Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [conj] [adv] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , clearly we are in a room full of people who have a more than marginal interest in the political process erm and that goes for your boundaries of Cambridge city councils er remit and clearly contains also to parliamentary methods erm I 'm trying not to be desperately partisan about this , I do n't expect anybody erm but a phrase has been used earlier this evening from another quarter about if it 's not broke do n't fix it , erm the boundary commission have looked at the boundaries of the Cambridge city constituency have found that it is up to ninety nine percent of the right and proper er number of electors . |
| 2 | The CBR is black-body radiation at 2.74 K that bathes the Earth 's orbit and presumably permeates the whole Universe . |
| 3 | The walk 's last leg follows the embankment of the world 's first electric road-railway , which used to take Victorian tourists from Portrush to the Giant 's Causeway but now covers only the easy descent into Portballintrae . |
| 4 | Well never can he and er the other partners with er the plant hire that 's been going for donkey 's ages and never shows a profit . |
| 5 | It will record all achievement within SCOTVEC 's provision and also has the capability of including success recorded by other organisations where this has been agreed . |
| 6 | The Profitboss takes pride in his company 's products and so does his team . |
| 7 | Meningococcal meningitis accounts for about half Britain 's cases and usually affects small children and young adults . |
| 8 | A labourer 's cottage that still stands at the edge of the former wood was a one bay dwelling , open to the rafters , built by John Hughes in the 1580s and enlarged by the Hanmers during the seventeenth century . |
| 9 | This would have been impossible with the yoke-harness , because as soon as the horse begins to pull with it the neck-strap presses on the animal 's windpipe and thus tends not only to restrict the flow of blood to its head , but also to suffocate it ! |
| 10 | his dad , played for Lincoln City and once for Darlington on loan ; eldest brother Mark was on Hartlepool 's books and now enjoys Northern League football with Murton . |
| 11 | Liked the fixed ones it uses a radar beam to detect a driver 's speed and then takes two photographs as evidence . |
| 12 | It then sticks its beak deep into the chick 's mouth and literally pumps the food into its throat . |
| 13 | Since Mr Haynes owns 62% of the group 's equity and gladly confesses to a liking for general publishing , it seems likely that his views on keeping the division will prevail . |
| 14 | He 'd been hired by the man 's parents but still faces up to 20 years in gaol . |
| 15 | She flits in and out of people 's lives and never stays long enough to allow anyone to get to know her . |
| 16 | This attitude both belittles the quality of the author 's work and also underestimates the wide reading and research which went into the creation of her most famous character . |
| 17 | He blames the disappearance of the North Bank for part of the club 's slump and also thinks an expensive midfield acquisition is a must . |
| 18 | If on the other hand he also had some burning when he passed a motion , his feet burned at night and his eyes were dry and burning , then it is clear that the sensation of ‘ burning ’ runs throughout many areas of the person 's body and so becomes characteristic of him as a whole , that is , it becomes General . |
| 19 | He comes home at 8am to snatch an hour 's snooze and then sets off on the bus for a full day 's preaching to the people whose failing legs ca n't get them to church . |
| 20 | This stimulates the note-maker 's imagination and also tends to make the note memorable . |
| 21 | It 's understanding the whys and wherefores of a dog 's behaviour that really pays dividends . |
| 22 | The section only enhances the buyer 's rights and therefore does not in any way reduce his right to sue the seller . |
| 23 | The Mercator projection gives a popular , rectilinear picture of the Earth 's surface but grossly exaggerates dimensions near the poles . |
| 24 | How does George feel about Martha 's father and how does this illustrate it ? |
| 25 | The latter was Derek 's choice and now hangs in pride of place in his Abernethy home . |
| 26 | It was a gladiator 's performance that again calls into question Manchester United 's decision to sell him for £750,000 in the close season . |
| 27 | The manager makes up his mind about the person 's performance and simply conveys this opinion . |
| 28 | I began this book with Gide 's chance encounter with Wilde in Algiers and , through Wilde , that momentous sexual encounter with Mohammed which profoundly changes Gide 's life and profoundly influences his art . |
| 29 | Illustrating twenty-six such fragments which have crept onto the art market in recent years , Wildenstein states that they were preserved against Monet 's instructions and drily declares that they have no artistic worth . |
| 30 | One prepares one 's Bill and then presents it as a petition to Parliament . |