Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [conj] [be] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The increased number of urinary tract infections seen in uncircumcised young children may be due to ‘ hospital strains ’ of uropathogenic P-fimbriated Escherichia coli acquired in the unnatural environment of modern obstetric units rather than being directly related to the foreskin .
2 Perhaps because Christianity has no law as such , the concept of purity became veiled behind ideas of spiritual goals rather than being simply defined by physical states .
3 Giant Eachus , blamed for the second goal in Cyprus which sent Bangor crashing out of Europe in midweek , gifted Glenavon two goals yesterday and is clearly suffering a crisis of confidence .
4 Giant Eachus , blamed for the second goal in Cyprus which sent Bangor crashing out of Europe in midweek , gifted Glenavon two goals yesterday and is clearly suffering a crisis of confidence .
5 She split up with her husband some months ago and is now struggling to cope with two young children while facing continual abuse .
6 Venables inquired about Owers several months ago and is now expected to move in again — with an offer Sunderland would find hard to refuse .
7 By 1850 , Abel was still assisting at the college , whereas Mansfield was preparing his naphtha fractions elsewhere and was eagerly looking for socially useful outlets for his products .
8 Many of you will be aware of the launch of the Brecon Beacons National Park Society a few weeks ago and are perhaps wondering what effect this will have on the activities of CPRW and this branch in particular .
9 The trip was only organised two weeks ago and is now seen as a clear case of retaliation against the prince .
10 It 's not hard to identify some voluntary organisations which were shoe string operations a few years ago but are now lumbering their employees in the hundreds .
11 As for the anthologies in which Byrd 's music appeared in his lifetime , several were explored on record years ago but are now forgotten .
12 Maris Otter was first listed as an approved variety by the Barley Committee of the Institute of Brewing 26 years ago and is still used by brewers such as Youngs , Brakspear and Eldridge Pope .
13 The awards — which started in Malaysia 18 years ago and are also award in other countries where Guinness operates — recognises achievements in a variety of fields and are intended to foster a sense of pride and civic consciousness among Malaysians .
14 An important facture painting , ‘ Graue Hunde , drei Streifen ’ by Georg Baselitz ( lot 31 , est. $350–450,000 ) , which London dealer Michael Hue-Williams had acquired from Saatchi several years ago and was widely known in the trade , sold to a telephone bidder for $370,000 ( £205,600 ) .
15 He entered the hospital ten minutes later and was warmly greeted by his colleagues .
16 They are some seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds less than is explicitly coming to us , either through the grant that 's coming into the S S A , the base , or the new specific grant .
17 And if I 'm not mistaken , there are a number of things here that were never included in the findings of the T'ang 's committee . ’
18 The Armenian Bolshevik , Shahumyan , reproached him — as many were to do — with exaggerating the dangers here and was roundly chastised :
19 It is possible to have lawyers ' time recorded on Psions or directly into a terminal but a compromise is for lawyers to complete time sheets manually that are then inputted by a member of the accounts team on to computer .
20 It changed hands recently and is now run by Stephen and Janet Errington .
21 We live in a galaxy that is about one hundred thousand light-years across and is slowly rotating ; the stars in its spiral arms orbit around its centre about once every several hundred million years .
22 In addition to certain species of cuckoo , there are about 30 species of birds worldwide that are also brood parasites .
23 Left handed people , as we all know , are all in league with Satan , have deformed brains , are prone to violent behaviour because they ca n't use scissors properly and are secretly planning to take over the world .
24 Left handed people , as we all know , are all in league with Satan , have deformed brains , are prone to violent behaviour because they ca n't use scissors properly and are secretly planning to take over the world .
25 The brown-haired boy had caught the eyes of the twins again and was desperately attempting to relay some kind of message to them .
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