Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He kept apologising to Nellie and swearing undying devotion to her . |
| 2 | You may want this , and choose coral gravel or crushed shell — but you may be keeping Neon Tetras or Discus and need hardness-free gravel . |
| 3 | As the Government are allegedly concerned about the appalling human rights record , why do they sell frigates , aircraft , missiles and armoured cars to Indonesia and provide military training for Indonesian troops ? |
| 4 | The sculpture , created by Irena Adams and featuring giant bat shapes , was built to demonstrate bricks specially designed to accommodate the furry flying mammals in buildings . |
| 5 | You can look across the Rio Grande river in Texas and see American-owned factories , deregulated and non-unionised , on the Mexican side . |
| 6 | All golf and gin and bridge and cars and the right accent and the right money and having been to the right school and hating the arts ( the theatre being a pantomime at Christmas and ‘ Hay Fever ’ by the Town Rep Picasso and Bartók dirty words unless you wanted to get a laugh ) . |
| 7 | I went to the top of Ludgate Hill and watched exhausted men being carried out of the Old Bailey , then down side streets to where the steeple of St Bride 's church was tottering and the bells had gone crashing down minutes previously . |
| 8 | However , the island remains very much a part of Portugal and receives annual funds from the central government . |
| 9 | Channel 4's Have I Got News For You team , headed by Angus Deayton and starring Private Eye editor Ian Hislop and comedian Paul Merton , mercilessly ridiculed anyone . |
| 10 | As part of the evolving role of the regions of Europe , we will establish a Scottish representative office in Brussels and seek appropriate representation for the Scottish Parliament in European institutions . |
| 11 | DES proposals for a national curriculum , the growth of categorical funding by the DES and MSC in priority areas specified by central government , the dismantling of the Burnham Committee on teachers ' pay , and changes in the control of polytechnics and colleges of higher education are all moves designed to reduce the power of the LEAs and increase central control . |
| 12 | Previous verbosely titled flops had been Oh Dad , Poor Dad , Mamma 's Hung You in the Closet and I 'm Feelin' So Sad ( which also had Barbara Harris in it ) and Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness ? |
| 13 | Recent tests by Rover have shown that , on the four cylinder car engines not designed to run lead free , valve seat regression still occurs when using Carbonflo and lead free fuel . |
| 14 | The strongest motivation for inscribing multilateralism in the new world order came from the United States and had definite implications for the UK . |
| 15 | Some musicians stayed over in the States and opened Hawaiian music schools , plus there were dozens of mail-order courses — it just dispersed like magic . |
| 16 | The European problem was not to oppose the American proposal adamantly , but to find some compromise that would both satisfy the United States and assuage European fears of a revitalised German militarism . |
| 17 | In Isis is James Annan , who hails from Ayr and attended non-rowing Edinburgh Academy . |
| 18 | Mr Salumäe helped to establish the Information Department in 1988 founding the magazine Eesti Kirik and producing regular programmes on religious themes for both radio and television . |
| 19 | Having holidayed previously in Sunwing Crete and enjoyed excellent standards of service and accommodation synonymous with the Sunwing name , we decided to try the island of Lanzarote under the same safe banner . |
| 20 | However , a failure to agree a price will often be strong evidence that the parties have not reached a binding agreement ( see , eg Courtney and Fairbairn Ltd v Tolaini Bros ( Hotels ) Ltd [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 297 ) . |
| 21 | These contests were between the various components of the formal Palestinian movement , Fatah , the DFLP , the PFLP , the Communist Party , and also the Islamic Tendency , which was strong in Hebron and Gaza and enjoyed substantial support elsewhere . |
| 22 | Abdel-Shafi mentioned by name the Palestine National Council and the PLO and stressed Palestinian commitment to the " special status and non-exclusive character " of Jerusalem . |
| 23 | This idea was reiterated by US Secretary of State , George Schultz , reflecting US determination that any settlement for the West Bank should exclude the PLO and restore Jordanian sovereignty , in theory if not in practice . |
| 24 | Hardly a day goes by without being neck-high in severely anoraked shop assistants , munching Kit-Kats and watching endless slides of football ground urinals from the length and breadth of Britain . |
| 25 | He invites all the teenage gangs in Brooklyn and provides free transport for them . |
| 26 | And when Parliament eventually turned back the tide of opposition to Eyre and voted financial support to the former Governor , it was poetically appropriate that those who had been most vocal in their support for the Garotter 's Act — such as Mr Adderley and the rampant Colonel North — should be in the thick of it again , shouting their praise for Eyre 's loyalty to the Crown and his firm action that had saved a colony . |
| 27 | The south-facing house is situated in one of the oldest streets in Ely and boasts superb views of the medieval cathedral . |
| 28 | The bank estimated that Sri Lanka would require a total of $2,400 million during 1990-92 to finance the current-account deficit , to repay short-term loans contracted during the suspension of the SAF and to restore foreign exchange reserves to an acceptable level . |
| 29 | Group in Falkirk and has considerable sales experience with other consumer goods . |
| 30 | Piatakov rejected any idea of an independent Ukraine and urged military invasion to re-establish Russian control . |