Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A starting point for this exercise was to look at the courses due for validation or review in 1993 . |
| 2 | Deeper hard pans require more drastic operations such as double digging ; in established gardens you may prefer to delay the upheaval until each area affected is due for renewal and replanting . |
| 3 | Nevin , out in the cold for the last year at Goodison , said : ‘ I 'm aiming to create as many goals as possible for Aldo and help take Tranmere into the Premier League . |
| 4 | The old lady had been deaf for years and had what she called a ‘ thing-gummyjig ’ on her telephone receiver which was intended to help her hear her callers more clearly . |
| 5 | The point is to be specific about income and to plan it to meet your maximum budget . |
| 6 | to maximize commitment to the objectives of the enterprise employees must be told rapidly about all matters that affect them directly , and as soon as possible about matters that affect them less directly . |
| 7 | Children who tend to be irritable , moody , difficult to manage , and emotional about changes or frustrated will generally react with the most disturbance to the birth . |
| 8 | but to feel sorry for women and put their view forward because , I mean , you still the situation of a Friday when men go down to the pub and you know they 're all Jack the Lad ! |
| 9 | Israel 's uniqueness stems from the fact that it considers itself to be in a perpetual state of war with its Arab neighbours which , together with the Nazi barbarities of the last war , is somehow supposed to make the rest of the world feel permanently sorry for Israel and give it the right to carry out any intelligence operations it likes . |
| 10 | The man was too weak for chloroform and had to be held by two of the dispensers , yet he did not utter a groan throughout the operation . |
| 11 | She looked just too guilty for words and knew it , and Felipe 's dark eyes flashed to the tray and the still unused tablet . |
| 12 | There was also a short second backstairs admirable for hide-and-seek and making our house a popular place for tea parties , and of course there was a large basement with red tiles on the floor and a splendid old kitchen stove which our Marion kept as highly polished as her good shining face . |
| 13 | I was a bit upset after Wednesday and wanted to show that I could win on my merits . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Yet to come is a Netware client for Unix users that will allow access to Novell Netware LANs — that will be very interesting for users that want better integration between PC LANs and mission critical Unix applications . ’ |
| 15 | I am careful about fingers when fishing the Don , particularly Ann 's . |
| 16 | We carry the memory of childhood like a photo in a locket , fierce and possessive for pain or calm ; everybody 's past is inviolate , separate , sacrosanct , our heads are different countries with no maps or dictionaries , people walk vast deserts of grief or inhabit walled gardens of joy . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , the problem with the Desktop Division , according to Engels , is that its targets were unrealistic for products that have not yet achieved critical mass . |
| 18 | We 're always a little doubtful about statements that have to be forced out of witnesses by revealing the extent of our prior information . ’ |
| 19 | Obviously , at the end of her service , she was too old for breeding and stayed with her handler until she died at the age of sixteen . |
| 20 | He had been old for years and grown so fat in the stomach that he puffed when he stooped . |
| 21 | However , it is unfortunately true that many unconventional forms of service can be relatively inconvenient for users and tend to have a romantic , if empirically unsound , appeal . |
| 22 | Lenz et al used intragastric titration to measure acid output and hypertonic solutions of glucose saline as controls and found that 5% and 10% ethanl significantly increased three hour acid secretion whereas 20% ethanol had a mild but insignificant stimulatory effect . |
| 23 | It shows Christianity beside the most primitive of humanity and slashes a raw strength into the London lounge . |
| 24 | Reduce the risk by regularly using a long-handled body brush to keep your pores clear of grime and to prevent dead skin cells building up |
| 25 | Some 4610 feet from the side of Gunnerside Gill lies the engine room and hydraulic engine that pumped the mine clear of water and wound up the tubs of lead ore from the levels another 130 feet below the engine room . |
| 26 | Someone had to wipe the inside of the windscreen clear of condensation and clear the outside of the build-up of brown slush . |
| 27 | Home-bred by Derby winning owner Khalid Abdullah , Tremolando made virtually all the running to come home ten lengths clear of Graegos and put Eddery on the 55 mark . |
| 28 | The Scot , however , steered clear of trouble and maintained a three-stride advantage till the line . |
| 29 | Her parents , although they loved their daughter , were not the most understanding of people and assumed that she was being disobedient . |
| 30 | But Prince has floated free of grassroots or use value , and ascended to an aristocratic , aerial domain of licence and luxury — where he 's instigated a promiscuous chaos of stylistic miscegenation . |