Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [adj] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The famous and high-born simply moved from room to room , inclining their heads or smiling as they acknowledged their friends and acquaintances . |
| 2 | They were having a great time looking at the animals and listening as we explained which countries they were all from . |
| 3 | They hastened into the shelter of rocks and wood , wary of falling branches but aware that they had little choice but to seek refuge from the storm in the wind-shadow of great trees . |
| 4 | Beyond that was a stable , with the horse standing there indifferently , uncaring what passed before its eyes as long as it had food . |
| 5 | I 'll never forget those eyes as long as I live . ’ |
| 6 | The new arrivals trod their way over the pebbles behind this man carrying their crates and smiling as they approached the waves . |
| 7 | This was not primarily due to some old-fashioned desire to pile up reserves , however comforting that might be for central bankers and useful when it came to securing influence by making loans to weaker countries . |
| 8 | The last section considered how the jurists interpreted the wordings of dispositions and determined whether they constituted trusts . |
| 9 | It was as if poets owed an explanation to the audience for being what they were , to bring creatures apart down to the level of ordinary folks ; as if the poet might be indulged his little failings and eccentricities as long as he allowed himself to be democratically mauled in public by thoughtless questioners or — even worse , much worse — by fellow-poets or by those who had poetic pretensions and who found in ‘ question time ’ an opportunity to assuage their jealousy or seek revenge for their own incompetence and mediocrity . |
| 10 | They have not affected the determination of the British people to carry on their lives as normal and I do n't see any reason for that to change now . ’ |
| 11 | To do this , use some soft cotton wool , dipped in white spirit , to remove any ingrained dirt , repeating the process several times if necessary until you have dislodged and removed the years of neglect . |
| 12 | Categorically , he argued that force in Ulster would overthrow parliamentary majorities if necessary and he assured the party 's support in advance with no limitations . |
| 13 | Companies with cash to offer will be able to control television stations as long as they pay lip-service to the observance of minimum standards — standards which are wholly inadequate . ’ |
| 14 | Have Walsall always played in the same colours as long as you 've been supporting them ? |
| 15 | He did not elaborate on the usual roles played by a king 's sons , who in fact were expected from an early age to join in their father 's business , as envoys and generals , counsellors as long as they remained in their father 's household , and rulers of sub-kingdoms as and when regna were available . |
| 16 | How do you find the actual , what do you f do you think of the actual flat itself , leaving out the problems that outside that you 've , in terms of crime you 've referred to , what do you think of the actual flat itself ? |
| 17 | He was a financial and moral pillar of the Catholic Church , and Mary Rose devoted herself to committees and fund-raising when he decided to run for the Senate . |
| 18 | To hell with anyone 's feelings as long as you get what you want ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You 'll have money problems as long as you gamble , Adam . |
| 20 | The birds hatched in an incubator can then be hand-reared or given back to their parents , who will rear any number of chicks as long as they have enough food . |
| 21 | With COSMOS all children 2 to 15 years of age at the time of return travel qualify for the specially reduced child prices advertised in the holiday pages as long as they share a room with 2 adults . |
| 22 | They have now been accepted by the CNAA as being equal and acceptable degree qualifications where appropriate and they do mark a major attempt at the rationalization of art and design education below degree level . |
| 23 | I do n't suppose they 'll take the names as long as you 've got a card to show , will they ? |
| 24 | Indeed , in many countries , one government department may be paying huge sums to enable those with disabilities to become employable and to live independently while another is paying out larger sums as long as they remain dependent and unemployable . |
| 25 | In fact the other day I just could n't face yet another day of taunts , kicks and bag-snatching so I skived off school . |
| 26 | Incidentally , the SRU will continue to press for the IRFB to form a Laws Advisory Committee consisting of genuine experts as opposed to five members of the board who may be good men and true but who know damn all about , for example , why the laws have evolved as they have . |
| 27 | I think I can count on the fingers of one hand the men I know who were desperate to experience fatherhood and regarded a woman 's desire for children as paramount when it came to choosing a partner . |
| 28 | We also generalize about the taste of the discriminating and set up standards , useful as guides as long as one does not credit them with greater authority than a considered choice which violates them , but not without the suspect motives and tyrannical pretensions of standards in morals ; if you show signs of food-and-wine snobbery , I had better when listening to your recommendations take care to distinguish what I sense on my tongue from an affected taste . |
| 29 | It does n't really matter to human beings as long as they have nourishment . |
| 30 | The Serbian oborknezovi and bašiknezovi who ran the local administration were left very much on their own by the Turks as long as they maintained order and collected the taxes required of them . |