Example sentences of "sort of [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not long since every family of considerable substance was haunted by a spirit they called Browny , which did several sorts of work and this was the reason why they gave him offerings on what was called Browny 's stone . |
| 2 | Most plant papers are made in Japan , using nettles , ferns , grasses or seeds , in all sorts of shades and styles . |
| 3 | There are certain sorts of clothes that make you an ‘ OK person ’ ( like Levi jeans or Reebok trainers ) . |
| 4 | You should use the time to have a good clear out , and then implement new systems , e.g. new homes for different sorts of clothes and belongings , and perhaps a formal filing system , if you do not already have on , for your loose papers . |
| 5 | Kodak , for example , is beginning to reap the same sorts of advantage as it carefully allocates supply among all its producing units . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , in the system 's lexicon , absolute constraints are specified on the sorts of constants and predicate arguments . |
| 7 | There is , everybody has to acknowledge that there is a difference in the interpretation of what constitutes justice and one only has to see er , the sorts of attitude that are put across by certain judges , as to , erm , rape cases , and abuse cases , and how they , the press would have us believe , pat people over the head and tell them to go away and not do it again . |
| 8 | Here near to Foxton are examples of all sorts of things that excite the blood of the canal enthusiast : a delightful cut through the centre of the village taking the boatman to the once prosperous wharves and building yards of Market Harborough ; a wonderful hand-operated swingbridge allowing the more adventurous visitors to negotiate Swingbridge Lane on their own ; visible and tangible memories of boatmen 's inns . |
| 9 | One of the marvellous things about this record is that there 's so many references to all sorts of things that have happened to us over the last couple of years . |
| 10 | And before the children left they were given a carrier bag with all sorts of things that you could think of and to see the delight on those little children 's faces ! |
| 11 | So when you first get a bruise injury those are the sorts of things that happen . |
| 12 | Looking at the sorts of things that Paul writes about as well , you 'll see that there is a change in material ; up to now , he has been writing about Christian doctrine . |
| 13 | And the problem is , although they are er very negative for the environment , they destroy rivers , they effect the navigation , they are quite popular with the population , with the peasants , with the indians , because they bring money , they bring activities , they bring weapons , they bring all sorts of things that break the isolation of those populations that live along the rivers or er in the middle of the forest . |
| 14 | These soft facts include the sorts of things that the people in the problem area are worried about , the social roles which the people within the situation think are important , and the sort of behaviour which is expected of people in these roles . |
| 15 | " But pots are spectacular for adding interest and raising cuttings and all sorts of things that friends give me . " |
| 16 | Well listen , is it is it just hairpieces that look funny you 've got something against , or have you got something against all sorts of things that men put on their heads ? |
| 17 | The Thatcher administration , on the other hand , ‘ do not believe that the community as a whole should continue to pay for all sorts of things that it has paid for in the past … |
| 18 | I think Berkshire had a very rough ride and others too and they 're saying exactly the sorts of things that are being said in this county and it may be the last strategic plan on the county too , so it 's a very important document . |
| 19 | What can we get out of it and we 'll do that tomorrow , we 'll derive y'know estimates of expectations , co-efficients and and elasticities and it 's those sorts of things that you might be asked to in an exam but , you wo n't need to derive anything in your exams |
| 20 | So these are the sorts of things that you want to be looking for . |
| 21 | But I wish to relate to the council a particular episode , which I hope will convey something to those people who are perhaps still wavering erm , and whilst we all have principle stands on issues it behoves us as members to consider the views of our constituents and the sorts of things that take place in our wards . |
| 22 | They would n't add up to the sorts of things that we 've got . |
| 23 | Okay , it starts so what we 're talking there in text books you 'll find they define groups in terms of their structure and their composition and they 're the sorts of things that they usually pick out Okay , there 's a lot of work then on interaction in groups . |
| 24 | ‘ The normal sorts of things that make up one 's life . |
| 25 | Suddenly I realised that there were all sorts of things that I wanted to do that I had n't done . |
| 26 | And she came up with all sorts of things that she would like for the the new Wandsbergh development . |
| 27 | it 's not pronounced in mine , but , some er they say that with where it 's gone away , you know , there 's all sorts of things that can prove it I mean the obvious thing is we came from somewhere did n't we ? , we did n't just drop here with a flash of light and er they 've studied plants and other animals and they evolved . |
| 28 | or a bit of mould in one of the sockets it used to click all the phones when anybody made a call and er , all , all sorts of things that , I would of thought ah there 's a faulty phone somewhere and it 's degenerating and er we went round and waste every single one out , every single one , went to this extension pressed line three , play it down and the phone rang , I thought right it 's not a phone , I changed the cabinet , I changed all the cards and the cards in one big one , I had one three |
| 29 | Er , today and every day , almost , a question of the police , at the moment , there is this business going on , er , in in London , at Stoke Newington , over the fact that , the charges against the police for corruption , being involved with all sorts of things that they should n't , er , and we are living through a time , where the police is having to fight a battle for it 's own respect . |
| 30 | At the beginning of the nineteenth century you get people like Jane Austen writing , writing about heroines with minds of their own , women who can actually think and talk and do all sorts of things that very often in literature women had n't been conceptualised as doing before . |