Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colleagues I propose to take the vote one five eight as Mick 's indication is being opposed by the C E C. All those in favour of one five eight against that 's lost . |
| 2 | Micky Stewart , who is retiring as England 's team manager , will remain with the TCCB as ‘ development of excellence officer ’ . |
| 3 | A little firm just down the road had developed QDOS — Quick and Dirty Operating System — which looked just right for IBM 's PC. $100,000 later , Microsoft had bought the rights to QDOS , renamed it MS-DOS — Microsoft Disk Operating System , no frivolous acronyms for Big Blue , please — and licensed it to IBM . |
| 4 | King James sometimes fell asleep during Ben 's plays . |
| 5 | Philip did n't think there was much normal about Barry 's Mum , the way she thought Barry was perfect . |
| 6 | Reducing the emphasis on ‘ selling him up ’ and making it more possible for creditors ' claims to be met out of a debtor 's future income was one of the main objectives of the Insolvency Law Review Committee chaired by Sir Kenneth Cork which was appointed by the Government in 1977 and reported in 1982 . |
| 7 | It would be possible for officers ' secretaries to deal with external calls and most people do dial out direct anyway . |
| 8 | How is it possible for Christ 's death to affect me ? |
| 9 | It is now possible for Down 's children to find places in special schools from a relatively early age , in some cases from the age of three onwards . |
| 10 | His increased cash resources , and increasing commercial activity in the Frankish heartlands , made it possible for Charles 's household officers to organise the provisioning of the court by buying from local markets . |
| 11 | Alternatively , it may be possible for Newco 's loan capital obligations to be novated to Target , so that Target becomes directly responsible for financing interest payments . |
| 12 | Rumours have always been rife about Macari 's interest in turf accountancy . |
| 13 | I was upset about Sheila 's illness , upset and angry . |
| 14 | Mrs Brissett 's very upset about Harriet 's death . |
| 15 | A 0–0 draw did little for Darlington 's hopes of escaping the drop . |
| 16 | ‘ At least he maintains our myth about the mission , ’ said Ludens to Gildas , ‘ and he 's bloody right about Marcus 's courage . ’ |
| 17 | Had she been right about Luke 's involvement with him too ? |
| 18 | Beth had been surprised to know that Cissie herself had been thinking along those very same lines , and it only told her that she was right about Maisie 's children — they were growing up fast . |
| 19 | FORMER champion hurdler Beech Road has been cut to 12–1 for Saturday 's Mackeson Gold Cup even though there is an outside chance he could miss the race . |
| 20 | We conclude that TCR -β rearrangement is unnecessary for TCR -α rearrangement . |
| 21 | She felt rather sorry for Sarah 's rejects and often tried , unsuccessfully , to be asked out by them . |
| 22 | And for as long as the public continue to be wary of , or feel sorry for Down 's children , there will be a considerable social stigma to contend with . |
| 23 | Feel sorry for Saffron 's son . |
| 24 | Selkirk promised to leave his customary token force and Corbett , grateful for Selkirk 's intervention and assistance on the French galley , began to thank the rather taciturn Scottish knight . |
| 25 | She clung to her husband 's arm , but seemed grateful for Clare 's company . |
| 26 | Though the village seemed blessedly free from active dissent , even those most in need seemed more suspicious of than grateful for Frere 's efforts of charitable service . |
| 27 | ‘ That is so , ’ Sims said , smiling — apparently grateful for S-S 's help . |
| 28 | Loretta was grateful for Bridget 's assumption that she would have a part in whatever action they decided upon ; she was a more reliable friend than Tracey , she thought to herself . |
| 29 | Since there was never anything at all gratuitously coarse or vulgar about Karajan 's music-making , it is true that he never attempted to graft on to a score like Verdi 's Falstaff additional jokes or belly-laughs . |
| 30 | Laboratory measurements , although more objective , are no more specific for Crohn 's disease than the clinical indices . |