Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [pron] [adv] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I welcome the hon. Gentleman to the Dispatch Box and to his newly appointed position .
2 But in its softly lit ballroom , scented by the adjacent conservatory , Grandcourt 's lethal contest with Gwendolen is begun .
3 RNA-like molecules , because of their negatively charged backbones , would tend to coat the outsides of clay particles .
4 It is all the more so in the housing market because of its highly geared nature .
5 But he inspired awe not only because of his military resources , but also because of his lavishly spent wealth , his splendid building projects , the perception of his learning , the magnetism of his personality which brought him a following of other ecclesiastics .
6 Political observers felt , however , that difficulties could still arise with the USA , because of his publicly expressed view that Japan 's trade surplus was a " fundamentally insoluble problem " caused by unstoppable world demand for superior Japanese products , and would remain impervious to import tariffs or even major currency shifts .
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