Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [adj] [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sukarno proclaimed a state of emergency and called on the people to choose between himself and Musso : ‘ My beloved people , in the name of the struggle for Indonesian independence I appeal to you . ’ |
| 2 | After I did the course for two weeks I went down to a place in Ashford and I was in Ashford for twelve weeks , came back to Chelmsford , did another two weeks and then I was released as what 's known as probationer constable , a probationer constable . |
| 3 | In his next letter Leslie told me that on that day he had been assigned ‘ a rather painful duty … from 4 o'clock this afternoon for 24 hours I am escort to an officer under close arrest , a captain , I believe . |
| 4 | And I said the thing is , she 'll pick him up off the floor or she 'll pick him up out the basket and say if you do n't give me some money for some drugs I 'll chuck him on the floor ! |
| 5 | To get experience in obstetrics and gynaecology for vocational training I had to come back to London . |
| 6 | I regret that during my research for this debate I found that , in the field of computers , one of the least well-equipped police forces is that in my own area , Greater Manchester . |
| 7 | ‘ Just because I happen to be President of this company I do n't play the Great White Chief , ’ he was fond of saying . |
| 8 | To give the engineers a better appreciation of this aspect I encouraged them to learn to fly up to private pilot standard and I am happy to say this was approached by many of them with considerable enthusiasm . |
| 9 | After the interview I mentioned as casually as I could that as a result of blocked sinuses I had lost my sense of smell ( with the exceptions of petrol , laundry and excrement ) for years , and could he think of any way of restoring it ? |
| 10 | As a result of this change I was ‘ promoted ’ chairman and virtually cut off from any effective direction of the company . |
| 11 | As a result of this programme I wish to ask two questions ; |
| 12 | I 've got a list upstairs of various people I 've got one person |
| 13 | The threat of all Darlington Catholics voting against him was the most astute piece of political blackmail I have ever seen . |
| 14 | On which fine piece of mental self-deceit I thanked Morag and went to the telephone . |
| 15 | The other piece of extra-curricular casting I did was of the young boy playing the grandson — ‘ voice like an angel ’ — Oliver . |
| 16 | What do you think the other piece of protective gear I might need would be ? |
| 17 | My subject was French history , and although my focus was on a relatively obscure piece of ecclesiastical history I had the good fortune to work with the most genial and scholarly of humanists , Professor Alfred Cobban of the University of London . |
| 18 | Yes , but you see that was all right because it was going to the Louis Pasteur Institute for Aids , it 's the only piece of important jewellery I 've ever bought myself . |
| 19 | By the yellow light of weak batteries I wrote : ‘ Today maximum effort , minimum progress . ’ |
| 20 | By the light of that candle I looked at Gillian 's face , properly , for the first time . |
| 21 | In the light of that brutality I do n't think we need concern ourselves about gentility , spurious or otherwise . |
| 22 | Four fifty million , sorry , four fifty million erm between programme re-orientation and other factors , was an apportionment we made er back in the er first part of nineteen ninety three and in the light of later information I think we would revised that now erm we are still negotiating with the contractors on the revised contract price and we do not have definitive costs yet but in fact the costs increased as a result of the rescheduling of the programme directly should be quite modest . |
| 23 | Four fifty million , erm between programme re-orientation and other factors was an apportionment we made back in the er first half of nineteen ninety three and in the light of later information I think we would revise that now erm we are still negotiating with the contractors on the revised contract price and we do not have definitive costs yet but in fact the cost increase as a result of the rescheduling of the programme directly should be quite modest . |
| 24 | In the light of this discussion I offer some indications as to how a strategy of reading might be applied to the study of racist discourses , and invite readers to try out this approach on the two study texts , not in order to produce ‘ the right answer ’ but to compare what is gained and what lost in detail and depth of understanding by applying this kind of model compared to the others . |
| 25 | In the light of this comment I 'd like you to hear Dr Goode 's observations on the Natural Death Act in the context of Dr Carrington 's case . |
| 26 | Got a tin of corned beef I could open . |
| 27 | I hike along the shore with his sister , Megan , to examine what Pete describes as ‘ the most impressive runnable stretch of white water I 've ever seen ’ . |
| 28 | In a remnant of old forest I came on some grazing deer and quickly dropped to ground and crawled in under a small bank where I was able to stay out of sight , out of smell , and enjoy a very good look at the herd . |
| 29 | tes ’ in aid of any charity I alighted on . |
| 30 | Under the influence of this late surge of rational speculation I tried to view myself in a different light . |