Example sentences of "[noun sg] [unc] [noun sg] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a fan 's dream come true to watch it and a commentator 's dream to be part of it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't pull or touch a hair on the horse 's leg to have any effect . |
| 3 | Clambering on to the horse 's back felt odd and briefly unsafe and then , unexpectedly , exhilarating . |
| 4 | This must be rectified because a higher phosphorus level will interfere with calcium absorption in the horse 's gut creating further problems . |
| 5 | He was then released on bail and , as is the custom , the police required conditions of his bail that he should not go back to his girlfriend 's address to prevent any possibility of any further offending . |
| 6 | In spring 's Office Talk assistant editor slated a River Runs Through It , only for the film to pack out cinemas nationwide for several weeks ! |
| 7 | Moreover , the covenant went on to restrict the defendant 's ability to accept any professional appointment . |
| 8 | The defendant 's mother became suspicious because she had overheard a conversation about drugs . |
| 9 | The plaintiffs sued for the defendant 's failure to honour this promise and the defendant pleaded lack of consideration , the plaintiffs being already under a duty of delivery by the contract with A. The Court of Exchequer ( Martin and Wilde BB. ) found for the plaintiffs : Wilde B. thought that the plaintiffs might have found it advantageous not to comply with their contract with A so that their agreement with the defendant was a detriment to them ; in any event , they agreed to part with the cargo to the defendant which was a benefit to him . |
| 10 | The acknowledgement of service enables the defendant 's solicitor to correct any misnomer in the writ unless , of course , it is so fundamental that he might not accept service at all . |
| 11 | Annadale Strider Alan Keys won a tight battle for the veteran 's prize clocking 31.34 while Children 's Hospital nurse Finnoula McCourt ( Dub ) easily won the women 's section in 39.50 . |
| 12 | Helping punters outwit the bookies is something that gives Brittain real pleasure and he recalls with pride how an acquaintance made an exceptionally nice profit when the trainer 's Terimon took second place to Nashwan in this year 's Derby . |
| 13 | I had thought that if you were not following with a score to marvel at Rattle 's ability to achieve those dynamics so accurately , you would probably feel alienated until you arrived at the next big moment . |
| 14 | Bearing in mind the continuing need to protect British interests and to support friendly states in the Middle and Far East , they recommended that steps should be taken to build up RAF Transport Command 's capacity to provide greater strategic and tactical air mobility . |
| 15 | The justification is that a respondent should not be put at further risk of costs by virtue of the Revenue 's wish to have final authority on some aspect of taxation law , which will inevitably be of general application . |
| 16 | But with United still bottom of the Second Division and staring relegation in the face , the editor of the club 's fanzine says this is n't the time to be selling star players . |
| 17 | TERRY Venables was ousted as chief executive of Tottenham Hotspur yesterday but the bruising battle for the club 's future seemed far from over last night . |
| 18 | Animal instinct warned him that the car 's appearance meant more enemies that he could handle in his present condition . |
| 19 | The Sunday programme 's poll follows another survey by BBC Radio 4 's Today programme suggesting that the opinion in the House of Laity is within a hair's-breadth of the necessary two-thirds majority . |
| 20 | Almost certainly , the image in your mind 's eye involves those billiard balls you learned about at school . |
| 21 | The first-class saloon is visually broken in two , less tube-like , the gangway 's position changing half way through . |
| 22 | By his own admission The Doc is a lawyer 's dream come true . |
| 23 | Here , then , the exceptional case proves the rule , since it resulted from the lawyer 's attempt to achieve another client 's chosen outcome . |
| 24 | The government 's new-found enthusiasm for decentralisation soon ended , however , as the department came under sustained Parliamentary criticism about the lack of accountability in the NHS and the department 's failure to develop appropriate mechanisms to ensure it . |
| 25 | It 's his department 's job to make sure the law 's being applied when it comes to fireworks . |
| 26 | The use of sanctions must accord with the Department 's policy covering these measures . |
| 27 | Father Wright said : ‘ It takes , perhaps , a special sort of leadership on the priest 's part to draw young people into the larger parish community . |
| 28 | Ramsey was unusual in that to him the priest 's ordination meant much more than the deacon 's ordination . |
| 29 | I should like to see Her Majesty 's Government using all their influence in an attempt to ensure that article 104A is implemented to the letter . |
| 30 | Now let me read the words for the s benefit of those who do n't have them add new section eight and rem renumber eight urge his majesty 's government to give continuing and careful concern to the many situations in which lack of financial resources are still causing elderly people grave hardship . |