Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pers pn] [is] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | This ‘ technology transfer ’ is a process of innovation , but it involves spreading existing technology from sectors where it is conventionally used throughout industry so as to provide added value and competitive advantage . |
2 | The ancient Dwarf hold of Karak Ungor has become so infested with Night Goblins that it is now known as Red Eye Mountain . |
3 | The ‘ I ’ , he would have argued , only means something in relation to all the other words that it is usually compared with — in this case the personal pronouns like ‘ you ’ , ‘ she ’ or ‘ it ’ . |
4 | There are still traces of hut circles attributed to an Iron Age occupation and , at the time of the Roman invasion , the local patriots , the Brigantes , established a hill fort to resist the foreign legions ; an ancient rampart wall , built around the perimeter of the summit and almost half a mile in circumference , has survived the centuries although it is now crumbled and has many gaps . |
5 | What is the point of sending the article to learned referees if it is subsequently going to be altered without warning ? |
6 | The decision is likely to postpone a hearing on the charges for many months and it is now thought that the case could eventually be heard in Milan instead of Turin . |
7 | In later days it became fashionable to see Chaplin as a political rebel against Hollywood 's factory methods but he is better seen as the last of the old-style showmen offering a highly polished product to the masses that he felt he knew so intimately . |
8 | I think Bryony likes erm Smarties because she 's always sucking the juice out of beans . |
9 | I mean there 's been a couple of times that he 's really lost his temper with her and erm and , and really flown off the handle , badly . |
10 | The richest source of MUFAs is olive oil — there is a low incidence of coronary heart disease in Mediterranean countries where it 's widely used . |
11 | The support available from IDB represents a carefully structured package which provides assistance in those areas where it is most needed . |
12 | A school that can show parents that it is well resourced is at a tremendous advantage . |
13 | It is not responsive to the local communities and it is totally lacking in democracy . |
14 | Gutted raw fish are smoked slowly over wood chips and it is generally agreed that oak gives the best flavour , although other woods are preferred in some part of the world . |
15 | The rest of the myth concerns Psyche 's trials until she is eventually reunited with Eros on Mount Olympus . |
16 | And I would like to make another quote if I may , he was the one that talked about Scotland being the land of cakes , and brother Scots , where the women made the cakes but he 's only addressing the brother Scots . |
17 | Heat the butter and oil in a pan , add the steak and fry on both sides for about 5 minutes until it is well browned . |
18 | I 've seen him a few times and he 's never made a favourable impression on me ! |
19 | Phthirus pubis is unable to survive away from the human host for more than 24 hours and it is readily killed by temperatures over 50°C . |
20 | I 've written her notes and notes and notes and she 's never answered one of them . |
21 | But his work has been destroyed so many times in the rads that he 's now giving up . |
22 | Dr Paul Altmann of the Kidney Unit at the London Hospital in Whitechapel is reported as saying : ‘ It is when you are absorbing aluminium over many years that it is potentially damaging . |
23 | To allow it to maintain the 300 nuclear weapons that it is currently estimated to hold — including 100 tactical weapons — can only provoke and encourage the Arab states ' determination to obtain nuclear arsenals . |
24 | and he 's sitting outside and he goes , he 's mum goes well he 's been out there two weeks and he 's still stood there in the same spot and he 's going like that |
25 | Made in larger quantities pesto can be preserved in jars if it is tightly packed ( no air pockets should remain ) and covered with a layer of olive oil . |
26 | ‘ His leg 's broken in two places and he 's badly bruised , but he 'll be all right . |
27 | The latest flare-up between the two countries — following last summer 's ball-tampering claims and counter-claims — is a direct result of Graveney 's remarks following the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , when he said : ‘ They have been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’ |
28 | After the infamous Mike Gatting-Shakoor Rana row in 1987 , Graveney , 65 , said of Pakistan : ‘ They 've been cheating us for 37 years and it is just getting worse and worse . ’ |
29 | The IT industry has been subject to rapid development in recent years and it is confidently expected that this trend will continue . |
30 | The position of Gaelic has deteriorated dramatically in the intervening forty years and it is now argued convincingly that a local language is itself a development tool . |