Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [adj] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Politics ’ of one kind or another occupied almost all their time between work and bed . |
| 2 | Her euphoria had been considerably aided and abetted by the intake of some gin and orange drinks and a cocktail or two given freely to those selected few responsible for the organising of such a grand evening . |
| 3 | Troops were moving through the village heading in the direction of the attack area and the artillery fire had increased in support of the attack , the usual odd shell or two dropping short causing casualties among the troops moving along the road . |
| 4 | It is unrealistic to expect one side or other to put forward a constructive proposal that is immediately acceptable to the other side . |
| 5 | They came from a variety of schools and backgrounds and it is difficult to believe that their pupils are more immune to racial prejudice than those mentioned above , or that such wording does not encourage prejudice , albeit subconsciously . |
| 6 | Well it 's , it 's more like more or less just like today , you know , if you , if you 've got nowhere to go and they just put you there , but I mean now you ca n't get in very good can you really , not now , but erm , Pat since she 's been on duty she 's had a terrible trial , terrible she had to get one , help in this morning , get one of the floor next door , then we 've had trouble one down further , but she 's been put into erm Ashlyn now for five weeks , so she 's out the way for a little while we 've had an awful worrying time here though , it 's absolutely been a pantomime cos this has just keeps er throwing herself on the floor , all the time she 's doing it |
| 7 | Now the M here is for mind and that includes obviously brain now we come on first of all to the head injuries head injury there is a brain , now a pressure , accident which involves the head . |
| 8 | There is first a movement inward by which , instead of living in our surface mind , we break the wall between our external and our subliminal self ; this can be brought about by a gradual effort and discipline or by a vehement transition , sometimes a forceful involuntary rupture — the latter by no means safe for the limited human mind and accustomed to live securely only within its normal limit — but in either way , safe or unsafe , the thing can be done . |
| 9 | In general , in a system of large enough horizontal extent , one expects to find a spatially random distribution of thermals with some of them just forming , some in vigorous convection and some fading away , with the interval between formation and fading away being very variable . |
| 10 | Hence , employed or sub-contracted professionals on performance-related fees are part of most scenarios for the future and this poses well documented issues for motivation . |
| 11 | Bereft of the supernatural assistance previously offered by the Catholic priest and unwilling to rely solely on the petitionary prayers favoured by Protestants , they resorted to time-honoured magical charms and remedies to cure sickness , improve the weather , or ward off evil spirits . |
| 12 | Beck was acquitted of criminal slander and this has far reaching consequences . |
| 13 | Baling out over Malta had now become a somewhat risky business , as Doug Whitney recalls : ‘ They ( the Maltese ) were so bitter about the bombing that they inclined to treat anyone baling out as an enemy and this became so bad we all carried revolvers to protect ourselves until we could convince them otherwise . |
| 14 | ‘ One of my parts is very much on the marketing side and this has actually flourished and the demands on my time for giving talks and presentations all over the world at very high levels has become more demanding than I 've ever known before . ’ |
| 15 | There is something strange about a subject in which its research workers are willing to dabble at the application of the jargon of thermodynamics but unwilling to apply even the most rudimentary aspects of mechanics to these problems . |
| 16 | In fact holiday camps is a misnomer as these have recently been renamed ‘ holiday centres ’ or ‘ villages ’ in an effort to up-grade their market image . |
| 17 | These are harder to determine from the text than those given above . |
| 18 | It is my hope that those engaged professionally in the production of audio or video programmes in cassette or other forms , will reflect on the need for the Christian message to find expression , explicitly or implicitly , in the new culture created by modern communications ( cf. |
| 19 | So why was n't Davies , who worked miracles with such meagre resources at Nottingham ( as has become more and more apparent this season ) and had a near unblemished record as England ‘ B ’ coach , given the same opportunity at the top level that Best has now been given ? |
| 20 | However , increasing congestion in the airspace over southern England may alter the balance of advantage although this has yet to have much impact on scheduled flights . |
| 21 | Comment is perhaps easier on a more general level than that attempted above . |
| 22 | Quoted loads were 2,000 kg of cargo or 25 pax over 600 km , or 500 kg over 2,500 km , max cruise 420 kph . |
| 23 | For we still believe that our femaleness is a biological entity ; but it is this biology that a century ago wished to remove our clitoris and that continues now to impose upon us a desire that only functions in passive reaction to the actions of men , and that is as a result based in narcissism and masochism . |
| 24 | According to data from animal perfusion systems , net sodium movement even in glucose containing solutions is linearly related to sodium concentration of the perfusate and this pertains equally in secreting intestine , although the threshold at which sodium absorption occurs is higher in the secretory state ( 120 mmol/l v 60 mmol/l ) . |
| 25 | The larger unincorporated industrial towns could petition for incorporation under this Act and many did so over the following years . |
| 26 | ‘ Fucking squaddie culture , yeah ; adoration of the fucking Maggie and pit bulls and getting some scoff down your neck and let's get pissed on lager and all moon together from the bus and camouflage jackets in the high street and yeah-well-I'm-inarestid-in-martial-arts-in't-I ? |
| 27 | Since that time I think that there has been great progress towards reconciliation and this has largely flowed from common sense and from a better understanding of the facts . |
| 28 | Once again his innings ended disappointingly , with another slash through point finding Chris Lewis , at a time when the South Africans needed some gutsy determination and level-headedness to get close to England 's 252 . |
| 29 | If your Mob is not armed with missile weapons then it will charge the nearest other Orc or Goblin Mob if able to do so . |
| 30 | Plainly national security can not have been at stake since that had already been damaged . |