Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [noun prp] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A legally-binding Living Will leaves little room for doctors to use their best judgement about how to help us . |
| 2 | All told that is some 69,370,000 square miles ( and 173,700,000 cubic miles ) of sea ( though the Scottish mapmakers Bartholomew omit all the waters south of Australia , as well as the Timor and the Savu Seas , and come up with a total of 67 million square miles ) . |
| 3 | When William and Nellie Tanner walked into the public bar Sadie found another ready listener , and Daniel breathed a sigh of relief . |
| 4 | Yon Hyong Muk Premier Kim Yong Nam Deputy Premier ; Foreign Affairs Kim Pok Sin Deputy Premier ; Chairman of Light Industry Commission Kim Chang Chu Deputy Premier Kim Hwan Deputy Premier ; Minister of Chemical Industry Hong Song Nam Deputy Premier ; Chairman of State Planning Commission Kim Yun Hyok Deputy Premier Chong Chun Ki Deputy Premier Kang Hui Won Deputy Premier Vice-Marshal Oh Jin Wu People 's Armed Forces Paek Pom Su Chairman of Agriculture Commission Cho Chang Tok Chairman of Mining Industry Commission Yi Kil Song Chairman of Transport Commission Yi Chi Chan Chairman of Power Industry Commission Kim Tal Hyon Chairman of External Trade Commission ; Foreign Trade Choe Pok Yon Chairman of Fisheries Commission Kong Chin Tae Chairman of People 's Service Commission Kim Ung Sang Chairman of State Construction Commission Yi Cha Pang Chairman of State Scientific and Technological Commission Choe Ki Chong Chairman of Education Commission Lt.-Gen. |
| 5 | In the effort of battering down the wall of the old order Wordsworth suffered some damage ; very frequently the pioneers of new ideas hurt themselves in making the breach through which others will rush gaily ( and take the credit ! ) . |
| 6 | But Olympic hockey was covered on CBS during the recent Olympics and U.S. amateur goal-tender Ray LeBlanc became more of a household name than any professional goalie in the NHL . |
| 7 | All was not lost for Rovers , when substitute Marcus Stewart claimed another . |
| 8 | In the following years Kádár eliminated all opposition and reinstated forced collectivisation in the villages . |
| 9 | Park official Fred Haala said some trippers had been harassing the crocodile . |
| 10 | The affable Mr Major has some worrying days ahead . |
| 11 | In those early days Layton had much in common with Dudek , not least their ability to poke fun at the richer districts of Montreal Jewry — including Westmount , which greatly irritated Leonard . |
| 12 | In search of presents without a future Rob Ainsley pinpoints those eminently disposable stocking fillers for the computer buff who has everything . |
| 13 | Someone to stop all this weak kneed nancy pancying pussy footing soft balls hard luck Jim have another large scotch . |
| 14 | I am glad Tom Regan mentioned this word , because it is often used in the wrong sense , as he implied , simply for anyone whose ideals are rather extreme . |
| 15 | Although the gentle Mendip Hills and the magnificent Andes Mountains have little in common , Wimpey Homes ’ Redcliffe Mews development at Cheddar have provided an unexpected connection . |
| 16 | In this short and uncomplicated address Marlowe conveys all the simplicity of his shepherd with his usage of straightforward language . |
| 17 | Random Century Tellastory have some good things for children , particularly acceptable when there may be long car journeys in prospect , and perhaps some rainy days at home or away . |
| 18 | Is it possible Geoffrey Hoskin to have some sort of sort out , where people could be encouraged , compensated perhaps to leave their villages and towns and go back to the Republic from which their parents or grandparents originally came ? |
| 19 | For good measure Owen took several of his followers too . |
| 20 | As for the Scottish envoys … first , a journey by land is too dangerous ; secondly , our good King Henry believes this is a Scottish matter and does not wish to intervene officially ; finally , Queen Margaret and her household , on the other hand , do not wish to be seen to have anything to do with the men who drove her from Scotland . ’ |
| 21 | It was a good job Eva had such a strong physique . |
| 22 | There was no mention of BNFL 's two Magnox stations and in a basically factual article Hawkes made this comment : ‘ By now their [ Magnox stations ] capital cost is largely written off and the electricity they do generate is cheap . |
| 23 | Some of the biggest names in tennis have descended , with Stefan Edberg , John McEnroe , Pat Cash , Pam Shriver , as well as two-time champion Ivan Lendl all being recent visitors . |
| 24 | ‘ Petty Officer Grant picked this up in Andropulos 's cabin . |
| 25 | As usual Derek Scott makes some good points . |
| 26 | The great Italian poet Leopardi had this to say : ‘ Works of genius have this intrinsic property that even when they give a perfect likeness of the nullity of things , even when they clearly demonstrate and make us feel the inevitable unhappiness of life , even when they express the most terrible despair , nevertheless … they always serve as a consolation , rekindling enthusiasm , and though speaking of and portraying nothing but death , restore to it , at least for a while , the life that it had lost . ’ |
| 27 | The now-famous Dustin Hoffman has this advice for a young actor : ‘ Do n't be afraid to be fired . |
| 28 | JULIE BURCHILL : squeaky-voiced punk Boadicea left these pages to become top Mail On Sunday iconoclast and writer of sex 'n' shopping novels . |
| 29 | In the post-war period Moscow directed much effort towards overcoming its agricultural inferiority vis-à-vis the West , especially the United States . |
| 30 | The little double planet Pluto has such a weird orbit that , even though almost all of the time it is by a long way the furthest known planet from the Sun , occasionally ( as at the time of writing ) it is closer to the Sun than is Neptune . |