Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [coord] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | As strategic planning is concerned with broad policies and goals it has to relate the organisation to its environment and predict the effects of any changes in that environment . |
2 | It is therefore conceptually useful to distinguish between what the mass media tell us to think about — this is signalled by the events they cover — and what specific attitudes or opinions we have to adopt towards those events , though clearly these distinctions may be difficult to uphold in practice . |
3 | Five of them to one desperately weakened pony with sunken eyes and ribs you could play tunes on — lassoing it with weighted thongs , and pulling it over and over on the desperately hard ground , until it was crapping everywhere in terror . |
4 | Try to anticipate any controversial subjects and disasters you might have to mention , or avoid mentioning , in the course of your speech . |
5 | With narrow lips and eyes he faced the strolling irony of the afternoon crowds , the young , the robed incurious foreigners . |
6 | But by using old pieces of furniture of odd shapes and sizes you may well sacrifice the conventional work surface to retain character . |
7 | At Christmas they always played ‘ You came down from the stars ’ and at Easter they usually played a Pastorale , and what with the roar of the traffic and the crowds of chattering shoppers or tourists it was practically impossible to distinguish the tune except in short bursts . |
8 | In their black top hats and tailcoats they looked more like vultures than ever . |
9 | A structure as I 've said previously will give us the vital time and for the detailed discussions and consultations we need if we are to build the trust for the merger we all wish to see . |
10 | Apart from a few ornaments and pictures he had paid for everything . |
11 | Instead he pushed his way into the small lounge and rapidly began sorting through the few books and papers she had left lying on the table . |
12 | Plane them with newly-ground knives and thickness them , reversing them frequently to remove wood equally from both sides . |
13 | ‘ The Last Meal in the Old Home ’ , like a Pre-Raphaelite painting , the three orphans and the grieving servant seated in melancholy around the old table , using the old knives and forks they would never use again . |
14 | To the relatively small numbers involved in many cultural organizations and associations we must add the characteristic of relatively short , often extremely short , duration . |
15 | As a change from wet feet and sightseeing I was smuggled into an English-language class where we drank home-made slivovitz and one of the students , a lugubrious-looking individual called Miroslav who played the bassoon in the Moravia Philharmonic Orchestra , invited me to a concert the following evening . |
16 | He had experimented with various foods and found that by restricting his diet to one of fresh fruits and vegetables he could control his migraine . |
17 | But for some rebels and waverers they will become ‘ redundant ’ to the party organisation . |
18 | In the private service sector , where trade unions are less active , temporary workers often do not receive the same level of fringe benefits as permanent workers ; and in some organisations and industries they are paid at a lower rate — for example the statutory minimum rather than a higher , collectively bargained rate — than are comparable permanent workers [ see Chapter 7 ] . |
19 | As social workers or therapists we must often accept the client 's definition but , too , we must often look behind the client 's eyes to find the problem 's underlying nature . |
20 | It was generally accepted that the role of wife and mother was incompatible with a career , not only because of the time and energy required , but also because of the very different qualities and characteristics it demanded . |
21 | Lacking fresh tomatoes and meat we tried to compensate by piling tomato paste into all our stews and soups and sauces . |
22 | Well I 'm afraid ladies and gentlemen we 're going to have to stop now , rather reluctantly . |
23 | Because it always involves raw materials and techniques it is always dependent Upon a context , and is not to be thought of , in humanist vein , as an isolated expression of the essential creativity of human beings . |
24 | Er there 's mine needs a few bits and bobs I ca n't do it though cos I have n't got enough money . |
25 | And it but the erm the goats apparently were no problem today , they just stayed on and gave them a few bits and pieces you know so that was fair enough . |
26 | Stereotypes , however false , tend to persist for as long as the social differences and inequalities they reinforce . |
27 | Last night I was in a furious rage because Edward asked me to go to his home this afternoon , and he would show me some flowers and nests he thought I would like to see . |
28 | It 's claimed that for some men and women it 's like a drug they ca n't do without — and they end up like any other addict , ruining their lives , desperate for the next ‘ fix ’ . |
29 | Ariel soon began to pick up some English , especially from Jack Elsey , a nineteen-year-old from Southwark , who 'd been the cook on the outward journey , and was prompt to learn from her the flavours of the island vegetables and herbs , the edible flowers and fruits he 'd never imagined could possibly exist when he was growing up one of the twelve offspring of a Thames waterman . |
30 | Most puzzling was that the worse it got , the more people bought it , and — horror of horrors — it was cheerfully read in large numbers by the very people who suffered from the hackneyed prejudices and stereotypes it dispensed — notably blacks , gays and women . |