Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What associated skills do we |
| 2 | Until 1980 local economic strategies took their place among the many uncontested , bipartisan policies of local government , although with the recession and the ‘ de-industrialization ’ of Britain this was an expanding activity for an increasing number of local authorities . |
| 3 | The people who draw our European maps think there is nothing but sea between Japan and America , but they are wrong . |
| 4 | With a soft groan , Rohan pulled her into his arms , holding her close against his body , the strong fingers stroking her hair with surprising gentleness . |
| 5 | The feel of his strong fingers enclosing her small palm came as something of a shock to her system . |
| 6 | This time the hiss was louder and strong fingers gripped his shoulder and shook it , jerking him awake . |
| 7 | But many responsible local finance officers accepted the phrase as an accurate description of , indeed as a compliment to , their legal and professional attempts to protect their localities against Government interference . |
| 8 | As one of the party 's rural Deputies put it : ‘ If Ray proves he can do the toughest job in the EC , and he has , would n't it be foolish not to give him the opportunity to run this little country of ours ? ’ |
| 9 | There is , of course , an enormous difference between the private/public demands of the two examples : writing my own private notes protects me rather more than having publicly to make suggestions on how the teacher as ‘ patient ’ should , say , knock on a door . |
| 10 | One of the biggest challenges to this new-look management was to cope with the ‘ tribalism ’ of the service ; the tendency of professional groups to cherish their historic rights to govern their own affairs . |
| 11 | A review of on-site fire protection equipment available for fighting fires in high-bay warehouses stating its advantages and disadvantages . |
| 12 | Small wonder that flocks of European and Scandinavian birds choose it as their resting point when migrating to more congenial climes each winter . |
| 13 | The reshaping of the Urban Programme , the creation of Partnerships and the specific emphasis on economic projects meant there was a real danger that the voluntary sector would be left out . |
| 14 | His political inclinations got him into trouble again in 1940 , however . |
| 15 | This depends on the judges ' views of the merits of the case before them or ( I would add ) the direction their political inclinations lead them — what I call below their ‘ view of the public interest ’ . |
| 16 | But such is the pressure on professional boxers to prove their absolute fitness that the British Boxing Board of Control last month ordered Hodkinson to undertake full medical tests , and he was cleared only after being examined by four ophthalmic surgeons . |
| 17 | Shell Advanced Fuels clean your engine as you drive . |
| 18 | My right hon. Friend set out the Government 's policies some time ago in a clear document that was fully backed by the CBI , which believes that we have the right policies to improve our competitiveness and to take advantage of lower inflation and of business conditions around the world as they improve . |
| 19 | On the contrary , its broad grille and hooded headlamps project something approaching alternative thinking on the way to express the famous Munich car maker 's identity . |
| 20 | Several of the actresses make plucky attempts to inject it with a semblance of artistic integrity : proper name Diane Whitley is convincing as Karen , the girl who is the subject of the lovelorn quest , and Paula Wilcox , as the veteran competitor , has enough experience and talent to gauge the scale of this production and perform accordingly . |
| 21 | Often , apprentice footballers refuse to sign professional forms seeing them , as one Midland youth put it , as ‘ bad risks ’ ; and young boxers would , in the pugilistic vernacular , ‘ swallow ’ before they had given their careers time to bloom — usually on the say-so of parents . |
| 22 | The big four have asked all Japanese corporations with equity-financing plans to postpone them for the time being . |
| 23 | Secondly , and more importantly , speakers who are not familiar with the use of weak forms are likely to have difficulty understanding speakers who do use weak forms ; since practically all native speakers of British English use them , learners of the language need to learn about these weak forms to help them to understand what they hear . |
| 24 | Discounting , too , increased as an acceptable practice as European hoteliers imitated their US counterparts . |
| 25 | On the other hand , the effect of synonymous substitution and the continuing relevance of their literal meanings make it unsatisfactory simply to call them ‘ opaque ’ . |
| 26 | I 've got the VIP suite here — and there 's a private jacuzzi attached which you 're welcome to try . ’ |
| 27 | He was standing in a pool of blood and water and behind him a line of bloody footprints marked his painful progress from the showers . |
| 28 | They made courteous and persistent attempts to amuse her . |
| 29 | Although the result was generally welcomed as a great triumph for the men , some ETS members and some political groups thought they should have held out for even more concessions . |
| 30 | The most striking results were in Moscow , where candidates belonging to an umbrella organization of reformist groups and political clubs calling itself Democratic Russia won 55 of the capital 's 65 Supreme Soviet seats , and in Leningrad , where a comparable organization calling itself Democratic Elections " 90 won 28 of the city 's 34 Supreme Soviet seats ; both organizations also won control of their respective city soviets . |