Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , investors from outside the Community , from places such as Japan , the United States and many others , look at the European Community and decide that the United Kingdom is by far the best place in which to invest due to the stability , skills and reliability of our work force . |
| 2 | He is improving generally and his memory and concentration became normal during the 0/2 dosage . |
| 3 | In the long run , such images become coins of exchange along with pickets , football riots , and urban disturbances ; they populate our consciousness and can be recalled intact by the sheer mention of a single word or by a brief news clip from the past . |
| 4 | When the band became profitable on the road , it went back up . |
| 5 | For example , the placing of the head : a dynamic , powerful man should be made to fill the canvas , whereas children 's heads are better placed low on the canvas . |
| 6 | So he and Mr Skinner started pointing at Tory MPs , appearing to be arguing about precisely how many of them had fallen asleep during the Health Secretary 's speech . |
| 7 | He must have fallen asleep during the Jane Russell film . |
| 8 | The superintendent had fallen asleep during the journey , her head gently rolling from side to side against the car seat , her front teeth prominent in her open mouth as she breathed through her nose . |
| 9 | Possibly his mother had fallen asleep at the wheel . |
| 10 | AN RAF man told a court yesterday how he had fallen asleep at the wheel of a Land-Rover before his friend died in a head-on crash with a lorry on the A1 . |
| 11 | ‘ I think so , ’ she said , straightening in her seat and looking around like someone who 'd fallen asleep on a long journey and awoken in an unfamiliar place . |
| 12 | He was shocked to think he had fallen asleep over the table . |
| 13 | Kurt , 25 , says : ‘ I 've fallen asleep in a live show quite a few times . |
| 14 | Mr Levy claimed Andy Linighan was drunk and had fallen asleep in the back of the taxi . |
| 15 | The dogs have been kennelled , and the bodyguards have either gone back to bed or have fallen asleep in the hall . |
| 16 | The man had fallen asleep in the lounge when he woke to find a fire at the front door of his terraced home . |
| 17 | One moment she was sobbing her heart out , then , lulled by the bearlike warmth of his chest and the comforting shelter of his great arms and shoulders , she had fallen asleep like a child . |
| 18 | Xerox Corp , figures , page five , says it expects the European economy to remain weak for the rest of the year , but Xerox forecasts ‘ some encouraging signs of recovery ’ in Japan for the remainder of 1993 ; the plan to leave the financial services business remains on track but it might take several years . |
| 19 | So I resolved to remain alive in an unofficial capacity , which of course annoys them all immensely . |
| 20 | This is fully tax relievable in the employer 's hands so the liability nets down to £3,393 for the employer . |
| 21 | Our tips — the Damon Wayans vehicle ‘ Mo Money or Ice-T and Ice Cube trying to go mainstream in The Looters |
| 22 | Last week 's launch was delayed due to a ‘ legal technicality ’ , said a DoH spokesman . |
| 23 | The implementation of privatization legislation was delayed due to a decision on Nov. 6 by the Czech Minister for Privatization , Tomas Jezek , who said that too little time had been allowed for compiling the list of companies suitable for privatization . |
| 24 | The production of up-to-date Class Lists has been delayed due to the tardy response of teachers to requests for current details . |
| 25 | But because this ruled out all danger or adventure , Eternity became destructive to the spirit , and the bureaucrats had themselves to be destroyed . |
| 26 | Although there was an attempt to introduce some competition for BT , this has been limited due to the natural monopoly position of parts of the telecommunications industry . |
| 27 | A man with skin like an old passion fruit lay asleep under a butterwood tree , a machete in his loosed grip . |
| 28 | These remain unused for the entire time that the child is in nappies . |
| 29 | Both results are , of course , consistent with the competitive nature of commercial activity and can not , it is submitted , realistically be avoided if a measure of justice is to be accorded to the inventor whose endeavours remain unused by the employer . |
| 30 | He lifted his head and gazed unseeing towards the ceiling while his aide read a translation of his remarks from a sheet of paper . |