Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [coord] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came in an open-necked shirt and walked to the makeshift podium without a very obvious security presence . |
| 2 | The most common drill — and this is even practised by the better players who may be struggling with their groundstrokes — is to put targets within 60–90cm ( 2–3ft ) of the baseline and inside tramline and think in terms of rallying while aiming at the targeted areas . |
| 3 | a system designed for a specific user and to work as an integrated unit . |
| 4 | Reynolds worked to win the church political esteem and influence through its contributions to affairs of state . |
| 5 | Misha Glenny takes us through the historical background to the war , before giving us a more detailed account of the political manoeuvring and stirring from August 1990 to May 1992 . |
| 6 | She 's just got him out of prison after making all that money and going through all that shit for him , he finally comes home , and all he wants to do is watch the match on the telly . |
| 7 | you can actually have that money and give to your daughter , okay ? |
| 8 | A bargaining strategy is the broad framework or plan for obtaining your overall objective . |
| 9 | People with mental disorder are no different from anyone else in wanting to live in good , decent housing , and local authority housing departments and housing associations are often willing to discriminate in favour of mentally disordered individuals in making properties available for rent , provided they can be assured that tenants will receive the right support and help from skilled professionals when they need it . |
| 10 | Another important purpose was to use the village Soviets as gates through which peasants would enter into wider administrative experience and escape from the stifling parochialism of the mir and the skhod . |
| 11 | By this time the wiring was a complete write-off and had to be replaced during lengthy repairs . |
| 12 | These phenomena can not be used as a warning of incipient fracture because , to observe the effects , it is necessary to cut thin sections of the stressed part and to look at it in an optical microscope . |
| 13 | Some further evidence of the complexities involved in handling the problems of the relationship between social and economic change and change in the family comes from accounts of the way in which families handle problems of migration in societies undergoing processes of urbanization and industrialization . |
| 14 | It leads unerringly over an intervening ridge and descends to the A.82 at the head of Glen Coe , providing excellent views throughout . |
| 15 | Seminar participants agreed that communication — including the ability to listen and hear , as well as to inform — is a key element in the struggle to overcome political apathy and to advance on the road to democracy . |
| 16 | When one came under the hammer in Morgan 's — the boat belonged to a fisherman who no longer required it — it drew strong bidding and sold for £2,000 . |
| 17 | And I was delighted to have the neighbourhood laid out for me in the way a child sees its domain , and to earn a little money and receive from Mme Bluot the excellent unsold cakes and breads she would otherwise have had Didier feed to the ducks . |
| 18 | He could not , however , turn this sympathy to good effect and his New Party , formed in March 1931 with the aid of £50,000 from William Morris , the later Lord Nuffield , failed to attract widespread political support and collapsed into political oblivion at the general election of October 1931 . |
| 19 | If fleeing fails and the prey is cornered , it may make a last-ditch stand and turn on its tormentor . |
| 20 | I should have realised that from the fact that Micky said ‘ Oh Lord ’ — an expression , incidentally , that was n't in the script of the play and that he had never used in his life — before he turned round from the Hooded Owl and looked into the wings . |
| 21 | Trent walked round through the lean-to kitchen and stood in the doorway , from where he could see into the restaurant . |
| 22 | A : Obviously , I have personal feelings against Rottweilers , but I 'm calling for a total ban or muzzling in public places which should be extended to Dobermans and German Shepherds . |
| 23 | Brush lightly with a little milk and bake at 220C/425F/Gas 7 for 12–15 minutes until well risen and golden brown on the bottom of the scones . |
| 24 | The words ‘ I ask you , son , to care for the lands which will come to you with your usual diligence and look after them so that they may come to your sons ’ , although they do not sufficiently express a trust but advice rather than obligation to leave the lands , are none the less regarded as having the force of a trust in favour of the grandsons after the death of their father . |
| 25 | I have complete faith and trust in the universe . |
| 26 | It rules out any accidental exposure and exposing to males . |
| 27 | He was arrested by a uniformed PC and charged with assault causing actual bodily harm . |
| 28 | Although broader than the days when Lord Rothschild described it as populated entirely by men who ‘ are aged fifty-three , live in the South East , have the right accent and belong to the Reform Club ’ , it is hardly representative of the population as a whole . |
| 29 | He glanced in that direction and stiffened with alarm . |
| 30 | Courses primarily of the one-hour-a-week variety and based on vocabulary with English — sign equivalents can do no more than serve as an introduction . |