Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [pron] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1982 the total stock of that investment in Africa was estimated at about $13 billion , with over half of it still concentrated in the production and export of primary commodities . |
| 2 | While I was sitting waiting for Jenny , a number of well-dressed women of about my age filed past me , some of them evidently wearied by their afternoon of serious picture-watching . |
| 3 | However , the contract will doubtless contain other terms , some of them expressly agreed between the parties ( e.g. the date of delivery ) and some of them implied ( often by other sections of the Sale of Goods Act — e.g. as to the place of delivery , section 29(2) ) . |
| 4 | In 1982 electricity utilities cancelled 18 nuclear power stations , some of them well advanced in construction . |
| 5 | As a result , some of them even behaved like schoolchildren ; it was not uncommon , apparently , for students at A to throw paper aeroplanes in lectures — a rather immature ( but possibly understandable ) response to the frustration of endless listening and note-taking . |
| 6 | As we went to press , DEC was getting ready to set up nine new business units as part of its reorganization struggle , some of them reportedly headed by leaders brought in from the outside and others have yet to be chosen . |
| 7 | On Sept. 6 President Fernando Collor de Mello ordered Justice Minister Bernardo Cabral to investigate charges by the human rights organization Amnesty International that death squads , some of them secretly operated by the police , were murdering street children . |
| 8 | Some of those scholars , moreover , were Englishmen and some of them certainly served as proctors and representatives of the Plantagenets at Paris . |
| 9 | In exchange , many goods came into the country — some of them never seen in Britain before . |
| 10 | The following fifty years , which were also the years in which Athens and the Greeks decisively rebuffed the attempts of the Persians under Darius and Xerxes to destroy their independent states , saw further moves towards the dominance of popular power in Athens , some of them directly prompted by the necessities of war . |
| 11 | Such a reaction is closely analogous to one frequently observed among baboons and other primates . |
| 12 | erm fucking indoor murder ball , the seat , cushion and stuff like that , its fucking well out of order piss up games oh that 's right I think we played in , I think we played , you know that British bull dog thing ? , we managed to clear all the fucking the nappy chair this and the chairs out the way , we were playing this British bull dog sort of thing and the only thing , the only , the only difference was when you got caught , got , everybody was fucking giving you a few thumps in the arm , for good measure like , and we played about four of this and every time this cocky little son of a bitch did n't get caught , he was always the last person , so we fucking said , we said , me and this other guy 's that are in our troop and that er , we said right we 'll get him , so when , when everybody sort of go for it right just after the one person in the middle , said fucking just get this guy and fucking pin him down and do something to him right , we did n't , I think we said we 'd just get him , yeah that 's a good idea , so he 's gone right go and his mate he 's fucking took off two steps and there 's eight of us fucking dived on top of him , what the fucking , he 's struggling , get off you cunt so we pinned him down and at first we was just going to de-bag him in front of the women , we 've taken his boots off and his trousers and that and shave his bollocks , yeah the whole fucking yeah , it was like an audience , all that they sort of gathered up the chairs and the tables fuck have his bollocks shaved . |
| 13 | Conflict over designation is symptomatic of something already referred to in this chapter — the transformation of the city from a locale of production to one of consumption-reproduction . |
| 14 | The exhibit will celebrate major aspects of Spanish life , history and culture using state-of-the-art interactive technology , much of it probably based on CD-I . |
| 15 | In these languages , the fourth person refers to ‘ a person or thing distinct from one already referred to by a third person form ’ . |
| 16 | The law , similar to one already introduced in Estonia , has angered many thousands of Russians who have moved into the republic in recent years . |
| 17 | Seriously enough that is , to attempt a genetic transplant of a high concentration of Dutchness in the form of a complete theme-city , with canals , windmills , gabled houses and monuments such as the 112 metre high late Gothic Dom-tower of Utrecht , all of them exactly reproduced with an astonishing attention to detail and accuracy . |
| 18 | The talks were held at the CPF site and included issues which were set forth in four documents , all of them unanimously approved by community representatives and by BPXC . |
| 19 | ‘ The first and the last of Mr Dickens 's works were aptly set here in Rochester , ’ she informed the party , all of whom then turned to her under the impression she was leading the party , earning another glare from Samuel . |
| 20 | The evacuees filled most of the small hotels and the Savoy , many of them financially supported by the British Government . |
| 21 | As a consequence of this research historians know very well the variety of factors which led to the dispute — many of them already outlined in the earlier sections of this chapter . |
| 22 | TESTING for a short list of illicit drugs has been labelled as myopic , since the working population as a whole tends to abuse a vast pharmacopoeia of legal but impairing substances , many of them heavily promoted by distilleries and pharmaceutical firms . |
| 23 | It now has 680 pages , many of them richly illuminated with a flamboyant exuberance unique in Irish and Insular manuscript art . |
| 24 | The emphasis was now on the proliferation of high-capacity small-scale computers capable of greater versatility than the older machines , lending themselves to the formation of networks , and many of them deliberately designed for easy access , so that much of the mystique was being dispelled . |
| 25 | She had always sworn that her private life would take second place to her career until she had established herself , that she would never become involved with anyone remotely connected with racing , and fortunately temptation had rarely come her way . |
| 26 | Or for a romantic touch , you can see many more of them beautifully illuminated from the rivers as you cruise on a boat over dinner . |
| 27 | There were twelve of us finally assembled at Clumber , including Carole and Debby , the assistant leader , and everyone was young , sparky and outgoing . |
| 28 | Eventually perhaps , but a Senate hearing on June 22 on the proposal drew only two Senators , one of whom quickly departed for another engagement . |
| 29 | Eventually , one of them tactfully suggested to Philip V that the perpetual alliance should simply be sworn , and also a mutual oath not to harbour enemies or those banished from either kingdom . |
| 30 | If it 's hits you want , you got ‘ em , loads of them , every one of them perfectly performed from ‘ Song For Whoever ’ , ‘ You Keep It All In ’ to ‘ A Little Time ’ . |