Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [adv] [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm a car owner who 's actually thinking of selling my car because I do n't use it much in Glasgow I do n't need to , I can actually walk to work and to come to somewhere like Edinburgh tonight I would much prefer to use the train , but I think we could have much more adequal plans to do with pedestrianizing city centres so that cars were banned from them altogether , they could bring back trams which are much less in terms of pollution , they might not make us big profits for the company 's but they are a very good way , we , a lot of European cities still use trams . |
| 2 | But the researchers also reported ‘ an irritating tendency for some Ugandan subjects not to answer questions directly . |
| 3 | They also utilize low-valued , passive , social , and subjective methods disproportionately to study subjects of low social status . |
| 4 | In order to weed out potential problems private schools usually give children some form of interview and pre-entry test before a place is offered . |
| 5 | Toothy anglo teenagers still greet guests at the $300-a-night hotels . |
| 6 | Three of eight subjects also had HAPCs during fasting . |
| 7 | The family had put out the items including tea services and Georgian candlesticks so house guests could admire them over the New Years holiday . |
| 8 | The economic problems , the exhaustion brought by war , and divisions between the political parties all caused difficulties for de Gaulle . |
| 9 | Election poster campaigns by the main political parties customarily occupy sites previously booked by others — by clients of the party 's agency who can be persuaded to postpone campaigns for a few weeks , by the Central Office of Information ( whose government advertising goes on hold once an election is called ) or reputedly ( in the case of the Tories ) by the big brewers and tobacco companies . |
| 10 | In contrast , most nomadic and tribal groups still make rugs in the time-honoured dark reds and primary hues of their ancestors , while Persian workshop groups employ both pastel and rich shades . |
| 11 | Some traditionalists still send horses to Eire or mainland Europe for this barbarous treatment , but the Bristol research suggests that they 're wasting owners ' money . |
| 12 | In spite of this justification , however , some groups still expressed misgivings about the selection of ( i ) as an opening . |
| 13 | These old cases generally involve directors lacking executive responsibilities , however , and provide little guidance about the position of the modern executive director . |
| 14 | Some clinics helpfully provide forecasts of the likely sex , although this is against the law . |
| 15 | The crash of torrential rain a few minutes later set minds at rest . |
| 16 | The genotypic composition of the population may in some cases dimly reflect forces that operated twenty or thirty years ago . |
| 17 | Not only were the standard nineteenth-century British sanctions of fine , imprisonment and whipping commonly used during the eighteenth century , but the early British courts also punished offenders with branding , the pillory , banishment and the confiscation of property , all familiar punishments in Dutch and Kandyan times . |
| 18 | Some authorities already give condoms to GPs but the service is patchy . |
| 19 | Some authorities now favour homes taking fifteen to twenty children , particularly for the difficult medium-term cases where the child is away from their natural home for more than a few months . |
| 20 | Few journalists ever cover stories that require patience , time and money . |
| 21 | Some foreigners even see benefits in widespread corruption . |
| 22 | If the frail or housebound are to eat properly , it is essential to see that they have help with their shopping , for carrying or pushing heavy baskets soon becomes an impossibility and very few shops now deliver goods . |
| 23 | Public schools normally take children from the age of 13 ( usually the boys ' boarding schools ) or from the age of 11 . |
| 24 | This will not only destabilise the Government and get the IRA maximum publicity , it will also save the lives of a few innocents out buying walnuts and tangerines . |
| 25 | At Christmas we went around houses singing carols but the best thing of all was when on Christmas eve we went to the local old peoples home to sing carols . |
| 26 | British companies rarely welcomed headhunters positively ; they engaged them out of desperation , but it gave the good firms the chance to rise to the occasion . |
| 27 | At sites such as Petters Sports Field in Surrey , archaeologists have uncovered large numbers of post-holes ( remains in the soil showing where wooden posts once supported structures ) . |
| 28 | Many of those who were using what are known as curly bows also shoot longbows . |
| 29 | Some parents naturally take turns in distracting or managing the child . |
| 30 | It is possible for example that time-gap experiences simply reflect events which were so banal that they could not be distinguished from other memories for similar previous driving . |