Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [art] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pike have very sharp teeth so a wire trace has to be used to stop pike biting through the nylon . |
| 2 | Staff at St Heliers in Carshalton say doors were left unlocked for up to ten minutes so an emergency patient could be admitted . |
| 3 | Central Sports Special will continue on wednesday nights — with Goals Extra every Saturday teatime . |
| 4 | " Moons make speed to repair their heavenly losses " ( Michie 1964 ) ; " While , though , waning moons can mend their celestial losses " ( Leishman 1956 ) ; " Her losses soon the moon supplies " ( Johnson 1784 ) ; " But oh , whate'er the sky-led seasons mar , / Moon upon moon rebuilds it with her beams " ( Housman 1944 ) ; " These wounds of the wheeling skies are healed by the moons in their flying " ( Marsh 1940 ) . |
| 5 | Leave was refused at first instance and in the Court of Appeal , though a few months later a Practice Direction ( [ 1986 ] 2 All ER 226 ) was issued indicating the collective view of the judges that solicitors should be permitted to appear in the High Court or Court of Appeal in formal or unopposed proceedings . |
| 6 | Millions of pounds and several months later the consultancy company concluded that too many people were steering and not enough were rowing . |
| 7 | Despite denials from both parties , managing director Garry Hawkes FHCIMA withdrew his nomination for presidency of the HCIMA in order to concentrate on business , and a few months later the story circulating was that he had put together a management buyout package . |
| 8 | A few months later The Times Africa Correspondent ( W.P. Kirkman ) wrote two long centre-page articles ( 25 and 26 June 1962 ) on the new African leaders which do more than most to illuminate Nkrumah 's position . |
| 9 | It is possible that three months later the spot rate could be DM3.88–3.92 ( dollar weaker/DM stronger ) in which case the contract value will be DM38.8m ( alternatively the spot rate might be DM4.08–4.12 , therefore the contract value is DM40.8m ) . |
| 10 | Fourteen months later the £5,000 Institute opened for business with , said the D and S Times , ‘ up-to-date furnishings and electrical arrangements , not omitting the penny- in-the-slot telephone ’ . |
| 11 | Six months later the advertising agency was taken over by its successful rivals ; two months after that they were both incorporated in De Chavigny ( Advertising ) , a new company with offices in London , Paris , Zurich , Milan and New York , registered in the Balearic Islands , and with sole responsibility for the marketing of all de Chavigny products and investments , from steel to hotels and property , world-wide . |
| 12 | A few months later the Oxfordshire Education Committee responded to 10/65 by appointing me as co-ordinator for the Banbury reorganization , and commissioned me to submit plans : the noisy sewage pump had done its work . |
| 13 | A few months later the Corruption Trials began . ’ |
| 14 | Some three months later An Bord Pleanala granted planning permission for the dump , subject to 18 conditions . |
| 15 | Tobacco advertising through sponsorship and billboards had been waiting like the last prisoners on death row for eight months following a cabinet announcement in April 1992 that the end of their last ditch stand was nigh . |
| 16 | As part of the disestablishment of the CPCz , the matrix of party organizations in the economic , political , social and security spheres was dissolved in the months following the November revolution . |
| 17 | In the months following the ND election victory in April 1990 there was a boom in the Greek stock market , which was hailed as one of the world 's most promising " emerging markets " . |
| 18 | Paykel ( 1979 ) calculated that the risk of a person developing depression increases sixfold in the six months following an exit event . |
| 19 | Just a few months ago the Queen Mother wore a Hartnell creation to the wedding of Lady Helen Windsor . |
| 20 | Until eighteen months ago Wiltshire was the most undermanned force in this country , and that 's not our figures , that was the Home Office formula which produced that , and because of that eighteen months ago the Home Secretary actually granted this force an extra sixty- seven policemen and he gave none to anybody else . |
| 21 | I shop there a lot as it 's so handy for my offices , and I seem to recall that about six months ago the floristry section was moved from an upper floor where no one ever saw it right on to the Oxford Street frontage . ’ |
| 22 | Mayor , three months ago the E I D sub-committee Labour members rejected the Employment Action Scheme . |
| 23 | If the acceleration of a system occurs over a small number of steps then the phase excitation timings can be generated by digital integrated circuits . |
| 24 | Centuries earlier the Bhagavad Gita had noted the same difficulty : " Self-conceited , haughty , full of pride and arrogance of wealth , they do acts of religious worship in name alone . " |
| 25 | When you do not bend your knees then the back muscles have to support and pick up the weight of your torso , arms and head ( 70 per cent of your body weight ) , as well as the object you are carrying . |
| 26 | Having gathered data and established the existing flow of work around the system — the Brown Paper — they proposed solutions around a second flow diagram , this time on white paper . |
| 27 | It was n't King Street any more of course — at least , not officially , for some months earlier the Cork Corporation had defiantly renamed it MacCurtain Street in honour of the city 's martyred Lord Mayor . |
| 28 | If a moving enemy has triggered the Fanatics then the enemy unit is halted at 8″ away . |
| 29 | Wherever possible , remove guttering and brackets so the fascia boards can be painted properly . |
| 30 | HDTV systems are attempting to raise definition to well over 1000 lines so the quality jump is likely to be dramatic . |