Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [noun pl] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over three days , speakers repeatedly conjured up images of incompetent social engineers , bent on disarming honest citizens and leaving them helpless in the face of criminals ; ‘ anti-gun fetishists ’ in the media , with their expense-account life-styles and homes far from the front line ; lawyers who turn criminals out on to the streets to kill and rape again ; and , above all , the federal government , which is determined to subvert the constitution by establishing a monopoly of arms . |
| 2 | Both Bishop ( 1971 ) and Hathaway ( 1959 ) give carefully worked out guidelines of suggested seating in relation to classroom lighting , blackboard and fixed furniture . |
| 3 | However , they quickly adapted themselves and even picked up snatches of Gaelic much to the amusement of our neighbours who were quite proud of their accomplishment . |
| 4 | ( For " The Dry Salvages " he had even written out lists of rhyming words to assist him . ) |
| 5 | Hewlett-Packard Co recently sent out pairs of natty sunglasses to the UK computer press bearing the message ‘ you 'll be needing these on May 5th , ’ ( well some of the poor loves must have thought things rather fetching as they were wearing them on Olivetti 's jaunt to Paris a couple of days later ) . |