Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She also had strong opinions and found it hard to " brook any delay or frustration . |
| 2 | He saw it as an economic drain and realised its damaging effect on Moscow 's international relations . |
| 3 | When I had eaten the first course of cabbage , and the second of meat pudding , potato and carrots , I poured cold water into my used billycan and put it on the lighted stove . |
| 4 | Maguire will surely be champion jockey in due course but appreciates what a long haul he has ahead of him this season . |
| 5 | 46 Leonis Minoris is just in the same × 7 field with Xi and Nu , and is identifiable because it has a K-type spectrum and shows its orange colour when viewed through binoculars ; unusually for so dim a star , it has a proper name — Præcipua . |
| 6 | They chose instead to define only one boundary ( the lower ) of each division and to define it by a " golden spike " ( unfortunately only hypothetical ) driven into the most suitable horizon in the most appropriate section . |
| 7 | Erm now in general terms , this budget keeps within policy guidelines and I am grateful to Environment Committee for sticking to their lower level and help us out as mentioned yesterday . |
| 8 | Our study confirms that finding but questions its relevance and its implications . |
| 9 | They set broad direction while allowing their views to be influenced by the experience so gained . |
| 10 | If the United States wishes to be an effective peace broker , it must accept the fundamental need for law enforcement , uphold the illegality of Israeli settlement and abandon its policy of appeasing its ally . |
| 11 | However , unlike Mills they see professional groups as losing their power and influence rather than as joining the power elite . |
| 12 | He said it 's not an offence he said if you 've broke down , you ca n't help , he said but you 've got ta really move it so I went round to Paul and there was about seven or eight blokes that pushed it all the way round to Bernie 's . |
| 13 | Nothing , huh , spent all that money and got nothing |
| 14 | Well we may as well have got that money and thrown it down the toilet ! |
| 15 | Causton plans to alter the ends of the polymers to make them stick better to specific surfaces or make them attractive to only a particular protein . |
| 16 | FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM don the wide brimmed hats and cover themselves in flour for two nights of doom laden entertainment at London 's Town & Country Club on March 29 and 30 . |
| 17 | He smoked a cigarette and looked at her stubbly hair and bought her another brandy . |
| 18 | ‘ Bring me the women first , ’ Implexion had said , striding into the largest tent and making it his temporary headquarters . |
| 19 | If she was older she would go into that kitchen and tear her apart . |
| 20 | Mike Power and Clive Thornton pointed him in the right direction and sent him in like a terrier down a rabbit hole . |
| 21 | It is not a comprehensive guide to symptoms and services , but it should point you in the right direction and show you where to go for help . |
| 22 | It is not a comprehensive guide to symptoms and services , but it should point you the right direction and show you where to go for help . |
| 23 | He had changed physically but the movement of his body down the carriage for coffee still had that freedom that set him apart from the suited composure of the brief case brigade that filled the train . |
| 24 | If you take an on-centre and an off-centre cell with slightly overlapping receptive field and add their outputs this value will be greatest when an edge is positioned between the two . |
| 25 | That is , the generality of the depression will depend on whether the person 's helpless views extend to all areas of his life ; the length of the depression will depend on how stable his helpless attitudes have become ; and self-esteem will be lowered if the person has internalised his helpless attitudes and sees himself as a failure . |
| 26 | Prior to the course validation event , a subcommittee comprising — was set up to consider each course and review its ‘ enterprise ’ content . |
| 27 | After the breakfast things had been washed up I had to take the milk separator to bits and wash each part and dry them in front of the fire and then put them together again ready for the night 's milking . |
| 28 | Moves are now being made to lift the aircraft from its watery grave and preserve it locally . |
| 29 | In other words , management must continue to develop their own professional skills and sell them to the best bidder . |
| 30 | The dawn of the philosophical Enlightenment had almost no effect upon the average European who still tilled his feudal strip and grazed his animals on the common land . |