Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] and [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The groups discussed my problems and in the empowering atmosphere it came as quite natural that someone should suggest I start up my own campaign . |
| 2 | There is an objectivity behind the subjectivity of our preferences which entitles you to recommend to me a dish which you do not choose yourself and which I have hitherto been repelled by , but may come to like if I can forget my prejudices and for the first time attend closely to the flavour . |
| 3 | Shouldering their empty bait bags they jumped on their bikes and after a cheerful ‘ Watch out for mooring ropes , ’ from Yanto , they cycled off in opposite directions . |
| 4 | Companies surely benefit from being quizzed about their strategies and from a free flow of ideas with the market . |
| 5 | A " biosociety " says Professor A. Behrens , a prominent member of the project , " is one that should be fully aware of the problems of life in all its forms and of a balanced " input/output " in energy and materials … [ and ] is using biotechnology to an optimal extent in order to guarantee a proper balance between human needs ( partially represented by industrial needs ) , natural resources , and the environment " ( Oberursal , 1982 ) . |
| 6 | They assert that the payments to Anser were transactions at an undervalue made at a time when the company was unable to pay its debts and within the relevant period of time stipulated in section 240 . |
| 7 | It must have seemed to them that Marian and Allen had perished in the flames and their own immediate concern was to remove themselves from the danger of the roof falling in on their heads and from the certain consequence that so conspicuous a fire in the night would be seen by the outlaws and would sooner or later bring them to the scene . |
| 8 | She thrust out her jaw , pursed her lips and in a deep voice said , ‘ Come on old girl , up the golden stairs ; let's hit the hay . ’ |
| 9 | He met her eyes and for a second time ; she smiled her shy smile at him , but his swimming head filled it with invitations . |
| 10 | During wartime and the postwar era of government price control , electricity undertakings had in many cases been prevented from raising domestic tariffs to meet increased costs , and had drawn instead on their reserves and on the automatic increases paid by larger ( mainly industrial ) consumers under the coal-cost increase clause of their special tariffs . |
| 11 | The old DDT sprays got into them through their feet and through the biting jaws but , like so many poisons , just as many friends are knocked over as foes , and the indiscriminate use of DDT is now banned in this country . |
| 12 | But they all tightened their belts and after a great deal of grunting and squeezing and pulling and pushing they emerged , one by one , into the moonlit churchyard . |
| 13 | Vegetarianism has stepped out of its sandals and into the smartest restaurants . |
| 14 | It is crucial that researchers aim to be more participative in the way they frame research questions and their methodologies and at the same time be more sympathetic to the subject(s) they are researching . |
| 15 | In fact , only a minority of the children were returned to their parents and in a large number of cases suspected abuse was subsequently confirmed . |
| 16 | Because of the length of a trip , canal boatmen began to live on their boats and by the 1820s their wives and children sometimes lived and worked alongside them . |
| 17 | BSB is also believed to be talking to Ford in the UK about providing communications with its dealers and to the Financial Times about a business service for large companies . |
| 18 | And the context in which this was er argued er was er the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba , a C I A American supported invasion , er which er failed very badly but which certainly indicated the American desire to get rid of Castro and er Khrushchev was asserting in effect that he had as much right to defend an ally as the United States had er to defend erm its allies and in the same sort of way . |
| 19 | And the context in which this was er argued er was er the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba , a C I A American supported invasion , er which er failed very badly but which certainly indicated the American desire to get rid of Castro and er Khrushchev was asserting in effect that he had as much right to defend an ally as the United States had er to defend erm its allies and in the same sort of way . |
| 20 | This contrasts with the often-repeated one-to-one association of certain orchids and their insects and of the hundreds of species of figs and theirs . |
| 21 | I respect them for the medieval certainty of their beliefs and for the casuistical cunning of their arguments . |
| 22 | Would n't this , I reasoned , eradicate at least some of their problems and at the same time reduce the level of criticism from us ? |
| 23 | In his socially approved role as witch-finder , the witch-doctor receives clients , listens carefully to their problems and in the divining sessions points to their probable origin . |
| 24 | Both sides are permitted considerable licence to achieve their aims and in the ensuing melee , where there is little prospect of administering rules , many old scores are settled . |
| 25 | The commission has been collecting evidence about the torture and ‘ disappearance ’ of the military regime 's political opponents , from victims and their families and from the armed forces . |
| 26 | For all its faults and notwithstanding the low reputation it has acquired through its use to collect trivial information , the social survey technique can undoubtedly produce a wide range of useful statistical data . |
| 27 | As the final building in a line of four-storey semi-detached villas , it compliments its neighbours and at the same time relates approximately in both function and scale to neighbouring buildings in a mews at the rear . |
| 28 | In the meantime , the war gave chances to show the responsible nature of the party through its collective action in parliament , through the restraint of its leaders and through the patriotic actions of its individual members . |
| 29 | In the event , Palmerston and Russell agreed to sink their differences and with a united opposition the Conservatives ' days were numbered . |
| 30 | She could cancel her newspapers and for a few pence from a local jumble sale acquire an old-fashioned cookery book , and a heavy stew pot . |