Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The beauty and interesting nature of this little bird ’ , Gould wrote , ‘ naturally made me anxious to bring home living examples ; I accordingly captured about twenty fully fledged birds , and kept them alive for some time ; but the difficulties necessarily attendant upon travelling in a new country rendering it impracticable to afford them the attention they required , I regret to say the whole were lost . ’ |
| 2 | Management as a process appears to be understood as being about taking decisions which will be more likely to be unpopular than those taken by lower ranks , i.e. , middle managers , whose task it is to mediate higher decisions by making them palatable in some way . |
| 3 | Unfortunately the major forage grass species have complex life-cycles which make them unsuitable for some experiments . |
| 4 | I would say the thing that kept me sane during that period was the fact that I had a part time job , and erm we were able to pay for some home help . |
| 5 | The Government 's announced change of policy on export credit facilities for the republics of the former Soviet Union is welcome , but can the Prime Minister clarify the extent and the effectiveness of these changes in practice , as it appears that the conditions limiting the operation of those credit guarantees is likely to make them unusable for several years to come ? |
| 6 | They are chained separately only to keep them clear of each other . |
| 7 | What is more , when you take the proceeds , you receive them FREE OF ALL TAXATION , under current legislation . |
| 8 | You can get them free from most Needle Exchanges and Family Planning Clinics . |
| 9 | In the 1988 elections to the National Assembly in Cameroun , the two alternative lists of candidates , under a proportional representation system , were consistently doctored to make them indistinguishable from each other . |
| 10 | It kept them apart , kept them foreign to each other , him unhaveable , her unhad . |
| 11 | This proves them wrong on both counts . |
| 12 | Outline the distinction between exposure and resultant cratering and the factors which make them different from each other . |
| 13 | And the author consists of trillions of those cells , many of them different from each other , organized with intricate architecture and precision-engineering into a working machine capable of writing a book ( my trillions are American , like all my units : one American trillion is a million millions , an American billion is a thousand millions ) . |
| 14 | Am I free on that day ? |
| 15 | I prior to this E I P read through N Y four , very closely , looking for this . |
| 16 | Am I alone in this room , I wonder , in hoping that at the next accession there may also be a coronation in Scotland , that the regalia of Scotland be bestowed on the Sovereign by the ministers of the Church of Scotland , according to the usage of the Scottish coronation service , long ratified by Scottish law ? |
| 17 | Not only am I aware of that dependence ; I am aware of the debt that we owe the area and of the real contribution made by the people of Plymouth to the Royal Navy and the Royal Marine Commandos , among other units involved . |
| 18 | In the example just given , if the Maoris remained away without exercising their rights continuously for one generation , their claims would not be materially affected , but absence for two generations would seriously weaken the claims and render them subject to some recognition by the tribe ; they would not entirely cease until after an absence of three generations … |
| 19 | ‘ Britain ’ is an inclusive term for a great diversity of customs and beliefs , not all of them consistent with each other . |
| 20 | The coat had huddled its contents together , as if trying to keep them warm against all odds . |
| 21 | This restricts the applicability of such rules since it renders them unavailable to any linguist interested in diachronic change or synchronic variation in a language . |
| 22 | The technology is code-named ‘ Snoopy , ’ and the firm claims its software will take all current and future off-the-shelf shrinkwrapped Windows applications , whether written for Windows 3.0 , 3.1 or NT and run them unmodified on any RISC or Intel Corp Unix platform in native mode , see page five . |
| 23 | ‘ Snoopy , ’ the code name given the unchristened Praxsys software , promises to take all current and future off-the-shelf shrinkwrapped Windows applications , whether written for Windows 3.0 , 3.1 or NT , and run them unmodified on any RISC or Intel Corp Unix platform in native mode . |
| 24 | It does n't make me unusual in any way . |
| 25 | and erm then some of the people like er er in London started out erm making shades or er fittings which were erm quite at home in the house er or in the office and erm these were , well that is one design of them the wall back is to match you see , er but you could equally er , put those into erm hotel bedroom or something or er hotel lounge somewhere there , erm or you can get them large with more lamps in them I think and all sorts of new designs were coming out mainly in , in plastic er and erm |
| 26 | If we are above government guidelines it is the labour party 's fault and if indeed we are penalised in the future it is the labour party 's fault , none other and to the extent that you run the risk now by having this excess eleven percent budget over the er standing expenditure assessment er will once again unfortunately find you guilty in that regard . |
| 27 | I suggest your boyfriend might be a little miffed to find you asleep beside another man . ’ |
| 28 | Oh I 've got ta do the can you can you sorry about this Jennifer |
| 29 | The Torridon jacket is rugged , totally windproof and features the famous Gore-Tex fabric which allows body moisture to escape but does not allow water in , keeping you dry in all conditions . |
| 30 | Are you friendly with any farmers locally ? ’ |