Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [noun pl] [prep] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His absorption with Mao and Castro was so open that the neighbors took it for a double bluff , and each new discovery of an agent transmitting messages from some ordinary-looking English suburb increased the tension of their interest in the land mine who was surely bound one day to go off in their own street . |
| 2 | Dot clutched tight to Gloria 's coat as they made their way through the dark rustling leaves of some tall shrubs . |
| 3 | In the centre of the south-west facing slopes of this favoured valley lies the famous ‘ Côte aux Enfants ’ , a single-site vineyard possessing exceptional qualities . |
| 4 | From the start of this week the savings institutions have been handing over magnetic tapes to the Inland Revenue giving details of all interest-earning accounts , however small . |
| 5 | Furthermore , there are no words reserving rights against any other parties , nor can the document be read as a covenant not to sue . |
| 6 | It is not hard to imagine Nietzsche adding passages of this modest length in the final weeks , especially if he had continued to work on the " whole last part of the book during the summer ; any late additions would then have been based on that work . |
| 7 | In this study , sulphate reducing bacteria must have been absent , or their activities limited in the non-methanogenic samples tested , because it is highly unlikely that methanogenic bacteria will displace sulphate reducing bacteria for this mutual growth substrate given an adequate supply of electron acceptor ( sulphate ) . |
| 8 | Another possibility is that we call statements expressing attitudes with this particular sort of stridency moral statements and allow as ethical all statements which express attitudes towards conduct of a certain special seriousness and pervasiveness in their influence on one 's own behaviour and such as one would like to find widely shared , but not necessarily to have supported by a social sanction . |
| 9 | 6.2.1 submit to a statement in such forms as shall require in respect of the preceding accounting period giving details of all Licensed Products leased or sold by during the preceding accounting period including details of the net selling price of the Licensed products and the amount or amounts due to , and |
| 10 | The long term objective is to have a national data base containing details of all qualified interpreters . |
| 11 | Delegates representing miners in most Soviet coalfields held a week-long congress in mid-June in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk , at which it was decided in principle to set up an independent miners ' union . |
| 12 | ‘ I imagine glittering contessas drinking cocktails on those romantic terraces , ’ she said dreamily . |
| 13 | The next trade mission , arranged for July , will focus on opportunities in Western Siberia , one of the main oil and gas producing regions in former Soviet territory . |
| 14 | ‘ And if you 're stuck in the wings feeding lines to some senile old fool who ca n't remember them … ’ he laughed harshly , ‘ … then it 's really up to you what lines you feed . ’ |
| 15 | Educational technology and systems thinking is therefore a controversial approach involving elements of many previous educational trends and taking part in arguments beyond its own orbits . |
| 16 | Whereas symbolic meanings inhere in the signs themselves , indexical meanings must be achieved by the language user associating symbols with some relevant aspect of the world outside language , in the situation or in the mind . |
| 17 | Policy is decided by the leadership and there are various er mechanisms for passing erm the leadership 's ideas on to the rank and file , various systems of , of education , some might say indoctrination and so on , but no real inner party er democracy , no real er involvement in the decision making processes by this mass membership of ordinary peasants . |
| 18 | Question 11 Do you support the Council 's plans for a programme of accounts rules monitoring visits to all sole practitioners within a two year period ? |
| 19 | To protect wood against any future attack , use Ronseal Wood Preserving tablets at all vulnerable spots . |