Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 At other times cultural groups regard themselves in a superior relationship to other cultures .
2 There were days when the leaders of the band refused to let them light any kind of fire in case German patrols found them and yet they somehow still had to produce food that the men could eat .
3 In this case high frequencies means anything above approximately half the clock frequency .
4 On the other hand , on the Trans-Caspian and Trans-Siberian lines the scale of the enterprise was such that the stations became in effect complete communities dominating their localities as part of the process of conquering those vast outer regions of the Russian Empire .
5 All of these far Eastern peoples used dog-teams to draw their sledges .
6 It has been agreed to call these antibodies perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies to differentiate them from the classical cANCA present in Wegener 's granulomatosis .
7 Even these statistics palled to insignificance a few years later when cocaine joined with heroin in the hard drugs scene and the high value of low bulk concentrated drugs made it so profitable and easy to smuggle .
8 At the London Boat Show Walker Marine Instruments launched their latest trailing log , which will bring the range into the Nineties .
9 They will get from the inspectors straightforward summaries saying what the strengths and weaknesses of each school are .
10 Furthermore , with immediate effect the resolution gave the President additional powers permitting him to take unspecified " emergency measures " anywhere in the Soviet Union where " life , health or property " were threatened .
11 Perhaps it is because in isolation human beings achieve their true status ; they are no longer tied to an economic process which dominates their existence .
12 His colleague Vic Marks wrote that ‘ we willed opposition fast bowlers to bounce him so that we could witness the majesty of his hooking ’ , and there can be very few batsmen of whom that could be said .
13 After all , many sales environments forced trainees to find their own leads .
14 Nor do the mags aimed at Homemakers With-Beastly Babies contain anything remotely amusing …
15 It was very successful , both in appearance and in standing up to the wear small children give their clothes .
16 Data General aims to hit what it figures is the largest of the imaging markets : the turnkey multi-user arena .
17 It was designated the " Falcon 30 " and powered by two Lycoming ALF 502D turbo-fan engines made its first flight on 11 May 73 .
18 And so the telegram was sent , a come-uppance which deserves quotation as an act that may have saved the world from early extinction by sheer megalomania : ‘ I deeply regret that it becomes my duty as president and Commander-in-Chief of the United States military forces to replace you as Supreme Commander , Allied Powers ; Commander-in-Chief , United Nations Command ; Commander-in-Chief , Far East ; and Commanding General , U. S. Army Far East .
19 ‘ I understand the letter asks Whitehall civil servants to illustrate what a 2.5 per cent cut ( £6.3 billion ) and a 5 per cent cut ( £12 billion ) would involve for the current spending round which has now started .
20 I warmly welcome the decision of the Northern Ireland political leaders to start their talks again .
21 When McCaw Cellular Communications announced it was to swap $600m of its junk bonds for stock , the price of the bonds shot up .
22 The delegation had been due to meet South Korean dissidents to discuss their possible attendance at a North Korean pro-unification rally due to be held at Panmunjom on Aug. 15 .
23 Jamie Spence 's win in the Canon European Masters made him the sixth first-time winner on this season 's Volvo Tour .
24 North European businesses found it satisfactory to farm out big clerical jobs to London agencies , and international corporations making domestic appliances found the nimble-fingered women of the North and Midlands surprisingly to their taste .
25 South Central residents claim they are rude , racist , parasitic .
26 Until 1948 , the Poor Law required children to maintain their parents and the law was implemented with varying degrees of rigour from district to district .
27 yeah , wait , slow down just walk , walk Kilburn okay whoops have you seen they 're gon na come up in a minute
28 In the continuing series of unity meetings , South Yemeni leaders reiterated their full commitment to the goal of formal reunification by Nov. 30 , 1990 .
29 Fighting continued around Sarajevo , Bihac and Goradze and in various areas of northern Bosnia-Hercegovina , while in the south Bosnian Croatians consolidated their hold on the area they had named the Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosna [ see p. 39012 ] .
30 T. D. Orange Lodges had their processions — be an occasional explosion when someone tried to dodge between you and they decided that once the procession started , nobody must cross the bows .
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