Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun pl] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be appropriate not simply as a true alternative to expulsion where the grounds for the latter exist but also where the circumstances make it difficult to identify some particular breach or failure by the partner served with notice , where the problem is more that his face no longer fits , where his general approach to the business of the firm is inconsistent with the policy which the other partners have decided to adopt , and so on . |
| 2 | E. L. Garbett , who published a detailed analysis of all the block plans in The Builder , categorized this scheme as one of the ‘ Obviously Non-competing Block Plans ’ as he felt that it radically departed from the conditions , but neither the judges nor the assessors found it faulty . |
| 3 | He did n't like the country and used to say that the birds kept him awake . |
| 4 | When next affronted by speculative brick houses aggrandised by wrongly scaled and detailed plastic ‘ classical ’ columns , you might ruminate that the Encyclopaedists got it right . |
| 5 | Only when it became clear that the rules made it impossible for them to shake the landowners ' grip on the zemstvos did interest decline so that the last pre-war zemstvo elections were marked by peasant apathy . |
| 6 | Almost every day there were downpours of rain and it often poured throughout the night , making the ground so slippery that the camels found it difficult to keep on their feet . |
| 7 | Usually , if a company collapses after receiving a clean audit report , one simply leaps to the assumption that the auditors got it wrong . |
| 8 | ‘ Do n't you even mind that the villagers think you unapproachable ? ’ |
| 9 | Whatever the volatile attractant to the syconia may be , it is likely that the parasitoids find it attractive too . |
| 10 | It appeared on the evidence that he believed himself not to be liable ; but he knew that the plaintiffs thought him liable , and would sue him if he did not pay , and in order to avoid the expense and trouble of legal proceedings against himself he agreed to a compromise ; and the question is , whether a person who has given a note as a compromise of a claim honestly made on him , and which but for that compromise would have been at once brought to a legal decision , can resist the payment of the note on the ground that the original claim thus compromised might have been successfully resisted … . |
| 11 | ( If the sounds cause you real difficulty you may need to mimic each word across , before you mimic them in pairs . ) |
| 12 | They stood for a long time in silence , and the others left them alone . |
| 13 | Fole and the others help him complete his designs , and subsequently assist in invoking the spirits . |
| 14 | He was virtually out the back door and the rumours had him ready for retirement . |
| 15 | He even wanted to carry on after hearing about his problem , but the Doctors made it clear that would almost certainly be fatal . |
| 16 | ‘ Steve was suffering a slight twinge , but the selectors found it extraordinary that he should treat the national championship as a kind of training session and jump off just five strides , ’ said Ward . |
| 17 | Jardines has threatened that , unless the regulators leave it alone , it may delist the shares of companies it controls from the local stock exchange — 14% of the market 's capitalisation . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , because the Turks thought it inconceivable that their enemy would land in such an inhospitable situation the Anzacs met little opposition , and , four hours after the initial landing , some 8,000 men were safely ashore . |
| 19 | Guilty because the authorities declare him guilty , a man must still be able to furnish pretexts for that guilt … |
| 20 | Although it seemed very efficient , one improvement I might suggest would be to mount the covers on spring rollers , because the drivers found it difficult to get to the bikes with the covers pressing on them while they worked . |
| 21 | Indeed for some treatments there may be no service available since the providers consider it unprofitable . |
| 22 | The question is whether the jurists thought it appropriate to proceed differently in either case . |
| 23 | before the whirlpools suck us clean |
| 24 | Some people complained when the owners painted it white , but it was proved from an old book that Normans often painted their castles . ’ |
| 25 | White House officials insist this is a misunderstanding ; US interest in the coup evaporated rapidly when the rebels made it clear that they would not hand over Noriega . |