Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Nunnery Lane convent became involved in plans for the Carmelite convent at Mafeking after the German sisters were approached by the South African Bishop of Kimberley and got in touch with Darlington . |
| 2 | Any large medieval building became susceptible to classification , and Peck claimed that inns , such as the Windmill , formerly at no. 51 High Street , were used as halls . |
| 3 | Fortunately , Thames Tunnel Mills adjoins the handsome early-eighteenth century church of St Mary , Rotherhithe , so that when the Department of the Environment designated the church and the surrounding buildings as an outstanding conservation area , the building became eligible for grant aid from the Historic Buildings Council and their help was crucial to the funding of the development . |
| 4 | He overturned a 2–5 deficit to go 6–5 in front and served for the match at 8–7 . |
| 5 | We have already encountered an archetypal example of this in the Neolithic mother-goddess cult , and it may be that today , over-indulged children , not fully weaned because of permissive fashions in modern childrearing , and encouraged throughout their childhood and adolescence to remain dependent on parents who have been afraid to deny them anything , experience a similar hankering after the unobtainable but mouth-watering mother-as-breast . |
| 6 | When Harwood Consultancy became involved in personnel software during the eighties , absence monitoring was ‘ about booking holidays and planning absences . ’ |
| 7 | The description fits that of Fräulein Müller 's maid , the woman called Rachel . ’ |
| 8 | Nevertheless , their formality sits ill at ease with Esau 's spontaneous show of love . |
| 9 | Because of the variable time between pulse labelling and biopsy , there will be a trend to higher crypt labelling subsequent on cell division over the longer time periods . |
| 10 | ‘ I will of course remain responsible for Barton , since I know Andy well , ’ Peter Yeo said , firmly . |
| 11 | It had been argued that after assignment the liability of the original lessee became one of suretyship which was discharged following an alteration of the original contract without the consent of the guarantor . |
| 12 | Her resignation became official in January 1982 , with a £25 , 000 settlement from Virgin . |
| 13 | The OECD stated in late 1983 that acid rain damage represents 3 to 5% of the European Community Gross National Product — or between £33 billion and £44 billion per year while the first joint step to combat air pollution in the European Community came in March 1984 when Environment Ministers agreed that new industrial plants could not be built without authorization relating to specific limits for industrial emissions . |
| 14 | In his ’ Dear Colleague ’ letter the Secretary of State tells us that the uprating of student grants in 1990-91 was over and above the extra money made available through student loans . |
| 15 | Within the year there was money made available for projects which could take the broad skills of a science like genetic manipulation and give them a saleable medical application . |
| 16 | Shell goes Latin for tankers |
| 17 | Once infected , people remain carriers of the virus for life , some of them suffering repeated attacks while others build up enough resistance to remain free of symptoms . |
| 18 | The circumstances of a particular case may oblige the partners as a matter of good faith to proceed first by way of warning as to future conduct or to offer a personal hearing to the offending partner , but few general rules can be laid down in this respect . |
| 19 | Babur sits next to Mark on the bed . |
| 20 | A Soviet writer regarded this as evidence of ‘ positive elements ’ in Malaysian foreign policy . |
| 21 | Ron Treptow , an experienced canoeist , was shooting the rapids at Great Langsale Beck in the Lake District when his canoe became stuck in rocks . |
| 22 | if it 's just like one exam or two exams that they 've failed or they 've been ill for or they 've missed or something they 're offered the opportunity to sit those in September then we have another exam board in September |
| 23 | The route turns south-easterly after Gatun , through the deep chasm of the Gaillard Cut — eight miles of near-straight canal where the labours ant tribulations of all Goethals ' thousands of men become dramatically evident . |
| 24 | In the case of the elder James Stephen 's commitment to antislavery , it came after the experience of working in the West Indies as a lawyer , but more precisely , that experience helped direct into antislavery the expression of his gratitude ‘ for the infinite mercy of God ’ in extricating him from the depths of sin brought on by sexual passion and setting him on the path of prosperity and happiness . |
| 25 | Smack mum found guilty of assault |
| 26 | Superficially like a small Green Woodpecker , but head and underparts predominantly grey , male has red on forehead only , female has no red at all , and black moustachial streaks are much narrower . |
| 27 | The Daily Express reported ten against women and one against men . |
| 28 | North of the city runs a huge sandy beach , bays and undeveloped coves ; to the west lies one of Sardinia 's great natural wonders — the dramatic cliffs and views of Capo Caccia with two huge rock formations in the sea . |
| 29 | A quick glance at the specifications that Detroit 's idea of a '90s performance saloon has more in common with current European thinking than the muscle-bound 7-litre American V8 's of the '60s and '70s . |
| 30 | In this case matters concerned with hypertext presentation , such as ‘ this is a button ’ , would simply be a property of a logical object ; a button thus becomes a way of representing a logical object , rather than a logical object itself . |