Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So before leaping to his defence I waited until another column appeared , which I have tried to read in a less partisan manner . |
| 2 | If that is the case I imagine that more Scots will wish to take advantage of trust status . |
| 3 | I greeted him with the age-old aphorism : ‘ Those who can , do ; those who ca n't , teach ; and those who ca n't teach become administrators — in your case I know whether that is true ’ . |
| 4 | An ex-mason , who gave his evidence to the working party , wrote of ‘ a beautiful sense of lightness and freedom I experienced when that oppression was lifted . ’ |
| 5 | But in my heart I knew that another man could . |
| 6 | And of course I knew that this hierarchical organization offers the possibility of reward and incorporation into the highest ranks to those who conform to such dictates . |
| 7 | But of course I realized that this would be a pretty gratuitous move , under the circumstances . |
| 8 | Of course I accept that one man 's fun is another man 's nightmare , and because of this more companies should think about creating ready-made racks for those who want them , or maybe just come up with designs and ideas for those who want to build their own . |
| 9 | If I close this week with only seven , I may only end up with one sale , and that 's not gon na to give me the income I want and big H wants so I can take her out for a Chinese . |
| 10 | The third part is perhaps something that erm , we find a little more difficult , I do found that er number two , number three and number four if you were n't careful blends very much into one another and actually then part three as far as I 'm concerned actually putting across the benefits is really the main part I think and that really is putting into everyday English what we know as professionals as in technical terms , cos if you go and talk to somebody whatever it is , they have n't got a clue we have , we talk about it all the time and I think the biggest criticism of the insurance industry as a whole is the fact that you do n't talk to people in English and that 's why it 's got such a foot in the door and I think the third part for me really is the most important part of the sales process , relating our cock-ups in English , the benefits the client . |
| 11 | To my absolute horror I found that all my controls were completely frozen , I was quite certain I had seen the ground crew go round and remove all the external locks before I had climbed aboard . |
| 12 | ‘ When Peter invited me to the club I knew that Dusty was retiring and that there would be a place up for grabs . |
| 13 | With this in mind I decided that all of the items in my dream package should be easily available , over the counter , products chosen to meet my ideals and suitable for the not-so-experienced hobbyist , the main candidate likely to be interested in buying a basic marine system . |
| 14 | You have seen your monster I thought and this time the you did mean the fish . |
| 15 | With practice I learned that those flames instantly settled down to a proper blue flame . |
| 16 | The theatre is a conspiracy of illusion which lasts as long as the audience is there . |
| 17 | By that time , we want to see a future which demonstrates that nuclear power can be produced safely and economically . |
| 18 | The Partnership accepted the task as a priority for the school and helped develop and deliver a programme which ensured that all students received thorough preparation , had an appropriate placement , and participated in a thorough de-briefing , thus providing a QUALITY work experience . |
| 19 | The Council commissioned market research which revealed that 93 per cent of those questions rated water services as very good or quite good while 83 per cent rated drainage services similarly . |
| 20 | I am on the radical wing of the ‘ leave-them-alone ’ camp and spurn the US Army research which proved that 80 percent of carefully burst blisters reattach to the skin over time . |
| 21 | Phillipson summarises American research which indicates that elderly people may be turning away from informal care based on kinship towards formal professional support . |
| 22 | Trudgill ( 1986 : 36 – 7 ) reports research which shows that certain vowel distinctions in Norwich English are unlikely to be correctly acquired even by children born in Norwich , unless their parents were also born there . |
| 23 | The finding is in line with recent research which shows that those who are least able to cope tend to leave care with the least support ( Bonnerjea , 1990 ) . |
| 24 | a redesigned department which ensured that all staff were in contact with each other — not hidden in offices or separate sections of the department . |
| 25 | Figure 8 is an example of such a study which recorded and classified accidents over a period of time . |
| 26 | Rivalry persisted through the 1860s and '70s and in 1881 Gaze produced a pamphlet which claimed that certain companies were apt to ‘ monopolise powers which are the property of all Tourist Agents , and in the development of which we ourselves have borne so important a part ’ . |
| 27 | The Manitoban ratification process was also delayed by a provincial rule which required that any constitutional amendment be subject to public hearings prior to a vote in the legislature . |
| 28 | Er , well this , this is the last week at Kings term which means that this is the last lecture in this series so if you come back next week you 'll be disappointed . |
| 29 | Automatic end needle selection is another bonus which insures that knitted edges are always neat and tidy . |
| 30 | Classified by Japanese officials as " reactor grade " not " weapons grade " , the shipments had nevertheless triggered concern among critics of nuclear proliferation who warned that some countries had fabricated crude nuclear devices from plutonium of the kind Japan was shipping . |