Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [verb] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we saw , democrats like Paine originally put forward representation as a means of adapting the democratic principle to societies , such as the United States , which were too large to allow for personal participation by all their citizens . |
| 2 | Jeff even carried out trial runs using rockets stuffed with coal dust . |
| 3 | The United States officially handed over control of the relief operation in Somalia to the United Nations . |
| 4 | Even at that late stage in his illness , Donal never gave up hope . |
| 5 | When the house of Árpad became extinct in 1301 , the crown itself became the object of civil war which continued for a decade until Charles Robert of Anjou finally secured both throne and crown . |
| 6 | Chiang also sounded out Rhee on the possibility of basing his regime in South Korea in the event of Taiwan falling . |
| 7 | Mr Ryzhkov also ruled out rationing of food and basic goods with other products available on the free market , saying rationing was a return to centralised administration , and contradicted the notion of reform . |
| 8 | But it was no more than a consolation , and Bournemouth easily played out time in the monsoon to earn a second-round trip to Cheltenham . |
| 9 | Eritrea 's struggle for its independence from Ethiopia has gone on , first against Haile Selassie and then against the Soviet-backed Mengistu regime , since 1952 , when the UN feebly handed over control of its Trust Territory to Addis Ababa . |
| 10 | Bosnia 's Serbs either do not care or they reckon the Americans have been bluffing . |
| 11 | KRISANNA Collins , 18 , of Brighton , won the panto role of Cinderella opposite Carry On star Barbara Windsor after a karaoke turn . |
| 12 | Iris 's voice was heavily laced with irony , but Rose either did not notice or was too excited to be offended . |
| 13 | Jim Clark , Stewart , Hunt and John Watson all pulled off home wins there , inspired by the unique atmosphere at the Northamptonshire track . |
| 14 | First , Franco still held out hope of a late Axis victory , believing — astonishingly — that Hitler possessed and would soon deploy secret weapons and " cosmic rays " . |
| 15 | GRANDPARENTS welcomed a rare opportunity in Wirral yesterday to see how school life had changed since their own childhood . |
| 16 | Completing the Gas turbine division 's UK companies , TES also carried out repair and overhaul of Pratt & Whitney GG4 gas generators . |
| 17 | Becker now takes on world No 4 Goran Ivanisevic in today 's first semi-final . |
| 18 | MARGARET THATCHER yesterday took on Labour 's enhanced challenge to the Conservatives with a strong condemnation of socialist controls and Neil Kinnock 's conversion to more palatable policies . |
| 19 | Some detailed examples of how this worked in hosiery and tailoring are described by Nancy Grey Osterud and Jenny Morris in the collection of essays , Unequal Opportunities , edited by Angela John , in which Felicity Hunt also analyses how mechanization affected women workers in the printing and bookbinding trades . |
| 20 | Lord Reading C.J. later explained why payment in or under threat of an action is irrecoverable [ 1915 ] 3 K.B . |
| 21 | ACROSS 1 Give bad reviews to dumb show — he might be in this ( 9 ) 6 Old-time US lawyer and rocker ( 5 ) 9 Reversing of French vehicle went quickly ( 5 ) 10 Dynamic object contains fungus ( 9 ) 11 Main entrance where he went Up the third time ? ( 3,5 ) 12 Baldwin shortly takes on church position ( 6 ) 14 The man himself ( 7,6 ) 16 New sandpit from E. Europe used to treat shoes ( 4,3,6 ) 21 Gauges placing a thousand rows ( 6 ) 22 Seller hears another way to say in other words ( 8 ) 25 Phone round Esquire readers with article on things observed ( 9 ) 26 One lady posed as the one with tattoos ( 5 ) 27 Equipment in ship for sketches he 's appeared in ( 5 ) 28 One put her away immediately ( 9 ) |
| 22 | Serbia also took over control of radio and television centres in the capitals of Kosovo ( Pristina ) and Vojvodina ( Novi Sad ) . |
| 23 | The three standing stones of Lundin Links in Fife now watch over play on a golf course , though without providing any additional hazard . |
| 24 | Turkey seriously set about reform under Abdul Hamid and at last the sultan of Zanzibar abolished slavery in 1897 . |
| 25 | Michael finally plucks up courage to ask a question . |
| 26 | D'Indy even adds apparently obbligato lines to some of the vocal items . |
| 27 | MITI sometimes held back accumulation in the steel industry . |