Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [conj] [noun prp] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the western end of the bay a few houses and Ireland 's smallest church , measuring 12ft by 6ft , make up the picturesque hamlet of Partbraddan . |
| 2 | For instance , Saint Gobain , a recently privatised glassmaker , outbid Britain 's BTR to buy Norton , an American maker of abrasives , for FFr11 billion ( $2 billion ) just a few months before America 's recession began . |
| 3 | The argument is difficult to uphold in some respects since Furth 's argument seems to be that deprivation of experience is at fault , but he does not provide any suggestions for an approach to maximising deaf people 's performance . |
| 4 | I mean I 've never needed a new licence for the last three and a half years but Nicholas erm prior to this in the countdown to me appearing for my drink drive which is in a matter of about ten weeks I believe in the countdown to that , Nick said on several o two occasions anyway while other members of staff were present , Well this is a way of getting rid of him without having to pay him redundancy money . |
| 5 | IT HAS become clear these past few years that London 's investment houses are rather worse at managing their own affairs than their clients ' . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , Roger , so have I. Indeed , over the last few weeks since Ruthven 's death , I have been careful , wherever possible , to eat the same foods he did . |
| 7 | Robyn determinedly altered her lifestyle over the next few weeks and Anne 's face took on a less worried appearance . |
| 8 | After some seasons as Lancashire 's first professional captain , he had a spell as team manager . |
| 9 | But there are some parables that Jesus ac explained for the simple reason he did n't have to explain them . |
| 10 | ‘ Come un'ape ’ might have been replaced with something more apt for a bass voice ( Dandini really should be a baritone ) , and the newly-exhumed concert aria ‘ Alla voce della gloria ’ , though a fine showcase for the voice , makes an indifferent showing beside such gems as Alidoro 's ‘ Là del ciel ’ ( also from Cenerentola ) . |
| 11 | Many were in mint condition and judging by the list sent in , a pretty comprehensive collection it is too , ranging from World War Two aircraft of the fighting powers to post-war helicopters and such giants as Convair 's B–36 . |
| 12 | The Americans have such ballets as Loring 's Billy the Kid and De Mille 's Rodeo and Fall River Legend . |
| 13 | Similarly the delicate and subtle nuances of such ballets as Ashton 's A Month in the Country , Robbins ' Dances at a Gathering and MacMillan 's Song of the Earth are successfully conveyed and capture the audience 's attention from the moment the curtain rises by the impetus , rhythm , dimension and variety of dance . |
| 14 | The style must disclose and be expressive of the moods , emotions and actions of the roles played even where few personal feelings are allowed to show , as in such ballets as Ashton 's Monotones where all that is needed is a calm , unhurried and seemingly endless weaving of the dance design in all its dimensions . |
| 15 | Variations from such ballets as Petipa 's Don Quixote , Raymonda and La Bayadère and Bournonville 's Napoli are still considered by most classical dancers to be more technically demanding than the more complex twistings and turnings of modern choreographers who mix their styles . |
| 16 | While many are praising the ruling for providing a chance for some to see such masterpieces as Matisse 's ‘ Grand Riffian ’ and Seurat 's ‘ Les Poseuses ’ without the required pilgrimage to Merion , Pennsylvania , critics of the decision are echoing a warning they have offered since the Barnes attempted to deaccession works last year . |
| 17 | OUR reader has listed only some umpiring decisions which may have disappointed Pakistan , without referring to such concerns as Ramprakash 's dismissal in the Edgbaston Test to an equally ‘ dubious faint edge ’ , or a number of slightly questionable lbws against England during the series . |
| 18 | About three-quarters of voluntary charities established in the second half of the nineteenth century were evangelical in inspiration , including such charities as Barnardo 's and the YMCA . |
| 19 | The delegation , which included Edvard Vedernikov , deputy chairman of the Parliamentary Commission which oversees financial matters , and Igor Moskovsky , a senior financial adviser to the Russian prime minister , spent a week in London , visiting such places as Lloyd 's , the ASB , The Stock Exchange , the Treasury and the Institute . |
| 20 | She began to publish her poems in such places as Harper 's , and won a guest post on the magazine Mademoiselle . |
| 21 | Here on the horizons of thought such ideas as Kant 's noumena come to life . |
| 22 | The ‘ Aspects ’ ‘ Baroque Sampler ’ ( ) , with the Toronto SO again under Andrew Davis , is a collection of such favourites as Pachelbel 's Canon , Albinoni 's Adagio , and Jeremiah Clarke 's Trumpet Voluntary . |
| 23 | Over the years John Galloway had acquired many other business and financial interests , in such firms as Earle 's Shipbuilding & Engineering Company in Hull , the Carnforth Hematite Iron Company , and the North of England Trustee , Debenture & Assets Corporation Ltd . |
| 24 | The risks of such abnormalities as Down 's syndrome and spina bifida increase rapidly with maternal age from 1 in 2,700 births to mothers aged 25–9 , to 1 in 170 to mothers aged over 45 . |
| 25 | And it is just such materials that ICI 's uprated gas phase plants using the new generation catalysts will provide . |
| 26 | Handbags have reached such status symbol heights that many high street chains offer interpretations of such classics as Chanel 's Kelly bag , Prada 's quilted nylon and gilt bag , and Gucci 's print bag . |
| 27 | Early in her career she contributed frequently to such journals as Fraser 's Magazine , Lett 's Illustrated Household Magazine , Belgravia , and the Governess . |
| 28 | It explores the relative importance of such factors as Britain 's economic decline , the structure of British government , the dominant style of policy-making and the resurgence of party ideology for understanding the changes . |
| 29 | However , when I got to Liverpool on Thursday and saw the state of the ground , instead of thinking about such horses as Laura 's Beau , Rubika and Cool Ground as the major chances , suddenly it was the good-ground types such as Docklands Express who re-entered calculations . |
| 30 | She accepted such remarks as Jonquil 's , ‘ But you 're only a kid . ’ |