Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [noun] [adv] [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The village straddles the coast road and includes a row of coastguard cottages , an ancient manor house ( where Oliver Cromwell once stayed and claiming the oldest section of wallpaper in the country ) , and the most interesting New Inn ; a large uncommonly tall building for this area . |
| 2 | The summons shall be issued not less than seven days before the date upon which attendance before the court is required unless the judge or district judge otherwise directs and shall be served on the witness not less than four days before the date upon which attendance before the court is required unless the judge or registrar otherwise directs . |
| 3 | Your horse will need good shoes and studs , boots ( leather ) or tendon protectors correctly bandaged and sewn , not taped , over reach boots , webbed girths and an over girth . |
| 4 | After that one visit to Cheltenham she had known that Lilian Carrow neither liked nor trusted her . |
| 5 | The ‘ foolish years ’ as a Battersea Grammar school boy confirmed certain attitudes that Edward Thomas never abandoned and that he passed on to his children . |
| 6 | Jane Austen , one feels , would not have been surprised to hear that Mr Evelyn both employed and reformed offenders among the poor . |
| 7 | As a result he did a French translation of The Happy Hypocrite which was published in 1904 by the Mercure de France , illustrated with a caricature of Boulestin by Max ( Boulestin had some difficulty in convincing the Mercure 's editor that Max Beerbohm actually existed and was not an invention of his own ) . |
| 8 | The Garden has the potential to develop initiatives in interactive video , through contacts established with a number of botanic gardens and university departments currently researching or introducing similar projects . |
| 9 | The balance between self and majority interests sometimes conflict and a balance must be maintained even if this means sacrificing the opportunity to attract or retain some families . |
| 10 | Progress was very slow in the mid-1980s , except in Liverpool , where the Docks and Harbour Company actively developed and promoted the Freeport . |
| 11 | Fern Smith and Stephen Fisher both act and direct with great energy and gusto ; the choreography by Smith is good enough to stand or its own . |
| 12 | I said I 'll ha take one pair and er the lady 's called Irene , she 's had the shop for years and years mum always gets and I got those stockings for you |
| 13 | ‘ But the immigration officials and security men just laughed and said she was pretending because she did n't want to be sent back . ’ |
| 14 | I looked in the direction he was pointing — Roman villa , vestal virgins ' tent , WI stalls with Aunt Bedelia and Mrs Cartwright frantically buttering and jamming home-made scones , street theatre , Punch and Judy , and there 's old Jeremiah just passing the jazz band with his fingers in his ears . |
| 15 | ‘ The Royal Condescension ’ paintings of 1883 and 1889 are very similar except that the 1883 shows a dog on the hearth and the 1889 picture has a baby on the hearth ; the 1900 picture shows Mrs. Tuffield and Queen Victoria differently positioned and no dog or baby on the hearth . |
| 16 | The politicians , army officers , civil servants and government officials all descended and Aarau , of course , was too small to accommodate them in the style to which they were accustomed . |
| 17 | The technology providers have to assess the existing processes and manufacturing routes currently used and evaluate whether or not the introduction of new technology can add value . |
| 18 | The paucity of infrastructure ( storage facilities , railways , roads ) , over-cultivation of land , underproduction of fertilisers and farm machinery both reflect and contribute to these difficulties . |
| 19 | There have always been rumours that Thomas Chippendale and George Hepplewhite once resided and worked here , but no proof of this can be found . |
| 20 | It took John and Jenny Emery much sweat and toil over a two month period to create a beautiful addition to their home — and a comfortable , well-controlled environment for their fish . |
| 21 | Progressive and enterprising caterers and hotel proprietors constantly study and analyse in detail the current trends and developments in the industry in order to provide a high standard of accommodation and service at reasonable prices and to improve the efficiency of their establishments . |
| 22 | Two of the party , Katie Ball and Dorothy Smith also wrote and asked Air Mail to give their exploits a mention . |
| 23 | Keynesians argue that expectations about inflation , exchange rates and interest rates frequently change and have significant effects on the holding of speculative balances of money . |
| 24 | But Mr Lamont certainly cares and should understand . |