Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun] [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though literary festivals could be immensely enjoyable , especially if they took you to some pleasant distant city , like Toronto or Adelaide , there was something absurd about writers gathering together in this way . |
| 2 | Many of the reopenings were under the ‘ Speller ’ rule : Tony Speller 's 1981 Bill made it possible for services to reopen experimentally without the need to go through the formal closure procedures in the event of failure . |
| 3 | Under a gold standard it is possible for gold to circulate domestically as the legal tender along with banknotes which can be exchanged on demand for gold . |
| 4 | According to the Council Regulations agreed by transport ministers on 22 June 1992 , total free trade in air services between and within countries must wait until 1997 ; only then will it be possible for airlines to operate freely within particular countries , the so-called ‘ cabotage ’ rights . |
| 5 | The challenge is to help create a climate within which it is not just acceptable but normal for teachers to talk openly about their feelings , their perceptions , their misgivings , their ideals and their experiments , whether large or small , successful or unsuccessful . |
| 6 | This of course says more about the technology than the architecture of a computer . |
| 7 | This of course applies equally to those who make substantive universalistic claims for a fundamentally peaceful drive in humans . |
| 8 | Thus row 1 of B is now 1 of A minus unc times row 2 of A ; row 2 of B is row 2 of A divided throughout by 3 ; row 3 of B is row 3 of A minus unc times row 2 of A ; and so on . |
| 9 | But she knew from experience that it was as dangerous for policemen to speak honestly to the public as for members of the royal family . |
| 10 | President Hrawi held talks with Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in Damascus on Oct. 14 [ see p. 39117 for September meeting also in Syria ] . |
| 11 | PR IS still about telling the truth , maintains Alan Burnside , of Alan Burnside Communications , Holywood , and he is adamant that without credibility as a truthful source of information , it is impossible for PR to operate successfully over time . |
| 12 | Senior sources say it is appropriate for Whitbread to move away from being a family-dominated group , saddled with an arcane share structure , in 1992 , its 250th anniversary . |
| 13 | Jordan , Egypt and Turkey had earned substantial revenues from workers ' remittances and trade with Iraq and Kuwait ; some middle-income countries such as India relied heavily on oil imports from Iraq and also benefited from sizeable remittance flows ; and for some low-income countries , including Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh and the Philippines , the loss of remittances and the rising cost of oil imports were expected to slow growth rates to an average of around 1.5 per cent by 1991 and add some $3,000 million to annual Third-World debt interest payments . |
| 14 | The Odyssey or the Recherche is only , in a certain way , an amplification ( in the rhetorical sense ) of statements such as Ulysses comes home to Ithaca or Marcel becomes a writer ’ ( 1980 : 30 ) . |
| 15 | Hundreds of trials followed all over the land in the wake of Chelmsford . |
| 16 | And we expect hundreds of people queueing today in person . ’ |
| 17 | There 's all these hundreds of cars sliding past with their lights all red and white . |
| 18 | Great Aycliffe on 20 are second with Darlington following closely on 17 . |
| 19 | The long hall was caparisoned with cloths of Paris , costly arras , and ablaze with torches burning fiercely in their countless sconces along the walls . |
| 20 | The Daily Telegraph , Observer and Economist , unsuccessful in groups bidding variously for the Yorkshire and Central Scotland franchises , were given holdings in LWT . |
| 21 | They are said to be similar to material distributed previously by Mr Round . |
| 22 | She was too much on edge to plunge whole-heartedly into the delights of Périgordian cuisine , she 'd decided ruefully . |
| 23 | It is ideal for students working largely on their own ( and at their own pace ) with occasional access to a tutor . |
| 24 | It is not unusual for children to recite happily from one to ten in a number rhyme or as they play , but the teacher does not assume that they can therefore use number or count . |
| 25 | It is customary for workers to go collectively through the vines eradicating excess foliage , which improves the circulation of air around the vine and also reduces the risk of fungi developing . |
| 26 | Parkinson agreed , but considered it disloyal of Merryfield to say so in front of outsiders . |
| 27 | They split apart in the straight , one group swinging wide , the red and white of premiere spurting forward with the Youngs ' pair at his quarters and Upper Gumtree swerving dramatically through a gap to take the rails well ahead of pampering . |
| 28 | Burford 's Trevor Smith … held on and held out in the worst of conditions to come home in twenty eighth spot … |
| 29 | Lanes — true lanes that is , deep and winding — are characteristic of country fabricated piecemeal with small medieval implements . |
| 30 | This provides precisely what is missing from the English scene : a body with a long term and wide-ranging view of the land situation complete with powers to act positively in order to solve land availability problems . |