Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To extend a statute to a regrettably omitted case looks like legislation , whereas refusing to extend it to a casus male inclusus is more like imposing a provisional fetter on legislation ( provisional , because Parliament can always come back and include the case expressly if it wants to ) . |
| 2 | Would it prudent for me to consider both sets of minutes rather than us get into difficulty ? |
| 3 | In addition , one is struck by the importance of such factors as : vocal quality — this is Billie Holiday and could not be anyone else ; phrasing — that is , the way she places accents , alters the rhythm , often by stretching out notes so that they sound behind the beat instead of on it , and joins notes together , for example smoothly or with attacked consonants ; and pitch inflection — the way she sometimes slides up to or away from notes , hits them slightly ‘ off-pitch ’ , and so on . |
| 4 | Of course Luiza should n't be paired with the lanky and very young tenor ; they 'd have to replot the run-up to that part so that she came into the ballroom with someone else . |
| 5 | If you have not , will you use your good offices to nudge the Home Secretary in that direction so that he apologises to Winston Silcott and his family ? |
| 6 | We live in the kitchen together and I live in my studio alone . |
| 7 | Craig ran his hand through his hair so that it sprung into small curls giving him a rakish appearance . |
| 8 | The tears were moistening her hair so that it clung to her cheeks , and they did n't look like stopping . |
| 9 | A cool little breeze was blowing , and she shivered as it ran playfully over her heated skin and ruffled the long strands of her silvery hair so that it spilled like spun gold down her back , tangling with the lace . |
| 10 | He muttered something unrepeatable under his breath and wiped an exhausted hand upwards over his forehead , a distraught gesture which ruffled the short dark hair so that it stood on end . |
| 11 | We shall begin our investigation of how causative verbs interact with the infinitive in English by looking at the contrast between make and cause because , although these two verbs seem quite similar in meaning , they are not followed by the same form of the infinitive : ( 134 ) While most enzymes can not make a reaction occur that would not take place in their absence , they speed up reactions so that they occur at the temperatures and other conditions which prevail within living organisms . |
| 12 | He works for a development agency and two of his brothers were killed by Marcos so although he claims to be the least revolutionary of the family , he is fairly well into the issues . |
| 13 | Rain suggested Cobalt carried on well past the Jonquil so that anyone arriving at the boat would not see the car and guess they were there . |
| 14 | Without consideration he ripped the tape from her skin so that she winced with the searing pain . |
| 15 | The physiotherapist may hold the other end of the stick and direct the patient 's movements , guiding the patient 's arm and shoulder girdle so that they move in the correct sequence . |
| 16 | Three horses were being led down the lane opposite when one bolted across the road . |
| 17 | He was one of the men who knew that the Surveyor of the Queen 's Pictures , Sir Anthony Blunt , had been recruited by the Russians long before he confessed in 1964 . |
| 18 | Profiles of Development presupposes a common developmental path , and thus encourages the control of pupils ' learning experience so that it conforms to that path . |
| 19 | A group of grinning Koreans from Kazakhstan craned their necks skywards as she spun like a top . |
| 20 | A picture of the American family began to be glimpsed as a super-mobile group that could get together to grill a hamburger only if it drove to the appointment . |
| 21 | With Thomas Sackville , Baron Buckhurst [ q.v. ] , as a cousin and constant support , perhaps even financially , Alford was ostensibly well placed for advancement , and he was able to secure election to borough seats in Lancashire , Cornwall , Berkshire , and Sussex so that he sat in nine of the thirteen parliamentary sessions of Elizabeth 's reign . |
| 22 | This is easiest to do using the /Data , Fill command but you can enter the values manually if you want to . |
| 23 | Flexing his fingers so that they popped with the cold , he looked around tensely . |
| 24 | It was painted pink and surrounded by white , wooden palings so that it looked like an overgrown doll 's house . |
| 25 | Prelates , of course , continued to be summoned individually to parliament , and the representatives of the clergy attended parliament long after they ceased in 1322 to assent there to clerical taxation . |
| 26 | It takes aim , compensating for the way that light bends as it passes from water to air and squirts a jet of drops , knocking the insect from its foothold so that it falls into the water and can be eaten . |
| 27 | But Guatemalans can enjoy their freedom only if they stick to the unwritten rules . |
| 28 | Here I want to vary the times so that I hear from a true cross-section of our listeners , and those who listen to the graveyard shift , for instance , probably never hear the breakfast show . |
| 29 | Institutional care is one part of a complex range of provision ; while it is right to reduce reliance upon it because of its toxic effects ( which are determined by the quality of care provided and not size alone : Huxley , 1991b ) it must be wrong to remove it altogether or reduce its scale or critical mass so that it ceases to be able to perform those functions which other services can not . |
| 30 | Jezrael gripped his fingers fiercely and he slid along the padded bench until he was beside her and she wept into the haven of his shoulder . |