Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [prep] [det] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am in any case no judge of beauty . |
| 2 | His is in some ways a tragic case : a man of immense talent and massive erudition , gifted with profound insights , who could not say the things he most wanted to say but who , nevertheless , has gone on to say them . |
| 3 | And I was at that time a married man with two children . |
| 4 | More recently we have bond ( that is , fixed-interest funds ) designed to maximise and maintain income levels , and cash funds which are in some ways an alternative to bank or building society deposits , though they may produce a slightly higher return . |
| 5 | The result is quick and easy problem solving for the personnel manager at a cost of hardware and software which is in all probability a small fraction of the cost of having programs developed , especially on the mini or mainframe computer . |
| 6 | When the political and economic imagination is confronted by the economic success of an example which is in many respects an alternative to those Pacific cases , typified here by reference to Sweden , the implicit choices really do become quite evident . |
| 7 | The unearthly , mysterious aspect of beauty is emphasised at the end of a book which is in many ways a repetition of its predecessor . |
| 8 | Instead what we have before us is a German triumph that could not have happened without Gorbachev and Walesa , a triumph that was not planned and which is in many ways an accident , but which nevertheless has come about because both West and East Germans have seized the moment of national opportunity . |
| 9 | Which is in any case an airwell , with more net curtains at the windows on the other side . |
| 10 | The editors are in no doubt that this is in respect of Molla Husrev 's medrese in Bursa ( the involvement of the kadi of Bursa in the function of is worth noting ) , which is in any case the only medrese he is known to have endowed . |
| 11 | Whether such a prognosis is indeed likely or not is a question to which we shall return shortly , but for the time being let us merely note the danger , which is in any event a very real one , and pass on . |
| 12 | The step from ‘ asking the wrong question ’ to the error being regarded as jurisdictional is only made by the assumption that any matter which is in any sense a ‘ condition ’ to the exercise of jurisdiction becomes jurisdictional . |
| 13 | For situations when all other attempts to suggest a word have failed , it would be preferable to provide a string of characters which is in some way a best guess , even if that string is not a word known to the lexicon . |
| 14 | Planaria also show another form of short-term learning , called sensitization , which is in some ways the antithesis of habituation . |
| 15 | In parallel experiments the group showed that sensitization , which is in some ways the reverse of habituation ( see Chapters 6 and 7 ) , also involved presynaptic processes , this time requiring an increase in serotonin production and calcium entry into the cells . |
| 16 | Deutsche Gramophone has chosen to call this album ‘ Horowitz the Poet ’ , which is by any standards an annoying an inaccurate title . |
| 17 | The idea that God is good might owe a great deal in those traditions to a view that God has done good things in the world Himself — that God Himself is in some way an actor on the world stage . |
| 18 | But Mr Vadim Medvedev also indicated there were no plans to set the record straight about what happened at the December 9 meeting of the Central Committee — which was by all accounts a turbulent one — by publishing the minutes . |
| 19 | At the summit , which was by all accounts an exceptionally heated affair , President Mubarak broke with Arab tradition and forced through a majority vote , rather than wait for the emergence of a unanimous compromise . |
| 20 | Seating depends on room arrangement and table size ; but the more in the centre you are of any line the better your range of vision , and the better placed you are to get involved . |
| 21 | On balance , she felt enough loyalty to Gilbert and enough concern about Amy to feel that , if she were alive and if she were by any chance a party to her husband 's death , the Church rather than the police should be her first sanctuary . |
| 22 | Carlotta de Leyva belongs to one of the liberal families opposed to the dictator Lopez and as the betrothed of the leader of that opposition , Don Manuel of Encinitas , she is to some extent a figurehead , a political symbol : moreover , to the youth of eighteen , Highworth Ridden , who is introduced to her soon after his arrival in Santa Barbara , she is an ideal because she is in effect the first woman who has ever touched his love , as someone to be served , not someone to aspire to . |
| 23 | As you know , it was uncannily accurate and she is by all accounts a crashing snob . |
| 24 | This commitment is particularly apparent in the chapter devoted to the work of Searle , who is in some ways a disciple of Austin and in others a dissident . |
| 25 | Here the intestate heir is again the nearest agnate , who is in this case a brother . |
| 26 | ‘ The actual contract itself is in many ways a bit of a red herring . |
| 27 | She was at this time a large , middle-aged woman whose name I shall not mention . |
| 28 | Jenny let them spin on for a while ; but she was above all things a sensible girl and had no desire to find herself irretrievably stuck . |
| 29 | Miss Danziger also had it in her favour that she was in all things the opposite of Bo-Bo . |
| 30 | It was through the OTC that I met my future husband , Eric , who was at that time a permanent staff instructor . |