Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd never seen him in anything as soft-looking , as human as the pair of scruffy trousers , open-necked shirt and dressing-gown he wore then . |
| 2 | Party control over the army , KGB , state administration , economic management and other public institutions and professional groups that staff them does not lead to unity of interest among them ( Hirszowicz 1976 , p. 270 ) . |
| 3 | As strategic planning is concerned with broad policies and goals it has to relate the organisation to its environment and predict the effects of any changes in that environment . |
| 4 | Despite his age and his narrow election as Chancellor he soon established himself firmly in Bonn , dominating his new Cabinet , whilst his political opponents were weak : the non-coalition parties in the Bundestag were divided among themselves and neither the Communists nor the various conservative groups proved willing to combine with the SPD , whose socialist programme alienated many . |
| 5 | It 's all that shit and junk she takes and all they fucking pills . |
| 6 | What we could not take by political intrigue and threats we took by ‘ gun-boat diplomacy ’ . |
| 7 | It is therefore conceptually useful to distinguish between what the mass media tell us to think about — this is signalled by the events they cover — and what specific attitudes or opinions we have to adopt towards those events , though clearly these distinctions may be difficult to uphold in practice . |
| 8 | Turning away from forecasts and towards theories about the relationship between technical change and employment we find a number of conflicting views . |
| 9 | Five of them to one desperately weakened pony with sunken eyes and ribs you could play tunes on — lassoing it with weighted thongs , and pulling it over and over on the desperately hard ground , until it was crapping everywhere in terror . |
| 10 | Try to anticipate any controversial subjects and disasters you might have to mention , or avoid mentioning , in the course of your speech . |
| 11 | It turned out a cracking match , one of the best for combined action and atmosphere I 've seen this season . |
| 12 | With narrow lips and eyes he faced the strolling irony of the afternoon crowds , the young , the robed incurious foreigners . |
| 13 | I have always been desirous of devoting what little capability and energy I may possess to the country which I love most dearly . ’ |
| 14 | But by using old pieces of furniture of odd shapes and sizes you may well sacrifice the conventional work surface to retain character . |
| 15 | At Christmas they always played ‘ You came down from the stars ’ and at Easter they usually played a Pastorale , and what with the roar of the traffic and the crowds of chattering shoppers or tourists it was practically impossible to distinguish the tune except in short bursts . |
| 16 | In their black top hats and tailcoats they looked more like vultures than ever . |
| 17 | Although if you are redundant or long-term unemployed you feel you have heard all of this before , the truth is that if you manage to keep alive some enthusiasm and initiative you have more chance of getting an interview than if you do not . |
| 18 | A structure as I 've said previously will give us the vital time and for the detailed discussions and consultations we need if we are to build the trust for the merger we all wish to see . |
| 19 | Apart from a few ornaments and pictures he had paid for everything . |
| 20 | The protagonist also feels the need to insulate herself emotionally , a form of protectionism which bears a problematic resemblance to the cultural chauvinism and xenophobia she witnesses during the war . |
| 21 | Instead he pushed his way into the small lounge and rapidly began sorting through the few books and papers she had left lying on the table . |
| 22 | In some confusion and embarrassment I removed Venturous from the vicinity as quickly as possible . |
| 23 | from escaping through the top and if you 're i if it 's a fa you know , there 's some light or disturbance you and want to sleep and the best thing to do is to go into a light doze cos , you know , you ca n't do much else that 's cover your face . |
| 24 | Plane them with newly-ground knives and thickness them , reversing them frequently to remove wood equally from both sides . |
| 25 | ‘ The Last Meal in the Old Home ’ , like a Pre-Raphaelite painting , the three orphans and the grieving servant seated in melancholy around the old table , using the old knives and forks they would never use again . |
| 26 | To the relatively small numbers involved in many cultural organizations and associations we must add the characteristic of relatively short , often extremely short , duration . |
| 27 | Axis Fighters ( No 2 ) and Axis Bombers ( No 4 ) are particularly recommended as they show the expected types and such interesting aircraft as the Arado Ar 234 jet bomber , Heinkel He 177 bomber and Heinkel He 280 jet fighter . |
| 28 | The rectum was most compliant at low pressures and declined with increasing distension pressure until no further progress in compliance between the pressures of 30 to 40 cm H 2 O. Because non-linearity it is doubtful if rectal compliance should be characterised by a single value . |
| 29 | As a change from wet feet and sightseeing I was smuggled into an English-language class where we drank home-made slivovitz and one of the students , a lugubrious-looking individual called Miroslav who played the bassoon in the Moravia Philharmonic Orchestra , invited me to a concert the following evening . |
| 30 | He had experimented with various foods and found that by restricting his diet to one of fresh fruits and vegetables he could control his migraine . |