Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only much later that I realised the reason for the request and also for the resulting laughter , namely the enjoyment of a broad Somerset accent which had come with me , and traces of which can still be recognised by West Country people nearly seventy years later . |
| 2 | Such building , multiplied many times over , provided France with a network of fortified towns ( some of them very large by the standards of the day ) , impressive traces of which can still be seen today . |
| 3 | This leaves the possibility of a splendid house being found in the east courtyard , where the museum and custodian 's house now stand ; but had any substantial remains survived , traces of them would surely have been found when those buildings were erected . |
| 4 | For the first time in their four-year history the awards will have a regional stage ; the winners of which will then have a chance to win one of nine national awards in London on November 17 . |
| 5 | A world-wide Mareva injunction now always contains a proviso designed to afford some protection for third parties from what would otherwise be ‘ an altogether exorbitant , extra-territorial jurisdiction ’ . |
| 6 | By then all the stars will have burned out and the protons and neutrons in them will probably have decayed into light particles and radiation . |
| 7 | However , there are now real problems and the solutions to them can no longer be delayed or fudged . |
| 8 | In a second collection ( 1577 ) Le Maistre keeps generally to a simpler polyphonic style , while the enormously influential Fünffzig Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen ( Nuremberg , 1586 ) of Lucas Osiander ( 1534–1604 ) were specifically ‘ set so that an entire Christian congregation can join in the singing throughout ( durchaus mitsingen ) ’ , in four-part block harmony with the melody in the highest part and firmly marked tonal ( V-I ) cadences on what may surely be called ‘ dominant ’ and ‘ tonic ’ : |
| 9 | a visual aid with more than three or four words on it will probably fail |
| 10 | Sequent has re-engineered NT 's Hardware Abstraction Layer ( HAL ) specifically for the WinServer , copies of which will only be available from the Beaverton , Oregon-based company . |
| 11 | Among the earliest souvenirs to be hawked to the victorious Allied troops who marched into Beirut on 8 October 1917 was a horrific picture postcard , old copies of which can still be found in the antiquarian bookshop that sells the David Roberts lithographs on Makhoul Street . |
| 12 | At the same time , all forms of what would usually be considered popular music can in principle be disseminated by face-to-face methods ( for instance , in concerts ) rather than the mass media , and can be made available free , or even structured as collective participation , rather than sold as a commodity ; it is hard to believe that a few friends , jamming on ‘ Born in the USA ’ at a party , are not producing ‘ popular music ’ . |
| 13 | We must be sensitive to all forms of what can loosely be termed ‘ social control ’ . |
| 14 | Then William and Harry would have had the support of their parents during what must undoubtedly be a very traumatic time for them . |
| 15 | Raffle prizes or donations towards them will still be gratefully received by Cicely . |
| 16 | And chaps like me can then go down to the villa , for those two weeks , every year for the next twenty-five years , without paying a penny ! |
| 17 | Budding classicists amongst you will quickly realise that Intel has managed rather clumsily to match a Greek prefix to a Latin suffix . |
| 18 | Then , in the next chapter , after elaborating further on the features of psychosis itself , we shall return to examine how explanations of it might also give an account of certain aspects of the creative process . |
| 19 | Those poor children in the Cairngorms had just been recovered from the clutches of what can only be described as moronic supervisors . |
| 20 | Having lain unnoticed for a number of years , Patinkin 's insights have recently been elaborated and refined in the works of Robert Clower and in the writings of what may loosely be called the French Keynesian School , the most prominent member of which is Edmond Malinvaud ( see Malinvaud , 1980 and 1985 ) . |
| 21 | Again it was no surprise to find most temporary workers in what could best be described as lower level or less skilled occupations , both in industry and services [ see Table 2.2 ] . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , observers on what might broadly be called the left were generally very much opposed to the creation of enterprise zones ( Anderson , 1980 ; Massey , 1982 ) . |
| 23 | Now however Ludens had stepped for a moment inside the charmed circle , and things between them could never be the same again . |
| 24 | Does n't listen to a word I say , like , the women 's no good cos I told some things about which would really made yet more of his hair fall of the top of his bald head , I said I said look , a working women needs a working man to help support herself and her children , I said , er no , nobody is going to be able these days , a woman not going to be able to support herself on twenty hours a week , which is what Karen does , putting out bread in the Asda . |
| 25 | Dreams about him would surely be of the nightmare variety ! |
| 26 | On behalf of the Opposition , and indeed the whole House , I wish to express our sympathy to the victims and their families of what can only be described as a crime against humanity . |
| 27 | Mr Corbett will be cremated to the sounds of You 'll Never Walk Alone at Springwood Crematorium next Monday . |
| 28 | The danger of this is that the fear of an award of damages against it would unduly encourage the authority to reach the same decision again , thus creating an appearance of bias . |
| 29 | The return of Tony Hanson to the team that lost in the last five seconds at Broxbourne could be the inspiration , but with Doncaster playing second placed Oldham and Plymouth at fourth placed Brixton , the two teams above them could well lose ground . |
| 30 | Unfortunately , many market prices are distorted by indirect taxes and subsidies : indirect taxes have the effect of raising the prices of goods above what would otherwise have been set , while subsidies lower such prices . |