Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was polite about the leeks and lumpy cheese and said a similar thing could be done with endives and it looked at first as if the lunch was going to prove a slightly awkward affair . |
| 2 | But for good measure we added extra benefits to ensure that the policy is right for the risks that householders face today . |
| 3 | These sentiments were to prove too rich for the Whigs and Liberals who were predominant in the mid nineteenth century . |
| 4 | He picked up his journal and leafed through the parchments until he found a certain sheet , then read it through in silence . |
| 5 | Harry drew the wallet from his pocket and leafed through the pictures until he found it . |
| 6 | Henry O'Bree was depressed about the exams and left behind a suicide note . |
| 7 | P.S. As I 've shown , SCF makes sure that your donation works as hard as possible for the children that need it most . |
| 8 | Self-representation in this way was never as systematically developed as the products of modern propaganda machines , but , as with the study of portraiture , it can be very revealing about the aspirations and claims of any regime , matters which are as interesting to the historian as the reality of what actually happened . |
| 9 | In the real world , these results are neither as good for the Tories nor as bad for Labour as the polls and media predictions have made them seem . |
| 10 | It 's difficult to find companies willing to be specific about the changes or benefits that have resulted from the services of a consulting guru . |
| 11 | Erm , in the Customer Services area once we 've seen what changes Customer Service wish to make during this year that they myself and Roger and gon na find that out , hopefully , tomorrow , erm , then we 'll be more specific about the areas that we have to address on th , the first and second floor . |
| 12 | He claims the incidence of HIV is small , and is confident the new health authority monitoring system will be more specific about the numbers and groups to target . |
| 13 | The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly as the marchers and their supporters wind down after a hard day . |
| 14 | But I I would n't er if I hear of a girl getting pregnant er you know now now it 's a very common thing I know , but sometimes I feel really sorry for the girls because it 's tying yourself fifteen , sixteen tying yourself down to children . |
| 15 | Dorcas suddenly felt almost as sorry for the humans as he |
| 16 | I , I feel sorry for the children because they 'll miss Kevin wo n't they ? |
| 17 | But you just had to do that sort of thing , I , we used to feel awfully sorry for the patients but you had , they had do it because they would n't have got a wash otherwise , there was so mu so much to do . |
| 18 | At times I become so obsessive about the dangers that I find myself making lists of what could go wrong . |
| 19 | We can be facetious about the examples that I am using . |
| 20 | But women clearly found ways of turning a restrictive garment into an alluring fashion : the surviving representations of the stola show it as a revealing slip , cut low between the breasts and often suspended from the slimmest of decorative straps . |
| 21 | As no form of updating had taken place the room was in need of considerable physical repair … much of the stock dated back to the school 's opening and was therefore unsuitable for the pupils and curriculum of today . |
| 22 | Agriculture will have to be re-thought , because most crops , at present , grow close to their physiological limits ; and present day wildlife reserves may prove unsuitable for the plants and animals they contain , as the climate within them changes . |
| 23 | Litter from battery hen farms is unsuitable for the plants and though turkey litter was tried last Christmas it proved much less successful than the chicken fuel . |
| 24 | Its body is held upright and what was the dorsal fin has become an undulating rear engine , which with the help of whirling pectorals on either side , enables it to move erect and stately through the corals and weed forests . |
| 25 | Ex-King 's Cup player Robin Drysdale echoed the sentiments of many , at the conclusion of his first Series event at his club in Bracknell , when he said ‘ these events are terrific for the kids and I shall definitely be running one again next year . ’ |
| 26 | The shepherd ‘ pulls ’ the wool from his ‘ pretty lambs ’ , an experience which I imagine would not be too pleasant for the creatures but to him it is as if the sheep offer their wool with the same eagerness as he offers his gifts . |
| 27 | We shall keep now the voltage constant and insert a piece of dielectric between the plates as shown in Fig. 2.15 . |
| 28 | If immobility is one of its effects , the swinging between the extremes that bound it — love and hate , pity and fear — is another , and that is how Stephen will move . |
| 29 | It 's more interesting for the children than being asked " Can you remember what we did least week ? " , it makes them immediately active , it reminds them what they were doing and can be very informative for the teacher , who can see clearly what the children are finding most engaging about the work . |
| 30 | It is important , therefore , to be clear about the differences as well as the similarities so that one can know what to query as well as what to accept in the concepts . |