Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [pron] [adv] [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The concept is not a difficult one , for the last two sections have made it clear that what really mattered in setting up a trust was not the use of specific words , but the use of words or deeds which plainly expressed an intention to bind a trustee under a trust in favour of a beneficiary .
2 It has very little to do with her life , and they would be bizarre parents or catechetists who really wanted the girls in their charge to emulate Rose of Lima in any very direct way .
3 After the collapse of the Byzantine capital it continued as inspiration for Russian architects and artists who gradually adapted the style to their own climate , building materials and taste .
4 Although by 1989 the height of the economic crisis had passed , the structural effects of the war and the US embargo left Nicaragua with severe internal shortages , drastically reduced production levels and exports which only covered a quarter of the import bill .
5 Heat treatment , self-help on the patient 's part , and rehabilitation of the affected muscles by massage and exercise were the tenets of her faith — and I had to admit that a great deal of what she practised depended on scorn for the accepted methods of treatment with splints , braces , and corsets which only assisted the patients in coping with unhealed limbs , not in any actual sense curing them .
6 Serious hunting began in the early nineteenth century , when tiger shooting became an obsession with the maharajas and nabobs who quickly passed the mania on to the British officials and army officers .
7 It has evidently met with considerable enthusiasm , but there has been initial resistance from some staff and parents who still favour a more academic approach to teaching and learning .
8 In addition , the Council would like to acknowledge the support of the companies and organisations which readily accepted the challenge of the Initiative by seconding senior staff to SCDI or by giving generous in-kind assistance .
9 But at least the radio-set enabled one to tune into a variety of propaganda : covert listening ( in the basement ) to the BBC or other radio stations of ‘ allied ’ or neutral powers , albeit punished when discovered , was a modest gesture of ‘ resistance ’ by individuals and families who only joined the ‘ Resistance ’ , if at all , in 1943 or 1944 .
10 Judge Wiiliam Crawford heard that the cousins set fire to furniture and carpets which quickly sent a pall of smoke to flats above .
11 Their argument is subtle , depends heavily on examples , and is therefore difficult to summarize , but is based essentially on the idea that practice itself generates approaches , artistries , strategies and operational ( as distinct from espoused ) theories and concepts which together constitute a kind of knowledge which is general without being abstract .
12 3 owns the whole of the copyright and all other intellectual property rights in a basic version of the documentation and manuals which then accompanied the Licensed Software ( ‘ the Existing Documentation ’ ) .
13 You know , even with the beard and glasses they still copped the face in Caracas .
14 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 .
15 So too , in less tragic circumstances , artists and intellectuals who instinctively loathed the Arts Council rallied round when Thatcher put the boot in .
16 Their immune systems are so damaged that colds and bugs which normally take a few days to clear can take weeks or months .
17 The official thanksgiving , held on 7 September , saw an elaborate civic ritual in London , with the Queen , the Court , and the great officers of state processing through the streets from St James to Temple Bar in great pomp and splendour , where they were met by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen who then escorted the royal cavalcade to St Paul 's .
18 Developing simulations and practical integrated assignments to create structured learning experiences patterned upon work place tasks , activities and processes which closely match the practices of the workplace , takes time and effort and will probably involve enlisting employers as partners to achieve a truly realistic environment and to utilise the opportunities available in the workplace .
19 You refer to her stately homes , which she cared for deeply , but more importantly round these homes she knew by name a huge number of tenants , workers and friends who always received a warm and cheerful word , and many enjoyed great generosity from her and her husband .
20 To know properly to mix them in planting is another matter of painting with living pencils , for greens properly disposed throw in a mixture of contrasts of lights and shades which wonderfully enliven the pictures and which insensibly strike the senses with wonder and delight .
21 No amount is too small for all the women and children who desperately need the support you can give them .
22 ‘ On the other side of the coin , there is so much to learn from the producers and conductors I now have the greatest privilege to work with .
23 Few buildings have revealed distinctive evidence for specialized activities , though several of the roadside examples contained furnaces and hearths which probably served an industrial role , while iron and lead slag indicates metal-working .
24 Though the group which dominated the executive board of the National Association tended to be drawn from the secularist , radical circles of the metropolis , the women and men who effectively led the repeal movement came from the same provincial backgrounds which sustained many other mid-century reform groups .
25 Perhaps its most obvious success was its ability to prioritise community care among those local councils , health authorities , and FHSAs which historically had no inter-agency collaboration .
26 ‘ When you 've got targets and incentives it just becomes a family planning programme and not much more than that ’ Tricia Parker , Oxfam Bangladesh
27 The recruitment of migrant labour has also had what one might refer to as a series of indirect benefits , especially in the earlier phase of immigration , because Britain and the other importing countries were able to avoid the costs involved in actually producing the immigrant labour power , from the birth to the maturation of the workers concerned , and because of the lower demands on the welfare state of economically active , healthy , single , young men and women who nevertheless paid the same rate of taxation as other workers ( Gorz , 1970 ) .
28 Perhaps , just as the BA holds a senior and junior College and University Booksellers Group conference , it could put on two mainline conferences : one for the under 45s , for the men and women who actually do the biz ; and one for the older members of the trade .
29 One of them slipped on the sopping floor , cannoned into the table , and brought down the pyramid of barrels and chairs which still supported the restaurant owner .
30 and share girlish secrets behind the trees and shrubs which completely screen the terrace from the house .
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