Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It ‘ s mainly the press having to find a story or supporters letting their bias colour their judgement . |
| 2 | Much of the factory food we eat is so tasteless that in desperation people reach for the brown sauce , tomato ketchup or pickles to perk it up . |
| 3 | ‘ Whether the birthing chamber is a hospital operating room or our own bedroom , most of us enter without any previous experience or images to guide us . |
| 4 | The Rank Organisation 's policy defines exceptional cases as those where ‘ the recruit 's seniority , special skills , experience or qualifications make it particularly desirable to offer him employment and it appears improbable that he will accept unless a contribution is made towards his relocation expenses ’ . |
| 5 | If , however , existing levels of industrial concentration are insufficient for such strategic control , the state can foster industrial reorganization or cartels to facilitate it . |
| 6 | Er and when you saw the figure or figures did you say anything then ? |
| 7 | The recognition that children have their own ideas about phenomena , and that they may be very different from their teacher 's ideas , has important implications for teaching and learning . |
| 8 | The association and others criticise what I describe as independent inspectors , but we can reassure them in the Bill and elsewhere by showing how powerful HMI will be in ensuring that standards are up to the required level . |
| 9 | Charles 's best general , Lord George Murray , had persuaded him to take the south-west route into England , to keep the Pennines between himself and Field Marshal Wade , and the Jacobites therefore advanced on Carlisle , while the deputy-mayor and clergy observed their approach apprehensively through ‘ a very large spying glass ’ from the cathedral tower . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll give you where 's the kid … she 's your daughter , Roy Ryan , and you fought hammer and tongs to marry her mother . |
| 11 | In New York State where 25 per cent of the electorate is Black , where more than 40,000 Americans live homeless , where drug dealing and drug addiction terrorize every neighborhood , where bridges collapse and subways defy your tolerance for filth , and where public schools fail to keep most of their students and also fail to teach the ones who stay , what was ‘ the issue of Israel ’ ? |
| 12 | Mitochondria and chloroplasts have their own DNA , which replicates and propagates itself entirely independently of the main DNA in the chromosomes of the nucleus . |
| 13 | ( i ) Title music Combined with a title design , this is usually repeated at the beginning and the end of each programme and helps give it an identity . |
| 14 | When he broke his neck and doctors said he might not race again , he discharged himself and was on the circuit again within seven weeks . |
| 15 | 2 further people were arrested during the search and police say they 've recovered a substantial sum of money , eight stolen cars and a shotgun . |
| 16 | High vaulted ceilings and historic frescoes have inspired the Fine Arts Commission to designate it an historic monument and guests feel they are living with history . |
| 17 | He came back to her in a barely controlled rush , gently parting her legs , his mouth and hands caressing her body in a way that made her move sinuously against him , and which wrenched a low moan of need from his throat . |
| 18 | He explored her shamelessly , and his squeezing and probings froze something inside her , so that their effect was the exact opposite of what he intended . |
| 19 | The saucepan and potatoes hit him full in the chest , the water drenching him . |
| 20 | It served the ancients well but as time went by infibulation dropped from regular practice and adolescents resumed theirs . |
| 21 | In effect I reckon it will only take a slight upward change of gear and performances to become something special . |
| 22 | The same day the King died , late in the morning , this mysterious Frenchman hired my husband 's boat and services to take him across to Inverkeithing . |
| 23 | The electricity supply industry and others use it to insulate high-voltage circuit breakers and cables . |
| 24 | After the wheat had been harvested and the rice transplanted we were no longer needed , and took the same train back to Raxaul , leaving the buffalo grazing , Goshai fishing and villagers making their offerings under the holy tree . |
| 25 | Rosentiel 's fourth wife Susan spent ten years trying to divorce him , a decade of singular bitterness , involving his perjury and attempts to jail her . |
| 26 | If the board is left unattended in the water it can drift away very quickly as the wind and waves catch it , whereas the rig only drifts very slowly . |
| 27 | The wind and waves pushed me along as I struggled to keep my head above water . |
| 28 | Lucy stepped into her warmest black and white trousers and high-necked top , and when the appetising aroma of sizzling bacon and eggs drew her towards breakfast she found the dining-room to be nicely heated by the logs blazing in the large open fireplace . |
| 29 | wool and fibres makes you |
| 30 | Doctors tried out different medications to ease Glenn 's condition but tests showed his heart muscle was damaged and he was put on the waiting list for a transplant . |