Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is also firmly committed to proactive management : ‘ This is n't the kind of business environment in which we can set targets and expect something to happen , and we 're not waiting for an economic turnaround to provide us with the kind of results we want to turn in . |
| 2 | They were rusticated like naughty undergraduates to remote provinces — Molotov as ambassador to Ulan Bator , Malenkov to run a power station , Kaganovich to run a cement works , while Marshals Zhukov and Bulganin in due course followed them into retirement . |
| 3 | Richard Elliott , the Headmaster , chose Francis as one of the first pupil teachers , and in due course promoted him to the position of junior teacher at the Margate branch of the Asylum . |
| 4 | Small wonder that flocks of European and Scandinavian birds choose it as their resting point when migrating to more congenial climes each winter . |
| 5 | His political inclinations got him into trouble again in 1940 , however . |
| 6 | Several of the actresses make plucky attempts to inject it with a semblance of artistic integrity : proper name Diane Whitley is convincing as Karen , the girl who is the subject of the lovelorn quest , and Paula Wilcox , as the veteran competitor , has enough experience and talent to gauge the scale of this production and perform accordingly . |
| 7 | The big four have asked all Japanese corporations with equity-financing plans to postpone them for the time being . |
| 8 | We are interested and associated but not absorbed and should European statesmen address us in the words which were used of old — Shall we speak for thee to the king or captain of the host ? ' — we should reply , Nay sir , for we dwell among our own people' ’ . |
| 9 | It could be simply a difference of opinion where conflicting views bring us to an impasse . |
| 10 | They produce beef that no one will buy at the price at which they want to sell it , so they are subsidised by the European taxpayer to dump it in West Africa , where it destroys the livelihoods of poor farmers . |
| 11 | In Chile , in an address to the Congress , Bush stated that the country 's economic policies put it in the " forefront of the free-market movement now taking hold across Latin America " and that this made it a " prime candidate " for debt relief proposed under the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative . |
| 12 | For a moment he thought there was a double meaning in her words , but he dismissed the thought when he recognised it was one of her usual openings to draw him into conversation . |
| 13 | The powerful running of the big front man had been a constant threat to Andover all afternoon and they just had no answer as he finally surged through shrugging off vain attempts to check him before delivering the perfect finish . |
| 14 | Conversely , Trade Indemnity maintained support for the Mirror Group , whose PAS-score trajectory shows it to be financially sound . |
| 15 | She pulled off a fluffy piece and with sticky fingers offered it to Uncle Albert . |
| 16 | Debt and dear money got us into it and , until we break debt 's grip , we shall never get out of it . |
| 17 | Farmers still dilute a concentrated formulation to apply it in 200 litres or more of water per hectare . |
| 18 | Look out for anyone standing around on their own , and if possible try to involve them in what you are doing . |
| 19 | If possible try to frame them in a dramatic way — because this is a further pointer for the children showing how you are going to work together . |
| 20 | Our second introductory case places you in this situation . |
| 21 | The interim parliament condemned him for acting contrary to the peace process , and for a gross violation of basic human rights ; Johnson had given an undertaking to Sawyer that he would desist from carrying out executions , after previous killings of rebels and civilians . |
| 22 | What else can all those live debates , public barrackings and strange hours equip you for ? |
| 23 | And erm I think it 's a little bit of creative accountancy on their part in saying that and in fact putting that five hundred thousand elsewhere , and also they have erm done a further piece of creative accountancy in that the provision for pay and price increases they have reduced by one point five million , and the combined budget reduces it by half that figure . |
| 24 | One small technical trick to aid you in keeping the police at bay , I add , is for your corpse to be supposed to be the result of an accident , often seeming such to everybody but your incurably inquisitive heroine . |
| 25 | In addition to the services of every kind asked by the voters , effective management would also involve the politician in substantial expenses , for any major political figure owed it to his position in society to give generously for any public concern . |
| 26 | This hesitation seems to be due to something about what knowledge is , and there is no obvious way to explain it if knowledge is as the tripartite conception claims it to be . |
| 27 | Indeed it has been almost necessary for the agricultural industry to ignore it in order to develop the modern chemical systems of farming . |
| 28 | The wide , dry eyes followed them from the kitchen as they took their leave . |
| 29 | We snap a toothpick and make a half-hearted attempt to stick it to our chin . |
| 30 | D'Arcy spent the first hour of the morning arranging for a private aircraft to fly them from le Bourget . |