Example sentences of "[subord] [det] [noun] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In my own department , I should say that , although some members still believe that literature is best studied in isolation , looking simply at ‘ the words on the page ’ , most of us now like to contextualise it in some way , often historically , and are inclined to ask students to read some texts which are not ‘ literature ’ in the conventional sense . |
| 2 | This account is now generally accepted , although some historians still suggest that Elizabeth herself would have preferred to have reintroduced the 1549 Prayer Book , had she been able to enlist any support for this move from her lay and clerical advisers at court . |
| 3 | Although many areas still recommend that 65 is the upper age limit for basic training for advice work , and 70 is the recommended retirement age , new NACAB membership requirements now allow bureaux the freedom to take a more personal approach to advice workers nearing retirement , allowing them to continue beyond 70 if the management committee and bureau manager agree . |
| 4 | So if you gave that person ten shares , gave ninety shares to somebody else it 's a hundred percent in total , but if that person then dies cos you do n't want any of his relatives to have it then there 's only the ninety shares remaining and ninety shares will be one hundred percent . |
| 5 | for each database details file in turn , it checks to see if that file already exists and only creates the file if it does not exist . |
| 6 | If that glass either break or fall |
| 7 | However , if many academics now felt that overt humanism had been discredited , there was little evidence of any major displacement of the " classics of English literature " from the centre of disciplinary practice . |
| 8 | I already had a mailing list of over 7000 people , which is healthy for someone who is n't a household name , and is a good base for putting out a single , if those people then go and buy it . |
| 9 | This is probably where the ‘ sun hat ’ helps , since both birds evidently pant as they work . |
| 10 | But I do n't know whether that policy still prevails but |
| 11 | ‘ For many of us the natural beauty of much of Dyfed 's countryside remains undisputed , though few people nowadays accept that this will always be so , regardless of economic or other pressures , ’ said Mr Bown . |
| 12 | IBM and Hewlett-Packard decided — or were persuaded by independent software vendors — that a common kernel was not a necessity for competing with NT , which is why COSE does not address the issue , even though some observers still believe that the perceived lack of a common Unix kernel will hand Bill Gates a propaganda advantage . |
| 13 | This was a case of Gentlemen versus Players in the golden age when such distinctions still applied and when it was obvious to anyone with an eighth of an intelligence that no paid journeyman could ever begin to compare with the rapier-like ‘ amateurs ’ who flitted with effortless superiority , solving one crime after another with a brilliant insouciance which was the dismay of the criminal fraternity , the envy of the constabulary , and a source of immense satisfaction to most of the upper middle class , especially those with an aptitude for the Times crossword . |