Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The panel will try to assess the recruit 's ability to remain impartial and courteous even under pressure and their ability to keep any strong opinions they may have from influencing the advice process . |
| 2 | He recovered his rudeness , and said , " I do n't care what sort of bloody birds you 're after . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , Anderson says of the president , ‘ Over the years he made all the key decisions on the economic strategies he finally embraced . |
| 4 | Smith had a wide circle of friends who included the members of the locally influential Brigg family , Sir Isaac Holden , first MP for Keighley , John Bright , whose free-trade views he shared unreservedly , John Morley ( Viscount Morley of Blackburn ) , Sir Henry Roscoe , and , not least , Andrew Carnegie [ qq.v. ] , whom he considered the most remarkable man that he had ever met . |
| 5 | In telephone calls and private meetings they are saying : ‘ Do n't do anything to rock the boat . |
| 6 | In general , on small-scale maps it is of course quite pointless to be too precise . |
| 7 | We provide a full sailing programme with rescue cover at least six hours a day ; we do n't allow sailing in strong winds without rescue cover , so if level 5 sailors ( can carve gybe ) wish to sail outside normal hours they must arrange alternative rescue cover . |
| 8 | But what Sheriff Irvine Smith has , with compelling cause shown , denied us in his Introduction he has amply redeemed in the justiciary cases he has placed before us and in his commentary thereon . |
| 9 | Although she felt a little guilty about letting him do it Sally found she quite liked the feel of his fingers stroking her flesh and teasing her nipples but when he tried to put his hand up her skirt beneath her scratchy petticoats she tried to stop him . |
| 10 | There is n't , you know , there is n't one thing is that we need to , with the short-term programmes we did n't do it work out the financial we need to go one stage further identify where the labour is |
| 11 | Despite the conflicting accounts it is clear that Richard had the upper hand and that William des Barres lost his valuable war-horse . |
| 12 | Instead you list some possible rewards he may be gaining from the phone calls : |
| 13 | With the right accessories it can also be used for metal filing , wood and plastic rasping , and for brushing ! |
| 14 | Notwithstanding the Working Party 's efforts to clarify and simplify the problem of providing protection against fire in high-bay warehouses it must be made clear that the subject is one where there is a significant difference of opinion amongst experts as to the most effective method . |
| 15 | By examining the details visible on surviving coins it is possible to identify coins struck from the same die or dies , for they will show no divergence whatsoever in the details of the designs ( fig. 6 ) . |
| 16 | The high cost of housing in the north London area was proving a barrier to the recruitment of people with the rare technical skills it required . |
| 17 | Building on solid foundations it is extremely encouraging to report that last year we saw a dramatic increase in the numbers of candidate entries . |
| 18 | The loss of such a man at most other clubs would have spelt disaster , but Chapman had foreseen the danger and the solid foundations he had built at the club enabled Arsenal to win another League Championship the following year . |
| 19 | Mr Kinnock has to be protected from questions because he is likely to give the wrong answers , even about specific Labour policies he is supposed to know by heart . |
| 20 | In seeking to account for the shortcomings which have previously been identified in respect of our conventional political institutions it may be helpful to make use of a typology developed in a slightly different though related context by Kamenka and Tay ( Kamenka and Tay , 1975 ; Kamenka and Tay , 1980 ) . |
| 21 | But they 're not like real Rickenbacker necks , since they have kicked-back headstocks and no walnut stripes , and in fact they look and feel like the standard Korean-issue necks you 'd find on a hundred other guitars . |
| 22 | With the right policies they believed it was possible to reduce inflation without incurring excessive levels of unemployment — to keep prices down and to sustain economic growth at the same time . |
| 23 | As an example of the geographical comparison of normal patterns we can compare the relative incidence of coins of the first two centuries AD in two different areas such as Britain and Italy . |
| 24 | But if the youngster follows normal patterns he will return home after the tests to await the selection of the donor and final preparations for the NHS hospital procedure . |
| 25 | But if the youngster follows normal patterns he will return home after the tests to await the selection of the donor and final preparations for the NHS hospital procedure . |
| 26 | Another type of chart helps parents begin to stand back from the emotional reactions they have and see what is happening with their child . |
| 27 | Mosley repeatedly argued that his Blackshirt organization was a self-defence force and that although he could have disrupted other political meetings he never chose to do so . |
| 28 | Are there assumptions I can safely make about the language they understand , their level of awareness , the social and political groups they identify with ? |
| 29 | Walking towards the station , having promised to bring back with her all sorts of expensive food items Tina had requested from Selfridges ' Food Hall , Cecilia thought how much she liked living on her own and that at seventy-six she was too old to have Jasper and Bienvida running around her , fond of them as she was , not to mention Tina 's boyfriends and the odd hours she kept and her lying in bed till noon . |
| 30 | The British , Commonwealth and European titles he has won since then were all taken while fighting in London . |