Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ We 've been rehearsing steadily for the tour and live we are very confrontational . |
| 32 | ‘ What a passionate speech , ’ he drawled laconically , reaching for the Raybans and sliding them over heavy-lidded eyes . |
| 33 | You 'll have to stump up at least £2,500 for the bond and leave it invested for five years . |
| 34 | It is important to remember that it was Alexander 's all-consuming passion for the theatre that gave him the determination to find out the cause of his hoarseness . |
| 35 | As a result of these value conflicts litigants had no respect for the courts and manipulated them . |
| 36 | ‘ They gave us a key for the apartment and left us to it . |
| 37 | He still does n't know the exact reason for the problem that kept him in care for a week — more tests are planned at the end of next month — and which has prevented him from going back to Stamford Bridge , where his coaching has transformed the fortunes of London 's Cinderella club . |
| 38 | Leeming signalled for the pad and took it from Duncan . |
| 39 | I made a hand winch with a double handle and a ratchet and room for half a kilometre of twine on the drum ; I made different types of tails for the kites that needed them , and dozens of kites large and small , some stunters . |
| 40 | Economies of scope do not necessarily mean that producing both models ( or whatever ) is better for the firm than producing one , because all other things may not be equal . |
| 41 | ‘ So you want me in just for the plaster and to give your student laddies additional geriatric experience ? |
| 42 | The only principle abandoned in 1857 was the propriety of making legal remedies for marriage difficulties available for the aristocracy while withholding them from the growing upper middle class . |
| 43 | She listened for the siren that marked their departure , the roar of the engines that meant their journey had truly begun . |
| 44 | ‘ Stop ! ’ he shouted , reaching again for the child and closing his red-hot eye . |
| 45 | Nowadays , parental responsibility may be viewed in the same light for school attendance as for child care generally , namely : ‘ the duty to care for the child and to raise him to moral , physical and emotional health … the fundamental task of parenthood and the only justification for the authority it confers ’ . |
| 46 | The atmosphere , whether it be one of confidence , inhibition or embarrassment , will contain a vital message for the child and leave its legacy in adult life . |
| 47 | Jane had decreed bowls rather than plates for the curry and spooned it out in the kitchen whence it was ferried by Christopher , Francis and Martine ( Jane 's mind darted back involuntarily to Puchero and gauchos in Argentina ) . |
| 48 | He set his autopilot for the descent and checked his charts for Moscow 's Sheremetyevo Airport . |
| 49 | It depends upon the precise accuracy of some observations made in 1715 under the direction of Sir Edmond Halley , later Astronomer Royal and known to this day for the comet that bears his name . |
| 50 | If this sort of technology was introduced into commercial-sized refrigeration plants , they could be turned off during peak times and then switched back on during low demand periods , saving money for the companies that own them and using less energy . |
| 51 | He was at his most sincere when he argued for the South and defended it ferociously against the feebleness of Yankee and British snobberies and prejudice . |
| 52 | For a start , it would leave EMU an option for the countries that want it , and a cause of no bother to those that do not . |
| 53 | Always touch the walls of an old abbey — for the currents of ancient idea coming through from learned men , and for the systems that housed them . |
| 54 | He had a passion for the relics and believed their discovery would strengthen the Order . |
| 55 | The result is a mid-engined sports racing car for the road that borrows its styling from the Pininfarina Mythos . |
| 56 | Erm , Chair , delegates thank you for the welcome and thank you for the invitation to speak to you . |
| 57 | The Alfonsín government elected in Argentina in late 1983 woúld probably also be included in this category , as would the recently elected ( 1984 ) administration in Uruguay ( president Julio Maria Sanguinetti called for expanded economic relations with the USSR shortly before his inauguration ) and the APRA government led by Alán Garcia in Peru which , since its election victory in May 1985 , has taken an active role in the Non-Aligned Movement , vying for the leadership and backing its challenge with moves to extend diplomatic recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organisation ; ( iii ) capitalist , ‘ liberal-bourgeois ’ governments that are oriented towards Washington , for example , Venezuela , Peru under Belaúnde , Colombia ( before 1982 ) , Costa Rica and Jamaica ; ( iv ) ‘ right-wing ’ , ‘ reactionary ’ military dictatorships generally not liked , but supported by the United States . |
| 58 | The new telecommunications backbone comprises high capacity fibre optic cables and microwave links rather than copper cabling , which means that voice lines are sharp and clear — and that high capacity data links are also available for the businesses that need them . |
| 59 | Thanks for the laughter and smiles you gave everyone , |
| 60 | Ferranti continued with presentations yesterday to the group of more than 10 companies believed to have expressed an interest in bidding for the company or providing it with equity capital . |