Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looked as if the Saunders-Atkinson partnership had done the trick for Villa again in the 77th minute . |
| 2 | McManaman was responsible for regaining the advantage for Liverpool late in the game and one or two of Beresford 's late tackles indicated just how much Portsmouth feared him . |
| 3 | There is no hope for man apart from the Cross . ’ |
| 4 | It 's used as a landing strip for emergencies only by the Luftwaffe . |
| 5 | Various reports a plea for support a plea for interest particularly for the seventy fifth anniversary year next year and after that we had the most lovely party . |
| 6 | The Quality Scotland Foundation , of which Scottish Nuclear was one of the earliest members , will shortly announce the launch of the Scottish Digital Quality Award for presentation annually to the company operating the best total quality management scheme . |
| 7 | Rather surprisingly , perhaps , the war seems to have been popular : Murimuth says there were more volunteers than conscripts in the army 's ranks , and Sir Thomas Gray of Heton , the author of the Scalacronica , recorded that there was no lack of enthusiasm for service even amongst the northerners . |
| 8 | Disregarding his work as Member of Parliament for Abingdon almost to the point of neglect , he helped Amy with every decision and chore . |
| 9 | DAVID PLATT celebrated his Italian league debut for Juventus yesterday with the goal that earned them a 2-2 draw at Genoa . |
| 10 | Shearer returns to The Dell for Blackburn tomorrow for the first time since his £3.6 million transfer in the summer , anxious to make life even more uneasy for Branfoot . |
| 11 | Where courses are offered at only one teaching centre , it would be possible to make significant progress by initially devolving responsibility for assessment only to the college , while maintaining for the time being central control of the course content . |
| 12 | First , the therapist is placing responsibility for change firmly on the client 's shoulders , reinforcing the notion that people help themselves . |
| 13 | It took the view that the upper limit is arbitrary , and might operate unfairly , since a person just above the limit receives no assistance , whereas a person just below it might have to make a substantial contribution but would have the security of knowing that that contribution represents the maximum liability for costs regardless of the actual cost or the outcome of the case . |
| 14 | It said UN military observers helped after it collapsed in a dispute over control of the local police , prompting new fighting for territory yesterday between the former allies . |
| 15 | After that , it can turn to the Continent for help even through the three-times-daily contacts with other central banks via a telephone hotline . |
| 16 | It is worth extending the search for quality further along the crag however , where one or two hidden gems may be found lurking in relative isolation . |
| 17 | ‘ HARLEY HOT IN PURSUIT OF COOL SWEDE ’ read the headline , and the first sentence ran : ‘ Brian Harley , the golfer who was on the scrapheap a year ago , continued his early season bid for glory yesterday with a brave round of sixty-eight to leave him one shot behind the cold-eyed Swedish ace , Bjorn Carlssen . ’ |
| 18 | Executed in brush and wash with white over black chalk , Raphael 's Madonna del Pesce c1514 is a preparatory study for painting now in the Prado , Madrid , representing the Holy Family enthroned with the young Tobias and the Archangel Raphael on their left . |
| 19 | ‘ You 've made yourself an enemy for life instead of a friend for life — very clever , that . |
| 20 | Captain McCann ( inset , left ) is one of two masters in command of Buffalo and , with Captain Nick Spencer ( inset , right ) , was with the ship during the Fleet Review off Holyhead earlier in the week . |
| 21 | Please thank Renata very much too for doing one ; her point about the reference count being on the small side for usefulness even to the general learner is a crucial one ; likewise yours about the belt-and-braces reassuringness of the transitive/intransitive label . |
| 22 | Further on , the road crosses open moorland to arrive at Grudie Bridge , which is not now the delightful picnic spot it used to be , the old stone bridge having been replaced and many of the noble pines sacrificed to road widening ; nothing , however , can diminish the majesty of Slioch directly across the water . |
| 23 | I think this is one of the essentials in Harlow and something that people should not forget , that is that , although there is a great deal of criticism possibly of the standard of building that went on over the years of the Development Corporation , compared with what most people came from , there was a very great elevation both in quality and in ideas . |
| 24 | In any event , come again , we always have a great deal of variety here at the theatre and if you are a speedy worker , you should do very well . ’ |
| 25 | There is still a great deal of Greece all through the Tartarin and Daumier part of this queer country , where the good folks have the accent you know ; there is a Venus of Arles just as there is a Venus of Lesbos and one still feels the youth of it , in spite of all … |
| 26 | There is a good deal of evidence elsewhere in the Digest to show that in civil-law dispositions too intention was regarded as the key to application of a condition or a term ; and this goes back as early as Pegasus . |
| 27 | The hunters , usually dominant males , spend a great deal of time together in the process . |
| 28 | The danger of harming an interest to help an individual friend demanded the greatest caution in placing ministers in rural parishes , and after a number of mistakes the Duke of Montrose became very reluctant to present any candidate without a careful sounding of opinion together with an evaluation of the merits of the candidate himself . |
| 29 | Adams ( 1985b ) illustrates this kind of difficulty in showing how a subject with good vision in the right eye , but perception of light only in the left eye , could easily bump into a half-open door before realising it was there . |
| 30 | Such a configuration would tend to make a plate slide under the force of gravity downwards from a mid-oceanic ridge towards a subduction zone ( Fig. 2.17(E) ) . |