Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday police used teargas to break up protestors blocking aid lorries near Zenesa . |
| 2 | and I said to Andrea , I says Andrea those two are two of the tills I 'd checked yesterday in the middle of the day and they were spot on I said that money went yesterday evening ! |
| 3 | Such blindness distorts truth ; such political irresponsibility stores up trouble for the future . |
| 4 | Each decision sets off others and the sum total powerfully affects every individual ’ ( McGavran 1970:12 ) . |
| 5 | In 1868 a flood of unprecedented proportions washed away most of the caissons ( the strong cases keeping out water while the foundations are built ) while the Skerne 's trusses were found to be flawless . |
| 6 | I am so very very glad to have had that opportunity to help both Brian and SUSIE when they stayed that month with me — and only wish I saw more of her . |
| 7 | Many in both parties now recognise this , and that unity to bring about change in the way Scotland is governed is the only way forward . |
| 8 | The notion of ‘ policy ’ is insufficiently precise to indicate the role of members , for example in the consideration of the scope and content of cost-improvement programmes to free up resources for developments and unfunded elements of pay awards . |
| 9 | A check list for each category shows how providers can carry out their duties with proper regard to black communities ’ needs . |
| 10 | Although that struggle brought about changes in the formal relationship between the press and politicians , it did not fundamentally alter the natural attraction that these two spheres had for each other . |
| 11 | It 's a relatively cheap sport to set up ; the pilots cost under £5,000 each and each driver pays about £30 for a session . |
| 12 | Their belief in ‘ maximum self-reliance ’ with regional parliaments retaining ‘ most legislative powers ’ did not prevent the British manifesto from declaring that a Green government would use the European courts to speed up UK compliance with EC environmental directives . |
| 13 | These included ( i ) a 90-day moratorium on new federal regulations which could hamper growth , and a fundamental review of all existing regulations ; ( ii ) an instruction to all Cabinet departments and federal agencies " to speed up pro-growth expenditure " , which would infuse an extra $10,000 million into the economy in the next six months ; ( iii ) a change in the federal tax withholding schedules which would stimulate domestic demand by returning some $25,000 million to the economy over the next 12 months ; and ( iv ) a commitment to work with the Federal Reserve Board to hold down interest rates and inflation . |
| 14 | THE GOVERNMENT is ready to abandon its controversial plans to set up registers of land which may be contaminated . |
| 15 | The professional , however , can be defined as a person who practises theory or theoretizes practice ; indeed , the very concept of professional expertise implies both knowledge and use . |
| 16 | That notoriety explains why Simon & Schuster paid $275,000 for the translation rights , the highest sum ever paid for a Japanese book . |
| 17 | He may be willing to use his new powers as executive president to brush aside resistance . |
| 18 | The charts entitled ‘ One-way channels ’ and ‘ Two-way channels show where people say they currently get their information ; the ‘ Supervisors and Grapevines ’ chart compares your department results regarding these two channels with results from a few other departments . |
| 19 | Pluralist theories allow for greater scope for individuals , but they also have a far narrower conception of ‘ the political ’ in society These studies tend to focus almost exclusively on the constitutionally legitimised areas of political action to discover where power lies . |
| 20 | Given the thriving circular trade , it was easy for counterfeit manufacturers to pass off goods which they know would not be checked , said Mr Lumley . |
| 21 | See that car stepping out Chris ? |
| 22 | Perhaps the most obvious omission in this chapter , however , which analyses joke-capping sessions involving both men and women , is any consideration of the topical question of the relations between male and female discourse , with particular reference to any differences and similarities in joking conventions , in single sex or mixed company . |
| 23 | The distinction is a very significant one , because all the great religions of the world have emphasized how important it is that religion and life are bound up together , that religion does not hive off into some remote corner unrelated to the real world ; all religions do bother about the secular in the first sense of the word — about how life is actually lived and what people are and do , and not just about what they say and believe . |
| 24 | Many who moved were glad to do so and the economy as a whole has benefited from the release of agricultural labour to take up employment in the expanding manufacturing and service sectors . |
| 25 | Announced last autumn , the initiative brings together public and private sectors to carry out regeneration . |
| 26 | In order to identify those most at risk and encourage potential restorers from the public and private sectors to take on buildings in need of rescue , the Buildings At Risk Service has been set up . |
| 27 | Private cars guzzle about 7% of the world 's commercial ( non-industrial ) energy or 17% of the oil used each year . |
| 28 | For example , McGuire 's ( 1964 ) classic study demonstrated how laboratory subjects could be induced to reject unconsidered assumptions when receiving new information ( see also , Szybillo and Heslin , 1973 ) . |
| 29 | Munich had inspired a last-ditch attempt to bring down Chamberlain and save the peace . |
| 30 | But he slapped him so hard that blood trickled down Rooney 's face . |