Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] and [verb] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The income is 168 hours and remember you can not increase this even in times of severe inflation — you have all the time there is . |
| 2 | In order to define mental alienation and abnormality , the psychiatrist must first know what is normal , accepted and socially approved ; since these vary in different cultures and subcultures he will be completely at sea outside his own milieu unless he takes account of the cultural factor . |
| 3 | But I have been divorced 30 years and know I 'd feel the same as the man who was jailed if I found my wife in the arms of someone else . |
| 4 | After throwing stones in the water for nearly half an hour , listening to the different sounds and seeing who could throw the farthest , Endill began to feel a little fed up . |
| 5 | The force within can also be manipulated through … Dieting , in which you are discouraged from eating meat because it provokes unhelpful vibrations and produces what might be called static interference in meditation . |
| 6 | On analogy with subject access in social services and housing one might expect the governors to seek the consent of the person compiling the report and for such consent normally to be forthcoming since otherwise the record may clearly be incomplete . |
| 7 | It promised to adopt more democratic structures and said it would be an equal partner with other political parties . |
| 8 | It promised to adopt more democratic structures and said it would be an equal partner with other political parties . |
| 9 | G. W. Hastings , who was present , went much further in his hostility to male printers and thought it would be a positive " advantage if wages were lowered in the printing trade " , referring to the London union ( the London Society of Compositors ) as " one of the most powerful and most structured trade unions in London " , which , unjustifiably in his view , " prevented any printer employing any compositor at less than 33s a week " . |
| 10 | If no assets registers exist which record values , then the task of taking an inventory of fixed assets and valuing them might be a huge and expensive one . |
| 11 | Sentinel has been working on the concept of the machine for eight years and says it will be supplying the systems to five major customers , for use in insurance as well as telecommunications applications , in the third quarter . |
| 12 | The clash of ginger on pink as a small skipper butterfly lands on petals of camp ion ; gorse pods popping in the hot sun ; small striped snails creeping out on to the wet path after a cloud burst ; soldier beetles gathered on the white umbels of wild carrot : these sights and sounds I can enjoy at my pottering leisure — whilst the hordes of laden hikers tramp by with stern faces and never a glance to left or right . |
| 13 | A spokesman for the health authority said the family was owed a sincere apology , and Virginia Bottomley ( without reference to the case ) said she was pleased that Rhys was to receive treatment at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children and hoped it would be successful . |
| 14 | By examining the relation between these factors and workfare we may gain some insight into the likely effects on health of joining a workfare scheme . |
| 15 | Holyfield has watched the fight on video many times and believes he should have won . |
| 16 | Yesterday Judge William Hannah jailed 37-year-old Parvis Yousefi for 18 months and recommended he should be deported from Britain . |
| 17 | However , four goals in the last 23 minutes quietened the boos and whistles from a crowd which arrived with great expectations and feared they would go home asking for more , much more . |
| 18 | South Africa opened an " interests office " in Windhoek on Dec. 13 , 1989 , offering a full range of consular services , including issue of passports and visas ; the deputy head of the office said : " South Africa demonstrates by this that we want to be good neighbours and hope it will be possible to retain normal and friendly relations with the neighbouring state . " |
| 19 | They were comfortably beaten by Leicestershire on their Championship debut and will plainly find it hard to bowl sides out , but against that they won four of their first five one-day matches and indicated they could be serious contenders for a trophy . |
| 20 | Joanne Tearle finds that the blue chip loan comes in many guises and choosing one may be your greatest problem . |
| 21 | ( viii ) Adequate medical knowledge to read medical records and know what should be there , to understand the implications of medical reports and assess their objectivity , and to assess the legal relevance of the medical issues of the case . |
| 22 | The International Atomic Energy Agency welcomed Mr de Klerk 's offer to allow inspection of its nuclear facilities and said it would send inspectors to verify the end of the nuclear weapon programme . |
| 23 | And he said , he said , he said it 's n he said , he goes to me , he looks at it for about five minutes and goes it 'll do , it 'll do . |
| 24 | Frankie heard his name mentioned several times and knew he would be punished when the row was over . |
| 25 | THE Government last night signalled its determination to ride out the political storm surrounding its compulsory repatriation of Vietnamese refugees and said it would deport as many as necessary to convince thousands more would-be boat people not to seek refuge in Hong Kong next spring . |
| 26 | For them to give you the service you want they need to know about your ideas and any suggestions and comments you may have to ensure the best possible service . |
| 27 | Ironically , the society is having to fight against the forces of nature itself in the bid to stop the reedbed being swallowed by fast-encroaching willows and scrub which would destroy much of the area 's significance . |
| 28 | In this land of rich , green fields , isolated villages and parks you will find Shakespeare 's birthplace , at Stratford-upon-Avon , and a wealth of historic landmarks . |
| 29 | Oh , there was dancing , masques and reels , gaily clad courtiers talking in groups , but I caught the fear-filled glances and realised what might happen . |
| 30 | Women of darkness ; Lady Macbeth , Mozart 's Queen of the Night , even Cathy , in Emily Brontë 's Wuthering Heights , with her fierce loves and hates which can not be bound by the rules of day . |