Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got my own system for identification but I 'm not telling that fragolli anything . ’ |
| 2 | He also had another er , what we call a journey waybill and that , he used to record on there at each termini he used to record the time and the ticket numbers that he 'd got in his rack at that particular time , so it could be seen between certain times that a ticket perhaps was sold between Witton and Rushmere Heath . |
| 3 | ‘ Of course they are , but that bas nothing to do with it . |
| 4 | The council leader , Owen Taylor , said : ‘ We are being used as a scapegoat and that distresses me . |
| 5 | THAT CAPS IT ALL ! — yet another evocative photograph from the Rock Travel Company 's visit to Russia : Father Paul Moxon , of St Joseph 's , Wetherby ( right ) dons a typical Russian woolly hat while Vic Wilson , driver on the 6,000-mile journey , sports a police hat . |
| 6 | Unix now provides the user with access based upon the least privileges he or she requires to carry out their tasks . |
| 7 | ‘ Plus a few sketches he left behind , ’ added Reid . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've run up a few debts myself , you know ! |
| 9 | In 1170 he had persuaded Marie , Viscountess of Bearn , to do homage to him for all her lands — and this included some estates which , theoretically speaking , were within the duchy of Aquitaine . |
| 10 | British Telecommunications Plc said yesterday it plans to start selling satellite dishes and receivers by Christmas , making the move since it is one of the few activities it is allowed to pursue in the entertainment arena : ‘ We see it as a very important part of our wish to be part of the converging area of telephony , entertainment and computers , ’ the company told Reuter ; the company will reportedly source the equipment from two unidentified UK companies , in a move that is a significant threat to Amstrad Plc , whose shares fell tuppence to 31p . |
| 11 | There are some secrets which isolated cells or computers can not reveal . |
| 12 | ‘ Women have to have some secrets you know , ’ said Barbara Cartland , whose date of birth has been listed in Who 's Who only since her 90th birthday . |
| 13 | The few states which actually measured what was happening to landfill capacity reported that it was increasing , in some cases because more waste was being diverted to recycling or waste-to-energy plants . |
| 14 | The second point is that I 've , the Americans I , I , it 's one of the promises about street life in second from the bottom , two weeks in the winter , four weeks in the summer , well I know to my cost erm through my ear being blasted which is why you 're a County Councillor anyway , that it 's been six weeks at the present time , we 've had a lot of lights going down , okay we 're trying to improve it , we had people walking into cars , er , er a few burglaries which I 'm pleased to say the police have helped out in , but if we 're going to change and get it down from a level of six weeks to two weeks as it is in the area I represent , is that not a question of putting extra resources in it and there 's no good putting promises unless we can deliver . |
| 15 | The failure of the second coup attempt against General Noriega in less than two years has disappointed and enraged some Panamanians who felt the US missed a golden opportunity to use its troops to dispose of the general , indicted by the Americans on drug-smuggling charges last year . |
| 16 | ( 2 ) During an offer neither the offeror nor the board of the target company may provide information to some shareholders which is not made available to all . |
| 17 | I piled the kids and what few possessions we had into the pram and , balancing the baby bath on the hood , walked the few miles back to my Pop 's house . |
| 18 | I am left to live out my life with only the few possessions I have managed to buy from my pension , because of Gary . |
| 19 | He unzipped his bag and took out what few possessions he 'd been allowed to bring in to the cell : a small cassette-radio and a few tapes . |
| 20 | For anyone with few possessions who chose to contract a variety of debts , said Lord Althorp in a Commons debate in February 1820 on a Bill that would refine the 1813 legislation , it would only be ‘ a slight visitation ’ to have to surrender them to his creditors . |
| 21 | But there are quite a few contracts which are still temporary , most of them go to the end of June . |
| 22 | Similarly , a rise in the market rate of interest should make unprofitable some investments which were previously profitable , so that aggregate investment should fall . |
| 23 | This balance is important , since , for example , some accounts whose critical focus is the rise of the individual , private , property-owning self , almost appear to conspire with that reification of the self which they seek to criticize in contemporary culture , by isolating and concentrating on this single factor . |
| 24 | For some calls they wear plain clothes , but mostly work is done in uniform , as it must be if neighbourhood policing is to work . |
| 25 | On the other hand , it was sometimes difficult to be certain of this , for there were some lairds who took a very unfavourable view of such officers , and there was a danger that a politician who desired to win a friend might make a mortal enemy . |
| 26 | Some herbs which are tender can be dug up and planted in containers during early-mid autumn , first cutting off their no-longer-wanted top growth . |
| 27 | This herb has tiny leaves here , and is furiously strong : I made tea from some herbs I picked , put in a generous sprig of peppermint , and spat out the result in shock . |
| 28 | Hence if you have a few shapers you might have noticed the tendencies in the group group discussion that we had because there 'll be people digging in and saying no this is the right way to do it . |
| 29 | Those few authorities which do not at present have a policy on health education might care to consider the influence which this has on the development of school policy . |
| 30 | ‘ Some vegetables I 'm very fond of — peas I 'm relatively neutral about . ’ |