Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [noun] but [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the English system of parishes every diocese had variety ; that is each parish had the Prayer Book but used it as it thought , with simple or elaborate ceremonial , and with variations of language sanctioned by the ( illegal ) Prayer Book of 1928 if it wished . |
| 2 | Beck , who had been woken up by the Oscar-nominee , offered him a bed in the living room but told him to take a cab over . |
| 3 | However , latest th er Microfit not only gives you the test statistic but gives you erm the significance level , probability value er which erm that test statistic is significantly different from zero right so if we are looking at that serial correlation test statistic of two point zero eight right we would accept the null hypothesis of er no serial correlation , right , or would n't be able to reject it strictly . |
| 4 | This magnet effect not only puts pressure on the south east but makes it difficult for other regions to attract the type of investment necessary for their own economic revival . |
| 5 | The owner did not intend to leave the registration document but showed it to the dealer who arranged a trick whereby the owner was called away on an imaginary emergency thereby forgetting the registration document . |
| 6 | He said that he did it because everybody wanted him to do it , and he even agreed with me that bits were like Simon and Garfunkel and it sounded like a hundred songs written before , and admitted that he was cashing in on the moon landing but thought he could make some money doing it . |
| 7 | The Education Department would not comment directly on the court case but said it would be the responsibility of head teachers and school governors to see that tests went ahead as planned . |
| 8 | ERA presented all this evidence to Glasgow District Council who finally admitted that there was a problem with the housing stock but said they had not got the money to put things right . |
| 9 | This seems to be because of the small size of the owl in relation to its prey , so that it can not swallow the prey whole but tears it up as do the diurnal raptors ( see Appendix for details of little owl biology ) . |
| 10 | I do not expect much joy from the Minister tonight , but I give warning that , for the time I remain on these Benches , with the label on which I came here eight and a half years ago — as a Labour Member of Parliament , albeit a Member who has a label beneath his name on the TV as an expelled Labour Member — I shall bring before the House the necessary measures not just to talk about the death of the poll tax but to bury it once and for all . |
| 11 | Mr Cameron said the Home Secretary appeared ‘ mystified ’ about the pay formula but made it clear that 1.5 per cent was the maximum rise available . |
| 12 | In 1926 Fenner Brockway , who had been imprisoned during the First World War , wrote in a newspaper article : ‘ The object of penal reformers should not be to reform the prison system but to abolish it ’ ( Priestley 1988 : 175 ) . |
| 13 | Most educationalists accept examination results as a performance indicator but believe they are too crude to be meaningful and should be seen alongside a number of other factors combined with visits to the school by parents . |
| 14 | At this early stage in getting to know Qbasic you can hardly expect to turn out a master work but to leave you with just Hello World until next month would be cruel . |
| 15 | Ranald fetched his harp , and he sang a story of a great selkie , one of the seal people , who loved a land maiden but warned her that if she took their son away from him , the baby would kill him when he grew up ; but in fear that her child would become a wild selkie himself she stole the baby and reared him inland as a normal man . |
| 16 | Your school may well have school rules and even a discipline policy but do you have a policy for catching children being good ? |
| 17 | Valiant had a near miss at intercepting her one day as she homed into the Thames after a channel crossing but lost her on a chase up the Medway in which they stood no chance with the power boat 's superior speed . |