Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exceptions are provided by contract work , for example , the Tourism and Recreation Research Unit ( TRRU ) ( 1975 to 1977 ) was sponsored by a number of government agencies to produce four reports on rural recreation in Scotland , based on a survey of 11,600 tourists in their cars and 6,800 Scottish residents in their homes , and in another sponsored survey of 35,810 cars leaving Edinburgh they were able to produce the pattern of recreation shown in Figure 7.2a . |
| 2 | This is mainly because although some adjectives precedes others it is within a relatively small space of time and a comparison between adjectives relating to the situation versus those to the person can not really be made . |
| 3 | His cultured voice and charming manners aroused feelings she had never experienced before . |
| 4 | Certainly the range of types of referential relation holding between perceived properties corresponding to a qualifying adjective and perceived entities corresponding to its accompanying noun is enormous ; a small random sample would include the cases that could be covered by ( 15 ) as well as by ( 14 ) : ( 15 ) plastic bottles empty bottles useful bottles different bottles missing bottles It would not be correct , however , to conclude from this evidence that the meaning expressed by qualification is a broad composite notion , from a syntactic point of view . |
| 5 | Where there are no established rules to guide decision we must make a direct judgement as to what will have the best consequences , concentrating on the more immediate and those we are personally most motivated to promote , as the remote future is highly unpredictable and we are unlikely to do much to promote what is not personally inviting . |
| 6 | It will consider school , local and national developments so that when discussion of future plans takes place it is done with full knowledge of the school audit and national and local priorities beyond . |
| 7 | This allegedly , erm , protests the , protects the citizen , and the , the logic of this argument , is really the Hobbesian argument , that if you let ordinary individuals have firearms they 'll go round killing each other , or so it is alleged . |
| 8 | The argument about rhythm should not make us forget the very important difference in English between strong and weak syllables ; some languages do not have such a noticeable difference ( which may , perhaps , explain the subjective impression of ‘ syllable-timing ’ ) , and for native speakers of such languages learning English it can be helpful to practise repeating strongly rhythmical utterances since this forces the speaker to concentrate on making unstressed syllables weak . |
| 9 | When such children become adults they suffer considerable internal conflict . |
| 10 | We believe political officials have responsibilities we could not defend if we had to build these directly from the ordinary requirements of individual personal morality most of us accept for ourselves and others in nonpolitical life . |
| 11 | I 've tried three times to see Mr he was n't available . |
| 12 | Tory Euro-rebels served notice they would ‘ fight without restraint ’ and create a constitutional crisis if the Government tried to by-pass Parliament to ratify the treaty . |
| 13 | The C E C has no difficulty with the principle to restrict numbers of full-time officials er , that are required , however erm , I think we also want to take into account er , the developments that are referred to in the motion with respect of the Labour Party and if these developments take place we will obviously have to examine that before we come to any decision on the matter . |
| 14 | How would you respond if you knew that after his previous failures to find answers he had cried out louder and more often , and that the scars of the razor blades were still on his wrists to show it ? |
| 15 | She began work as a graduate trainee with the Bank of England — ‘ A glorified name for a computer programmer ’ — then when the youngest of her three children started school she did a P. G. C. E. course at Durham . |
| 16 | When the Fascists and National Socialists took office they promised fast and far reaching social reforms . |
| 17 | Despite many attempts to provide alternatives they remain however the most effective way of restoring dull finishes particularly on aluminium utensils . |
| 18 | Welcome relief Sadly , while we have plots focusing on homelessness , drug abuse and adultery in the 90s dominating our regular visits to soap land it would be a welcome relief to have the odd outburst of laughter . |
| 19 | This taster of better things to come sucks you in and hugs your soul close . |
| 20 | So , when British representatives attend international conferences to conserve salmon they are treated as pariahs and are impotent because of the continuation of nylon drift-netting off the English coast . |
| 21 | When the Spanish conquerors entered Mexico they found that a special variety , the fire opal , having a clear orange or yellow body , was held in high esteem by the Aztecs . |
| 22 | However , assembly is not widely used at present and as more companies develop RISCs it is likely that this architecture will dominate the CISC design in the future . |
| 23 | Improve contacts with informal carers to access services they need . |
| 24 | Together with the popular demonology associated in the public mind with these strange monsters called computers it produced a sudden upsurge of anxiety . |
| 25 | The winners of the Glorious Gardens video competition we ran in Sunday Life on April 4 are Mrs Muriel Bell from Castlereagh and Mrs Elizabeth McIlwaine from Templepatrick . |
| 26 | Jim Hind 's advice on planning calving dates raised points I 'd never considered and although obviously aimed at cattle , has made me rethink my goat mating . |
| 27 | ‘ It is easy to understand , although some austere persons elaborately refuse to understand , why these crowds in the industrial towns pay shillings they can badly afford to see twenty-two professionals kick a ball about , ’ JB Priestley wrote after being taken to a local derby march between Nottingham Forest and Notts County . |
| 28 | At PRO Dogs awards dinner he looked so loveable , the urge to give him a hug was almost impossible to resist . |
| 29 | The water-proofed red notices warn drivers they have been reported and to get taxed at once or face a possible £1,000 fine . |
| 30 | She was bound and helpless , and I 've masturbated a million times imagining girls I know in such situations . ’ |