Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the many visits I paid in the course of promoting these activities I again found the kind of awareness of what was new in literature in places I had least expected ; and when in the autumn of that year The Idea of a Christian Society was published , it was much more successful than Eliot hoped . |
| 2 | Just this , tidying up about ten minutes I always fill the house up with junk ! |
| 3 | As I notice various strategies I frequently draw the class together and encourage them to share ideas . |
| 4 | By pointing to my ears and making signs I eventually elicit the response from the projectionist , ‘ I 'll turn it down when I 've had my tea . ’ |
| 5 | In some of these early Sonatas I even find the fortepiano to be of advantage , particularly in the first movement of Op. 7 where quick passages should come down like hail : the action is lighter , and the incisiveness of fast forte notes much bigger . |
| 6 | In other words you essentially had the choice on the spot of saying , ‘ Yes , I certainly did it , and here 's my fiver or whatever it is , ’ or ‘ No I do n't agree with you and I would like to go through the proper judicial procedures . ’ |
| 7 | Combined with better recognition algorithms we now see the advent of the pen-based or ‘ notepad ’ computer . |
| 8 | Since volcanoes composed of similar rock types are also found in a range of climatic environments they also provide the opportunity to compare the effects of climate on the rate and nature of denudation . |
| 9 | As soon as he closed his eyes he just heard the bang , ’ said Mrs Ward , of Neasham Road , Darlington . |
| 10 | Er what he did n't do which is which is very sensible and what has failed for other companies is that he did n't decide this is a good idea I 'll have somebody in Newcastle and somebody in Edinburgh and I 'll have somebody , in other words he gradually built the whole of the business out until he reached London by which time he he 'd a hell of exp er a lot of experience and knowledge about this thing 's going . |
| 11 | From atop our cushions we dutifully watched the television , while the assembly of villagers watched us watching the television . |
| 12 | Once the examiner 's powers are explained to directors they generally recognise the seriousness of their position and are grateful for the confidentiality . |
| 13 | Although upper class men varied their clothing rather more , according to what they happened to be doing , for formal public appearances they sometimes wore the toga . |
| 14 | For guitars I just used the Jaguar and a Broadcaster-type thing made for , I think , Jerry Donahue , which I found at the studio . |
| 15 | Erm als other problems which arose from the outline land law was in its deliberate ambiguity er in its deliberate erm tt sort of ambiguity because it left reg it left the law to be interpreted by regional areas which meant that how that erm in some places they totally misinterpreted the law but the Communist Party had to have this flexibility because China was such a vast country and you could n't just impose one policy per se across the country . |
| 16 | With the passing of years they now have the help of their daughter Anne and son-in-law Hugh . |
| 17 | He told us that , at the time was unemployed , and within a few days he even gave the date and place where she signed on for unemployment benefit . |
| 18 | In the first four years it nearly halved the PSBR , or borrowing requirement , from 5 per cent of GDP in 1978 — 9 to 2.7 per cent in 1982 — 3 and Britain had a markedly tighter fiscal stance than her Western European neighbours . |
| 19 | On Brother and Toyota machines you simply hold the weaving yarn down beside the needles , on the side of the knitting nearest the carriage . |
| 20 | To locate faint sounds we automatically maximise the difference in time of arrival and loudness of the sound by turning our head until one ear is facing the source of the sound . |
| 21 | Top right : DNA , and the genetic codes we now have the technology to manipulate |
| 22 | You know , even with the beard and glasses they still copped the face in Caracas . |
| 23 | We have already emphasized the value of coins as evidence ; among other things they sometimes reveal the number of minters at work in a city , and so give us a hazy but valuable indication of the relative size of the towns of a kingdom . |
| 24 | FAMILY SIZE — Though , in other contexts , it may refer to the size of the family ( i.e. the number of family members ) , in connection with fertility studies it usually denotes the number of live births to a woman ( sometimes only those children who are alive at a given time , e.g. at the time of the observation ) . |
| 25 | In its nine chapters and 234 pages it clearly bridges the gap between psychological theories and nursing practice . |
| 26 | In his uniform and riding-boots he now took the salute in the style of Hitler or Mussolini from an open car and inspected the detachments of his uniformed men drawn up in Hyde Park or near Tower Green . |
| 27 | Indeed , because they were exclusively peasant institutions they actually widened the gap between peasants and privileged . |
| 28 | In general the activities of the masses were though of as mindless but they were at least non-political and in many cases they even encouraged the acceptance of social norms and new routines necessary to urban and industrial life . |
| 29 | During these meetings they reportedly discussed the development of the Middle East peace process , direct talks between the PLO and Israel , the Palestinian intifada ( uprising ) and the fate of Israeli soldiers missing in Lebanon . |
| 30 | To such objectors we simply put the question : what sort of evidence would you require to be convinced that miracles did occur ? |