Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] kind of [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For that kind of penance they will pay £550 and know that the hard work is just a beginning . |
| 2 | Oh well this is for different kinds of metal you see |
| 3 | I tore along the beach like a maniac , looking for some kind of boat I could borrow to get away . |
| 4 | It is possible to sequence learning in interdisciplinary contexts , but for some kinds of content-sequence it is undoubtedly much easier to keep a steady eye on the subject . |
| 5 | So erm I mean the justification for this kind of course I would claim is ultimately to try and make people more realistic about what is possible and er the , because th th the advantage of knowing what 's possible is you can avoid impossible experiments that ultimately result in disaster for everyone . |
| 6 | Have I lost whatever talent for this kind of thing I might once have had ? |
| 7 | In the light of this kind of development it is high time to drop the distinction between ‘ education ’ and ‘ training ’ and to refuse to use these words as part of our educational vocabulary . |
| 8 | No no no he says , we get a lot of this kind of thing you know . |
| 9 | If I keep on playing like that kind of tennis I have a chance of winning the tournament . |
| 10 | With this kind of budget you do n't have to ask whether the Catering Branch are doing a good , professional job — if it was n't they would be having to organise domestic famine relief drops ! |
| 11 | When I was younger I was often upset by criticism and innuendo but I learnt that if you become involved with this kind of thing it will end up by gnawing you away . |
| 12 | At least with some kind of trance it 's subtle and there 's a whole different atmosphere . |
| 13 | and the trade union movement , the liberation struggle , when you look at it it gives you great hope in terms of human capacity but they will need other kinds of help in order to reconstruct and let me say this because it is important and I do n't say it with any kind of arrogance we have one kind of miracle occurring in South Africa that people ignore and that is that out of the hell of racism we have produced a leadership which is the strongest leadership in the world against racism . |
| 14 | In that kind of way he was never any trouble . |
| 15 | ‘ That 's better , ’ said Joe , ‘ in that kind of mood I could put you on a horse and let you join in the charge of the Light Brigade . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ In that kind of form they will give any team in the country a game . |
| 17 | ‘ Boring as hell , but still — if you 're interested in that kind of thing it 's all right I suppose . ’ |
| 18 | In this kind of hotel you will sleep on the floor , wear a kimono ( provided by the management ) instead of pyjamas and share a bath with strangers . |
| 19 | In this kind of discussion it is necessary to distinguish between cultural , shared associations , and associations specific to the individual person . |
| 20 | " In this kind of film they 're not supposed to die , they 're supposed to win . " |
| 21 | At this point in this kind of argument it is customary to wonder what the West — more precisely , the United States — has done wrong in the Middle East , and how it could bring improvements faster . |
| 22 | In this kind of situation they might be concerned to hold on to what they have by accepting a change in the electoral system that would block the prospect of a Socialist Government committed to extensive state intervention and a more " extreme " kind of constitutional reconstruction . |
| 23 | If you hatch adults from one kind of plant they need plants of the other type to lay their eggs on . |
| 24 | None of us can expect assistance from a Vala ; nevertheless in any kind of Mordor it is one 's duty to go on . |
| 25 | erm I think really what erm what should happen is that erm you , with your manager , ought to look at the the erm to establish and agreed job description and in addition to the notes that are are are there erm I have some sample job descriptions from other parts of the Press which have been completed as a framework job and erm we can discuss that in any kind of detail you want . |
| 26 | When involved in any kind of search we obviously need to be able to recognise what we are looking for , the goal state . |
| 27 | ‘ Then we will take the boy 's speech and writing which is so good and subject it to careful analysis and if we teach the other boys whose writing and speech is not so good how to subject what they say and write to this kind of analysis they will realise how badly they speak and write and will promptly set about trying to improve the way they speak and write … . ’ |
| 28 | Wilkins himself consistently uses the term notion to refer to both kinds of category he talks about , semantic and pragmatic : the term notion incorporates functions . |