Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think we 'll look at the news in a few minutes to see what the weather 's going to be and then , do you want any ice cream or anything ? |
| 2 | These acts make it an offence to kill these wild animals and they have an obvious effect on conservation ; that these animals are not being killed — at least if the law is being obeyed . |
| 3 | If his fragile skills made him a figure of immense vulnerability on the pitch , then off the pitch , in the press and in the corridors of football power , Jinky was hacked to bits and fullbacks were rarely to blame . |
| 4 | Politically , therefore , the inducements to continue what the Plowden Committee call ‘ excessive social services ’ are much stronger than the inducements to discontinue them or to supplement any which may happen to be ‘ inadequate ’ . |
| 5 | Both volumes of the Dictionary passed the censorship ( in 1845 and 1846 respectively ) , but Volume Two was proscribed a month after publication when the authorities grasped what the circle was up to . |
| 6 | As the aim of many of the BES assured tenancy companies is eventually to obtain value by selling or redeveloping the properties when they are vacant , it would be useful for shareholders to know what the market value is with vacant possession , even if the present value with tenants in possession is also shown as a note . |
| 7 | Arnold was of Tom Arnold 's circus , and his post as the vice-chairman of the party in charge of candidates made him a target of all those who were eager to stand for Parliament . |
| 8 | 'Mill Reserves made it a weekend of double celebration for Shottermill Football Club by clinching runners-up spot , thus ensuring promotion to division two . |
| 9 | In the meantime , however , those long horns had become undesirable : drovers and slaughterers found them a nuisance and they compounded the drawbacks that had already become apparent in Bakewell 's breed . |
| 10 | So we thought we 'd riffle through the rails of leading dancewear manufacturers to find something a shade more exciting than saggy tracksuit bottoms . |
| 11 | As our pictures show what a difference a day makes ! |
| 12 | Sharmi told me the story : |
| 13 | There had been secrets , fears , dangers and delusions filling her every thought . |
| 14 | Paintings from the 19th and early 20th centuries show us a countryside where humans are not dominant but co-exist with Nature in the struggle for life ; where cultivated fields are everywhere bounded by the wilderness which constantly threatens to encroach and claim back its own . |
| 15 | But McGrath , who has had eight operations on his knees , revealed this could be his swansong , saying : ‘ I will decide at the end of the season , but I 'd rather quit at the top than drop down to a lower level , and the knees cause me a lot of pain . |
| 16 | A lucky win against Aurillac in the play-offs secured them a place among the last 32 . |
| 17 | It was quieter , with few shops , not one of them interesting , and restaurants which opened with optimistic flourishes and invitations but where , after a few weeks , you could see the desolate owner standing in the doorway wondering where he 'd gone wrong ; his eyes told you the area was n't going to revive in his lifetime . |
| 18 | Our new world industry correspondent , Richard Feast , casts a critical eye over recent motor show offerings , and concludes that Japan 's ‘ lean ’ production methods give them the opportunity to offer imaginative and stimulating new models |
| 19 | That , that 's open to the general public but where I stand you have to have a membership card to go in there now , and er you pay two pound before the season started and er local traders give you a discount and things erm it 's just one way of er segregating the supporters if you like , but there does n't seem to be so much trouble since they 've done this , but at the same time there does n't seem to be as much atmosphere |
| 20 | In your own words describe what a creditor is and when creditors arise . |
| 21 | Wella 's high quality , creamy formulations give you a look you never dreamed you could achieve at home . |
| 22 | Sumptuous public rooms , marble floors and rugs give it a style of its own , and the restaurant opens onto a splendid waterfront terrace . |
| 23 | The subject of art has for too long been considered by many teachers as a frill , — there it is on the time-table , a compulsory subject ; some schools give it a period a week , some a double period , and some even more . |
| 24 | kids give it a shove , pushed it on the street |
| 25 | Tennis rackets give you a lot of power but the most power you get from the body . |
| 26 | Generally speaking , it is better for farm animals to give them a lot more space and a lot more variety in their environment . |
| 27 | An interesting insight into the kind of restructuring which had occurred in memory when subjects discovered what the theme of the passage was in Thorndyke 's experiment comes from recall in the narrative after-theme condition . |
| 28 | ‘ If they do n't drive , then they ask their husbands to give them a lift . |
| 29 | In return his subjects owed him the duty of honouring that peace . |
| 30 | When his ears tell him the truth , he will not listen . |