Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] [prep] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , it seems to me that in most contexts the utterance of [ 25 ] would yield effects not produced by [ 27 ] . |
| 2 | There were many famous examples , but little is left of any of them except in such cities as Rhodes , where some twentieth century excavations and restoration have been carried out . |
| 3 | The sick were provided with food and medicine , neighbours were paid to nurse them and in some cases the overseers paid for medical care by contract with a local practitioner , or patients might be sent to hospital . |
| 4 | But at the moment small primary schools may well look at the opting out procedure , and I would have to say to you that in many cases those very small primary schools are receiving , by the wish of the Council , a very substantial subsidy from the Local Education Authority in the manner in which they are funded and |
| 5 | Being only 5′ 2½″ tall myself I too feel very strongly about the unfairness of this , but there is absolutely nothing I can do about it except to warn you that in these circumstances you do need to be very accurate in counting calories in order to achieve a good rate of weight loss . |
| 6 | Also the er the erm these Doctor something pills er she advised me to take them because of these pains I had and er but a lot of people thought they wold work wonders you know . |
| 7 | It was a hard job to secure that gig for them because in those days — and probably still even now — we are not the trendy band everybody wants to use . ’ |
| 8 | The English Protestants want to kill me because of these letters . |
| 9 | The object of the operation was to ensure the man was brought out of the pit shaft without any harm to him or to any police officers or the workforce . |
| 10 | Er I 've never had any dwindling intellectual powers er simply because I 've never had any intellectual powers in the first place , so I would agree with him that in all cases I find dealing with er matters of a er er er er of , of legislation er en enormously complex . |
| 11 | Again , on the face of the statute , I can not see any reason why in this case the constable should do more than tell the driver the reason under section 7(3) why breath specimens can not be taken or used ; tell him that in these circumstances he is required to give a specimen of blood or urine but that it is for the constable to decide which ; warn him that a failure to provide the specimen required may render him liable to prosecution ; and then , if the constable decides to require blood , ask the driver if there are any reasons why a specimen can not or should not be taken from him by a doctor . |
| 12 | And , because of what had happened to his father , honesty and integrity were of far greater importance to him than to many businessmen she had worked for . |
| 13 | She put up her hands in a gesture reminiscent of the one which she had made in the attic , when she had been still fearful of him and of all men , but the gesture was as much for Havvie as for him . |
| 14 | more she by him and by those years of waiting |
| 15 | ‘ So you have to keep at him because like all kids he lives for the telly and various electronic gadgets and he 'd be quite happy eating crisps and playing for the rest of his life . |
| 16 | She often found herself making excuses to avoid him though in some ways she was interested in him , even attracted to him . |
| 17 | A later estimate ( 21 November 1952 ) , though it still graded Britain as the most important member of the Atlantic community , described her as in many respects a fragile and wrong-headed partner . |
| 18 | Someone who gives this answer clearly takes it that in some cases it works , and we must not beg the question against him . |
| 19 | By contrast , legend has it that in some cases , a single observation may result in a great discovery and here we 've got one or two examples . |
| 20 | Why is it that in some societies like our own the three stages of childhood development are clearly distinguishable and of great importance as far as personality formation is concerned , whereas in other societies this is much less true , and one or two stages seem to be almost absent altogether ? |
| 21 | Or is it that inside all organizations there are , continuously , small discoveries to be made in order to improve what is being done — and that schools do not differ from other organizations ? |
| 22 | 'Twill be well because he is not the real thing , never could be , and is not even now presuming to be ; but conversely , 'twill be well because the imitation , the travesty , of the real thing can also usurp it and to all intents and purposes become it . |
| 23 | Our members wanted it and in many industries it makes sense , but the bigger task , the main event , is to see whether by a more formal relationship , a more formal partnership , we can build a union which is better than the T & G , better than the G M B and better suited for modern conditions than any trade union so far created in Britain . |
| 24 | I 'd have been in it and in those bars in Gibraltar giving it the big lips by last night . ’ |
| 25 | I do it because in these hills , being poor , one feels responsible and many people ca n't afford the trip to the nearest town . |
| 26 | On the contrary , it sees it as in some circumstances actually commendable , but restricts this by declaring that ( 1 ) it should not be used ‘ indiscriminately ’ for the restoration of unity , ( 2 ) the fact that communion should ‘ signify unity ’ means that it is ‘ generally ’ to be excluded , at least if somehow it ‘ would damage the unity of the Church ’ , ( 3 ) it must never involve ‘ formal acceptance of falsehood or the danger of deviation in the faith , scandal or indifferentism ’ . |
| 27 | This procedure has attracted more opposition , both from religious authorities , who regard it as in some ways similar to adultery , and from sociologists , whose misgivings are based on two main reasons . |
| 28 | However , this première recording , made before the ink was scarcely dry on the paper , strikes me as in some ways the best ever . |
| 29 | Although light is made up of waves , Planck 's quantum hypothesis tells us that in some ways it behaves as if it were composed of particles : it can be emitted or absorbed only in packets , or quanta . |
| 30 | • Is the clock the same in all of us and at all stages of our lives ? • What do we know about the clock itself — where is it , what influences it , and how does it work ? • What is the usefulness of such a clock ? |