Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [adv] [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 But it was in midfield where Tranmere really shone and leading the way was veteran Steve Mungall .
2 Russians adopted the orthodox spirituality of the Greeks and it is interesting that , even after decades of Soviet oppression , they do not have the same problems about the reality they call ‘ God ’ as we do in the West , where Christians always behaved as though God could be discussed like any other metaphysical entity .
3 David Arthur of Barlow , Lyde & Gilbert also said that the company is the client .
4 Furthermore , to imagine that he 's repeating what Freud said , and claiming that Freud really believed that our sense of guilt about incest and murdering relatives was the result of , of socialization is again simply not true .
5 Although Scott obviously thought that there was nothing wrong in MPs lobbying Palmerston on his behalf , he was upset at the idea of fellow architects criticizing his appointment .
6 Although exporters fairly complained that this made their goods less competitive in price , it helped to lower the cost of imports and thus the prices of foreign goods sold in Britain .
7 That homes already furbished or in the process of being refurbished or identified for refurbishment shall not be closed and will re-open as county council E P H s .
8 A critical difference in this study was that subjects simply sat and watched the slides while physiological measures were recorded , a similar procedure to one used recently by Heuer and Reisberg ( 1990 ) .
9 As a result of the meeting Devi Lal apparently believed he had the Prime Minister 's approval to reinstate his son , although Singh subsequently denied that he had given his approval to such a move .
10 ‘ I was told by others that Benny really laughed when he got that fax .
11 Hall appeared with a letter from the Duke , who perhaps not unexpectedly said that he had some ‘ pressing business in Scotland ’ and , therefore , regretfully had to resign his duties , 2 although Burn later said that this was due to the death of the Duke 's uncle .
12 She hung his jacket on a hanger on the hat-and-coat fixture next to the deerstalker hat that Sebastian invariably donned when he went out , but which he had left behind when he 'd gone to India .
13 Although Ruth now knew that she would be on the moor throughout the coming winter , and perhaps if she was lucky see the first , early signs of spring , she knew she was now taking her farewell of its chief beauty .
14 I th there was , there was one big point that I actually missed out as well that neither of you have picked up on and that was that Maggie actually said that they were having problems with John in school and I should 've come back and , and said well she di she actually said that she was having problems with John , full stop , and I should 've actually come back and , and clarified whether it was at school or not and hence led to the private education and I missed that one completely and realized that I 'd done it afterwards but none of you picked up on that one .
15 Sultry looks had been a speciality of hers for some years , so much so that Matthew sometimes wondered whether she practised them in front of a mirror for ten minutes each day .
16 Sir I I agree with the comments that Mr just made that basically policy H two in its present form has two functions .
17 I remember that Lee once said that it was a good thing so many contemporary artists use shoddy materials because their works would happily disintegrate so future generations would be spared the sight of them .
18 The one the Federation produced is very good , but a lot of reading in it , so , we wanted one we could hand out to people and the the intention is that we , we go on the market next week Thursday and Friday to hand out that leaflet , also to advertise the meeting on the tenth , erm , so that really is as far , and obviously the meetings that , that Lilly just said that Kathy 's coming , that would be an opportunity to erm you know , discuss it further with her .
19 Jane Ashton was a slim girl , with short , soft hair curling around a face so pleasant that people automatically smiled when they met her .
20 ‘ The Brixton squad has a depth that Hillingdon never had and we are strong not just on court but also on the bench , ’ she said .
21 Does the Minister agree that Chernobyl probably happened because of incompetence rather than by a deliberate action ?
22 The ultimate test of this communication and involvement process was that staff eventually felt that they ‘ owned ’ the concepts and techniques which they used .
23 Although Trollope once remarked that ‘ when we have once learnt what was that picture before which was hung Mrs Ratcliffe 's solemn curtain , we feel no further interest about either the frame or the veil ’ , his remark is valid only for her species of the Gothic .
24 Although France officially claimed that the release of the jets was linked specifically to Libya 's improved relations with Chad , there was intense media speculation that it represented an " arms for hostages " deal .
25 Although Constance soon learned that life in a couture house was more about hard work than glamour , she loved Maison de Levantiére .
26 We could , however , challenge a man who asserted that , as a matter of historical fact , Cortés ( like Quetzalcoatl ) was born of an eagle and a serpent , or that Cortés was ordained to save the world , or that Cortés never died and now bides his time in some underground crypt awaiting a propitious moment to return and proclaim his sovereignty over Mexico .
27 If it is true that kings only legislated when faced with an urgent need to enhance their standing with their subjects by prestigious acts of law-making , the appearance of royal codes of law in Kent and Wessex at this time may reflect something of the very considerable crisis through which these regions had recently passed .
28 The name Yahweh appears in the Bible from the earliest times ( Genesis 4:1 ) and in such ways as to imply that men both knew and used it ( e.g. Genesis 4:26 ; 14:22 ) .
29 Michael Newman argues that the Labour party adopted the view that fascism only emerged where parliamentary democracy was not well established .
30 On visits to Romania , the curators of Ceauşescu 's residences , the state guest-houses and museums , noted that Zhivkov only stole or requested as presents the most exquisite items .
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