Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [pron] [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it is obvious that the other 11 Governments are prepared to accept the draft before them at Maastricht today and that this Government are not , the Government are confessing to a unique combination of political prejudice and economic weakness which marks them out from the rest of the Community and which marks Britain down in the Community . |
| 2 | they 've gave us since we 've been creating that much she 's had been in to see Mr she said and he says oh no he says er that 's not right Brenda , he says er mine are all guaranteed until they 're earning that money he says you ca n't just do it |
| 3 | Actually it 's a bit of a unorganised chaos nobody knows what the heck they 're doing ! |
| 4 | He has a stare that can fill a man with dread — a quiet , almost contemptuous look which shakes you to your boots . |
| 5 | Payments are probably dealt with by some junior clerk who applies his or her own interpretation of what the company wants . |
| 6 | So far we have considered how natural language might have developed that complexity which sets it off so dramatically from the signalling systems of other species . |
| 7 | Callaghan is another example two or three homes big Jim with all his bloody money what does he care about working people ? |
| 8 | We are all used to the exploitation of art by tourism , but touristic exploitation of the miseries of war and the destruction of art is a grotesque perversion which brings us up short . |
| 9 | A GOLF-MAD couple have been banned from using an exclusive private course which surrounds their home . |
| 10 | A democracy … demands a dissemination of political understanding wide enough to make the people 's will in government an effective thing … the uninformed citizen … can be misled by the easy halftruth and the persuasive slogan ; or he can feel that understanding will always be beyond him and fall into that apathy which leaves everything to authority . |
| 11 | Under a Labour chairman who 's who 's got a nice job somewhere else now , I understand . |
| 12 | As you throw the punch , swing your back foot around so that the big-toe edge of the foot strikes the inside of the opponent 's leading ankle in a scooping action which knocks it outwards . |
| 13 | If you notice the significant of that significance of that figure it covers your commission cos that 's what we pay . |
| 14 | And unless someone possesses unique powers of extrasensory perception which enables him to influence the balls in the caller 's cabinet , character references are strictly irrelevant to the outcome of the jolly game of life in which eyes look down rather than upward for support . |
| 15 | This ‘ mistake ’ is itself the result of a failure to recognize the ontological status of the novel , i.e. the irreducible indeterminacy which leaves it open to multiple interpretations . |
| 16 | He , too , is a high-flying Socialist who declaims his no doubt sincerely-held beliefs from atop a mountain of privilege . |
| 17 | Thus you play into the hands of that force which desires your downfall and wishes to hinder your inner progress , leaving you to shut the gate on the prison you have built for yourself , afraid to step out and to try anew to overcome your weaknesses . |
| 18 | The case for placing UNEP in the Third World is plain enough — influence , providing a sense of shaping the decisions — but where can the pay-off be seen in Africa , a hapless continent which does nothing to strengthen UNEP 's authority ? |
| 19 | The child 's subconscious reaction remains the same and , unless careful understanding is given to him at each stage of his growing up , he will spend the rest of his life in such a way that he reinforces that self-image which tells him that he is not worthy of receiving love . |
| 20 | These have been recreated using an amazing new British technique which makes it possible to produce accurate facsimiles of ancient bodies . |
| 21 | MTh students who have no previous knowledge of Hebrew do a special one-year course which brings them up to the level necessary for research in Old Testament Studies . |
| 22 | ‘ I wanted to write , but when you study English literature it paralyses you from being a creative writer , because what you read is so wonderful all the time , you feel you ca n't possibly pit yourself against them and try yourself . ’ |
| 23 | It is a type of book open to any would-be writer who feels he or she can work in the vein . |
| 24 | In modern medicine , atropine is classified as an anticholinergic drug which means it is an inhibitor of basal and meal-stimulated gastric acid production . |
| 25 | In this case what keeps them apart is not belonging to the same sex , rather , it is simply a condition of life that in no human relationship can two persons ‘ fuse ’ into one . |
| 26 | Yet there is no cultural measure which allows one to distinguish between these types of programmes ; similar criticisms can be levelled against both Minder and Dallas and this makes it difficult to accept Kumar 's position in its entirety . |
| 27 | What is it about this course which helps you to learn ? |
| 28 | The electron is made to pass through a magnetic field which deflects it in different directions according to the different orientations of the spin . |
| 29 | Sensitive leniency is not the only principle operating , however , for constables also need to avoid being ‘ taken for a ride ’ by an unrealistic excuse which makes them look foolish . |
| 30 | ‘ We are obviously delighted to be starting this contract which enables us to offer our high standard of service in Wandesworth . ’ |