Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No-one would believe they had a recession on in Japan when they have time and resources to devote to dreaming up and creating things like this : Toshiba Corp has just launched a line of word processors with sound effects — ‘ to introduce an element of fun in the workplace ’ according to Reuter — they bark when you write ‘ dog ’ , moo when you write ‘ cow ’ and make the sound of pouring when you write ‘ beer ’ , and if you recall a text file word-by-word at reading speed , they repeat these and 26 other pre-programmed noises , from sleigh bells to sirens , as the words come up — and it no doubt laughs like a drain when your boss sends it an electronic message telling you you 're fired for being a disruptive influence . |
| 2 | Family Groups consist of a network of small local groups mostly of mothers and young children , meeting regularly under the guidance of locally recruited group and play leaders . |
| 3 | The second part of Wade 's work was repairing Edinburgh Castle and Fort William , at the western end of the Great Glen which runs diagonally from Inverness right across Scotland and forms a natural barrier separating the northern third of the country from the rest . |
| 4 | Also I have read adverts where companies do scratchplates and bridges , necks etc. for Telecasters . |
| 5 | The second assumption is that the shape of the distribution remains unchanged with temperature , that is , the magnitudes of each relaxation change uniformly with temperature . |
| 6 | 4 Phrases and words In Rex Stewart etc. v Parker [ 1988 ] IRLR 483 the court was asked to consider a non-solicitation clause which related to any person " … who to your knowledge is or has been during the period of your employment a customer of the company … |
| 7 | We we heard just now from the the County Council , that they have looked at Hambleton 's district wide local plan , looked at the constraints in that back to Hambleton effectively as housing requirement . |
| 8 | " No , I have to slip along pretty sharpish and get some money on to Lal 's horse before they go out . |
| 9 | Before he saw Nicandra alone on the stand , he had noticed a different kind of tension ; it was in the bar , where Andrew was having a drink with Lalage , while now , he guessed , Nicandra would be getting the money on to Lalage 's horse . |
| 10 | Along with Siemens Italia SpA president Giorgio Scanavacca , Italian legal authorities arrested Davide Giacalone , former advisor to Oscar Mammi , former minister of post and telecom , on bribery charges : Giacalone is charged with having accepted $5.3m from Giuseppe Parrella , former managing director of ASST , Azienda Telefonica dello Stato SpA , in the minister 's study ; Giacalone has already told the police that he passed the money on to representatives of the Republican party ; for his part , the former PTT minister declared his innocence : ‘ That I was involved in a history of billion-lire bribes is as unfounded as it is untrue — at whatever moment the magistrates tell me it is necessary to investigate my accounts , I will liberate myself immediately from parliamentary immunity , ’ he said . |
| 11 | He 's not going to spend money on like Pete was forever buying Pam cheap jewellery from Ratners and erm things of that nature . |
| 12 | yes , but he is not erm a playboy , he 's not going to spend money on like Pete was forever buying Pam cheap jewellery from Ratners and rubbish from that nature . |
| 13 | There are better things to spend the money on in Liverpool . |
| 14 | This week London audiences gave ET their verdicts on Of Mice And Men , adapted from John Steinbeck 's novel , and The Waterdance . |
| 15 | Trapezium could break her duck in the John Holdrich Maiden Fillies Stakes following a three-quarter length debut second to Waffle On at Newmarket . |
| 16 | Trapezium could break her duck in the John Holdrich Maiden Fillies Stakes following a three-quarter length debut second to Waffle On at Newmarket . |
| 17 | On this occasion we were sitting late at night in a small park somewhere in Madrid . |
| 18 | Eamonn Dalton , Chief City Engineer , ‘ said it could be argued that the Ovens claim was not based on objective evidence in that the samples said to have been taken at the dump had been handled , transmitted and analysed in all cases presumably by people with a particular interest in one aspect of the case . |
| 19 | I use the ironing board mostly for skirts that have to be steamed to the length required . |
| 20 | Such people are infectious however , and if they are involved in food preparation and are careless about washing their hands , they may be the modern equivalent of ‘ Typhoid Mary ’ , passing Giardia on to others . |
| 21 | Among the cities most in danger around the world are : * Bangkok , which faces a sea level rise of six feet by 2010 ; * Shanghai , also threatened by a six feet rise , coupled with the danger that salt water would advance 40 miles up the Yangtze River , causing severe drinking water shortages ; * Hong Kong , where seas may engulf newly-reclaimed coastal land , and an increased frequency of typhoons , due to climate disruption , threaten the whole territory ; * Alexandria — the whole city " may disappear " unless major defence works are undertaken ; * Tokyo , which will need £40 billion of flood defences in order to protect new suburbs ; * Rio de Janeiro , whose tourist beaches and nearby coastal villages are in danger ; * London , where there is concern that the existing Thames flood barrier may prove insufficient . |
| 22 | But the Tories would be unwise to harp on about Mr Kinnock 's . |
| 23 | For $375,000 up-front plus a $75 royalty on every system , it will sell the motherboard plans to the Tsunami-based LX and its Classic subset and for $500,000 up-front plus $200 per unit , it will sell the plans to the high-end Viking-based Sparcstation 10 . |
| 24 | For $375,000 up-front plus a $75 royalty on every system , it will sell the motherboard plans to the Tsunami-based LX and its Classic subset , and for $500,000 up-front plus $200 per unit , it will sell the plans to the high-end Viking-based Sparcstation 10 . |
| 25 | Through teaching he enjoys being able to pass his skills on to others and is confident that he will soon have his new pupils rocking and rolling , quickstepping and cha-cha-chaaing the night away . |
| 26 | In those early days Bain worked out that the 23 houses most under threat could have been rescued and restored for £240,000 . |
| 27 | But if it does n't hold , at the very end what they 'll do is break in on it ‘ and now the special report from Dan Rather in Baghdad , and then you see Dan Rather and when he 's done there 's a commercial and then it goes back to whatever they were doing on tape . |
| 28 | And that arrogant devil Christie Goldsborough who 'd caused the trouble , so far as Frizingley was concerned at any rate , by egging Ben on to cut the wages at Braithwaite 's mill . |
| 29 | He landed eventually at Stabiae ( near the present Castellammare ) , where things were still fairly tolerable , and there he encountered a friend of his , one Pomponianus , who was making frantic preparations to escape , loading his possessions on to ships and fretting for a favourable wind so that he could put to sea . |
| 30 | Recent surveys suggest that these are the foreign languages at present most in demand by employers . |