Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since their formation in the late 70s , the band has earned a formidable reputation as the last of a dying breed of roadhouse rock , blues and R&B artists whose poignant simplicity and passion for the music have , with each gig , generated a euphoric and dedicated following . |
| 2 | Erm well perhaps you , you wou would you er let me perhaps er well not let me but perhaps I could ring a few of erm those people just to have a chat with them and perhaps put , you know , talk about the er planning your future exercise with them as well , could you , would you give me some numbers please ? |
| 3 | That 's er Taibon our first base the army friendly base . |
| 4 | But I 'd like to invade Colette 's kitchen myself this time . |
| 5 | In the government 's mind its single-minded agency approach assumes an entrepreneurial ability that contrasts with the alleged inflexibility and bureaucratic ethos of local authorities . |
| 6 | There was no doubt in Abse 's mind who these controls were designed to protect : |
| 7 | Camilla had been Charles 's girlfriend during his bachelor days and in Diana 's mind his continued friendship with Camilla presented a grave threat to her own chance of happiness with the Prince of Wales . |
| 8 | Then Brian Pendreigh will begin and tell of political correctness in children 's books which some authors now fear amounts to censorship |
| 9 | For Eliot Stravinsky 's piece itself united city and savage , seeming to metamorphose ‘ the rhythm of the steppes into the scream of the motor horn , the rattle of machinery , the grind of wheels , the beating of iron and steel , the roar of the underground railway , and the other barbaric cries of modern life ; and to transform these despairing noises into music ’ . |
| 10 | By this it will have come to your lordship 's ears what little success my attempt to put forward your terms for negotiation achieved in the council . |
| 11 | said to me about Pauline 's kids her three lads , not the baby like the two lads she said , oh she said er they came to play one night , or they came for tea or something and she goes to work at night you know , she said Paul was looking after them and she said , he said you could hear all this banging up and down the stairs , he said , bloody hell he said they were going mad , and I thought that 's what Tom and Hannah do when they come here , I said your two bang up and down like bloody anything I said that 's normal , you know for kids . |
| 12 | The shop-floor seemed strangely silent in the absence of the usual sounds of machinery , hammering and drilling and to Rachel 's disappointment her own centre was also empty . |
| 13 | Over in Ireland Jim Dreaper gave Carvill 's Hill his seasonal debut in the Durkan Brothers International Punchestown Chase , where he was beaten three lengths by last season 's Irish Grand National winner Maid Of Money , who was receiving 5lb and started favourite . |
| 14 | For the numberless marks of God 's goodness our fervent gratitude is justly due . ’ |
| 15 | Last year , a welfare officer warned the boy 's grandparents his mental health was in danger . |
| 16 | For he was the Queen Mother 's steeplechaser who belly-flopped yards from the Grand National winning post , the horse who grabbed defeat from the very jaws of victory in such a way that even those with no interest whatsoever in the sport of racing still recall the sight of ‘ that horse who jumped the fence that was n't there ’ . |
| 17 | A system of management must be put in place for the new firm which : ( a ) does not diminish the influence over the firm 's affairs which individual partners have formerly enjoyed ; and ( b ) which ensures that particular attention is given to those matters which proved most difficult to agree during the course of the merger negotiations . |
| 18 | And it is not just the top man 's name which some women find baffling about Europe . |
| 19 | Nominal political authority is held by the unicameral People 's Assembly whose 250 members are elected every four years from a single list of candidates , and which in turn elects the Presidium and the Council of Ministers . |
| 20 | Bishops who themselves were , or had been , royal clerks often commended to the king 's service their own clerks and servants , and equally often found benefices for royal king 's clerks . |
| 21 | Crawford immediately brought in as Cuka 's replacement his Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em screen wife Michele Dotrice . |
| 22 | When summer 's breath their masked buds discloses ; |
| 23 | one of Mrs Tibbs 's servants whose verbal indiscretion leads to her dismissal . |
| 24 | The class , which was sponsored by Kidsons Impey , was given in aid of the Amici di Verdi , a society for lovers of Verdi 's music whose main aim is to assist young singers and musicians . |
| 25 | and er is it Ste Steve your full name ? |
| 26 | It is not only its intrinsic qualities which have guaranteed Umberto Eco 's novel its prominent position in the Italian literary scene . |
| 27 | The Parks Department 's budget might be dwindling all the time , but with the help of local businesses , the Council 's spending what little money it does have adding a splash of colour to otherwise rather ordinary landmarks like shopping centres and roundabouts . |
| 28 | In the November issue of PFK , Dr. David Ford answered a reader 's letter which concerned joining two small tanks to make one larger one . |
| 29 | It does , however , have some significance for the history of Stockport Grammar School , for there is a sketch of the Cromer School by Philip Hardwick , the young architect who was to give Stockport 's School its finest home in four centuries . |
| 30 | Throughout , the old lady sits silent , hands on lap , eyes on agitated thumbs and as she looks up to witness the man 's retreat her tear-streaked face is racked with pain . |