Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were always some in the State Department who thought the policy might be pushed a little further : who thought that a unified Germany might become a big partner for America in the same way as is ( say some ) Japan . |
| 2 | Bush announced afterwards that they " share[d] a common belief " that a unified Germany should remain a full NATO member , but declared : " The former territory of East Germany should have a specific military status that would take into account the legitimate security interests of all interested countries , including the Soviet Union . " |
| 3 | However many prettily-painted Eleanors might lurk inside that dumpy frame , the combined influence of an overbearing father and a domineering husband would ensure that they remained securely locked away . |
| 4 | Our hypothetical Ann could eat her packet of peanuts , for example , if she added three half-hour swims to her weekly routine . |
| 5 | With adults I tend to assume there are going to be layers or stages in the case which a repeated LM will uncover . |
| 6 | Old Wilkins used to make me shiver every time 'e touched me . ’ |
| 7 | He had little doubt that if anything went wrong Buckmaster would let him drop over the cliff . |
| 8 | As with the DeskPros , a full Pentium upgrade is available for existing SystemPro/XL users , but old Prosignias must put up with Overdrive . |
| 9 | THE sounds of the Scottish Highlands will ring through Hyde Park today as thousands of pipers and drummers flood the Capital . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm afraid Marianne will take great delight in telling your story , Shae . |
| 11 | I was afraid Richard would mind , but , as it turned out , my election had happened at a convenient time . |
| 12 | Football fields at Byers Green , Middlestone Moor , Kirk Merrington , Tudhoe , Jubilee Park , and this year High Whitworth will add three more pitches to the total . |
| 13 | Football fields at Byers Green , Middlestone Moor , Kirk Merrington , Tudhoe , Jubilee Park , and this year High Whitworth will add three more pitches to the total . |
| 14 | I say the choice , but since any even half-curious visitor to the High Pyrenees will want to go up both valleys , it comes down only to deciding which to visit first . |
| 15 | There was a single overhead lamp in cast iron and , looking up , by its light Lucy could see warehouse-style windows fitted with the exterior boxes of air-conditioning units , more windows with rotting frames , iron galleries , fire escapes , and a couple of high railed terraces with a hint of greenery in silhouette against the night sky . |
| 16 | Cos old Ken used to have to an old ar aluminium one did n't he ? |
| 17 | The redoubtable Ethel must have been shocked when it was made clear she was down-graded to five , the same as Gracie Holt . |
| 18 | Old ships never die and doubtless she is still knocking around the East Coast , though I suppose old Payne may have made his last port by now I should be interested in an oil painting on canvas , or board ( which I suppose would come a bit cheaper ! ! ) showing her beating around the Foreland under sail in fairly heavy weather , say Force 6 … ’ |
| 19 | The old Maggie would have shrugged and gone without . |
| 20 | Under this , British Telecom would lay optical fibre trunk lines , leaving private enterprise free to install the switched links to interface both with the trunk lines and domestic TV sets . |
| 21 | Vallance said further that ‘ the chances that British Telecom would enter into Eunetcom or Infonet are slender ’ because of the diminished returns in a joint venture with too many partners . |
| 22 | Neither GEC Plessey nor British Telecom would disclose the number of switches involved . |
| 23 | In the plan , British Telecom would install videodisc players at the point in a cable system which links up subscribers TV sets . |
| 24 | IT OCCURS to me that it might be as well to quote the time related charges or TRC that British Telecom should apply in making up bills for work , following last week 's item . |
| 25 | British Telecom will give you an estimate of the cost of any changes you require . |
| 26 | FROM January 31 , British Telecom will offer PSS Dialplus , a much-improved version of its dial-up packet switched data communications service . |
| 27 | For example , a special leased line from British Telecom will cost about £100,000 per year . |
| 28 | Royal Dutch Shell Plc has given its contract for payphones at 660 UK petrol stations to British Telecommunications Plc after Mercury Communications Ltd to give up the private site end of the business to concentrate on high street sites ; British Telecom will install up to 840 more pay telephones for Shell under the £10 five-year contract . |
| 29 | British Telecom will disconnect your phone at the exchange while you are away , so that callers will hear the discontinued number tone , suggesting that you 've changed the number , did n't pay the bill , or there 's a fault on the line — BT wo n't tell them . |
| 30 | BRITISH Telecom will unveil later this month a sight for sore eyes — or at least for bleary eyed business travellers worn out by taking early morning shuttle flights to meetings on the Continent . |