Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If political groups and parties atrophy into a façade behind which there hides nothing but the power struggles of bureaucrats in the party apparatus , then a pluralist , democratic society will be transformed into a mass of isolated individuals whose political thinking is uniformly directed by the mass media … |
| 32 | Lord Atkin laid down the narrow rule in Donoghue v Stevenson [ 1932 ] AC 562 : A manufacturer of products , which he sells in such a form as to show that he intends them to reach the ultimate consumer in the form in which they left him with no reasonable possibility of intermediate examination , and with the knowledge that the absence of reasonable care in the preparation or putting up of the products will result in an injury to the consumer 's life or property , owes a duty to the consumer to take reasonable care . |
| 33 | This accommodation , named " Hudson Flats " , bears witness not only to the enthusiasm with which the late Jimmy Hudson and his wife Mary worked for the provision of annual " Old Folks ' Holidays " , but also to the sum of £72,000 which they raised themselves towards the purchase of this property . |
| 34 | The lampreys ( Petromyzon ) are rather nasty external parasites of other fish , to which they attach themselves with a sucker , and proceed to rasp away at the living flesh . |
| 35 | Why should I believe these people that one small grey lump which they showed me on a screen is a threat to my life ? |
| 36 | The inclusion of a counselling element into such groups is based on the understanding of their potential value in facilitating and enabling personal change , by helping group members understand their own thoughts and feelings , and in changing their coping behaviour to the situations in which they find themselves within the group . |
| 37 | They had certain tricks and devices by which they avenged themselves on the interlopers , but these took up time and energy and , since they were young and inexperienced , frequently rebounded on themselves , although Sam , by dint of great perseverance and the manifestation of genuine hatred , had recently succeeded in ridding her home of her mother 's latest lover . |
| 38 | As Winston Churchill was to write : ‘ Honour must ever be done to the Tsar and Russian nation for the noble ardour and loyalty with which they hurled themselves into the war . ’ |
| 39 | He opted for the latter route and took up the gauntlet he saw set before him by steeling himself for a career as a boxer , a career in which he distinguished himself as a man of immense resolve and purposefulness . |
| 40 | The point is that Knighton , for all the ludicrous exhibitionism with which he announced himself to the Stretford End , decided to withdraw , despite evidence that he could indeed finance the original deal . |
| 41 | Meredith 's senses were alerted to his hard , firm male body , the command with which he manoeuvred them around the square , the pressure of his fingers against her supple spine . |
| 42 | It is evident that Ricardou had established a new doxa of reflexivity from which no deviations could be permitted , such was the extent to which he saw himself as the custodian of a radical modernity . |
| 43 | It must be admitted that a great deal of what Judaeo-Christianity has to say about the ‘ goodness ’ of God is based upon claims about the way in which He involves himself in the historical process . |
| 44 | No wonder Edward , in order to protect suitors from ecclesiastical censures or reprisals , made available a new form of the writ which was issued ‘ on behalf of many ’ — ex relatu plurium — in which he substituted himself for the unnamed petitioner or petitioners ; this form of the writ enjoyed wider popularity after the Council of Reading . |
| 45 | This may have contributed to the vigour with which he immersed himself in the growing student unrest that was a feature if the political upheavals of the time . |
| 46 | The distinctive sloping pantile roof of the Chapel of Reconciliation came into view and soon we were descending stiffly from the coaches and joyfully into church to receive a special word of welcome from our Bishop , in which he reminded us of the purpose of a pilgrimage , together with our special intentions . |
| 47 | He was , too , extremely accomplished with pastel , as demonstrated in Sun and Storm , Market Place , Norwich 1928 , in which he indulges himself in a drama of contrasted tones and forceful handling rare in his oeuvre . |
| 48 | The conduct of the ministers was provocative , but Taylor 's treatment of them was more severe than that of his Archbishop , John Bramhall , who when faced with the same situation devised a form of letters , acceptable to the Presbyterians , by which he supplied them with the qualifications which they lacked , so that they were able to retain their livings . |
| 49 | Before Ronny Jordan was born , his mother 's landlord had a dream in which he pictured her beside a guitar . |
| 50 | Nonetheless , the main thrust of Kandel 's findings and the theoretical framework within which he set them during the 1970s and 1980s have until recently scarcely been challenged . |
| 51 | In all this , remember that the phenotypic effects of a gene are the tools by which it levers itself into the next generation . |
| 52 | However , the government initiative of 1984 , in which it commits itself to a policy of records of achievement for all pupils , states : |
| 53 | The status which it gave him as a disinherited lord led him to oppose the Anglo-Scottish truce of 1323 and helped to persuade him to turn his coat shortly afterwards . |
| 54 | Everyone who made it to the summit was rewarded with a magnificent panoramic view . |
| 55 | ‘ I hope you do n't suspect everyone who got something from the will , ’ said Dr Mortimer . |
| 56 | They were great champions and everyone who saw them on the ice thought they were lovers . |
| 57 | When Suor Eusebia saw me she greeted me with an approving smile . |
| 58 | Two days ago my neighbour told me she saw him with a crowd down an entry . |
| 59 | With me she had none of the shyness she had exhibited in Byron 's company the evening before . |
| 60 | You 're telling me she gave herself to the German to stop him finding the wine ? |