Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [noun] [noun pl] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 As with any border , plants with evergreen or evergrey leaves make it more interesting in winter , so consider this backbone first , and include such plants as sweet bay , southernwood and rosemary .
2 He needed less and less to work , his commercial and film scores earning him a steady residual income .
3 A depressing number of British and US publishers turned it down — most of them warm in their praise of the book , but expressing doubt as to whether the political climate in Britain and the USA was right for its content .
4 Firefighters cut the man free as ambulance workers saved him from drowning after the accident in Teesdale .
5 Karadzic , apparently encouraged by the new international policy announced in Washington , not only invited Bosnian Muslim and Croat leaders to meet him to discuss a settlement but he also challenged the Muslims to a soccer match .
6 Economy detergent dispenser A dispenser with sections for normal and economy washes means you always use just the right amount of powder or liquid .
7 Now several dozen provincial and oversea banks saw it , too .
8 Further problems may arise again on return to Britain as the pressure for places in the more popular independent or state schools makes it increasingly difficult for the expatriate to find suitable educational facilities for children .
9 Men only find underwear sexy because porno magazines expect them to .
10 Does he also agree that only by standing shoulder to shoulder with our American and NATO allies have we been able to win the war against communism in the Soviet bloc ?
11 It may be pure conjecture but he gives the impression that he knows the words to The Sash and could sing them backwards , and it was hardly surprising when football fans nicknamed him ‘ Agent Orange ’ .
12 Later , Slovene and Croat historians depicted him as a martyr to the cause of Slav resistance to foreign rule , because the nobles against whom he rebelled were Germans , Hungarians or Slavs who had adopted the culture of their Habsburg masters .
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