Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [conj] [pron] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Contrary to some of the conclusions drawn from social scientific research suggesting that it is primarily home or family backgrounds that determines the level of educational performance , Edmonds proceeds to identify those characteristics of effective schools delivering marked improvements in children 's educational achievements . |
| 2 | Will he give at least gentle guidance to LEAs suggesting that it is not reasonable for students to be excluded from discretionary grants merely because their parents have moved home ? |
| 3 | The the reconciliations suggesting that it was n't a good stock take . |
| 4 | He has refused , so far , to bring the Moroccan troops home , but has issued a pamphlet explaining that they are not under allied command , and will not attack Iraq . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , it has been wonderful , querida , ’ he agreed quietly , his eyes softening till they were almost hazel in shade . |
| 6 | As we have seen earlier , this is a Freudian term implying that they are still committed to the ‘ pleasure principle ’ . |
| 7 | English captain Will Carling said : ‘ They took their chances and we did n't and it 's always easier to keep the momentum going when you 're ahead . |
| 8 | English captain Will Carling said : ‘ They took their chances and we did n't and it 's always easier to keep the momentum going when you 're ahead . |
| 9 | Linfield 's new strip has caused some controversy with certain fans complaining that there is n't enough ‘ blue ’ in it ; Lotto are planning a darker hue for next season . |
| 10 | Even at its simplest your intervention — supports the children in their role-play introduces the idea that you , the teacher , can play a role yourself creates the possibility of formalising their language creates the possibility of introducing some simple work in other curriculum areas ( e.g. counting ) encourages them to think beyond the immediate , maybe introducing simple notions of cause and effect narrative gives you the opportunity to introduce simple signals indicating when you are in and out of role , thereby accustoming them to this strategy for when you use it later in a whole group drama . |
| 11 | Like any other book , however , they are listed in the catalogue , where they usually bear some distinctive mark such as R indicating that they are not available on loan . |
| 12 | We do occasionally get calls from people who 've dialled a number listed in one of the ads only to find that it 's wrong — an old lady in Dunfirmline insisting that she 's definitely not selling a Malmsteen Strat — or perhaps giving the ‘ unobtainable ’ tone on a number which does n't exist . |
| 13 | After her death , he carried out research showing that there were only two fatal cases in the world , both in the US , directly related to the drug . |
| 14 | The fight did not take place , Surrey claiming that he was too lowly born to fight with a king ; and the fish garth remained . |
| 15 | And we did n't know we could see her and we were looking out the window going and he was there looking , put his sunglasses on to see . |
| 16 | If anything , studies suggest the opposite : children and young adults with crude fantasies of aggression have been found to be more openly aggressive in their behaviour than those whose aggressive fantasies are muted or contain elements indicating that they are as concerned with the dangerous consequences of their aggression as they are with the aggression itself . |
| 17 | Under the 1984 Act , the PCA is empowered to : ( i ) choose , or veto the choice , of investigating officers , supervise their inquiries , and receive their final report ; ( ii ) monitor the speed and efficiency of the investigation and issue a statement to the Chief Constable saying whether it was satisfactorily carried out ; ( iii ) receive a Chief Constable 's decision on what action he intends to take as a result of an investigation and , if need be , overturn the decision ( either by preferring disciplinary charges or , if it believes an offence has been committed , referring the case to the Director of Public Prosecutions ) . |
| 18 | Any party , including the child , may be excluded from a directions hearing if they are legally represented and their absence is desirable in the child 's interests in view of the matters to be discussed ( FPCR , r16(2) ; FPR , r4.16(2) ) . |
| 19 | It was no longer a matter of one family or political grouping showing that it was domestically more powerful than any other . |
| 20 | There was a sniff of disapproval signifying that it was out of court for a grown man to be still in his bedroom in mid-morning , and not at a place of work . |
| 21 | In the middle of the night , Mr Jones awoke with a crashing headache and a foreboding feeling that something was decidedly wrong . |
| 22 | ‘ I was terribly upset about my husband dying and I was n't 100 per cent . |
| 23 | 1784 " The Meeting considering that there is now no Charity Schoolmaster in the Parish of Kildaltan , and Therefore the four pounds yearly for said Schoolmaster falls , and the Gentlemen of the Parish of Kildaltan having represented that they wish to have a fund for Purchasing Communion Tables & furms , and that four pounds sterl. will be necessary for that purpose , … agree to stent themselves for the sd. four pounds for this year . " |
| 24 | The goal was just the shock needed to get Town moving and they were back in the match just four minutes later … goal poacher Steve White who scored a hat-trick last saturday was there again to make it one all … |
| 25 | The goal was just the shock needed to get Town moving and they were back in the match just four minutes later … goal poacher Steve White who scored a hat-trick last saturday was there again to make it one all … |
| 26 | Robert Dexter flew home with Prior last night and Carlisle Flint have gone on record saying that they are not interested in a change of team . |
| 27 | Seven editors rejected it despite several reviewers indicating that it was well written . |
| 28 | The first name on the ‘ 92 list is that of a lady who insisted on coming out in her dressing-gown to rill the boot of the car with bags of glossy paperbacks one freezing February night , and then stood on her doorstep waving till I was out of sight . |
| 29 | The 1977 Whitford Committee Report however , reviewing UK Copyright law , dismissed a proposal for droit de suite stating that it was not fair , logical or practical for such a concept to be introduced into the UK . |
| 30 | There were ten teams competing and they were down as ‘ Hawkwood Comprehensive ’ . |