Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is this : that collective force should be trained against individuals only when some past political decision has licensed this explicit in such a way that competent lawyers and judges will all agree about what that decision was , no matter how much they disagree about morality and politics . |
| 2 | According to the Confession , God in his free and eternal counsel has predestined some men to everlasting life , some to everlasting death . |
| 3 | The failure to find broad patterns relating crime with social and economic change has led some scholars to examine in detail the possibility that government policy may have exercised an independent influence on patterns of crime . |
| 4 | Professor Wolfgang Wild , president of Munich 's Technical University has provided some pointers . |
| 5 | Local authorities — particularly community councils where they exist — will help to provide the administrative support needed to manage such open access . |
| 6 | The political role of the army became ever greater as the 1930s progressed , and the problems posed by population expansion , protectionism in international trade and agricultural impoverishment helped to unite much of the population behind an aggressive search for territorial expansion , Asian leadership and economic autarky . |
| 7 | While protectionism as a transnational political force appears to have little likelihood of success in the forseeable future , the threat of it is ever present as a reminder that the orderly progress of global trade in the interests of the TNCs has to be maintained and those who transgress will be punished . |
| 8 | The decision to focus mainly on Latin Europe stems from a long-held conviction by WACC-Europe members that the regional association needs to encourage more members and more communication activities in southern Europe . |
| 9 | Because they are highly-trained professionals , prompt action has saved many innocent lives and accounted for terrorist gunmen engaged in the act of indiscriminate killing . |
| 10 | But ultimately the ordinary allied soldier had to find some reward for his exertions . |
| 11 | Membership of the National Deaf Club tended to attract those deaf people of a certain social standing , and included S. Bright Lucas ( who was the first President ) , wealthy businessman A.J. Wilson , the artist Thomas Davidson , the editor of the British Deaf Times , Joseph Hepworth , explorer and photographer Henry Newton-Lowry , and the type of activities pursued tended to reflect the membership : chess , table-cricket , tennis , badminton . |
| 12 | On its face , the literal rule seems to forbid this common sense approach to statutory interpretation . |
| 13 | As a result , Labour thinking began to lay more stress on state control , on the need to take over at the centre and then to redistribute wealth and plan for the whole country . |
| 14 | Now , extensive research has proved that quite wrong . |
| 15 | The German scientist appeared to consider this carefully . |
| 16 | And dear old Sambo had provided more amusement by purloining the turkey , so that they had to eat the bread-sauce and chestnut stuffing without their raison d'être ! |
| 17 | Brown Owl had put all three into the same Six and called them the Ghillie Dhu . |
| 18 | I am sure that if British Rail had done that , the ramblers would have been prepared to compromise . |
| 19 | Getting there swifter and more often British Rail has announced more services linking Cleveland with other parts of the region , and promised faster journeys from Darlington to Middlesbrough and Saltburn . |
| 20 | British Rail has allowed several mainline stations to be used as venues for the event , to raise money for the charity Buskaid , which aims to take classical music to the children of South African townships . |
| 21 | I am sure that British Rail has considered all the options and it may have asked the consultants to study alternatives . |
| 22 | PC Richard Parry said the car was very dirty and a detailed inspection failed to find any sign that it had made contact with the two pedestrians . |
| 23 | I would like to thank the Curwen Archives Trust whose generous grant has made this publication possible . |
| 24 | The judge at first instance granted the injunction and the Court of Appeal upheld his decision , Lord Denning MR saying that there was no evidence that the blacking at the Daily Express had had any effect on the provincial dispute . |
| 25 | And I think that the , just giving the example of Ross Macdonald , that this other kind of popular literature manages to avoid that . |
| 26 | English Heritage helps to preserve this legacy and welcomes you to visit as many as possible of the 350 or more properties and sites in its care . |
| 27 | Following the advice , the British runner tried to make all the running . |
| 28 | No randomised trial has shown such effectiveness . |
| 29 | A doctor called in police after Heath phoned him and said : ‘ The old cow keeps nagging all the time . |
| 30 | I heard that an English scientist had done some useful work , so I decided to go to England . |