Example sentences of "[unc] [adj] [noun pl] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm I then asked er additional questions to see what the up to the minute information was at that time . |
| 2 | I 'm not suggesting for a moment it does n't cross my mind nor has Mr suggested that there has been any er deliberate failures to disclose something which was thought was , which you 've got and was thought relevant , but it , things do turn out to be potentially relevant in the course of the court appearance |
| 3 | This is why it is so vital that the EC 's half-hearted plans to deregulate its airlines after 1992 should be strengthened , not diluted . |
| 4 | Det Insp Brian Welfare , of Sussex CID , said that he had met the university 's residential advisers to alert them to the risk to other students . |
| 5 | Chico Mendes was internationally known for organising Amazon 's rubber tappers to defend their livelihood against the encroachments of landowners and timber merchants . |
| 6 | Cecil has not won the 2,000 Guineas since Wollow scored in 1976 , but Pursuit of Love is a genuine contender and it will take a convincing performance from either Forest Tiger or Dr Devious in today 's Craven Stakes to displace him at the head of Ladbrokes ' market — and other firms could well follow suit . |
| 7 | Determined to delve deeper into the matter , the DFG , one of the major channels for state funds for research which distributes DM 900 million ( £200 million ) annually for all subjects , has asked some of Germany 's top researchers to review their own areas and try to pin down some of the problems . |
| 8 | And , along with their male counterparts , they were ready to carry out the purpose of the meeting which , in the words of Douglas Kinnaird of PA Consulting , brought in as one of the UK 's top headhunters to chair it , was ‘ not to provide answers but raise comments , views — even whether or not it is a concern ? — and pick out perhaps one or two opportunities . ’ |
| 9 | Linda and Co are used to wearing the most luxurious quality fabrics , cut by the world 's top couturiers to fit their finely-tuned bodies to perfection . |
| 10 | But the nodding baby , the beginnings of whimpers from Helen who had decided that she minded bitterly that her fairy doll had spent Christmas in a cardboard box , Mrs Chamberlin 's gallant attempts to fight her own fatigue , told her she must go home . |
| 11 | Fenton moved forward , signalling to four of Larsen 's burly mates to accompany him . |
| 12 | As was his custom , Sukarno adapted Nehru 's actual words to reflect his own hostility to the Dutch and his growing admiration for Japan . |
| 13 | That acquisition could have scuppered the whole effort , given AT&T 's long-standing efforts to establish its own Tuxedo as the de-facto standard for Unix TP . |
| 14 | But Mr Yeltsin himself has been unable to give the miners public support because their strike threatens Russia 's stubborn attempts to plough its lonely furrow of economic reform . |
| 15 | He did not particularly like Franco whose view on life was rather cynical , redeemed only by the fact that he was quite willing to listen to Sandison 's halting efforts to tell his tale in Italian . |
| 16 | Johnson complained of having been rendered exhausted by Sir Alexander 's over-zealous efforts to entertain him . |
| 17 | This means that the court will allow the Panel 's contemporaneous decisions to take their course and will only intervene ( if at all ) later and in retrospect by declaratory orders which would enable the Panel not to repeat any error , and would relieve individuals of the disciplinary consequences of any erroneous finding of a breach of the rules . |
| 18 | The building — called the Old Manor House — was allegedly the scene of a naked ‘ wedding ceremony ’ and Miss Dale has also been at the centre of a storm surrounding payments of £4,000 made by the Treasury to help fund Chancellor Norman Lamont 's legal expenses to get her out of his London house . |
| 19 | In order to persuade the company 's existing members to sell their shares , it will be necessary for the bidder to offer a premium over the current stock market price . |
| 20 | Space audit — the assessment of a client 's existing premises to define their long-term space requirements . |
| 21 | Despite Zborowski 's frantic efforts to sell his work , Modigliani 's living was still very precarious . |
| 22 | Typically there is a short anodyne introduction to the economy of the recipient nation , emphasising the need for conservation and the nation 's laudable attempts to meet it . |
| 23 | And for all Martin Stannard 's fair-minded efforts to encourage our pity , it 's very difficult to stir up much regret about that . |
| 24 | Both looked well pleased after hours of hard drinking and glowered at their sober master 's harsh strictures to leave their ale and go back through the pouring rain to King 's Steps and another unpleasant journey along the Thames . |
| 25 | Wilful and wasteful of such innocent , joyful music , Mordkovitch wrenched at the tempi , disregarded the dynamics and , showing a wanton unfeelingness for the orchestra 's commendable attempts to accommodate her in a notey accompaniment , trailed Yuasa reeling in her wake . |
| 26 | Germans were resentful of France 's post-war attempts to keep them under close control , and it could not automatically be expected that they would agree to join European institutions . |
| 27 | She 'd firmly resisted her mother 's oft-repeated efforts to tempt her with the power-packed vegetable which she 'd seen the singing sailor-man so often greedily guzzle straight from the can . |
| 28 | He likes to recall China 's ‘ 5,000 year-old tradition of history ’ ( which takes us back to the mythical Yellow Emperor ) and urges China 's battered intellectuals to revive their patriotic spirit . |
| 29 | This , and the free labour conflict conducted by the Shipping Federation , troubled him less , however , than the Federation 's malicious attempts to destroy his credibility and that of the union by maligning his character and labelling him a criminal . |
| 30 | It is a lucid symbol of Grimes 's flailing efforts to free himself from reality . |