Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | And Joe 's mum give me mostly pound coins and get it changed for a ten pound note . |
2 | One may presume that the standard of living of both these groups was above the national average , and that this could have given them better resistance to disease than their poorer neighbours . |
3 | In five years a machine is counted as nothing in the balance sheet , but people count and age makes them more experienced , gives them better judgement — if they 're capable of learning , which most people are . |
4 | The lady who ran Ruane 's office said the dispenser was giving them better coffee , better chocolate , than any time in the last nine years . |
5 | I have a Series III 2,25 diesel and would like an engine that will give me better performance but maintain economy . |
6 | There is also to be a polo tournament for complete teams of non-polo players at £20 per team for whom all equipment will be supplied . |
7 | He symbolizes man liberated by reason from the fear of death , the optimist for whom all truth is rationally accessible and knowledge of the truth a panacea . |
8 | Viewed structurally and organically , it is the firing line manager in whom all authority and responsibility centre ; only what he can not do himself passes up to higher management ’ . |
9 | Why , it is in the power of Jesus to whom all authority in heaven and earth is entrusted ; this Jesus is with them always in their mission , to the end of the age ; and naturally , therefore , they baptise men not only into the possession , the ‘ name ’ , of God the Father and the Lord Jesus , but into the sphere of that Holy Spirit who makes real to them the presence of the risen Christ , and empowers them for their work of making him known ( Matt. 28:18–20 ) . |
10 | ‘ I 'll miss you though , Kate , you 've kept me together body and soul since I lost Mandy . |
11 | That is well recognised by the Government , to whom much credit is due . |
12 | My fathers and grandfathers all worked in the slate , they seen nothing only slate . |
13 | He mixed her a dry martini from a collection of decanters on a silver tray — nothing so arriviste as a drinks cupboard or private bar — set on a small table . |
14 | SunSoft officials like Jim Billmaier were surprised that the eight-points included in the statement were committed to paper , believing them only discussion items for an independent software vendor rally held at PC Expo in New York City last week . |
15 | At Play In The Fields Of The Lord ( 15 ) Hector Babenco 's lengthy ( over three hours ) but stunningly-wrought ecological tragedy , shot entirely on location in Amazonia , centres on a group of missionaries and a Cheyenne half-breed who set out in different ways to ‘ save ’ a tribe of rain-forest Indians but bring them only death , disease and destruction . |
16 | Most of them only sound as if they are . ) |
17 | It ill becomes a foreigner to look in and pontificate on a short visit but it seemed to me that Australia as a rich country had given them only material goods , which merely sapped their self-sufficiency and their self-respect . |
18 | Her work with children and women had brought them together ocean . |
19 | And that 's why this is very interesting for you because you now know what your preference is and what you need to think about is that I may be a very high reflector , but I can see there 's , there 's Lou in particular was a very strong activist and when I put them together training , I need to ensure that it 's not the way I like to learn , it is a balanced approach others can also gain , I need to ensure that others gain from this . |
20 | Fully 77 per cent of our panel throughout the campaign rated these issues as ‘ extremely important ’ for their voting choice , but television news gave them less coverage than defence , though more than unemployment and inflation . |
21 | Hard-up parents are giving them less pocket money . |
22 | The activities of illegal immigrant vessels were as manna from heaven to the media who naturally gave them much publicity . |
23 | But away from the cameras few people gave them much chance of a future together . |
24 | This group 's unsuccessful conduct of the war incurred them much unpopularity , and discontent at their domination of the king , together with rumours of corruption , self-seeking and extortion , underlay the commons ' attack upon them in the Good Parliament of 1376 . |
25 | Now when Simon saw that the spirit was bestowed through the laying on of the apostles hands , he offered them much money , saying , give this authority to me as well , so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit . |
26 | It is true , these same trivial errors did cause me some anxiety at first , but once I had had time to diagnose them correctly as symptoms of nothing more than a straightforward staff shortage , I have refrained from giving them much thought . |
27 | Narrowly dyadic relationships of this kind show no tendency to proliferate outwards so as to form a wider network , and , since they are usually short-lived , anthropologists have not often given them much attention . |
28 | They gave them much latitude in day-to-day operations and allowed them to mould law and order policies according to counter-insurgency theories . |
29 | I would like to propose a toast to Annabelle and Steven , wishing them much joy and happiness for their future together . |
30 | These tasks are concentrated at the federal level , far more than was foreseen in 1949 , and with them naturally expenditure , bureaucracy and political power . |