Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [conj] [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a recent survey , the IoD found that 43% of its female members were childless . |
| 2 | For instance , Prof Mike Roberts warned that parts of his Institute of Terrestrial Ecology ( South ) are becoming dangerously dependent on contracts from government departments and others . |
| 3 | In a separate appeal issued on the same day to the Lithuanian people Gorbachev said that developments in their republic were causing " extreme concern and bewilderment " throughout the Soviet Union , and that people were calling on the Soviet government to use " economic , political and administrative measures " to defend the USSR Constitution and the country 's integrity . |
| 4 | Two days after the serialisation began , Gilbey confirmed that interviews with him were presented ‘ fairly and accurately ’ . |
| 5 | Intellectuals claimed a formative influence in the second too : John of Marmoutier declared that monks from his own monastery had read Vegetius ' De Re Militari to Geoffrey le Bel when he was investing the castle of a rebellious castellan , and ascribed his success to their advice on firebombs . |
| 6 | Cornelius observed that freckles on her left cheek mapped out the Tuamotu archipelago of south-west Polynesia . |
| 7 | Critics argued that Land Rover was being offered as a sweetener to offset the lossmaking Leyland Trucks part of the business , whereas GM claimed that access to its US dealership network would be beneficial to Land Rover . |
| 8 | Robert said that ill-feeling between him and his brother had made him so annoyed that he had used a large knife to slash a rubber dinghy which they owned jointly . |
| 9 | That meant ideas , understanding people , searching for motives ; he did n't want to change the world as Anna did and Constanza in her early years . |
| 10 | OLIVER said that words like everyone and someone and no-one are singular pronouns and must therefore be followed by the singular possessive pronoun , namely his . |
| 11 | On Dec. 18 Bush confirmed that talks between himself and the Iraqi Foreign Minister , Tariq Aziz , scheduled to be held in Washington between Dec. 20 and Jan. 3 , had been cancelled following disagreements over the precise date of the meeting . |
| 12 | Robertson recognised that women in her profession must be twice as good as men to progess as far in their work . |
| 13 | The report Action on Banwell recommended that conditions on which subcontractors estimate , and the subsequent conditions of subcontracts , should be standardised . |