Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [noun sg] [conj] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 Its motion is characterized by an array of six whole numbers , one for each possible angle that it might turn through .
2 But will the form teacher be able to do as you would do in English and say , but look when you did that written piece on so and so it was goo , the form teacher will not have that detailed knowledge that you will have
3 In our view this argument is valid : there is value in that generalised approach but it must include the study of language as well as languages .
4 It is invaluable to have a friend who can indicate to you by some private sign if you should raise or lower your voice .
5 ‘ If you 'll only take hold of this damn bag so I can go I will .
6 When the time comes for farrowing , the sow is moved into another narrow crate where she will suckle her piglets for three weeks before they are taken to be fattened for bacon and pork .
7 Her disciplined mind scoffed at the idea of such childish romanticism but some small stirring from the past brought this strange excitement that she should have outgrown and squashed with everything else .
8 Better eat some of this bloody ham or they would think …
9 Tell me the voice of this funny man and you could win a video .
10 At that moment her Arabic was even poorer than mine , for she was new to the household , but on my next visit she would be rattling away in this throaty language and I would be struggling as usual .
11 His heart sank , perversely convinced that he was to be transferred to some damp hole where he would be able neither to stand upright nor lie at full length , and chained there in darkness .
12 Whether he was secretly glad to have her back , and perhaps even had some foolish idea that she might be back to stay , I ca n't say .
13 I had some dim idea that I should see what sort of creatures these whores were , so that I might find out what I was .
14 To paying at once , to sharing a room , to buying food for this evening , to waiting in this unpleasant parlour till she would agree to show me the room .
15 b ) We would expect to maintain the duration clause in the contract for this additional application although we would accept a qualification along the lines of ’ …
16 Send in your chart votes on this simple form and you could win £30 worth software , like lucky Luke Croll of Sheerness in Kent .
17 It is thus clear that the practice of was not without importance from the earliest days of the state and that in Molla Edebali and Tursun Fakih — perhaps also in the elusive Elvan Fakih and others there were men who performed much the same function as later Muftis ; but so scanty and uncertain is the available information about this early period that one can not confidently assert the existence , still less the continuity , of an officially designated post of Mufti .
18 Out of the many false starts her life had made she felt they were witnessing this pure beginning that she would seize and make true .
19 I 've 'ad this idea for a long time an' if I can get a few customers , we 'll be able ter buy some extra food an' we 'll be able to rent a better 'ouse , with good strong doors not like these rotten ones . ’
20 and just you 're it 's just to say who 's on who 's on this actual tape so they can recognize the voice .
21 Kenneth adores him and commandeered him the moment he arrived , allowing me to join them on a walk after yet another edible meal ( any more of this clever cooking and you 'll ruin your reputation ) .
22 Another chilling howl and I could have sworn I smelt their hot , sour breath .
23 It is in this social-theoretical context that we can understand Bourdieu 's effectively poststructural challenge to Lévi-Strauss 's and Althusser 's eminently modernist conceptions of scientific objectivity and autonomous structures .
24 Go to a printer with some ordinary business and he would refuse you , for he was working double tides — and quadruple rates — on railway maps and prospectuses .
25 An independent Central Bank might provide such a restraint , and so might the constitutional amendment , suggested in Friedman and Friedman ( 1980 ) , which obliges the government to expand the money stock at some fixed rate and which would make cheating on this obligation illegal .
26 In future , however , I suspect it will be to this fine disc that I shall be looking when I want to hear this sunny and enchanting score .
27 Of course , I had heard these same sentiments expressed by his lordship on many occasions before , but such was the depth of conviction with which he spoke in this august setting that I could not help but be moved afresh .
28 ‘ Go ahead , ’ said Jay , enjoying this objective discussion where she could focus entirely on the delirium and dilemma of Lucy .
29 I would not wish to get too involved in debating this exact point since one must be aware of its vagueness .
30 It 's no good thinking you 'll bring home this gorgeous kid and everything will be fine , because it is n't . ’
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