Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [subord] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , the identity of a speech act , its illocutionary force as Austin calls it , is often made apparent by an explicit lexical indicator . |
| 2 | Men are also able to gain the lion 's share of the floor in cross-sex talk because women provide them with ‘ hearer support ’ in the form of minimal responses ( like mhm , yes ) and questions — when you ask someone a question you cede the floor to them . |
| 3 | This is identical with the view expressed in Pugin 's Contrasts nine years before , where the Utilitarian measures for poor relief — of which , as Pugin depicts them , Lord Mamey would certainly have approved — are juxtaposed with the supposedly benign regime of the medieval monastery as Gerard describes it ( Fig. 19 ) . |
| 4 | The truth of the matter is that Picasso was almost certainly aware of tribal art when Matisse showed him the piece which he admired , but that he was still not taking it very seriously and only ‘ discovered ’ it for himself during his now legendary visit to the Trocadero . |
| 5 | People said things like for instance well females are n't intelligent enough to make choices and er which is , which is clearly pretty silly , and er there was also I think and the uncomfortable erm prospect that females could in some way or another control the evolution in males which I do n't think it appealed to the Victorians either and in fact many social Darwinists like Edward Westermark for example rejected the whole concept of sexual selection as Darwin called it the female choice , because it did n't promote survival of the fittest . |
| 6 | Held , ( 1 ) granting the application , that ( per Taylor and Farquharson L.JJ. ) , since the defendants stood to lose their liberty if the judge 's order were upheld , the court should act by analogy with the practice of the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) which , by section 23(1) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 , permitted the adduction of fresh evidence where justice required it ; that ( per Sir Donald Nicholls V.-C. ) under R.S.C. , Ord. 59 , r. 10(2) the court retained sufficient flexibility to enable it to admit fresh evidence where justice so required ; and that , accordingly , the evidence would be admitted notwithstanding that the usual conditions for admissibility admitted might not have been satisfied ( post , pp. 223C–E , 226F–G , 227C–D ) . |
| 7 | Phosphatidylethanolamine shifted most of the cholesterol to the vesicular phase while phosphatidylserine moved it to the non-vesicular fraction . |
| 8 | That secret self which he drew on , and which he would draw out and test as time went on , was not for public display unless Burton willed it . |
| 9 | Some say this is merely cartoon aggression but some susceptible kiddies could believe that it 's okay to copy such actions because they have no serious effect when Macaulay does them . |
| 10 | When duty orders had been made covering the whole of Great Britain , the ‘ second appointed day ’ ( or SAD Day as critics dubbed it ) could be brought in . |
| 11 | ‘ That Polly 's a dark 'orse if yow arsk me . ’ |
| 12 | It was a small world of heath and wood , a few hundred acres at the most , but it was a separate world as Clare describes it , for example , in The Village Minstrel : |
| 13 | The day dragged on in ordinary fashion until Jess felt she would scream . |
| 14 | But Darren Whitehouse faced a charge of possessing the drug rather than a supplying charge because police believed he was lying to protect his mother . |
| 15 | There is a reality ‘ behind ’ these gods , and any account of the divine nature as Hindus conceive it to be must take this into account . |
| 16 | It was an emotional moment as parents welcomed them home and swapped addresses with Dreamflight helpers . |
| 17 | She was a little horror when Drew took her over — but look how she played today . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I got my chance in the national side when injuries put me into the match against Romania in Bucharest three years ago . |
| 19 | She told her many tales of the days during the Great War when John was a baby and he and his mother had lived with her and Lawrie , as they sat together , Sally holding a skein of white wool while Anne wound it into a ball . |
| 20 | She ended with a high-pitched wail as Merlyn reached her and shook her . |
| 21 | The word came out like a helpless little bleat as Belinda followed him out of the room . |
| 22 | Lucy spent just three days in intensive care before doctors moved her to an ordinary ward at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital . |
| 23 | The miniature St Christopher on it had a brief treat before Sorrel cooled him off in no uncertain terms . |
| 24 | The Emperor Napoleon got a good deal because France would have had to give it up sooner or later anyway , and I got a good deal because Louisiana gave me a lovely companion for life with all the legendary charms of your people . " |
| 25 | The dazed expression had almost left her face and I wondered if she might not have had a slight stroke when Celia abandoned her , and was now recovering . |
| 26 | Among Tory supporters 48pc believed the Prime Minister can not remain a credible leader while 45pc thought he could . |
| 27 | But Ken 's experience in working with wood , coupled to a keen eye for design , was soon put to good use when customers asked him for ideas on pond layout , particularly those with a Japanese flavour . |
| 28 | Above all , this is a less regimented show than Noelte made it ; the chorus work is scrappy , and sometimes looks under-rehearsed , with much School-of-Sadlers-Wells handshaking and glass-waving . |
| 29 | A top-edge off an Akram no-ball followed , and then a vital slab of good fortune as Malik put him down at slip , a high nick when he was 15 . |
| 30 | Drifting into the Colonial Office because deafness prevented him from taking up a career in the regular army , he brought with him a romantic conception of empire stimulated in the first instance by Kitchener 's Omdurman campaign and encouraged with appropriate reading matter by his father . |