Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ drift into a law and order society ’ which Hall identifies did not by any means begin with the accession to power of the Conservative Party under Mrs Thatcher in 1979 , and its effects have hardly disappeared with her resignation in 1990 , but the ideology made its presence most felt in her heyday in the early to mid-1990s ( see Chapter 10 ) . |
| 2 | Medical hygienism was quite obviously a necessity , nor is it likely to become completely unfashionable ; the consequence of this interest to the student of child care was that the enthusiasm justifiably generated by its successes led to an assumption that mental hygiene , applied on the same principles , would be equally beneficial . |
| 3 | Social work departments should have details of any local centres and activities , but of course much depends on your relative 's wishes and personal preferences . |
| 4 | Hattie Jacques was the matron , a part so suited to her size and manner that the very occupation of hospital head nurse might have been created for her , let alone the role in ‘ Carry On ’ films . |
| 5 | He had the Intelligence and the Security and the Branch all burrowing in their computers for an Englishman called Colt who wiped people for the cause of the Republic of Iraq , and he had sweet nothing to do , unless he went eye to eye with the mysteries of the thermostat . |
| 6 | He looked about him , his head lifted , his heart suddenly warmed by their concern for him , then turned and began making his way back to the imperial craft . |
| 7 | But Ven , she discovered , was not prepared to let her off the hook , and , ‘ Why … ’ he began to challenge , ‘ … when you 're honest , I know it , yet have begun on a path of deception to one particular end — why , when it 's so important to your sister whom — you love … ’ an alert look suddenly came to his eyes , and he broke off for a brief moment before continuing , his serious dark eyes holding hers ‘ … a sister whom you 'd do anything for , as you proved when you left England and came here — why are you ready to leave now , without another thought ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He hesitated , a cunning look suddenly coming into his eyes . |
| 9 | Her contemporary works are energetic , vibrant in colour and convey to the viewer the simultaneous simplicity and complexity so compelling in her early horse paintings . |
| 10 | However , the fact that the royal scholars had found conservative rather than revolutionary arguments to support their case only added to their appeal , and Henry read the Collectanea with interest and approval in the late summer of 1530 . |
| 11 | His hair naturally curled to his shoulders . |
| 12 | A practised smile was on her lips but his eyes had moved rapidly , assessingly over her figure until their appreciation eventually showed on his face . |
| 13 | Finally , and seeing he was getting nowhere , overcome by an incipient lethargy induced by the excesses of the previous night and exacerbated by the heat , the priest slowly rose to his feet and picked up his hat . |
| 14 | FORMER chairman Rex Williams , Mark Wildman and veteran Australian Eddie Charlton yersterday all failed in their bids for re-election to the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association board . |
| 15 | blood enough goes over my fingers cut his thumb and and all he did was just sort of bathed it put on it . |
| 16 | She was awoken , what seemed only minutes later , by a heavy weight suddenly landing on her chest . |
| 17 | The fact that Charlie managed to run a book on the side only contributed to his contentment and stability . |
| 18 | Richard now married Berengaria in a wedding long remembered for its splendour . |
| 19 | It flattered his vanity to think himself in love with me ; it also gave him , I believe , some unadmitted pleasure constantly to long for my flesh and yet always to forbid himself the attaining of it : to deny himself was just as exciting as to indulge himself . |
| 20 | The wheel suddenly pushed into my left palm and I could feel all the thudding pressure of the sea and the wind concentrated into that one polished spoke . |
| 21 | We were putting an album together based on his light rock/folk style that he was developing — songs like ‘ Janine ’ , ‘ Unwashed And Slightly Dazed ’ — all that country rock flavour that he was developing and then , out of the blue , he wrote ‘ Space Oddity ’ . |
| 22 | She may know that her tears will relieve her tension more effectively than shouting back or pretending not to notice , or they may be tears of anger rather than the vulnerability so despised by her colleagues . |
| 23 | If we strip it of the insulation apparently provided by its appeal to the technology of literacy , we will expose the same ethnocentric claims and uncritical faith in the observer 's own ways of thinking . |
| 24 | No other act of his dismal presidency deserves mention ; but in an irony perhaps lost on his many detractors , his single decision in March 1852 to despatch a naval expedition to Japan , under the command of Commodore Matthew Perry , has had an ineradicable effect on world history . |
| 25 | Its white walls contrasted vividly with the black shutters latched into place over the numerous windows , and the heavy curtains drawn across the three dormer windows jutting out from the unpainted corrugated-iron roof only added to its forbidding atmosphere . |
| 26 | If someone else was paying rates on your behalf then you may still be counted as a ratepayer so check with your council if you are unsure whether you qualify . |
| 27 | This allows each student , with the help of their Adviser of Studies , to develop the programme of study best suited to their individual aptitudes , interests and objectives . |
| 28 | ALANNAH MYLES : ‘ A Song Instead Of A Kiss ’ AOR , Grammy-winner best known for her ‘ Black Velvet ’ hit , issues a taster from her forthcoming second LP |
| 29 | And then , just when people were looking genuinely shocked by what she 'd said — remember that this man , who we all knew , was still sitting there with the blood just washed off his face , as if to remind us that she was n't joking — then she said , do n't be scared Boys . |
| 30 | The tendency of the later 1960s was to move away from packaged courses towards ‘ options ’ in the hope that many pupils would be able to choose from a wide range of subjects and so assemble a programme best fitted to their own interests and abilities . |