Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also we mentioned an environmentally sound road system and it 's not only that we 're , as are you over there against the fourteen or twenty eight lane or whatever busy lane it is on the M twenty five , because by putting all just increasing the road capacity is gon na lead to great loss from Kings Kingston on Thames and Ashtead and Shepherds Bush to Solihull . |
| 2 | Of course we all like to get on with people at work , but our relationships are based on our skills , our expertise or our functional roles , not on friendship . |
| 3 | But Aeroflot , its successor or its 20 constituent parts-each of which may form the nucleus of a national carrier in the republics-are likely to need 500 new or newish Western aircraft to continue services . |
| 4 | Superintendent what was your response or your initial reaction to that information ? |
| 5 | The Air Force assigned 42–108777 to the Santa Maria Air Base where her two-seat capability was put to good use . |
| 6 | The autocratic style of a president who regarded state-controlled radio and television as a transmission service for the government , who felt free to interpret his constitution as he saw fit and regularly to circumvent parliament or his own ministers teetered perpetually on the verge of excess . |
| 7 | Even though she had left Stornoway when she was just 14 , she never lost her love for her birthplace or her sweet West Highland accent . |
| 8 | One thing , one thing about it , it 's crossed my mind a long time ago is er the idea of erm in the half hour or whatever twenty minutes before a concert , doing er concert programme notes |
| 9 | Cos it wo it does n't keep the light out of your kitchen or your other rooms does it , because of |
| 10 | Furthermore , when dates are suggested for changes in these forms , they are usually given , without comment , as the dates at which the changes took place in this standard variety or its unilinear precursor , and not the dates at which they might have taken place in some other variety . |
| 11 | So we tried to look deeper , particularly for a way of applying our money where its unique lack of strings could help add most the eminent scientists on the Venture Research Advisory Council — the Chairman Sir James Menter , Sir Rex Richards , Sir Hans Kornberg and Professor John Cadogan — contributed their expertise to this slow painstaking process as did my colleagues in the Unit . |
| 12 | Many instructors are not careful , or thoughtful enough about either their initial teaching or their subsequent monitoring of their students as they do their own cockpit checks . |
| 13 | Still prominent in art , folklore and literature , the live snake or its ubiquitous image influences millions of people in that country . |
| 14 | In the first of these a group of libraries cooperate because of a factor or factors which they hold in common — usually their subject field or their geographical location . |
| 15 | So if the teacher wanted to find out about the courses they could either contact the University or their own organisations , erm the D E S or the , the Local Education Authority . |
| 16 | Your sick parent must be mentally fit to make this decision of her own free will , and it does not rob her of the right to make her own decisions as to the spending of her money or her free access to it . |
| 17 | If we Christians set our own judgement or our inherited traditions above the Old and New Testament scriptures we part company with the Lord and the apostles , and cut ourselves off from our one source of knowledge of God . |
| 18 | Typical examples of the kinds of ritual practices that are commonly observed include : ( i ) dietary and sexual abstinence before hunting , ( ii ) visionary experiences induced by drugs or fasting , ( iii ) ritual purification of hunter and weapons before hunting , ( iv ) offering of formal apology/excuse to the slain animal — blame-shifting , ( v ) offering of tokens of appeasement — food , tobacco , etc. — to the slain animal , ( vi ) ceremonial treatment of carcass — verbal flattery and solemnity , ( vii ) rules determining who may eat animals ' flesh ( which may include abstention by hunter and/or his entire kin group ) , ( viii ) avoidance of waste , ( ix ) avoidance of boasting , ( x ) ritual disposal of uneatable or unusable remains , and ( xi ) post-hunting purification of the hunter and/or his weapons ( see e.g. Frazer , 1922 ; Hallowell , 1926 ; Benedict , 1929 ; Speck , 1977 ; Campbell , 1984 ; Serpell , 1986 ) . |
| 19 | It takes little imagination to foretell the likely consequences of just one peg disintegrating and flinging its spring or its free arm into the cutter gap during a pass ; or the possible knock-on effect(s) on the rest of the makeshift assembly and the astonished operator if this should happen . |
| 20 | Contribution , if ordered , would enable the third defendant or his fellow conspirators to retain part of the proceeds of their conspiracy or fraud . |
| 21 | I make a plea for the Government to consider a matter of urgency , either through independent research or their own officers , finding a long-term method of achieving a much more comprehensible system that is easy to use and that can be understood by ordinary people . |
| 22 | The Insurance Advisory service will also provide cover for all your other insurance needs , such as for your car or your personal belongings . |
| 23 | Er , you 'll probably get a temporary membership card when you get free car or your new car . |
| 24 | Follow the photograph or your own set of Snakes & Ladders for the exact layout of the different coloured squares . |
| 25 | She was not gracious to those whose arguments she rejected , whether they came from the opposition or her own party , as Aneurin Bevan [ q.v. ] and Michael Foot were both , at different times , to discover . |
| 26 | Dean reveals Northern grit but not doubt : not to the opposition or his own team-mates : ‘ Obviously I have moments of self-doubt , but I do n't believe it 's right to show that . |
| 27 | Although the examiner appointed by the court may submit a report which accompanies the deposition , this is merely intended to give him the opportunity of recording facts , including incidents during the examination ( for example , that the witnesses fainted or rose up and tried to assault cross-examining counsel ) ; the examiner can not indicate his opinion as to the credibility of the witness or his own impressions of the witness 's demeanour . |
| 28 | If you want to find out what is available in your area , ask the social services department or your local health visitor . |
| 29 | Your local library , Citizens Advice Bureau , or the Social Services Department or your local authority will be able to give details of help available in your area or tell you where detailed advice can be sought . |
| 30 | In these days of digital technology and modular electronics , it 's hard to know where to turn when your blue-speaker AC30 begins to issue smoke , your Copicat starts munching recording tape or your beloved Marshall JTM45 just sits and coughs in the corner . |