Example sentences of "[adj] sort [prep] [noun] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was simply not the time or space to enter into the detailed sort of discussion which accompanied the Brixton riot . |
| 2 | A different sort of exhibition which has had some success in attracting attention , and thus newspaper coverage , is the prize competition . |
| 3 | Again , it 's a similar sort of issue which is it 's it is difficult to put across that if you notice you have n't got a fire warden there and that 's your only |
| 4 | Although , as I soon found out , the Russians themselves were models of inefficiency and poor organization , they nevertheless believed that anything that went wrong was a deliberate act of sabotage rather than the normal sort of mistake which occurs in every large organization . |
| 5 | The friends she had made were the dependable , kindly sort of people whose company would give her pleasure and support in the years to come , as their affection towards her , in these last few terrible weeks , had shown so clearly . |
| 6 | In the words of two proponents of the view , it is " the emerging view of the mind as software or programme — as an abstract sort of thing whose identity is independent of any particular physical embodiment " . |
| 7 | It 's an uplifting , spiritual sort of record which almost justifies its outrageous boast of encapsulating the entire history of Rock'n'Roll in 65 minutes . |
| 8 | Its drawbacks were obvious , but so long as the tsar sought noble acquiescence in reform it probably represented the only sort of emancipation which had a chance of reaching the statute book . |
| 9 | He kissed me again , a different , unanguished sort of kiss which was somehow much more difficult to bear than the other . |
| 10 | The fact that Fields had arrived out of the blue , managed to sell Branson the basic idea of an airline and walked away six months later on his way to a million pounds … that was evidence of a particular sort of skill which Branson could appreciate . |
| 11 | So erm they used to put some meat by for her to er on the cheap sort of thing what was left over on a Saturday then my mother 'd get lots of meat and that you know cheap . |