Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Various sources claim that before age 20 he had amongst other things , rediscovered and proved the law of quadratic reciprocity , discovered the double periodicity of elliptic functions , proved that every positive integer is a sum of 3 triangular numbers ( these are integers of the form unc where n ε Z+ ) , formulated the principle of least squares and conjectured the prime number theorem ( itself not proved until 1896 ) . |
| 2 | There are few patterns as varied and beautiful as those made by the feathers of birds . |
| 3 | He was , he was the one Vincent the erm cross-dresser had actually had some operations and become nearly Vera and he had actually banged Connie on the head with an ashtray cos Connie was selling his story and sold some personal family photos |
| 4 | Handicrafts are among the few activities that employ Indians on their reservations . |
| 5 | Although it appears that sentencing became more severe during the first three years the guide-lines were in use , Minnesota remains one of the very few states that has avoided huge increases in prison population size ( Parent 1988 ) . |
| 6 | This news was passed to his people , who burned his few possessions and redistributed his livestock . |
| 7 | He was going to collect a few possessions and move into Mrs Lorimer 's for a bit . |
| 8 | She 'd invented some errands and left the two men alone . |
| 9 | ‘ While you 're gone I 'll make some calls and see if I can track down a crystal , ’ she said firmly . |
| 10 | ‘ While you 're gone I 'll make some calls and see if I can track down a crystal , ’ she said firmly . |
| 11 | Now let's take some calls and do n't forget our feature at three thirty , our all important feature , I think it 's the most important of the week do n't you ? |
| 12 | We 'd rather lose some riders than have any dissatisfied because they chose the wrong holiday . |
| 13 | One or two of the few houses that make up the hamlet of San Sano were acquired and transformed by the owner with great mastery into the attractive Hotel Residence San Sano , Signor Matarazzo 's taste runs to what could be called a ‘ glorification of simplicity ’ . |
| 14 | Now , I 'm no ‘ Greenie ’ but Recycling is something I feel quite strongly about , and here I hope to give some pros and cons about Recycling , and also give some information about the actual processes . |
| 15 | He may be mute for some minutes and have difficulty in naming objects and carrying out commands for a little while thereafter . |
| 16 | Divide each rectangular cake in half widthways and sandwich one on top of the other with buttercream to give a four-storey cake . |
| 17 | The patrol took some prisoners and drove through the lines until they met up with a British unit , who refused to believe they were who they said they were . |
| 18 | He had a grey fringe round back and sides , although a few wisps that had once been fair or ginger were combed over the top . |
| 19 | I also spoke of my difficulty in giving talks to the armed forces ; for nothing remotely intellectual was acceptable , and the only use which I felt I could be was in taking along a few maps and indicating the whereabouts of places increasingly mentioned on the wireless or the press ( though they read only the ‘ picture ’ papers ) . |
| 20 | So , after a little research in Bangkok , I wrote a few letters and made a few calls and found a Brother distributer . |
| 21 | Before I regret the temporary arrival of my better nature , you 'd better let me make a few calls and see what I can do to get you home today . ’ |
| 22 | Requirements concerning the degree of processing or working were made more flexible by doubling the tolerance of non-originating components to 10 per cent , abolishing the double threshold rule for some products and lowering the percentage of added value required for others , and reducing the threshold for obtaining derogations ( that is , waiving of the rules-of-origin requirements ) from 60 per cent to 45 per cent of local added value in finished products . |
| 23 | One month later , it raised taxes on some products and put a four-month freeze on the prices of a further 42 per cent of products . |
| 24 | Such struggle may involve spatial structuring of the society , as with the construction of residential segregation in urban areas to promote the interests of some groups and retard those of others ( as with racial groups in the United States : Johnson , 1984c , and chapter 5 below ) . |
| 25 | A difference between McGregor and Tuckman seems to be that the former sees some groups as fixed in their poor behaviour , whereas the latter implies that groups tend to move out of the ineffective stages into more effective behaviour . |
| 26 | There are some projects that have been offered to us and there are a couple of tracks just sitting there which have Freddie 's vocal on — not much , but maybe two or three songs . ’ |
| 27 | Jean-Claude made some notes and sang some snatches and beat out percussion ideas on the ground with an alder switch . |
| 28 | This suits some birds and spoils things for others . |
| 29 | POLLING stations 83 and 84 for the village of Hath Qila lie down a dusty track that must be one of the few roads that has not been metalled in the five years that Mr Rajiv Gandhi has been cosseting his home constituency of Amethi . |
| 30 | Actress June Brown , 65 , had been rumoured to be unhappy with some storylines and upset when market stall holder Pete Beale played by Peter Dean was axed . |