Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun] [conj] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , to a degree , the ‘ social gospel ’ was criticized not because it called for political action but because it called into question Victorian cultural and economic truisms . |
| 2 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 3 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 4 | I believe in a competitive world , but at the same time I think we have got to be laying sound foundations for future growth and if we are constantly pressured into satisfying stock-market expectations , which are short-term , or under threat of take-over , we will not be investing enough for the long-term development of our businesses . |
| 5 | You can make pleas for extra schemes but if you do so I could only suggest that you also accompany it with one that you would rather er is not done , so there are actually replacements rather than additions . |
| 6 | The Huyghes immediately announced they were bringing charges on two counts because the communiqué constituted a violation of professional secrecy and because it could influence legal investigations . |
| 7 | The total length of time over which a product may decline depends on a variety of factors , such as its relevance to basic needs , its adaptability in the light of economic trends and whether it is the focus of short-term fads or of longer-lasting fashions . |
| 8 | After the North Vietnamese revealed that they were able to sustain erm a w er their war in er erm the south it seemed regardless of what , what the United States could do to them , er after they 'd revealed this in the Tet offensive of nineteen sixty eight , then President Johnson announced he would not be standing for re-election , and that was a significant admission of political defeat and if you remember , well you probably wo n't remember but you certainly should 've read about it , President Nixon was returned with a , a majority er er on the platform of ending the Vietnam war . |
| 9 | After the North Vietnamese revealed that they were able to sustain erm a w er their war in er erm the south it seemed regardless of what , what the United States could do to them , er after they 'd revealed this in the Tet offensive of nineteen sixty eight , then President Johnson announced he would not be standing for re-election , and that was a significant admission of political defeat and if you remember , well you probably wo n't remember but you certainly should 've read about it , President Nixon was returned with a , a majority er er on the platform of ending the Vietnam war . |
| 10 | This could have been the return to the stresses and strains of normal life or because she was no longer taking Arg Nit so I put her on Arg Nit LM1 . |
| 11 | Michelle has an abundance of waist-length hair and although she was prepared for a radical cut , Patrick recommended keeping the length but blunt-cutting it to a clean , straight line : ‘ You do n't have to have mountains cut off to look different , ’ he said . |
| 12 | Ask your solicitor beforehand for an idea of possible costs and whether you might qualify for one of the forms of Legal Aid . |
| 13 | Next night he fancied a bit of fresh salmon and as he only had two days to live , she rushed out and bought him some salmon . |
| 14 | As long as new measures of social policy in these areas could be presented as solutions to an inner city problem they stood a greater chance of popular acceptance than if they were seen as no more than further attempts to rid the nation of the welfare state legacy of the post-war era and the dependency mentality that went along with it . |
| 15 | Do you have problems with obesity , he asked the steward on the Desert Wind , the train so called not because of dietary angst but because it crosses the Mojave on the way from LA to Chicago . |
| 16 | He did n't tell anyone about her visits ; he had a kind of superstitious fear that if he spoke of her , she 'd vanish like the fairy folk . |
| 17 | Yes Norman Lamont you 're right erm even the demise was suggested that the square sausage , which seemed possible on the basis of the conversion of metric tables and if you do n't know what the square sausage is , the G M B Scotland delegates will only be too happy er to give you the answer . |
| 18 | Mind you when she went home she noticed her accent was getting worse and worse and she was picking up a sort of English reticence or so they enjoyed telling her . |
| 19 | Is not that in marked contrast to the events of 25 years ago this very day , as reported by The Times , when the then Economic Affairs Minister warned the Confederation of British Industry that if it breached the inflation-wage restraint , there would be a prices and incomes policy ? |
| 20 | I have already had countless phone calls and letters from Rugby World & Post readers asking about the law of repeated infringement and if it could apply to a team as well as an individual player . |
| 21 | This too was slow to arrive , but it has bags of extra features and because it 's bundled with the DOS version for a mere £299 , it has to be a bargain . |
| 22 | Since their interest in the past was primarily moralistic , precise knowledge of actual events and when they happened was not required . |
| 23 | They are given the status of goddesses by virtue of their being , in a Swedeoborgian sense , vessels of symbolic love and so they are mystified and removed from the realms of real , whole , sexual beings . |
| 24 | You can use paper of similar thickness but unless you stick it in some way to the faces it is difficult to keep it in position when assembling the cores into the bobbin and bolting it down to the board . |
| 25 | An alternative approach is to measure share price changes ; prices at any given time reflect the market 's estimate of future performance and if it is assumed that this estimate is reliable then a comparison of ‘ before and after ’ figures should provide an accurate guide to the change in earning potential brought about by merger . |
| 26 | Did he do that on the basis of arrant hypocrisy or because he is a man of no principle who is now putting his principles in his pocket ? |
| 27 | The news and feature material is heavily locally oriented , little in the way of national news except as it affects local area . |
| 28 | If teachers dislike the pseudo-democracy of being consulted after decisions have been taken , if they are irritated by being consulted over matters of little consequence and if they are satisfied that senior staff have the right to make decisions without staff consultation , they nevertheless expect to be consulted about major issues . |
| 29 | Half a crown And you used to come away with a big piece of flat brisket and if he 's got any sausage left , or bits a of pork pies , he used to shove a bit of that in . |
| 30 | ‘ It would probably take three years to prepare a new wicket of first-class standard and once you have lost a county fixture , it 's hard to get it back , ’ he said . |