Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [noun] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As with all tranquil hideaways Palm offers its visitors little night-life : however , dancing under the stars to calypso music coupled with a fish and chicken barbecue is a delightful tropical experience . |
| 2 | The embattled Arts Council sketches its own position in its newly published Draft National Arts and Media Strategy : ‘ We shall campaign for the arts funding system to remain as an intermediary between government and the arts ’ . |
| 3 | UNIVERSITY administrators who wasted £11.3 million of taxpayers ' money by re-employing more than 200 redundant academics given ‘ golden goodbyes ’ averaging £80,000 each are to be summoned by the Commons public accounts committee to explain their mistakes . |
| 4 | His defence came as the Commons Public Accounts Committee decided it would meet on Monday to hold an inquiry into the Guardian 's disclosure of the ‘ sweeteners ’ which were revealed in a confidential memorandum sent to MPs by Mr John Bourn , the Comptroller and Auditor General . |
| 5 | It was the morning of Emilia Frere 's departure from the Hall and for a few minutes Louisa found herself alone with the Rector , who fingered the brim of his hat and beamed like the milky sun outside . |
| 6 | In some cases investors lost their money due to East-European and Chinese borrowers repudiating their debt obligations . |
| 7 | In some cases population intermingled there 's bound to be conflict whatever happens , it seems to me that these problems can only be solved , first of all by ensuring that all eth ethnic groups have the right to their own culture , their own language , their own religion and so on and to exercise them in their own territory , but they 're not discriminated again in jobs and housing and education , er and then also as you say to help with state sponsored finance people who do decide that they want to migrate , that they do n't want to live in somebody else 's Republic , that they do want to move across the border into , as it were , their own Republic . |
| 8 | In some cases workers spent their evenings and spare time on party tasks . |
| 9 | As one expressive arts teacher put it : |
| 10 | ‘ In some schools teachers brought their own books from home to augment classroom stocks . ’ |
| 11 | With a wry shrug of her slim shoulders Laura made herself a ham sandwich before wandering back into what the estate agent 's particulars had referred to as ‘ a huge reception-room ’ . |
| 12 | The crime to which some addicts resort to finance their habits , and in which the suppliers of illegal drugs habitually engage , exacts its price in victims ' lives , not just money . |
| 13 | erm but after a few months dad gave it up cos it was erm too wet and that where weeds could grow easily |
| 14 | Anne : They 'll be doing it all again in 12 months time do you think things will be different , will Mr Major still be there ? |
| 15 | In 1908 , the longstanding split between themselves and the machinemen had been healed : " a happy consummation " and " an event full of promise for the future " , as the local branch of the Printing and Kindred Trades Federation put it . |
| 16 | Joanna Baker , marketing director of the Festival , welcomed a decision yesterday by the Scottish Arts Council to increase its grant in 1993-94 by 5 per cent to £684,500 . |
| 17 | British manufacturers RotoSound tell us that these ‘ hot response ’ strings are available in all the popular gauges , and bass players need not fret for there is a full range of similarly enhanced bass strings , too . |
| 18 | Some BIOS types allow you to define a ‘ user ’ type which can be set up by entering the number of cylinders , heads and sectors on the drive . |
| 19 | British Telecommunications Plc says it is working with both Hewlett-Packard Co and Sun Microsystems Inc to develop products that will provide customers the ability to manage complex internetworks consisting of local area networks and British Telecom 's internetwork services . |
| 20 | British Telecommunications Plc says it is to complete its cable television network in the Westminster district of London by 1995 under undertakings given to the government as part of a review of its licence for the area : some 120,000 homes in Westminster , the only area in the UK where the company is licensed to offer television service over its phone network , will have access to the service on completion , Reuter notes ; the company hopes to be allowed to run TV throughout its network from 1997 . |
| 21 | British Telecommunications Plc says it is working with both Hewlett-Packard Co and Sun Microsystems Inc to develop products that will provide customers the ability to manage complex internetworks consisting of local area networks and British Telecom 's internetwork services . |
| 22 | British Telecommunications Plc wants it now , the Deutsche Bundespost Telekom wants it too , but not yet , and France Telecom wants to think about it a bit more . |
| 23 | Nonetheless , he says , it is the way the the world will be forced to go : the European Commission 's Open Network Provision directive requires that public telecommunications operators unbundle their charges for individual services . |
| 24 | A German Customs officer asked us about our trip and where we came from . |
| 25 | Those who have viewed the Lombardy Plain from a distance will know that even on clear days Milan has its own atmosphere , the way that other cities do , although , in fairness , it is very much less than many others , despite its low-lying position . |
| 26 | On some days Marcus said nothing to him at all , while at the same time making it , without word or gesture , clear that his presence was helpful . |
| 27 | For some days Harriet kept her cubs within easy reach of the far bank of the river . |
| 28 | This variety is another reason why Orcs and Goblins appeal to so many players , as the number of different troops types enables you to tailor an army to your own style of play or to a particular opponent . |
| 29 | Over the next few days Stevens confirmed his hunch . |
| 30 | Marilla agreed , and for the next few days Anne planned what she would put in her cake . |