Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the proven track record of the French in launcher rockets caused relatively little objection to the Ariane 5 preparatory programme ( where Germany had a 22 per cent stake ) , the Hermes programme ( German 30 per cent stake ) was increasingly criticized by both Germany and Britain , which had their own designs for space aeroplanes — Saenger and Hotol . |
| 2 | Usually silent away from breeding grounds , where male has a loud harsh bark and a deep hoot , and female a higher-pitched bark . |
| 3 | In this book , Leonie Archer looks at the effects of this in the Judaism of antiquity , where blood has a major significance in ritual both in the sacrifices in the Temple and in the shedding of blood in circumcision — the ‘ Covenant ’ between God and his people . |
| 4 | His most recent succés du scandale came last spring at the Venice Biennale , the art world 's Cannes , where Koons showed a polychromed sculpture of him and Cicciolina as a soft-core Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden , surrounded by three laser-painted and varnished canvases of the couple making love . |
| 5 | After a night of endless fun — rounders followed by Cluedo , Cheat and a visit to the Clumber Park Social Club where Ken performed a striking rendition of Wild Thing on his guitar — I felt burnt out the next morning , but everyone else was raring to go . |
| 6 | State officials hope that when the treaty is at last ratified , NAFTA will start to bring in more , particularly in the clothing industry where Mexico has a comparative advantage and Merida has experience . |
| 7 | Where data have a hierarchical structure or where units do not all have the same number of variates recorded ( due , for example , to different numbers of visits to a clinic ) , the more elaborate structure of a database will be needed . |
| 8 | And Hangar Straight , where cars reach a terrifying l95 miles an hour , is a permanent reminder of the circuit 's former role as a military airfield . |
| 9 | Any visitor to Ireland does n't have to travel very far before realising that this is a land where religion plays a major role in the life of every city , town and village . |
| 10 | Patrick , much better but still weak , had become a paying guest ( Jack paid ) at Moxie 's house , where Moxie had a self-contained flatlet , often let to a student , and where she could ‘ keep an eye ’ on Pat . |
| 11 | That this has not always to be the case in religion is demonstrated by religions like Buddhism and Hinduism where laughter plays a big part . |
| 12 | medical student at Guy 's Hospital , London , and friend of Ben Allen ; lodges at Mrs Raddle 's , Lant St , Borough , where Pickwick attends a boisterous party . |
| 13 | Following another violent incident police were called to the White Hart pub , Boreham , where officers found a 20-year old man lying on the floor with a knife still embedded in his back . |
| 14 | Cairn is also considering merging its interests in the United States with Omni Exploration , a quoted American company , where Cairn acquired a 64 p.c. stake in December . |
| 15 | ‘ A wild remote region of tradition and great beauty , where life assumes a relaxed and unhurried pace . ’ |
| 16 | With the Government in attendance in morning dress , he presides over investitures , the opening of Parliament , the Queen 's birthday parade , Remembrance Sunday and two local festivities — the peppercorn ceremony ( where freemasons pay a symbolic peppercorn for the use of the state house ) and a bizarre ceremony in which the Maritime Museum pays its annual rent of one cannonball . |
| 17 | The cheapest American city in which to run a six-cylinder , four-door sedan is Sioux Falls , South Dakota , where insurance costs a fifth of what it does in LA . |
| 18 | Babies are very susceptible to such infections , especially in the mouth , where Candida produces a creamy or grey-coloured membrane covering the tongue . |
| 19 | This occurs for non-woody monocotyledons of low biomass , where leaves form a constant high proportion of the total biomass . |
| 20 | A striking instance of the effect of trade is to be seen in West Africa , where cowries played a key role in cultural life , even though absent from local seas . |
| 21 | Where deviance has a categorical , unproblematic quality , a penal response is triggered . |
| 22 | Thankfully , though , there still remained one stark difference between the two men ; because where Luther had a cruel and vicious streak in his character , David was a gentle soul , generous and accommodating to a fault . |
| 23 | It was a better night for Scotland in the B division of the men 's championship , in Basle , Switzerland , where Menzieshill scored a 4-3 victory over Slavia Prague . |
| 24 | Where employees have a rooted substantive knowledge of what they are doing , rather than one which is simply a certified mastery of some abstract occupational or analytical techniques , then the institutional conditions appear to be most appropriate for such an achievement . |
| 25 | Glenavon now lead Section C with six points from two games , while Bangor and Carrick both have three points , although Bangor have a better goal difference . |
| 26 | So images of organizations that are more like symphony orchestras or hospitals or the British Raj are surely nothing more than metaphors to express a desired feeling of togetherness — the togetherness produced by a conductor 's baton , the shared concern of doctors and nurses for their patients , or the apparent unity of the British civil service in India . |
| 27 | And the title track sounds like nowt less than Prince kicking a passing pauper 's head in . |
| 28 | At the end of March , Than Tun made a defiant speech in Rangoon 's Bandoola Square and then vanished , setting up an underground resistance based on Toungoo . |
| 29 | Although Mexico rejected a Soviet offer in 1959 , as indicated in chapter 1 , the Soviet Union did succeed in selling oil to Argentina , Brazil and Uruguay . |
| 30 | And although Lucy made a valiant effort to control her quickening breath , the mad thumping of her heart and the heated excitement rising within her , it was a losing battle — and at last she gave herself up to the rapturous bliss of the moment . |