Example sentences of "[art] [det] [noun pl] [prep] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the few indispensables for when in need — |
| 2 | Wonderful views of both , and of the Pentlands in the south and of Fife and the Firth of Forth in the north , can be seen from the many hills upon or around which Edinburgh drapes itself . |
| 3 | ‘ The activities of this detachment of the 15th Fusiliers , and subsequently those of the 25th Regiment , should really be described as the wholesale plundering of the many vehicles in and around the village of every type of valuable . ’ |
| 4 | It will be based on fifty in-depth life story interviews with a random sample taken from the British Household Panel Study , which would enable the possibility of a later follow-up study of the same interviewees at or after retirement . |
| 5 | Forms To cater for the user who copies the same files to and from his laptop on a daily basis — and there must be quite a few who do — the second mode of operation is Forms mode . |
| 6 | Pooled results from a total of 12 test days in seven subjects , which include results from the same subjects before and after treatment with ranitidine , are shown in Figure 2 . |
| 7 | The knife sprang into the air , arced up a few inches as if powered by a small spring . |
| 8 | The Down 's Syndrome Association desperately need volunteers to give up a few hours before or after work on Thursday June 24 to help them collect donations at mainline stations . |
| 9 | On the telephone , I was greeted with a very friendly and hearty ‘ Well … well … well ! ’ and we chatted for a few minutes as if there had been no break in our contact . |
| 10 | Somebody had planted a few saplings as if to justify the name , but they looked extremely sorry themselves , sadder even than the Fir Tree in Hans Christian Andersen 's story and about to meet a similar fate . |
| 11 | A few yards on and she saw there was no answering wave and she faltered , uncertain if this was Ferdinando or some other lone horseman before whom she would make a fool of herself , but the closer he came the more sure she was that this was her husband and then she chided herself for thinking he had hands free to wave when one was needed for the reins and the other to hold the child . |
| 12 | Just a few paragraphs in and we are plunged into the fog and grime of the capital : in 1817 the American Ambassador was enveloped in a midday fog in Bond Street so thick that he felt tempted to ask how the English became so great with so little daylight . |
| 13 | I know the opposition is n't up to much but lets hope he bangs a few goals in and gives Sgt Wilko something to think about . |
| 14 | A few years before and not far away , the abbey of Quarr , on the Isle of Wight , had been licensed to crenellate its buildings . |
| 15 | The more common response was a temporary lull in the onslaught of behavioural difficulties for a few months before and after adoption . |
| 16 | Most of my friends will buy this album and we usually waste a lot of time discussing the merits of whatever record we have recently bought , so we may well have a few arguments on whether to eat meat or not . |
| 17 | For a fraction the ball wavered in flight , Davies running a few paces as if in pursuit to help the ball on its way . |
| 18 | Do you have any recollections of any particular disputes and maybe an answer that you could possibly sort of , make a few comments on whether you felt the the procedures were worked out so finely that they in fact prevented disputes because they were so long and drawn out perhaps or er it took the fire out of disputes if you like ? |
| 19 | She waited thus for what she judged to be half an hour , moving a few steps to and fro to keep warm whenever the coast was clear . |
| 20 | Aye , ten and a half curtains for and she 's gon na get the net curtains Was Alex saying that young couple across the way from Thomas only moved in last week ? |
| 21 | He crossed to his drinks cabinet and poured himself another large measure of whisky , glancing at the phone every few seconds as if willing it to ring . |