations got him into trouble again in 1940 , however . |
| 7 | Several of the actresses make plucky attempts to inject it with a semblance of artistic integrity : proper name Diane Whitley is convincing as Karen , the girl who is the subject of the lovelorn quest , and Paula Wilcox , as the veteran competitor , has enough experience and talent to gauge the scale of this production and perform accordingly . |
| 8 | With a Fender Princeton Reverb II as a test amp , the Signature model 's custom-wound Seymours prove themselves to be all smooth power , full and solid , with plenty of mid-range . |
| 9 | That decision to organize ourselves as a group was a really important step forward for us as workers and for the organization . |
| 10 | The big four have asked all Japanese corporations with equity-financing plans to postpone them for the time being . |
| 11 | MOTORIST Peter Beer battled for eight hours to free himself from his crashed car while vehicles roared past on a motorway yards above . |
| 12 | We are interested and associated but not absorbed and should European statesmen address us in the words which were used of old — Shall we speak for thee to the king or captain of the host ? ' — we should reply , Nay sir , for we dwell among our own people' ’ . |
| 13 | When he was able , he fed himself with the meal he 'd prepared earlier , and stripped off the heavy insulating robe to dress himself in Tech-Green drab . |
| 14 | say by the way Jim you could have fixed that boiler take everyone off the pipes |
| 15 | For those wanting to satisfy that itch there is an extensive factual section with each trek giving lots of useful practical information . |
| 16 | For those wanting to satisfy that itch there is an extensive factual section with each trek giving lots of useful practical information . |
| 17 | It could be simply a difference of opinion where conflicting views bring us to an impasse . |
| 18 | The first thing that that litany reminds us of is that when it came to success , in the immortal words of Mae West ( put into her mouth by scriptwriter Vincent Lawrence ) , goodness had nothing to do with it . |
| 19 | The experience in Gentle Jack and the speech that caused all the problems in that play stood him in good stead . |
| 20 | They produce beef that no one will buy at the price at which they want to sell it , so they are subsidised by the European taxpayer to dump it in West Africa , where it destroys the livelihoods of poor farmers . |
| 21 | In Chile , in an address to the Congress , Bush stated that the country 's economic policies put it in the " forefront of the free-market movement now taking hold across Latin America " and that this made it a " prime candidate " for debt relief proposed under the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative . |
| 22 | Each genre established you as ‘ commander ’ at a particular level — for example as total military supremo controlling grand strategy , or at regimental level in charge of smaller units such as squads or platoons , or at the lowest level actually controlling individual tanks or airplanes . |
| 23 | The biblical perspective of divine revelation is of God speaking at specific times addressing himself to particular situations . |
| 24 | For a moment he thought there was a double meaning in her words , but he dismissed the thought when he recognised it was one of her usual openings to draw him into conversation . |
| 25 | No-one has the complete freedom to do anything in our modern , regimented society . |
| 26 | The powerful running of the big front man had been a constant threat to Andover all afternoon and they just had no answer as he finally surged through shrugging off vain attempts to check him before delivering the perfect finish . |
| 27 | Professional clubs formed themselves into limited liability companies not to speculate in the entertainment business but to make legally secure the cost of providing facilities . |
| 28 | Conversely , Trade Indemnity maintained support for the Mirror Group , whose PAS-score trajectory shows it to be financially sound . |
| 29 | It was pointed out that the modular nature of the new advanced provision lends itself to students choosing groups of units which , although having vocational relevance for the individual or a particular employer , do not satisfy the criteria for an existing HNC or HND . |
| 30 | Although in retrospect it might seem a vain hope to disguise ourselves as a motor yacht , we were not well known in the area and there were , after all , quite a few converted HDML 's about in those days , so we removed a few obvious identification marks from the ship including our uniforms , flew the red ensign and settled down to wait . |