Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [vb past] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To Methodists the talk of collectivism remained largely a political debate because , despite their numerous schisms , all five Methodist connexions had strong central authorities much envied by some Baptists and Congregationalists . |
| 2 | The branches above murmured to each other and refracted the light from the street lamps into kaleidoscopic shapes on the pavement , shades of concrete grey , forming and reforming , overlapping and separating . |
| 3 | The results for British , Japanese , Finnish , Australian and Hong Kong index futures , which allowed for transactions costs , suggest that arbitrage opportunities also existed in these markets . |
| 4 | Animals also benefited from these operations : gravel pits have allowed many birds , including the Great Crested Grebe and the Little Ringed Plover , to increase in number or extend their range . |
| 5 | The two witches suddenly looked at each other in horror . |
| 6 | Models nevertheless existed in some parts of Europe and variation has been explained by the use of forms of the lost-wax or -lead process ( Capelle and Vierck 1975 ; Vierck 1976 ; Arrhenius 1973 ; 1975 ; Dickinson 1982 , pp. 21–2 ) . |
| 7 | Polytechnic directors yesterday called for more government funding . |
| 8 | The case lasted 100 days , required the attendance of many witnesses from abroad , and the defendant 's legal costs alone amounted to some £400,000 . |
| 9 | But both the Bedford and Egerton manuscripts were produced by French artists working in Britain and we have to ask ourselves if what we see in these illuminated manuscripts also existed in this country . |
| 10 | Quadrupling the number of academics in 15 years inevitably led to some appointments of people ‘ not of the first rank ’ , as some politely express themselves . |
| 11 | The MRA international assembly held in Salisbury a couple of weeks ago dealt with these things . |
| 12 | It was conceived as the proper function of the nation 's mothers to rear ( within families suitably inoculated against any possibility of communism in the home ) fine imperial specimens of manhood . |
| 13 | These senior officers supervise the activities of the one or two assistant field officers also found in most areas . |
| 14 | Spoke machines were acquired , sent to Wolverton for alteration and the fitting of cutter blocks and , together with drawings and fixtures for the other operations , sent to other firms also engaged on this type of work . |
| 15 | It is distinguished from all other pigs in that , instead of building a nest of leaves and grass , it lives in holes originally dug by another animal , the aardvark . |
| 16 | How firms actually reacted to these policies and practices will be best seen when , in the next chapter , we review how corporate strategies made at the world headquarters have been adjusted at local levels to reflect national possibilities . |
| 17 | Although several pairs often lay near each other , pits are vigorously defended against neighbours . |
| 18 | ‘ Lower inflation and interest rates also contributed to this year 's increase in profit . |
| 19 | Rich and titled passengers often travelled with several servants including a lady 's maid , butler , valet , nursery maid , footman and nanny . |
| 20 | Base rates then remained at this level for a year , before starting to fall in October 1990 , when Britain joined the ERM . |
| 21 | Are not the forbearing creditors equally defrauded in either case ? |
| 22 | The mammals also existed at this time , starting a little later in the mid-Triassic , but in very insignificant numbers and they were tiny until after the death of the dinosaurs , after which they had more fully evolved from the pelycosaurs and therapsids . |
| 23 | Both young men then glanced at each other , clamming up in some embarrassment as they recalled that the fortune they were at this moment vying for had been lost by Benedict Beckenham , for the story of the will was naturally common knowledge among his intimates . |
| 24 | The two men never looked at each other , their conversation a secret between them . |
| 25 | The rift between the two younger men never healed after that quarrel , and their families never spoke again . |
| 26 | A state religion that included all others obviously conduced to this objective . |
| 27 | In North Wales , for example , where the factors already described in this chapter are overlaid by considerations of cultural nationalism , militant action against second home owners has ensued . |
| 28 | Other commentators also remarked on these changes . |
| 29 | Well , she was a doctor , and she knew enough about human physiology to know that healthy men and women sometimes reacted to each other in the most devastating ways . |
| 30 | Students actively participated in these discussions , but also sought solutions to their own personal problems arising from their socio-economic position . |