Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb -s] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It was an act familiar to anyone , that is almost everyone , who has suffered from those self-inflicted illnesses that inspire only a feeling of wanting to curl up in a ball and be alone . |
2 | ‘ Apparently none of their allen keys would fit the screws , ’ explained Andy , who has ridden at all the world 's top circuits during his 16 year career . |
3 | It was only to be expected that a man who has written with such insight and style about Calcutta and New York , cricket and the crossing of deserts would do justice to a life-long passion . |
4 | The entire span of Irish Art and Architecture is examined in a book of that name by Peter Harbison , chairman of the National Monuments Advisory Council , Homan Potterton , former director of the National Gallery of Ireland , and Jeanne Sheehy who has written on Irish art ( £14.95 ) . |
5 | Can the government that has been assembled around Mr Beregovoy , the man who has moved from Leftist doctrines to a belief in a mixed economy and who keeps a tight rein on public spending , still be called socialist ? |
6 | Drew Minter , the American counter-tenor , who has appeared in many of Nicholas McGegan 's recordings with Philharmonia Baroque , takes the title role . |
7 | Captain Fred Barker is Senior Master with the hunt , a man who has hunted for 44 years . |
8 | A Recorder who has served for five years may be appointed as a Circuit judge . |
9 | Mr Morris , 45 , who has served for 10 years at TV-am 's Camden Lock headquarters , says : ‘ I 'm going to have a lie-in in the morning and then a holiday for a couple of weeks somewhere sunny . ’ |
10 | To wake up a Woosnam who has struggled on some dull courses and slow greens recently , it took a demanding course and fast greens , even if neither were as demanding nor fast as perhaps in previous years . |
11 | Evert was supposed to struggle against the hard-hitting Jana Novotna , who has risen to 12th in the world rankings . |
12 | Recruiters need a summary of who has applied under each vacancy , and what is the current status of their application . |
13 | They dictate the shape of many land-holdings , parishes , counties , and even parts of the Welsh and Scottish borders , as is well known to the poor river engineer who has to negotiate with different landowners , not to mention councils , on opposing banks as he tries to promote his scheme . |
14 | It is also a major achievement for the Director of the Opificio , Giorgio Bonsanti who has campaigned for this since his appointment in1988 . |
15 | No one who has gone through medical school would deny the influence of role models , and no one who has pursued a career in medicine , particularly hospital medicine , would discount the part played by patronage . |
16 | Such technical recommendations are of little practical value and sometimes provoke vigorous protest from professional aviation people , but from the patient painstaking AIB inspector who has gone to great lengths to provide the sheriff 's court with as much guidance , information and advice as he can , there will be little more than a wry smile or shrug of the shoulders . |
17 | As the American Protestant layman Thomas Howard has said ‘ Jews and Christians worship the God who has gone to vast and prolonged pains to disclose himself to U8 as he not she , as King and not Queen , and for Christians as Father not Mother , and who sent his Son not his daughter in his final unveiling of himself for our eyes . |
18 | I wish to present a petition on behalf of Mrs. Janet Burke of 59 Fairfield road , Scunthorpe , who has gone to considerable trouble to collect signatures protesting against any attempt to reintroduce the export of live horses for slaughter . |
19 | ‘ We will not examine all of them but we will take random samples and check to see if anyone who has registered for gross interest also has a file at one of our tax offices — which they should not normally have as only non-taxpayers should be registered for gross interest . |
20 | , intake chargehand , who has retired after 36 years service . |
21 | , SE region poultry adviser who has retired after 22 years service and more than 750,000 miles ! |
22 | — Special presentation parties were held for George Flowers , treasurer of Framwellgate Moor Workmen 's Club , who has retired after 30 years service and for Consett Station Social Club steward Freddie Emmerson on his retirement . |
23 | A LEADING environmental scientist — who has contributed to several television documentaries on green issues — today called on the Department of Marine in Dublin to investigate the mysterious deaths of a number of swans at Mulroy Bay in Co Donegal . |
24 | Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this issue of The Gusher — keep it coming in . |
25 | He said : ‘ Mr Thompson is a very brave man who has to live among these people , and we congratulate him . ’ |
26 | ‘ Mr Thompson is a very brave man who has to live among these people and we congratulate him , ’ he said . |
27 | Olazabal 's compatriot Sevvy Ballesteros , who has fallen upon hard times after 68 tournament victories worldwide , said : ‘ The US Open is not my type of golf course , but I try to do my best and see what happens . ’ |
28 | Main picture ( clockwise from top left ) Arthur Robb , who has crafted between 60 and 70 lutes , with a mid-Renaissance , seven-course ( 13-stringed ) instrument ; Arthur restored guitars up to 200 years old ; in a tradition dating back five centuries , the rose motif is carved from the soundboard with a single , sharp knife ; strips of yew and sycamore will form the lute ribs . |
29 | Glamorgan have also given a trial to Stewart Taylor , 20 , a left-arm spinner from Dublin who has played for Irish Schools . |
30 | Cummins , 26 , who has played in 16 one-day internationals but has yet to make his Test debut , has been offered a one-year contract . |