Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The upper class has clear distinctive characteristics which give it such a sense of identity : not only its ownership of productive property ( the fundamental and defining feature ) but also its distinctive culture and status hierarchy . |
| 2 | So then you start thinking about visual images which give you this impression of power and menace , something like the Nuremberg Rallies of the 1930s , and use that as the basis of your inspiration . |
| 3 | But BodyShop 's appearance is more a reflection of accounting curiosities which gave it such a huge return on capital last year : likewise fire extinguisher company Nu-Swift , whose remarkable figures last year put it at the top of the ROC table . |
| 4 | It is these adaptations which make it such a fascinating bird . |
| 5 | ‘ You think because you 've read a few crappy books you know it all . ’ |
| 6 | We are to drink beer , eat cheese , get herded around in coaches , grab every photo-opportunity with ‘ the two lads who made it all possible ’ and officially launch the new Carter long-player ( EC-standard length ) ‘ 1992 — The Love Album ’ . |
| 7 | Please pass on our thanks to all the Mums , Dads and kids who gave us such a great present for our involvement with the creche over the past couple of years . |
| 8 | In nine months we get them all back again . |
| 9 | During my sheltered youth I had two fleeting experiences which gave me some indication that I was not alone . |
| 10 | And because each of the directors seems to have a share in the brother 's or brother in law 's concerns you know we all thought right , if they 're gon na play the game together , we 'll play the game together , and see what happens . |
| 11 | And smoke billowed from seven huge masts which held it all together . |
| 12 | This is about the pilots who make up this famous aerobatic team , and it focuses on the three new pilots who join it each year . |
| 13 | It looks rather splendid , but it attracted so much attention that after two days she took it all out . |
| 14 | In terms of paying commissions we pay them all the following week . |
| 15 | There was a lovely tree outside old Boots shop there they took all them away and put these little ones down the middle and I also brought it up when they did Weekday Cross they took the trees which had only been there a few years they took them all down and put put some others up some little twiggly things you know . |
| 16 | So , those are the sorts of things I take it that , that er we do think are a more interesting way of individuating people than their bodily . |
| 17 | For another generation , this Covenant was to be held up as a model of political excellence within the Middle East , especially by the Western powers which gave it such approval but which did not have to suffer its consequences . |
| 18 | It must in fact plunge into the heart of the matter in order to lay bare the fundamental conditions which made it all even possible . |
| 19 | Lineage shaikhs designated one of their number to be a section shaikh , to represent them in affairs which concerned them all . |
| 20 | In reality , of course , we need to set up structures which allow us all to be our selves . |
| 21 | Do you think it holds out a ray of hope among the problems which perplex us all so sorely today ? ’ |
| 22 | We venture into public life protected not so much by the sanctions of formal law but by an unwritten charter of civil rights which assigns us both access to and independence from others with whom we come into contact . |
| 23 | Great Britain , for their part , will be looking to recapture the many admirable qualities which brought them that improbable victory after Steve Hampson 's early dismissal reduced them to 12 men . |
| 24 | We are now coming to the time of the year when paddlers start competing again in marathons and it would be nice to remember the ancient Greeks who started it all off . |
| 25 | We were aware that there were men among the thickets following us , but it was the monkeys who caused us most trouble . |
| 26 | Three privileged siblings who discover they all have different fathers — and none is the man their mother is married to . |
| 27 | Frankie often joined his classmates in taunting them because of their poor homes or absent fathers , yet in his heart of hearts he envied them all . |
| 28 | It was good to read Leslie Patterson 's article in September 's Amicus to find that her committee meetings are no different from our meetings , with frivolous items ( such as peeled grapes ! ) to important items which affect us all , like the office 's smoking policy and PEARL . |
| 29 | There are three elements to the Nile valley : the blue river , the green of the cultivated banks and the dun colour of the desert ridges which enclose them both . |
| 30 | In different ways she loved them all ; even her weak-natured husband , who showered all of them with affection , and who was filled with excitement that , at long last , he was about to become a father in his own right . |