Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if we were going to be bored , and we were usually bored , rarely being self-motivated , we could at least be bored on our own terms , lying smashed on mattresses in ruined houses rather than working in the machine . |
| 2 | ‘ I wish our church leaders would deal with the problem of young , male violence in the inner cities rather than talk about the Social Chapter , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Mr Bewick was criticised strongly yesterday by Mr Sells for carrying out too many operations rather than reflecting on the ethics involved . |
| 4 | They seem determined to spend their community charge payers ' money on the most irrelevant and frivolous projects rather than concentrating on the real problems that the hon. Gentleman described . |
| 5 | The cause of the accident was held to be the unsafe system of work used by the plaintiff 's employers rather than use of the premises . |
| 6 | Problems can also arise with companies with , for example , assets in transit in Italy , which are then seized by local creditors rather than retained for the benefit of the creditors as a whole . |
| 7 | Write your plans below and evaluate at the next C.P.S. |
| 8 | The sea is calm , but such ripples as there are flick the light from the sun about and refract the view of the pebbles so that staring over the edge of the kayak is like peeing into a kaleidoscope over whose speed of rotation you have no control . |
| 9 | She felt him lace their fingers together and trembled with a strange mixture of excitement and trepidation . |
| 10 | Her meanings all but drowned in the immensity of it all . |
| 11 | Families are to be encouraged to live in their own homes rather than to rely on the state ( in the form of local authorities ) for the provision of council housing . |
| 12 | So also , where an impoverished family left their accommodation on receipt of a distress warrant for rent arrears rather than wait for an eviction order , they were held by the House of Lords to have become homeless intentionally and this encouraged local housing authorities to require such orders before accepting such homeless applicants . |
| 13 | She closed her eyes grimly and pointed at the table . |
| 14 | The crows avoided the central green eggs , but they shifted to nearby wheatfields rather than travelling to the white eggs . |
| 15 | She had once explained that slaughtering animals secretly and trading on the black market was simply bending the law a little and not really stealing at all , but real thieves were as bad as liars . |
| 16 | Go round the animals rather than walking through a group of them . |
| 17 | We need to look , then , for the specific practices that produce gender roles rather than stopping at the roles themselves . |
| 18 | The course was lengthened by pushing back some tees so as to comply with the Regulations on Handicapping , resulting in the Club having four recognised S.S. courses : White ( 70 ) , Yellow ( 69 ) , Green ( 68 ) and the L.G.U. Red ( 72 ) . |
| 19 | Signatories of GATT could institute tariff changes which might discriminate against third parties only if done over a long period of time , so giving those third parties the opportunities of adjusting to the change without suffering severe economic disruption . |
| 20 | or if we 're stuck get our heads together and drag in a few extra bodies |
| 21 | SWINDON saw their hopes of a place in the Second Division play-offs all but disappear in a 1–1 stalemate with Bristol Rovers in a desperately disappointing West Country derby at Twerton Park . |
| 22 | As he got to the door he snatched his eyes away and blundered through the doorway . |
| 23 | Spurred on again by a stream of oaths , it staggered a few paces further and sank to the ground , defeated . |
| 24 | However , most people who join the industry feel that the interesting nature of the work and career opportunities more than compensate for the unusual hours they are expected to work . |
| 25 | An office colleague to whom I had told my story , went to Lochinver by train and bus a few months later and stayed at the same cottage . |
| 26 | Geoffrey rolled his eyes dramatically and headed for the door . |
| 27 | They were on a granite slab that had fallen centuries ago and lay by the shore with the water rippling at it . |
| 28 | It expected that Scott would produce a building to vie with his great designs abroad and concluded with the hope that ‘ the recent discussions in which so much misapprehension has been exhibited will not shake your determination to carry out the selected design ’ . |
| 29 | He got up , flung the strange , savage robe around his shoulders again and went into the other room where she heard him shouting through the door " Is that little matter sorted out yet , at the Dog and Gun ? " |
| 30 | ‘ Are you still hungry ? ’ he asked softly , sliding his arm along her shoulders again and glancing towards a nearby stall . |