Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could even observe other clinics to see how they work . ’ |
| 2 | The living-room had once been almost elegant : high , with a deep frieze , plaster cornice , and an elaborate ceiling rose , reminders of a time when even prosperous merchants lived over their shops . |
| 3 | all the satellites hanging down it was very good the way it had all been done in , in that respect but what I found was the first bit was very boring , I found but when it got going a bit it was better but the whole moral of the story was that nowhere is perfect to live but it 's hard for y young children like this |
| 4 | However , central government authorities bring in what they refer to as " casual workers " in such circumstances . |
| 5 | There now has to be more meetings to see how it 's going to work in practice . ’ |
| 6 | STUDENT leaders are to campaign against Government proposals expected today which will curb drastically the powers and public funding of student associations . |
| 7 | Again , study our leading riders to see how they keep hold of their horses ' heads and remain balanced themselves . |
| 8 | But there was a silver lining to the cloud — those first natural contacts with the West paradoxically inspired groups to search out their own roots and national identification . |
| 9 | ‘ Those first contacts with the west inspired groups to search out their own roots and national identification . |
| 10 | In the light of their two powerful flashlights visibility was all that could be wished for and it took them only two minutes to carry out their examination : unless one is looking for some obscure mechanical fault there is very little to look for in an engine-room . |
| 11 | God , when those lances passed over your head , I swear my heart stopped beating . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Walked on the race course before breakfast the air balmy and very delightful , great numbers of the blue mountain parrots were making their morning meal on a large kind of the Eucalypti — two of the beautiful Nankeen night herons passed over our heads and we heard the curious note of the coul [ cowl ] bird or bald-headed friar — returned with an excellent appetite — drew all day — in the evening John called me to look at the skin of a snake more than six feet long which James shot in the act of ascending a tree — also brought me some beautiful specimens of a climbing plant bearing thick clusters of cream colour blossoms . ’ |
| 13 | They also complained about unfairness , but there was no willingness to look at the charges or to have proper consultation with local authorities to see how they and the Government could work together to improve the general standards of our beaches . |
| 14 | ‘ Chelmsford seems to be taking a very hard line , but our legal department and the council 's legal department are in discussions to see just what we would be able to sell on Sundays . ’ |
| 15 | Then divide the committee into groups of three to spend twenty minutes drawing out their significance and listing questions to which they give rise . |
| 16 | I invite them to examine the Opposition 's policies to see how they would fare under a Labour Government . |
| 17 | Her skirt had ridden up and she clung to his shoulders convulsively as she yielded to the sweet torment of his long fingers stroking over her thighs . |
| 18 | Last year the London evening newspapers had been able several times to trot out their favourite banner headline . |
| 19 | Boro will be among the clubs stepping up their recruitment as their mid-table finish in North One proved they are some way short of promotion standard . |
| 20 | That is the heart of British manufacturing and it needs our policies to carry on its renaissance . |
| 21 | She could feel a coolness on her brow , and would have reached up her fingers to find out what was there , but that she was possessed by a lassitude that prevented her moving at all . |
| 22 | The planners put red and white markers on the house-tops to indicate where it would go . |
| 23 | But the nostalgia invokes the mythic existence of an interdependent and mutually supportive working class that was then broken up and scattered geographically forfeiting its cohesion and everyday solidarity for the false promises amenities an material improvements trading off its hopes of new of a truly better world for a bigger share in the spoils of the old one and the new fruits of the consumer society . |
| 24 | Check the rules to find out which of these your deadline is . |
| 25 | The strong normative bias in the study of social policy has led at times to a greater preoccupation with criticism of policies than with attempts to discover why they take the forms they do . |
| 26 | She heard the drone of some bees in the garden and the angry chatter of birds disputing over their seeds . |
| 27 | General practitioner fundholders already use contracts to spell out what they expect from hospital services . |
| 28 | ‘ Apparently after Naylor had spent hours checking around my old haunts without success , he finally got lucky when someone recalled having many times seen my car parked outside this block of flats . |
| 29 | Underground , it 's the sort of thing researchers say when they ca n't really help . |
| 30 | They met in Sion College , and , following some lengthy discussions drew up their list of proposals for church government and church discipline . |