Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [prep] [noun] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plummer argued that D was partly derived from a predecessor of the St Augustine 's chronicle , and that this was itself descended from an Abingdon manuscript which also lies behind C. He thus explained the presence in E of various entries on abbots of Abingdon which are also in C. Possibly an Abingdon version of the Chronicle was taken to Canterbury in 1044 when its abbot , Siward , replaced Archbishop Eadsige , who had resigned because of ill-health , or was subsequently sent there at Siward 's request . |
| 2 | The proposed research builds upon the findings of the applicant 's small scale , exploratory study in Hartlepool ( Morris , 1987 ) , which found male unemployment to be concentrated in families , and duration of unemployment to be longer in areas where the rate of unemployment was higher . |
| 3 | I 'd promised my mother I 'd buy her some new central-heating , and the only time it could be fitted was the next week , so I needed to be home for Monday when the workmen came round . |
| 4 | The mutuality and cooperativeness of the first hunting bands were also in part probably the outcome of the fact that the hunted quarry was not a member of their own species and , as such , the hunt would have been a crucial example of our species ' natural and very considerable aggression being directed away from fellow hominids on to animals . |
| 5 | We were there in September when the daytime temperatures never fell below 100°F , and at midday were closer to 110°F . |
| 6 | He insists on this because it is only by ruling out a set of logically possible observation statements that a law or theory is informative . |
| 7 | Cost is not of course necessarily the major consideration ; none of the people the project sustained to six months or one year wanted to be anywhere else but at home . |
| 8 | The offences are alleged to have taken place at a children 's home in Sunderland where the boy was a resident . |
| 9 | The Arts : The palazzo on the Strand is up for grabs Once the tax gatherers have been cast out , Kenneth Powell envisages a brilliant future for Somerset House |
| 10 | While this is a useful image , it is n't of course how the machine knits . |
| 11 | From Hucknall it was on to Annesley where a large shed provided motive power for the famous Woodford freights known as ‘ Windcutters ’ or ‘ Runners ’ . |
| 12 | Up till now , anyone who was away on holiday when an election was held lost the right to vote , and some people who were away because of their work lost their vote too . |
| 13 | The new government was to be responsible to a Provisional Council of the Russian Republic , or ‘ Pre-Parliament ’ , drawn from democratic elements which convened on 7 October and was still in session when the Provisional Government was overthrown . |