Example sentences of "[det] [art] [noun pl] [conj] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is relativity with a vengeance , and many of us have felt than in a case like this the scales that Eliot measures by are not so much sliding as slithering . |
| 2 | ‘ If he gets up to half the tricks that Mick did . ’ |
| 3 | Gripes aside , though , ‘ Broken ’ shows all the signs that Trent Reznor has shaken off the shackles of influences and found his own suitably idiosyncratic niche . |
| 4 | Despite all the problems that Fergie caused her both personally and publicly , the Queen refused to send her away until , after the publication of the photographs of her with John Bryan were published , it was almost impossible not to do so . |
| 5 | Mark drove home along the M1 reflecting that the French and Germans in particular would be pleased to erect monuments to the idealistic young English politician who had said all the things that Britain 's trade competitors wanted to hear . |
| 6 | Smith knew that Wilson was a socialist : that he could never admit any discrimination based on racial factors , and all the things that Smith abominated . |
| 7 | At breakfast she would be persistently bright and chirpy , deliberately steeling herself against all the things that Marie did that irritated her . |
| 8 | All the things that Tuesday Weld and Debbie Reynolds had in the movies , she had missed . |
| 9 | All the things that Jayne Torvill was not . |
| 10 | All the things that Helen and Joanna had said were true , but Dawn 's words cast a blight on the feelings of gratitude she ought to have . |
| 11 | Not all the birds that Gould caught in this way were subjected to an impromptu autopsy . |
| 12 | All the stages that Weiser finds of ‘ advance in personal knowledge ’ , a ‘ basic transition ’ here , a ‘ discovery ’ there , one which ‘ begins to dissolve ’ the speaker 's ‘ coherent identity ’ ( a development which the sceptic may see as a rationale for the failure of an analytical method ) — stages of awareness that lead to a final collapse : all this seems to me fictitious , revealing the critic 's categories rather than the poet 's . |
| 13 | ‘ I never went back and studied all the experiments that Gibson and Fawcett had done , ’ he says . |
| 14 | The square tower of the church was built out of the dun-coloured limestone called foinstone and so were all the cottages and Chesney Hall itself . |
| 15 | She had bought this expensive dress to capture notice ; she felt it like a blow that the little monster sidling along , sleek and positive , dark hair in brisk waves , silly doll-dress denying fashion , had all the qualities that Nicandra lacked . |
| 16 | Emerson rejects convention and in doing so stands for all the values that Forster believed to be most important — authenticity and truth . |
| 17 | As Joseph led his people away to winter in the Imnaha canyons , however , all the commissioners except Wood signed a report recommending the suppression of all Dreamer shamans , military occupation of the Wallowa and removal ‘ by force ’ of all non-treaty bands . |
| 18 | All the ones that Janet Street Porter has been involved in , developing that area of youth television for teenagers who are the audience who watch television least . |
| 19 | Likewise all the cheques that Lloyds customers have written and have been deposited in Midland accounts are sent to Midland head office and are added up . |
| 20 | From this it followed that whoever was archbishop of Canterbury inherited all the powers that Gregory had given to Augustine , just as the pope inherited all the powers that Christ had given to St Peter . |
| 21 | From this it followed that whoever was archbishop of Canterbury inherited all the powers that Gregory had given to Augustine , just as the pope inherited all the powers that Christ had given to St Peter . |
| 22 | In La Fille Mal Gardée Mother Simone does this when she triumphantly finishes her Clog Dance on the arms of her more graceful neighbours , just as all the guests but Alain do after the Betrothal and they all dance out , arms linked to celebrate . |
| 23 | Tony attended to all the arrangements and Maureen wrote to Terry with the sad news . |
| 24 | In all the years that Don Roberto had acted as his Control when on loan to the CIA , the elderly Englishman had never mentioned Trent 's mother . |
| 25 | But do you know , Norman , in all the years that Halifax held office I never met him once . ’ |
| 26 | All the Zodiacs and Zephyrs I knew were maroon with grey down the wing |
| 27 | All the weapons that Britain and Argentina used in the Falklands were tactical : warships , aircraft , guns , missiles . |
| 28 | All the opportunities that Pilate had and in front of , and despite all of those opportunities he still rejects the Lord Jesus . |
| 29 | The Apollo missions have confirmed that the Moon is lifeless ; all the hopes that Galileo 's observations promised of another inhabited world have proved to be false . |
| 30 | All the terrors that Tony had taught her came crowding back . |