Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible Minton also knew that the house was built on the site of former warehouses where some of the first slaves brought to Britain were unloaded and where many died . |
| 2 | If frequent access to embryos is necessary it is advisable to have these in a second incubator designated for short-term cultures thereby ensuring that the long-term cultures remain undisturbed and enjoy greater stability of C02 levels and temperature . |
| 3 | One prominent analysis of this maintains that the interaction between political institutions broadly defined and media institutions is one of ‘ dependence and adaptation ’ . |
| 4 | The Israeli authorities also said that following denials by the accused 's interrogator and a polygraph ( lie detector ) test on ‘ Abd al-Ra'uf Ghabin 's , his allegations were ‘ found to be baseless ’ , and that he actually ‘ retracted most of his allegations ’ . |
| 5 | like it you know , you , you can spend a lot of bloody money just to try and improve |
| 6 | The baby who is picked up or fed whenever he cries soon becomes a veritable tyrant , and gives his mother no peace when awake ; while , on the other hand , the infant who is fed regularly , put to sleep , and played with at definite times soon finds that appeals bring no response , and so learns that most useful of all lessons , self-control , and the recognition of an authority other than his own wishes . |
| 7 | However , the gene is still expressed at a low level further emphasizing that the region between -190bp and -55bp is important for basal expression . |
| 8 | On Feb. 14 the EC 's European Parliament again requested and the Commission on Feb. 20 agreed that the ECJ be asked for a new opinion on the agreement . |
| 9 | The Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board recently warned that a three month war in the Gulf would send the US economy into depression . |
| 10 | He watched his friend watching Isabel and his hazel eyes slowly widened as he took in the tightly drawn stillness in the other man 's body , the white-knuckled fist still clenched against the wall . |
| 11 | Suddenly Harry felt the narrow cell so filled and overfilled with his own dread and hatred that he could hardly breathe . |
| 12 | For weeks after the game Scots fans jokingly demanded that the team abandon traditional training methods and prepare for every match with a raging bender . |
| 13 | This family is characterised by the disk being ill-defined or constricted with the arms appearing to continue to the centre of the disk in some genera ; the disk may be covered with skin or a dense coating of granules ; the long and narrow radial shields ; the reduced papillae on the jaw with only the apical papillae well developed and the oral papillae small , like enlarged granules ; the genital slits situated vertically on the sides of the disk ; the arms long and covered with skin or granules . |
| 14 | Six million of these families were estimated to earning less than £100 per annum — a very low figure indeed considering that the nation 's provision for a family of five in 1935 was 29s 3d ( £1 46p ) from the Unemployment Assistance Board and 36s ( £ 1 80p ) in 1936 — giving an annual income of between £74 and £90 per annum . |
| 15 | A successful private deal also means that creditors and shareholders have reached a voluntary consensus , which binds them in to the firm 's future health . |
| 16 | Prejudice against deaf drivers nevertheless persists and continues to require intervention by the BDA on their behalf at regular intervals . |
| 17 | Regional guidance generally advised that the co-ordinator should be appointed fro the senior management team . |
| 18 | She sat in front of her turfed teepee like a re-located squaw — the mass of brown hair loosely braided and heaped on her head like a parcel carelessly tied with twine , her forget-me-not blue eyes looking at Mary only when she thought she was unobserved , at all other times intent on the middle distance , her small , slight , quick body quivering as she enjoyed the rare comfort of proper sat-down company and felt the physical , close interest of another human being . |
| 19 | A lot of Scottish artists now deny that ever happen . |
| 20 | A lot of Scottish artists now deny that ever happen . |
| 21 | When the Beaubourg was set up , the only French institutions seriously exhibiting and purchasing contemporary art were at Saint-Etienne , Grenoble and Marseilles . |
| 22 | The Israeli Foreign Ministry formally denied that any of the four were spies and on Feb. 12 demanded an apology from the Egyptian government . |
| 23 | A French housewife recently thought that she had discovered the world 's first metal potato — until she realised that the object she was trying to peel was in fact a Second World War hand grenade , which had probably been scooped up by a potato picking machine before it found its way into her groceries . |
| 24 | British Rail then said that the accident was ‘ caused by a fault in the assembly of one of the bogie 's wheelsets ’ . |
| 25 | Social policies often assume that the income and expenditure of a household is divided equally amongst members of the household , in particular between husband and wife . |
| 26 | The chief one is that it is a very salient stereotype popularly characterized as non-standard or ‘ vulgar ’ , and is extremely widespread in England and Wales . |
| 27 | In 1963 the ageing Adenauer finally resigned and the new Chancellor , Ludwig Erhard , began to establish tentative trade links with eastern Europe . |
| 28 | Silence continues to sustain the hegemony , and social change only occurs when irresistible and more powerful forces are brought to bear from outside ( see Adams 1988 ) . |
| 29 | Moreover , since our involvement in social relationships and membership of social groups only ends when our social existence ends ( at death ) , socialisation must be seen as an inevitable and a lifelong process . |
| 30 | Field experiments with stuffed birds also demonstrate that different species of small birds all close in for the attack on a hated enemy — in this case not a predator but a cuckoo . |