Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The truth would never lose its power to wound , but Maria lacked any inclination to retaliate , aware that the same truth must be hurting Luke just as deeply , albeit in an entirely different way . |
| 2 | Sequencing templates are generated by symmetric PCR using universal primers flanking the insertion region of the plasmid/phage e.g. : M13 -21 forward/M13 reverse , T3/T7 , KS/SK . |
| 3 | Prince Edward was in Swindon to see Handicapped youngsters playing tenpin bowling and he had a crack himself . |
| 4 | The British had insisted that the Masai sell some cattle to pay for schools and clinics and — there was clearly a hint of blackmail — to contribute to the war effort . |
| 5 | SOCIAL Security Secretary Mr Tony Newton announced four steps to protect occupational pensions of people whose companies are involved in takeovers or mergers . |
| 6 | For example , Norway imposed a freeze on social security benefits and West Germany made all student grants repayable to the government , increased contributions to pension and sickness benefit , and delayed rises in pensions . |
| 7 | Exmoor offers unrivalled opportunities to unwind — its dramatic scenery , quiet village centres and small towns have been welcoming visitors for centuries . |
| 8 | Luckily , there is a back doorway with some machines and QRAM used this loophole to produce Upper memory blocks . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , Rudge dismissed recent speculation linking him with the managerial vacancy at Bristol Rovers by insisting : ‘ It 's all paper talk . ’ |
| 10 | The aim is to ensure that Graseby Andersen has adequate resources to fund further growth , possibly by the acquisition of complementary companies or product lines . |
| 11 | The bodies of eight of the nine airmen killed when their Hercules crashed last week have been flown back to RAF Lyneham . |
| 12 | For the first time in a BHC hovercraft , the AP1-88 has separate engines to provide lift and generate forward speed . |
| 13 | Bath do not have a Willie Ofahengaue to launch those killer moves from the back row , but with Barnes , Guscott and Swift they do have a midfield and a right wing fully capable of cashing in on the Campese option . |
| 14 | Miki and Chris took up the challenge from the Jim Rose Travelling Circus to drink the bile ! |
| 15 | Working from the artists ' chance selections , Heinrichsmeyer created geometric paintings resembling those of the De Stijl group , which he in turn transposed onto the planar surfaces of over one hundred cubic armchairs . |
| 16 | The people of Wootton Bassett want those words translated into a more palatable future . |
| 17 | He seems to me to be swimming in dangerous waters here , but then Mr Evans-Pritchard probably knows that Rigoberta Menchu has better things to do with her prize money than spend it on litigation . |
| 18 | Beyond the labyrinthine complexity of the diplomatic manoeuvrings detailed in the Chronique , Nizan articulates three hypotheses to explain the events of September 1938 : ( a ) the British and French governments , convinced that Hitler 's threats of war were no mere bluff , simply capitulated ; ( b ) the British and French governments exploited the political tension on the international scene in order to reap maximum dividends on the domestic front . |
| 19 | Of the dozen or so choirs in the Navy , including two in Gibraltar and Hong Kong , the one in Greenwich has sufficient expertise to record hymns for use in ships at sea . |
| 20 | To test its effectiveness , Biotherm monitored 80 women using the treatment over a period of 30 days . |
| 21 | But first sport , and the biggest crowd of the season at the Manor Ground last night saw one of Oxford 's best wins of the season . |
| 22 | Salah Muhammad got seven girls to stay at school by using his position as headmaster , by his qualities of character — his fundamental reasonableness , his doggedness in persuasion — — and by his skill in diplomacy . |
| 23 | Provost John Cunningham admitted that Main had not possessed a commission as watchman and was indeed an extraordinary officer employed only when there was work for him to perform , but there seems little reason to doubt that Main 's removal was intended to serve the political interest of the Haldanes , for his removal was not an isolated case , and , moreover , when the Hamilton salt works resumed operations the excise supervisors did not in fact restore Main to his old post , but appointed an individual named Curinan to the vacancy . |
| 24 | Although she did call for a fuller apprenticeship for women , Amelia McLean did not argue ( nor did anyone else ) that the Monotype made old-fashioned apprentice ships redundant , and that by a historical reversal of the usual procedure , women compositors in 1910 actually controlled a skilled process while men did not . |
| 25 | Bikenibeu Paeniu became Prime Minister following a general election in September 1989 when he defeated Tomasi Puapua , who had held the post since 1981 [ see p. 36977 ] . |
| 26 | Dr Neil made vain attempts to stifle the bleeding , his own face now as grey as the bedlinen had been before it turned red . |
| 27 | The East Wings of both Knossos and Zakro make better sense interpreted as sanctuaries ( see Castleden 1989 , pp. 48–51 , 90–2 ) . |
| 28 | Rembrandt made many drawings using bistre with both brush and pen . |
| 29 | On Dec. 30 Botha announced that agreement had been reached with Botswana to establish reciprocal missions . |
| 30 | Kempster made 13 recommendations to improve management of Hong Kong 's boat people , including the separation of north and south Vietnamese . |