Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may mean changing your own procedures , but if it also means changing your bank balance for the better it may be well worth it . |
| 2 | So , while for the first of these two failures Owen may be criticised , for the second he must be excused . |
| 3 | If there were problems for the disabled they could be ironed out . |
| 4 | There 's nothing you can do about the latter , and as for the former you 'll simply have to stop worrying . |
| 5 | For the latter you will probably join Lincoln 's Inn , for the former one of the three other Inns . |
| 6 | Curious to find out what crucial sound for the nineties he might be buying , I peered over Michael 's shoulder ( not a difficult thing to do ) , only to see … |
| 7 | Of this , 4 million cubic kilometres is a reasonable estimate for the freshwater we could extract . |
| 8 | During the read-through we 'd all be busy with our little pencils , marking out sections of dialogue , and saying at the end , ‘ Do n't you think we should change this to read like that ? |
| 9 | And at various stages during the organic you 'll also be coming to what we call optical isomers . |
| 10 | My preferance would be to play either Strachan and Rocky together with Speed in the Batty role , this would give him the opportunity to go forward if required plus utilise his good ball winning skills or if i had to choose between the two I would pick Rocky providing he was fit . |
| 11 | About the best I could get off them . |
| 12 | See the next FOCUS for other policy proposals — and if you would like more detailed information about the above we can lend you the documents . |
| 13 | All I can say is the longer you mess me about the worse it will get . |
| 14 | There has to be unhappiness in the status quo that it can complain about — football chants are probably about the closest you can get now , because there 's nothing left to complain about nowadays . |
| 15 | I think the chicken was about the same I would n't run a business like it I tell you that much . |
| 16 | Now that would do , that would do whether the , whether the knuckles were hurt or it was just a minor cut in the palm of the hand there , that would do and you can use the same type of bandage on the foot alright , so that 's if the hand was damaged , now supposing we did n't have the hand damaged , but we had instead a cut up here , okay , again clean it and if you clean it with lots of water always remember to dry off around the wound because bugs love a moist skin to grow in , dry the wound before you apply the dressing okay if you can , dry it off the best you can and then you 're going to place that over the cut , remember you want the pad to be long enough , big enough , okay , now she can hold this for you again , she can hold it above where the wound is and now when you bandage this one you always bandage from the narrow part to the fat part of the limb , you always bandage from the narrow to the fat , so you take the bandage down |
| 17 | Seriously though , Fenland people are some of the nicest you could wish to meet and they will often help you if they possibly can . |
| 18 | The Brazilian , Pele , described the Englishman 's performance in the group match between the two countries , played at Guadalajara and won by Brazil with the only goal of the game , as ‘ one of the best we will see in the championship . ’ |
| 19 | of the best you can , the best sound you can get |
| 20 | I have a super research team one of the best you could have in this country , equipment , materials , laboratory space , so why move ? ’ |
| 21 | His line on playing live is one of the canniest you can come across : ‘ There 's always one element that 's not quite right . |
| 22 | At the beginning of the thirties it must have seemed as if the world was opening up at an astonishing rate , but by the end of the decade it had closed to all but those on active military service . |
| 23 | In this chapter we are not concerned with these responses of the oppressed they will be discussed in Chapter 6 on power . |
| 24 | On his initial visit to the home of the bereaved he would feel that he had a very short ti me indeed to set out his wares and try and convince the family to buy the package . |
| 25 | In other words that and had been allowed to retain too many constituencies : 14 , instead of the 11 it should have had . |
| 26 | But it would depend very much on you getting hold of the relevant minister-it would probably almost inevitably be your own secretary of state- and saying , ‘ Look we really must have a situation where there is a discussion about the Falklands . ’ |
| 27 | As an example of the latter we can recall one case in which the famous ‘ scientific ’ investigator of the paranormal , JB Rhine ( 1895–1980 ) , asked an experimental subject to try , clairvoyantly , to perceive the images on a set of cards that Rhine was turning up . |
| 28 | He would then be able to judge to which of the latter he could most advantageously give his second preference , and this informed choice could well not be the same as the " blind " choice the STV obliges him to make . |
| 29 | As an example of the first we can cite pharmaceuticals and foodstuffs . |
| 30 | but of the two you ca n't , you ca n't have a ba you ca n't have no basic wage and only overtime |