Example sentences of "a [noun] [conj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every time BBCBASIC(Z80) encountered a FOR , REPEAT , GOSUB , FN or PROC statement it " pushes " the return address on to a " stack " and every time it encountered a NEXT , UNTIL , RETURN statement or the end of a function or procedure it " pops " the latest return address of the stack and goes back there . |
| 2 | As explained in the " Program Flow Control " sub-section , every time BBCBASIC(Z80) encounters a FOR , REPEAT , GOSUB , FN or PROC statement it " pushes " the return address on to a " stack " and every time it encounters a NEXT , UNTIL , RETURN statement or the end of a function or procedure it " pops " the latest return address of the stack and goes back there . |
| 3 | In a developed legal system the rules of recognition are of course more complex ; instead of identifying rules exclusively by reference to a text or list they do so by reference to some general characteristic possessed by the primary rules . |
| 4 | Charitably , you might say they represent the struggle of a generation to come to terms with a responsibility and authority they would once have rejected . |
| 5 | Also , adoption can not always prove successful for many people specifically want a boy or a girl or if the child has a deformity or abnormality it is often very hard to find a home for . |
| 6 | The dark , brooding look about him , so daunting at their first meeting , was missing these days , replaced by a zest and animation she knew must have been the norm for Penry Vaughan before his marriage — or before his divorce , she corrected herself . |
| 7 | Just move onto the next one then media trainer I started talking to the training school about doing some training for officers it started with C I D cos you often find that a D S is an acting D I and when we asked them to do an interview about a crime or incident they say we 've not done radio interviews before , so Phil has er supported it and we 're gon na run some sort of training scheme one day courses for them . |
| 8 | As a priest and bishop he was not marked by revolutionary fervour — on the contrary , he was deeply conservative and disapproved of ‘ political ’ priests . |
| 9 | Madam Deputy Speaker I only wanted to make a short intervention er er on this point and I think I will return to it from time to time because it is a perennial , annual problem of every time the minister introduces a a rule and regulation we can understand it 's extremely useful and how can one say that er regulations about fraud are not useful , it 's just the culture of our country has been besieged by these rules and regulations and I 'm surprised that anybody can actually make any profit or do any business simply because of the weight of officialdom and the weight of rules and regulations which prevents them from getting above er the the surface . |
| 10 | But with toilets , a telephone and electricity it seemed the ideal place to settle down . |
| 11 | Her powerful twin Paxman engines gave her a range and reliability we had long sought after and the increased accommodation meant that more revenue work could be carried out by a crew of eight customs officers . |
| 12 | As a diplomat and administrator he really belonged to the Imperialist age before the discovery of oil and could be rather paternalistic in his attitudes . |
| 13 | But he see a cat and choo he 's gone |
| 14 | Mr Hurd , Foreign Secretary , dismissed claims by Mr Ashdown that in a pact or coalition he would be able to prevent Labour introducing its proposed higher tax rates on middle managers . |
| 15 | All I know is that there are men here who have a courage and quality I 'll put my shirt on . |
| 16 | Present it to Walter Raleigh , Sitting Bull , Napoleon , Julius Caesar or even the man on the Athens omnibus circa 100 BC and explain to him that this is not the work of God or the Devil but a few clever chaps in a place and time they 've never heard of . |
| 17 | They have some kind of summer apprentice programme — you know , they pay you a stipend and farm you out to some posh house like Givenchy or Calvin Klein . ’ |
| 18 | Not exactly lazy — although that is how he describes himself-as a delegator and motivator he had always excelled and now found himself less directly occupied . |
| 19 | ‘ People say because I have a wife and baby I 'm not committed as before do n't believe them ’ |
| 20 | Brewers may thus formulate a character and emphasis it in the beer . |
| 21 | When you show the results of your labour to a friend or relative they do not make a minute examination of every component . |
| 22 | If you can not fit the materials yourself , ask a friend or relation you trust to do it for you . |
| 23 | So we had to as soon as they come we had to open a trench and heel them in do you see . |
| 24 | George was a Sheffield man , and proud of it , accent and all , although everyone agreed that if George was dressed in a loincloth and turban he would make a very impressive hillman of the Khyber Pass , with his dark hair and very tanned skin . |
| 25 | Resource-based learning can last as little as ten minutes : a child 's scrutiny of a repeating film-loop which teaches him a concept or skill he will need for the next part of his programme ; a short programmed exercise that enables him to test his grasp of an idea or piece of knowledge before embarking on a larger exercise ; a work-card unit giving practise in loading a projector or using a subject catalogue . |
| 26 | When the vibrations meet a solid object like a wall or window it will respond by vibrating , . |
| 27 | It would become the fulcrum around which Williams ' political career was built , for as a scholar and teacher he recognised , as did Aristotle , that education is politics . |
| 28 | If a service or facility you would like is not available , ask about it . |
| 29 | If a service or facility you would like is not available , ask about it . |
| 30 | About once a week or fortnight I had to attend some quite high-powered meetings in London to which James came too , as I was feeding him at the time . |