Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [noun pl] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it must be equally obvious that during spells of prolonged rain the rabbits are much more likely to stay underground in the warmth and security of their burrow systems rather than braving it out in the open and being constantly soaked . |
| 2 | The decision impugned is a decision by the board of Lautro on 30 October 1990 to exercise its intervention powers so as to prohibit Norwich Union Life Insurance Society ( ‘ Norwich ’ ) and three associated companies from accepting any new investment business from Winchester or from soliciting investment business from the public through Winchester or any of its representatives . |
| 3 | After all , they 've had their say years ago and made a meal of it : undeclared top-roping , hold chipping , secret rests , etc . |
| 4 | Sander Levin , a congressman from Michigan , claims that Japanese car plants in the United States favour their keiretsu partners unfairly when ordering components . |
| 5 | In the case of the Single Currency , the weak country is forced into similar deflationary policies in order to try to depress its unit costs so as to enable it to compete against the strong countries . |
| 6 | Eastern Europe must try to maintain satisfactory levels of exports to the West in order to service its debt obligations there and satisfy domestic needs at a time when it is being pressed to greatly increase exports of manufactures to the Soviet Union to pay for increasingly costly imports . |
| 7 | Badger cub meles meles born at the beginning of the year are leaving their family setts now and digging out their own homes . |
| 8 | Ordered to destroy them , scientist Lowell ( Bruce Dern ) chooses to destroy his philistine colleagues instead and save one forest . |
| 9 | In other words , Sergeant Wilson ( who has since left the force ) agreed to compromise to enhance his career opportunities rather than present any challenge to the system . |
| 10 | Then he would put his quill pens aside and consider an honest job of work . |
| 11 | Last month , following Johnson 's admissions at the inquiry that he had taken drugs and not failed drug tests , the IAAF decided to strip him of his world records retrospectively and enacted legislation which would punish any athlete who passed a drug test but subsequently admitted he was an offender . |
| 12 | You must end his solo visits now and make an effort to get out and build your romantic life outside your family circle . |
| 13 | As he took up his school books again and moved them into his bedroom , he wondered if his father had told his mother about his leaving school . |
| 14 | But even though there is water everywhere , I just ca n't help wondering what excuses our profit-hungry water authorities might come up with next year for increasing our water rates rather than reducing them now the rains have come . |
| 15 | In addition , we must try to augment our oil revenues so as to enable the government to invest them for future development in industry and for processes and inventions at present unknown to us . |