Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [vb -s] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of my officials chairs the experts committee that laid the groundwork for this achievement . |
| 2 | Took a walk in the fields saw an old wood stile taken away from a favourite spot which it had occupied all my life the posts were overgrown with Ivy & it seemed so akin to nature & the spot where it stood as tho it had taken it on lease for an undisturbed existance it hurt me to see it was gone for my affections claims a friendship with such things but nothing is lasting in this world last year Langley Bush was destroyd an old white thorn that had stood for more than a century full of fame the gipsies shepherds & herdmen all had their tales of its history & it will be long ere its memory is forgotten . |
| 3 | One of my sows has a litter about three days old . |
| 4 | One of my characters owns a cafe but I wo n't be seen peeling any spuds . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Every single car that comes through my hands gets the treatment , ’ the father said . |
| 6 | The diamond ring presented by two out of three Anglo-Saxon swains to their fiancées declares the enduring nature of their mutual love , just as the fact that the ring bestowed at their wedding , traditionally made of untarnishable gold , marks the entry into a permanent relationship . |
| 7 | The financial accounting question comes down to this : which year(s) bears the 10,000 ? |
| 8 | A school that loses sight of its values runs the risk that it ceases to be a school at all , and becomes instead just a learning centre , the sort of educational service station that the sub-text of the 1988 Act seems to envisage . |
| 9 | Scientia , or scientific knowledge , consists of syllogisms such that the derivation of conclusions from their premisses mirrors the ‘ flowing ’ of properties from forms . |
| 10 | The lumpy smoothness of all its surfaces reinforces the sense that Plenty is something organic , something that was generated , not constructed . |
| 11 | The section on the analysis of anti-infectives and their metabolites covers the analysis of a wide range of anti-infectives — from β-lactam drugs to antivirals such as AZT — by using both chromatographic and immunoassay techniques . |
| 12 | Bowing to their demands puts the new government squarely on the side of the anti-reformers . |
| 13 | The sum of the first two gives the number of days in the week , the sum of all three gives the number of months in the year , and the sum of their squares gives the number fifty . |
| 14 | An otter is about three feet long and its tails adds a further fifteen or sixteen inches . |
| 15 | Easily Accessible : Emplins is situated in a conservation area in the village of Gamlingay , which among its attractions boasts a vineyard producing white wine , Hayley Wood , a naturalists ' paradise . |
| 16 | It might be argued that violation of the treaty by its parties constitutes a fundamental change of circumstances justifying Protocol States in terminating their commitments . |
| 17 | From a positive standpoint , however , the view of the state as decentralizing its functions captures an important feature of reality . |
| 18 | The resulting explosions and the unmistakable scramble of stunt men who are literally running for their lives adds a vital touch to the scene . |
| 19 | For example , a loan agreement may provide that a disposal of the assets of the holding company or of any of its subsidiaries requires the prior written consent of the lender . |
| 20 | For example , in a table showing the highest temperature in each month in a country , a question phrased " When is it hottest ? " has to be interpreted as " Which month(s) has the highest temperature ? " ) — computational requirements ; ( Any requirement to process data spread from a table , no matter how easy , increases difficulty ( e.g. doubling , subtraction ) ) . |
| 21 | Criticising other people for their inadequacies puts a tremendous burden of perfectionism on the sufferer in his or her own activities . |
| 22 | He recognizes the mythology of its English adherents , in which all criticism of their ideas attracts the charge of ‘ a characteristically insular suspicion of nasty foreign ideas ’ , but he is prepared to risk it , continuing : |
| 23 | Bunny loves cooking ( she is trained to cordon bleu standard ) and after a lifetime 's experience of entertaining , cooking for her guests presents no problem . |
| 24 | Looked at from the other side , it should be realized that blandly-flavoured foods reduced the strong and exotic taste of many herbs , and this is where the secret of using herbs in cooking lies — to use herbs in such quantities that the strength of their flavours balances the strength and flavour of the food to which they are added . |
| 25 | This must be the most widely document in the world , and yet for most breakfasters , the story behind its contents remains a secret . |
| 26 | After this initial time of taking in the news and trying to deal with its implications comes a time of absorbing the message given and trying to act on it . |
| 27 | Some male damselflies stay with their mates after copulation and fight off any other males who come near ; only after the female has laid her eggs does the male leave her . |
| 28 | Reducing their earnings lowers the airline 's cost curves and therefore will most likely cause the airline to reduce its prices . |
| 29 | However , the fact that contractors have allowed Thames to bore a hole in their earnings reveals the true nature of the relationship . |
| 30 | The very extremism of its fears reflects a prevailing naivety , or innocence . |