Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In every production there comes an awkward jerky stage when the cast abandon their books for the first time , but for The Hooded Owl it seemed to be going on longer than usual . |
| 2 | There 's probably a straightforward explanation for the impossible weariness I feel . |
| 3 | For the reader about to abandon the book this may easily uncover previously undisclosed information ; for the committed reader it can add to his overall perspective on the book , thus helping him understand the relation of the parts to the whole , e.g. D. Marquand , Ramsay MacDonald ( 1977 ) , is about more than a former Prime Minister . |
| 4 | Soft muslin cloth for the odd time I do n't want the work to get too hot . |
| 5 | For the mutual inductance it is not needed . |
| 6 | Economic circumstances have been poor and for the chemical industry they were absolutely diabolical by the middle of the past year . |
| 7 | Her appearances have been singular for the genuine interest she has shown on all occasions and have been made with the avowed object of giving encouragement and , if possible raising money . |
| 8 | In learning to account for its difference from non-Europe , it also had to account for this supremacy , for the unquestionable success it had had in imposing its hegemony on ‘ inferior ’ cultures . |
| 9 | We have , just in this fact , an argument that if we had to choose one of the two strategies for the indefinite future we would do better to choose pragmatism , because it is so much more adaptive . |
| 10 | Bettinson , a director of education in Stockport , had booked an appointment with his superior yesterday to ask for the unpaid leave he would have needed to complete the tour of Papua New Guinea and New Zealand next summer . |
| 11 | Bettinson , a director of education in Stockport , had booked an appointment with his superior yesterday to ask for the unpaid leave he would have needed to complete the tour of Papua New Guinea and New Zealand next summer . |
| 12 | Mr Lauder made use of the track for the diving business he runs , Lord Coulsfield said in a judgment issued yesterday . |
| 13 | She never knew them , she pined for them and for the better life they might have had together . |
| 14 | Moving silently up behind him , she hesitantly touched his back and was quite unprepared for the violent start he gave . |
| 15 | We believe the police in general should be commended for the professional way they conducted themselves in the face of provocation . ’ |
| 16 | For the above sub-heading I have deliberately copied from the title of a recent publication by Cecily O'Neill and Alan Lambert ( 1982 ) , for it is a manual offering guidance to teachers in their planning of projects for drama . |
| 17 | For the time-varying case we still define voltage by the relation |
| 18 | It would of course be possible to give them to clarinets and bassoons ( let us hope that no one would wish to use an oboe for the top note of the chords — it would be terribly nasal and obtrusive here , on its bottom notes ) , but the low-placed clarinets would sound rather hollow and ‘ woody ’ for the rich effect we have in mind . |
| 19 | The SCDC Arts in Schools Project , although spoken of by the one LEA in the sample which was a participant in terms of gratitude for the support the Project 's staff had given , was criticized by staff in the other LEAs for the limited help it had given to them . |
| 20 | After some time of searching for the right facility they have had to go back and build something anew . |
| 21 | Newcastle employed him at Claremont , Surrey ( 1752 ) , and as chancellor of Cambridge University secured his employment to design the university library ( 1754–8 ) ; while for the second duke he worked at Clumber House , Nottinghamshire ( 1768–78 , demolished ) , and designed the bridge in Newark in the same county ( 1775 ) . |
| 22 | For the second word he looked gormless and drew a circle over his head . |
| 23 | They were awake before dawn and for the second time they heard the chorus begin as a trickle and grow swiftly to a torrent as the birds welcomed the great Trumpeter . |
| 24 | He started to smile , teasing me , and for the second time I was convinced that someone would flourish it back to existence , that it was all only a game . |
| 25 | Although the appeals came when Russia was not yet ready to advance , for the second time she went immediately and unhesitatingly to the aid of her allies . |
| 26 | For the second time she had burned her boats . |
| 27 | A packed City Hall did not have long to wait as Lewis roared in with several more stinging rights and left hooks and when Garber was floored for the second time he had no chance of beating the count . |
| 28 | As Nathan pulled away for the second time he could hear Lumberjack in the kitchen , frantically sawing the legs off tables and chairs . |
| 29 | He did so by wandering the streets , and when for the second time he passed the food office where she worked , he knew what he was going to do . |
| 30 | For the second time he ignored an insult . |