Example sentences of "[unc] [noun pl] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er carrots are fifteen pence a pound but the potatoes th they 're different . |
| 2 | Well we consider that er pensions er contributions are deferred pay , including the employers contributions erm that the fund should be held on trust by the trustees and that the employer should have no ownership in it whatsoever . |
| 3 | I 've now got the job of erm First of all , all on your er seats were little slips asking if you 'd like commit money . |
| 4 | *1987 figures are combined totals for Finnish People 's Democratic League ( SKDL ) and Democratic Alternative ( DEVA ) . |
| 5 | Immigration from Brazil 's cities is increasing mercury poisoning by gold-prospectors and the taking of species by trophy hunters . |
| 6 | But because most of the LDC 's exports were primary products sold in open , competitive markets , and because when it came to their nascent manufacturing industries they were in hot competition with each other , these concessions brought little benefit . |
| 7 | The output per man year in British Coal 's mines was 448 tonnes in 1978-79 , 470 tonnes in 1983-84 and 1,181 tonnes in 1990-91 — an increase of 163 per cent . |
| 8 | PI/2 radians is 90 degrees and PI radians is 180 degrees . |
| 9 | The counter 's outputs are binary numbers representing 16 equidistant , cyclically generated carrier phase angles . |
| 10 | Hot on Rigby 's heels is Little Budworth 's Mike Barber who in turn has to keep an eye on Dingle 's Tony Collins , just a few points behind . |
| 11 | Nearly two thirds of the EOE 's clients are private investors who account for about half of the trading volume . |
| 12 | For these , Hitler 's words were little consolation for the increasingly depressing outlook for Germany in the war . |
| 13 | One could distinguish , for instance , the rift song ( Led Zeppelin 's ‘ Whole Lotta Love ’ ) ; the call-and-response or antiphonal song ( the Who 's ‘ My Generation ’ ) ; the tension/release song , built on an alternation of narrative or repetition and lyrical release ( from Elvis Presley 's ‘ Jailhouse Rock ’ to the Rolling Stones ' ‘ Satisfaction ’ , ‘ Sympathy for the Devil ’ , ‘ Jumpin' Jack Flash ’ , and many others ) ; and a revival of its close relative , the verse-and-refrain song form ( probably derived from ‘ folk ’ traditions : many of Bob Dylan 's songs are classic examples ) Altogether , then , at this macro-structural level it is certainly true that almost all popular music works within the sphere of the known . |
| 14 | Berry 's songs are plausible emblems of rock'n'roll rebellion or , at any rate , youthful hedonism . |
| 15 | What is inadmissible in Lukacs 's eyes is any impoverishment of this historical complexity . |
| 16 | Maria 's eyes were pure topaz . |
| 17 | In the mirror , Cook 's eyes were white marbles . |
| 18 | Among the island 's attractions are pretty fishing villages , sand and pebble beaches , superb snorkelling and the picturesque town of Lipari itself . |
| 19 | One of the words that the Bible uses most often to describe a Christian 's relationships is this word ‘ respect ’ . |
| 20 | Corruption 's beneficiaries are rich-country companies and officials of third-world — and , increasingly , East European — governments . |
| 21 | Several job offers were pushed Mr Badillo 's way before his defection ; now Mr Dinkins 's supporters are busy making light of it . |
| 22 | The conventional wisdom was that the bulk of Perot 's supporters were dissatisfied Republicans who would eventually return their support to the party . |
| 23 | Marko 's parents are both teachers . |
| 24 | A family friend said : ‘ Rachel 's parents are devout Catholics and this is their worst nightmare come true . |
| 25 | Hannah 's parents were half cousins and there were many convoluted relationships . |
| 26 | Malinowski 's natives were real people ; not over-socialized cardboard figures locked in everlastingly mindless mechanical solidarity . |
| 27 | Certainly there are exceptions : ( 5 ) Alec 's shoes are real leather Intuition leaves no room for hesitation in taking this as an example of assignment , with leather used purely descriptively , rather than of equation , but the occurrence of the adjective real indicates that leather is nonetheless a noun ( this is no doubt partly possible because the adjective leathern has dropped out of use in modern English , and because leather itself is a mass noun able to occur without a preceding article ) . |
| 28 | Following in father 's footsteps was former NMS warder , who retired last year after 15 years service . |
| 29 | The strange brooding power and expectation in some of Moore 's statues is this emotion , carved and chiselled into stone . |
| 30 | All four of Neath 's tries were close-to-the-line affairs , including a penalty try award . |