Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If by one careless word now I backed up the rumours Aline was bound to be spreading at night , by tomorrow morning Tom Lofthouse , a chatty lad , would have it all round the Doctors ' House . |
| 32 | Since aid is becoming more , not less , important in Africa there is a crying need for a more outspoken analysis of the problem , not only from the recipients ' point of view , but by the recipients themselves . |
| 33 | The pervasive influence of a combative religious morality was evident not only in the repealers ' language but in the common culture which bound many of them together . |
| 34 | In the aftermath of the Maria Colwell tragedy a report by the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work took this concept as its title and stated that ‘ good enough parenting involves , among other things , a capacity to provide continuity of love and care which is realistic in its expectations of both parent and child and deals with ‘ real ’ conflicts of interests and not those whose origins lie only in the parents ' past' ( CCETSW , 1978 ) . |
| 35 | Furthermore , is it not rash to say that it is to be carried out only in the patients ' best interests ? |
| 36 | With a flourish he produced another motley collection of spinning components , this time cobbled together from the Chelonians ' technical stores . |
| 37 | Writing is n't usually a social activity , except when you 're working on exercises together in a writers ' group — and even then you 'll find that you do most of your writing alone , in whatever space and time you can carve out for yourself . |
| 38 | In response to this new determination by ministers , Government Whips began to huddle together in the Members ' Lobby and elsewhere , like American football players in a scrummage , to plan the retrieval process . |
| 39 | The menus change daily in the directors ' dining rooms , delibars and staff canteens that he operates because the clientele does not . |
| 40 | Women are prohibited from approaching the mature men 's council , which takes place daily in the men 's house when most decisions about the affairs of the community are made . |
| 41 | Our figures on the risk of stillbirth by gestational age strengthen the concept that , especially from the fetuses ' perspective , there is a biologically optimal time for delivery . |
| 42 | The course will concentrate entirely on the teachers ' deficits and have the following components : |
| 43 | Such ideas , however , were not based entirely on the critics ' response to what was on display ; rather , they derived from opinions about O'Keeffe and her art that had been formulated by Stieglitz and his circle of friends and published before 1923 . |
| 44 | The fact was that for many years she and her father had been living with a dangerous illusion ; and the illusion was that they were entirely virtuous in their endeavours , entirely on the angels ' side . |
| 45 | Much to the artists ' chagrin . |
| 46 | The results of this first phase were , much to the researchers ' surprise , that productivity increased no matter how much the lighting was varied . |
| 47 | Much to the scientists ' surprise , summer conditions left visible annual strata . |
| 48 | The particularly rapid growth of Norman Broadbent owes much to the partners ' skill and luck in their sense of timing in the formation of the company ; it is unlikely that this could now be repeated quite so successfully . |
| 49 | A reference to British Steel was something the punters would relate to , much to the dealers ' amusement . |
| 50 | He replied , apparently to the students ' dissatisfaction , that he had himself encountered nothing of the kind and indeed that many of those who had started off the war with him and seen it through to the end had become major military commanders . |
| 51 | When compared with the standard reference values accordinly to the patients ' age group , the individual serum total cholesterol values for men and women were seen to have a propensity to fall within or below the lower end of the normal range . |
| 52 | That was not so on the men 's tour , which means it would be very much easier for the ITF to set up its own women 's tour linking many of the principal regular events such as Berlin , Eastbourne , Brighton etc , with the Grand Slams , than it would have been had they responded to the many appeals they had at the time to set up a men 's circuit in competition with ATP … |
| 53 | His rendition of the approach journey from Kingsburgh fills in more detail than Johnson 's , with the revealing observation — still visibly understandable — that their guide navigated across the moors much in the same manner as , I suppose , is pursued in the wilds of America , by observing certain marks known only to the inhabitants ' . |
| 54 | The 14 March 1988 order recorded that accounts had already been supplied to the plaintiffs and that those accounts had discharged the first defendant 's accounting obligations ‘ subject only to the plaintiffs ' rights under Ord. 43 , r. 5 of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965 and their rights to require vouching of the said accounts . ’ |
| 55 | Sir Willie 's success is due only to the dealers ' greed . |
| 56 | I was already working as Derek 's apprentice carpet-fitter in my spare time — when I had any — but the wage I was getting was going not only on the birds ' upkeep but also on mine . |
| 57 | The early part of the decade had seen the festival succumb entirely to the boys ' own heavy metal hackery that at that point ruled the roost in certain quarters , most significantly the mind of Jack Barrie , Marquee General Manager and responsible for booking the bands . |
| 58 | The LCP are recorded more closely ( note entirely to the violins ' advantage in the busier moments of the outer movements ) , and although this lends a welcome clarity , I find the results almost totally devoid of charm . |
| 59 | Indeed , musicians argue amongst themselves as to preferred gauges in any one set , so the blame does not lie entirely at the manufacturers ' door . |
| 60 | They peck valiantly at the monsters ' pointed snouts , frantically paddling with their feet and beating their wings . |