Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It continues : ’ and that they should be able to use their professional judgment on matters such as the timing and dosage of drugs prescribed by doctors for pain relief . ’ |
| 2 | Tommy and Bren , as they are affectionately known , are now in their 80's ( as indeed are most members of the WHAM choral group ) and are probably best remembered for their haunting rendering of songs such as ‘ Roamin' in the Grogan ’ , ‘ Old Mother Hibbard ’ and ‘ Annie , Get Your Pistoll ’ during their teenage years with WHOOPS ( Wichita , Home Of Other People 's Songs ) . |
| 3 | It defined the activities of the USSR State Security Committee ( KGB ) and its subordinate bodies in matters such as intelligence and counterintelligence work , surveillance to combat terrorism and organized crime , and border control . |
| 4 | He and Tony McCarthy had plied their unwitting accomplice with drinks that night in the pub and they had gleaned that Clark 's Wharf was guarded by a conscientious old-timer who was living with his frail and ailing sister . |
| 5 | In the period 1920–6 she brought within her general theory of ideals several theories which until that time had been seen as independent . |
| 6 | Within their own scale of operations all animals need to be able to impose an appearance of order upon their environment ; they need to be able to discriminate favourable ( normal ) from unfavourable ( abnormal ) situations . |
| 7 | At sixteen or seventeen many adolescents in the sample were considered old enough to make up their own minds about issues such as smoking , exercise , and diet ; it was often left entirely up to them to contact doctors , dentists , and sometimes schools for undiscovered GCSE results . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , perhaps , it does n't work that way as most younger teens show a commendable desire to make up their own minds on subjects such as this . |
| 9 | The West has more than 200 hospitals , including 60 small community hospitals where GPs can look after their own patients in places such as Axminster , Bovey Tracey , Brixham , Burnham-on-Sea , Clevedon , St Austell , Lydney , Tiverton and Totnes . |
| 10 | It operates through military attaches at overseas diplomatic missions and also runs its own network of spies such as , for example , the Portland spy ring , which are quite separate from the KGB . |
| 11 | Another candidate is The Food Magazine , edited by Sue Dibb and Tim Lobstein , which has earned a reputation for its thorough research into topics such as food labelling and health products . |
| 12 | We estimated that the consequences of motherhood lowered the pay of employed mothers relative to their childless contemporaries through factors such as lost employment experience , downward occupational mobility and the low rates paid for part-time work . |
| 13 | A more recent master of pas de deux is Ashton whose choreographic designs in ballets such as Symphonic Variations , Cinderella , Scènes de Ballet and Ondine reveal many different ways of displaying the spaciousness , dignity and grace of courtly behaviour . |
| 14 | For de Gaulle , however sympathetic to modernization in the abstract , there was a point beyond which resources could not be diverted from the immediate needs of his foreign policy in areas such as Germany and Indochina . |
| 15 | Semantics is the study of meaning , and as such derives much of it theoretical inspiration from disciplines such as philosophy , psychology and linguistics . |
| 16 | In particular , Castro 's abandonment of the guerrilla strategy , and his favourable attitude to governments such as the reformist military regime in Peru , caused splits between Castroism and Guevarism . |
| 17 | There is much more to Gramsci than this : for example , Marxist theory is indebted to his pioneering use of concepts such as ‘ praxis ’ , ‘ civil society ’ , ‘ class fractions ’ and the ‘ historical bloc ’ and his analysis of the nature , role and composition of the state in class societies . |
| 18 | His legal responsibilities for issues such as extradition have also brought him into contact with senior legal and political figures in Ireland . |
| 19 | Archie , accepting this reference to his pickpocketing activities on occasions such as the Derby , put a finger against the side of his nose and winked . |
| 20 | I wa I want you to tell me if what is Johnson saying that his particular comedy of humours this play is doing ? |