Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [pron] [adv] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any event , do not descend to the clichés of politician and journalist for whom all changes are ‘ dramatic ’ , all majorities are ‘ vast ’ and all proportions are ‘ mammoth ’ . |
| 2 | Their neoclassical enthusiasms are an indication of their isolation from what even Jovellanos could term ‘ the vulgar and idiotic people ’ who preferred the Spanish drama to the precepts of Boileau . |
| 3 | Blood on them there brows . |
| 4 | Ken was as always a perfect raconteur during his off-stage moments while in Lettuce . |
| 5 | But there is no invention possible , whether it be philosophical or poetic , without the presence in the inventing subject of an abundance of the other , of the diverse … there is no invention of other I's , no poetry , no fiction without a certain homosexuality ( interplay therefore of bisexuality ) making in me a crystallized work of my ultra subjectivities . |
| 6 | In particular , they are required not to deal ( save in limited circumstances ) during certain " closed periods " , ie two months prior to the preliminary announcement of the company 's annual results and the announcement of its half-yearly results . |
| 7 | But you can bet he knows retsina , the national wine with what even locals call an acquired taste ; ouzo , the aperitif that could blow off your sunburn if you do n't watch your step ; the taramasalata fish roe dip ; vine leaves stuffed with mincemeat , rice and herbs ; and keftedes meatballs . |
| 8 | In what has been described , we have moved from a model of a community in which neighbourly acts were performed within clearly defined limits , with reciprocal benefits looming large , to a model in which , so far as very old people are concerned , such acts are more often the product of altruism ( remembering that this does not deny gratification to the giver ) and of a more systematic attempt to offer and channel care appropriately . |
| 9 | Those who ‘ have a way with animals ’ are essentially kind of heart and wish them no ill — a mental vibration to which both animals and humans respond with trust . |
| 10 | The Kingman Committee had to pay considerable attention to what both teachers and pupils need to know . |
| 11 | Is the Nat Sec the person through whom all dealings with the nation 's Churches at central level are to be conducted ( eg Synods , Assemblies , central women 's organisations , youth offices etc ) ? |
| 12 | Is Nat Sec the person through whom all dealings with government departments are to be channelled ( eg Dept of Education , Dept of Environment who are responsible for house to house collections in N.I ) ? |
| 13 | It was recorded of him that he sang with the monks in the divine offices ; when taunted by the king for his clerkly tastes , he responded that an illiterate king was a crowned ass ( a cliché much favoured in twelfth-century Angevin circles , for it sprang from a sense of family superiority — the counts of Anjou were , by any standards , learned men ) . |
| 14 | All the while icy fingers were touching the back of her neck-ghostly reminders of the past . |
| 15 | alternative name for the Earl Marshal 's or Marshalsea Court in which only lawyers who were members of Clifford 's Inn were allowed to practise . |
| 16 | I am the person on whom all hopes are pinned , ’ he said . |
| 17 | He 's to come up after we goes down — so 's there 'll be no bumping into each other on them there stairs . |
| 18 | Polanyi , we saw earlier , has drawn attention to the ‘ tacit ’ knowledge by which even scientists with their supposedly elaborated codes proceed in their work . |
| 19 | This line of argument does not demand an exercise in conspiracy theory sociology , or even a belief in premeditated state malice , only an acceptance of the realities of the world of policy formulation in which both issues and policy prescriptions are not structured solely by empirical reality . |
| 20 | The Raybestos struggle was important as the only struggle in which both workers and community activists were involved , though not , unfortunately , in alliance with each other . |
| 21 | My thanks are owed to countless sportsmen and women for providing ammunition for my fortnightly meanderings . |
| 22 | The eagerness of senators to address voter anxiety over the current level of crime in advance of the 1992 elections was demonstrated by the manner in which both Democrats and Republicans attempted to claim credit for the anti-crime package . |
| 23 | Areas of the economy in which formerly goods and services such as medicine , education , transport and energy were supplied by the private sector , have been taken over by the public sector and the key issues as to how much should be supplied and at what price , have been decided directly or indirectly by the ballot box rather than the market place . |
| 24 | While , since the changes recommended by Griffiths , there is a key managerial cadre in district health authorities , health remains an area of social policy in which professionals-particularly doctors and nurses — have extensive degrees of autonomy . |
| 25 | But he always wanted to be the one in control , the top dog , to be the one who could take off on a whim and relate his volatility to democratic individual freedom to do as one pleased — a special privilege to which only Americans were supposed to be entitled . |
| 26 | So there is a sense in which both companies and banks have found the financial system mutually beneficial . |
| 27 | There was a sense in which both Whigs and Tories made the Revolution , and could claim it as their own ; but because of the compromises which had to be worked out , both were left feeling dissatisfied with the eventual outcome , something which helps to explain why partisan strife continued to grow in intensity after 1689 . |
| 28 | What was this glider doing on an operation in which apparently gliders were not involved ? |
| 29 | This was the man to whom all things were known ; this was the king who knew the countries of the world . |
| 30 | James Sutherland 's description of eighteenth century poetry as a dinner-party to which only men are invited may be justified in relation to the traditional canon of polite verse . |