Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb mod] [adv] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Street on Torts puts it , the basis of this authority and the defence it affords to torts such as false imprisonment ‘ is the need to maintain order in the particular organisation responsible for the training of the child ’ ; parental wishes would merely be factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a punishment was reasonable . |
| 2 | To push him towards a record , Scott will be challenged by Mark Allen , six-times winner of the Nice Triathlon , plus Mike Pigg , Ken Glah and Scott Tinley , while the top European will probably be Rob Barel , from The Netherlands . |
| 3 | If you have been following the series , the starred items will already be part of your components kit so check before ordering . |
| 4 | Parents , never teach your children to love folklore , for folklore and high culture can never be friends . |
| 5 | Electronic records may only be proto-records because they require numerous mechanisms to make them accessible . |
| 6 | A popular feature will surely be musician Peter Gabriel 's ‘ US ’ project for which he has commissioned 11 international artists of hugely diverse styles to create images inspired by the tracks on his new album ‘ US ’ ; amongst these are British artists David Mach and Andrew Goldsworth , German Rebecca Horn , Israeli Sculptor Zadock Ben David , and Zush who exists in his own self-created state of Evrugo . |
| 7 | In a country whose violence is matched by nothing except its litigation , Mr O'Gara 's only real worry must surely be America 's product-liability laws . |
| 8 | The overall result can often be disillusionment for the householder and frustration for housing professionals . |
| 9 | The insistence that Cnut intended Harthacnut to succeed to his entire kingdom may also be suspect , given the succession dispute which followed his death . |
| 10 | ‘ Good ’ on such a formal account is wholly undefinable a priori because , to adopt Moore 's reasoning , moral propositions would otherwise be tautologies or self-contradictions . |
| 11 | The nationalized industries would clearly be Type A non-profit . |
| 12 | Two extra beds in a twin bedded room may sometimes be bunk beds . |
| 13 | With such conditions Rodrigo de Triano is almost certain to miss the meeting 's highlight , the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes , while Second Set and Brief Truce could also be absentees . |
| 14 | The majority of local Roslavl' workers would undoubtedly be railway rather than factory personnel . |
| 15 | Her first impression of the man she knew with a sinking feeling could only be Niall Grant was of strong , sun-tanned features which held her gaze as the blue eyes looked coolly into hers , and for the first time in her life her height , which at five feet eight inches had given her an advantage over a lot of men , suddenly seemed diminished . |
| 16 | The Loch Lang pollen record and its clear indications of mixed birch-hazel-oak-alder woodlands in the early and mid-post-glacial suggest that these southern-atlantic cryptogams may indeed be relicts from the period of more extensive woodland cover in the mid-post-glacial and these shade-demanding species have survived locally in ravines , gullies , and sheltered block litters on the Uists . |
| 17 | You should be well aware that evolution can only be viewed with hindsight , and whether our species ' rapacious predatory record will prove successful in the long term can only be speculation . |
| 18 | In 1931 it seemed unlikely that the Republic and the Basque Nationalists would ever be allies . |
| 19 | In small businesses such key persons will usually be owners or directors . |
| 20 | In evaluating its credentials our prime example will again be Rawls ' theory . |
| 21 | Playing great music will always be Radio 3 's main role , he says . |
| 22 | Like the head of legal services in a giant company , the advertising agency 's in-house solicitor could also be Company Secretary and , as such , would have to take charge of the company 's stock , keep records , make sure the annual accounts are ready on time , set the agenda for board meetings and take the minutes . |
| 23 | Specific situations may also be role played prior to homework being conducted . |
| 24 | I think some of my er introductory comments might now be inspector , er understand the er sort of urban situation , erm we heard yesterday about er discussion about the similarities between different districts in North Yorkshire and the possible differences . |
| 25 | The modern or contemporary quarter of Intolerance would make an excellent film in its own right but even then the industrial scene would only be part of the scene setting and would fade in the memory as the hero passes from scene to scene in the ‘ picaresque ’ fashion of so many movies . |
| 26 | Similarly , a number of housing departments were developing policies aimed at ethnic minority communities , yet only one recognised that disabled people would also be part of such communities . |
| 27 | Bewildering reversals will sometimes be part of the journey : |
| 28 | Against this view of love as contract , Cave , in The Birthday Party , was almost alone in reinvoking love as malady , monologue , abject dependence , whose ultimate expression could only be violence : the recurrent theme of girl-murder , or at the opposite pole the paroxysm of desire in ‘ Zoo Music Girl ’ , ‘ Oh ! |
| 29 | This means that , for equilibrium , total withdrawals must also be £10 million and therefore that income must be £40 million . |
| 30 | It is impossible to tell which is earth and which is sky , though eastward what looks like a whiter than usual cloud must surely be snow on the fells of Furness . |