Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's better for them to see their loved ones as they remember them . ’ |
| 2 | The growing Country opposition to William 's ministry in the Scottish Parliament consisted mainly of men who stood on a Revolution and Presbyterian foot , but whose exclusion from office exacerbated their disillusionment and allowed them to indulge their nationalist sentiments . |
| 3 | One of them turns her tired beam on us . |
| 4 | But it can stop them seeing its underlying gender biases . |
| 5 | Some in the colony 's business community share that view since following it in policy terms would allow them to continue their prosperous trade links across the border . |
| 6 | BELVILLE : This happy estray thus restored begs leave by me to acknowledge its lovely owner ! |
| 7 | ‘ Would you really , a man of your enormous wealth , sue someone like me for a sum that to you is little more than pocket-money , but to me represents my very livelihood ? |
| 8 | First of all let me emphasize our common experience that most human relationships are asymmetrical . |
| 9 | I think they rather wanted me to wear my old farm clothes , but we compromised with a grey check skirt which a good friend gave me , and a blue jumper . |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't you like me using your Islamic name ? ’ said Mrs Wilson . |
| 11 | Although reporters gave the impression that the troupes were new to the American stage , they had in fact made their debut as far back as 1900 when George Lederer booked them to perform their original Pony Trot . |
| 12 | By trying different sheets and pushing them to perform your working requirements , you will find your favourite papers in time . |
| 13 | To enable them to conduct their private practice economically and sensibly from their viewpoint , pay beds were an imperative . |
| 14 | Later , he takes me to see his new Honda XBR 500 motorbike . |
| 15 | As I detest midges more than most things in life , leaving them to enjoy their open season for humans is no hardship either . |
| 16 | ‘ The only result is that a large heron discovered that when it activated the floodlight it enabled him/her to decimate my expensive collection of koi carp , brazenly standing in the middle of the pool at 10.30pm . ’ |
| 17 | The extreme toxicity of their venom enables them to kill their main prey — eels — very rapidly and thus prevent them from wriggling free . |
| 18 | ‘ Isa has not seen me since the happy news and it is that which restores me to near my old self . ’ |
| 19 | Finally , functional elites may be offered incorporation within the policy process in order to compel them to sacrifice their organizational muscle , and to undertake the state 's dirty work by disciplining dissidents within their organizations . |
| 20 | Martin Randall believes in allowing his clients off the leash for a good deal of unorganised time , which enabled me to enjoy my favourite occupation : finding my own way around a new city . |
| 21 | Firms are less likely to set profit-maximising prices for their products when faced with rising raw material prices and labour costs as it is more difficult for them to estimate their expected revenues and costs . |
| 22 | After some counselling , which enabled me to unscramble my uncomfortable thoughts about myself , I discovered the root of my problem and am now able to cope better with receiving compliments about my appearance . |
| 23 | The reason why these had survived so long was because they required the most money spent on them — in the case of valley bottoms , to pay for initial drainage and then to maintain it — to make them yield their full potential of arable and pasture . |
| 24 | The free Church Council , special emergencies apart , will therefore best serve the administration of its city or town , neither by meddlesome interference with it , nor by attempting to be represented as such in its political caucuses , or even on its administrative boards ; but by training men who , representing its views and coming under its influence , have at once the strength of character and the breadth of conception , which will cause them to secure its great ends … in the ordinary arena of public life . |
| 25 | Throughout human history , disabled people have constantly confounded the low expectations of others , and how much better it would be for special educators to raise the expectations of disabled children and their families by giving them an understanding of this , by helping them to accept their disabled identities with pride , by helping them to understand their place in the world and their rights as well as giving them the practical skills to deal with these issues . |
| 26 | Politicians are wary of doing this , of course , because it forces them to accept their proper share of responsibility for the present state of anomie . |
| 27 | Two aspects need consideration : the tendency of workers to lessen their weekly amount of work at times when higher money wages or lower food prices allowed them to meet their customary expectation of comfort from fewer hours of labour , and secondly , the ability of home-based out-workers to control their own pace of work , compensating , if they so chose , for a slack early week with a bout of late-week intensity . |
| 28 | Separate households might briefly establish a privileged position within the commune and rent land from the nobility on their own behalf , but it remained extremely difficult for them to consolidate their scattered strips of land or to introduce new methods and seeds . |
| 29 | ‘ It just sums up my recent life that on the day my son announced his engagement and wanted me to meet his new in-laws I was in Strasbourg . |
| 30 | The performance of Castlereagh must attract the envy of many councils and ratepayers alike but I wonder how many of them realise its hidden costs ? |