Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During or after such courses they may have acquired some additional external diplomas in organ-playing conducting , harmony and counterpoint . |
| 2 | If " malice " is proved against a sole defendant or against all defendants it may aggravate the hurt and hence the final award . |
| 3 | Platform weapons were set to allow nothing to rise more than a thousand kilometres from the surface of the world below — or in other words they had a killing range of about thirty-five thousand kilometres . |
| 4 | or in some cases you get two intermediate routes |
| 5 | This may be charged on the actual amount of water you use or a percentage of it , or in some areas it may be based on the rateable value of your home . |
| 6 | When the children worked individually or in smaller groups he acted as adviser/supervisor to " wander round , look over shoulders , give encouragement , ask pertinent questions , look at folders of work , help on slow groups , etc. " ( ibid . ) |
| 7 | They all like a dryish soil in full sun ; in rich conditions or in shady spots they tend to grow too lush and produce too few flowers . |
| 8 | Foremen are promoted from the ranks of production workers and as pivotal intermediaries they have quasi-managerial status . |
| 9 | The Taylors ' main aim is to make their guests feel very welcome and as committed Christians they are happy to see the Mount Hotel used as a retreat . |
| 10 | But we are not simply judges or police officials , we are also human beings , and as human beings we sympathize deeply and sincerely with the terrible situation in which the Miletti family find themselves , and wish to do everything possible to bring it to a swift and satisfactory conclusion . |
| 11 | Shareholders , however , own the firm and generally appoint managers to run it , and as residual claimants they will want to ensure that the value of the firm is maximized . |
| 12 | And for eight hours she devoted herself to sufferers and staff — smiling , chatting and listening . |
| 13 | Her exhausted captain had had to hand over the wheel to Arthur and for eight days he was scarcely relieved . |
| 14 | For children who encounter educational difficulties we have the services of our Learning Support Department and for all children we have Enrichment Staff who can extend their learning . |
| 15 | The child was allowed into the bedroom and for two hours she watched her father die . |
| 16 | She pressed her forehead against the cool glass and for two minutes she did not move . |
| 17 | So for a minute you have obviously got a hundred and eighty words and for two minutes it 's double that amount . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , and for two pins you 'd ask him to tea ! |
| 19 | This was her half-brother , and for two pins she would have hugged him . |
| 20 | There was no road to it , or track , merely a worn path , two fields ' distance from the farm ; but to us , big city born and bred , it was magical , the stuff of which dreams are made , and for two weeks we lived a life of unadulterated bliss . |
| 21 | She flung the fork down , looking daggers at him , and continued : ‘ The house she lived in during the war received a direct hit , and for two days she was buried alive nursing a glass vase belonging to her mother . |
| 22 | Food was short and for two days I was kept running round trying to buy up supplies , with the result that I had to retire to bed with blistered feet . |
| 23 | There 's a very good example of that some years ago er in one of these groups I had erm a student had a severe stutter problem and he said that he had hypnosis and for two years he was fine , he had no stutter and suddenly one day under stress it came back an and ever since erm then he was having some other kind of treatment I think , but er but that 's typical . |
| 24 | There is thus a duality between waves and particles in quantum mechanics : for some purposes it is helpful to think of particles as waves and for other purposes it is better to think of waves as particles . |
| 25 | And for 1,500 miles it was carried on the current without power , navigational gear or a radio transmitter . |
| 26 | Where written records do survive they are as a rule woefully incomplete , and for prehistoric communities they are by definition completely absent . |
| 27 | And for regular savings we can easily set up a standing order . |
| 28 | She sat down before the dressing-table , automatically picking up a hairbrush , but the sight of her own reflection in the mirror distracted her , and for long moments she simply stared at her own face , as if seeing it through the eyes of a stranger . |
| 29 | Aldershot 's neat football , in difficult windy conditions , kept them well in the game and for long spells they were firmly in control . |
| 30 | Vehicles are usually painted in the client 's livery and for major customers it is the preferred means of transporting their products . |