Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was the usual extra food for Christmas and we allowed ourselves three slices of bread each for breakfast instead of two . |
| 2 | Evidence that David Kirby was keen to show that L&SE was no longer a region-based organisation is to be found in the launch of Awayday , entitling an adult , if accompanied by at least one child , to purchase up to four additional tickets for adults or children at a flat fare of £1 each for use anywhere within the sector area . |
| 3 | of state therefore explain why in England it 's prof possible to get a straight answer from the Secretary of State with the figures of the S S A for the last five years , for this year and for next year and it 's not possible to get that for Wales either from the Home Secretary or from the honourable gentl right honourable gentleman . |
| 4 | Very few of those who write the terrible tabloids , let alone those who read them , are likely to have heard of these ‘ internationally famous ’ sportsmen , so I doubt if they 'd make half of £1,500 even for such tales as Flanker Star Ate My Goolie During Scrum , by England 's Ugliest Prop ; or Sexy Secrets in the Showers , by Welsh Tea Lady . |
| 5 | Very few of those who write the terrible tabloids , let alone those who read them , are likely to have heard of these ‘ internationally famous ’ sportsmen , so I doubt if they 'd make half of £1,500 even for such tales as Flanker Star Ate My Goolie During Scrum , by England 's Ugliest Prop ; or Sexy Secrets in the Showers , by Welsh Tea Lady . |
| 6 | With diatonic triads , in root position and first and second inversions , we have a choice of twenty-one different chords ( Example 31 ) : If to these triads we add the possible inversions of added sixth and seventh chords , we have a choice of seventy different chords ( not seventy-seven , as one would suppose , for some are duplicates ) : Add to this the fact that the notes in each chord can be varied in register ( that chords can be ‘ close ’ or ‘ open ’ ) , and we have a very wide range of possibilities — and this with chords only in the key of C major . |
| 7 | So you 've got lots of stuff on equations all graduated and work through there some with brackets then with fractions . |
| 8 | Through the open door he could see the computer personnel ; some with hands still over their ears , others looking around at the walls and ceiling . |
| 9 | We see this from Edmund both as subject and object . |
| 10 | Subjects of the King of England had been doing this in Ireland ever since Strongbow 's invasion in 1169 . |
| 11 | The next mill downstream is Cheshers Mill , later referred to as The Old Mill , one of the few in Blockley never to be used for silk . |
| 12 | The Brownings have no room in the Casa Guidi should they ever be willing to shelter him and in any case intend to follow the Storys for another winter in Rome ( entailing another in Florence alone for me ) . |
| 13 | It is certainly true that states have in the past used methods and means of warfare not outlawed by any specific prohibition although running counter to general principles , and they have sought to justify this by reference either to the principle of reprisal or that of military effectiveness . |
| 14 | Not all costs can apply to all species and some naturally outbreeding species may use other mechanisms for avoiding the costs of inbreeding , such as dispersal away from the natal area by one sex ( reviewed by Greenwood , 1980 ) . |
| 15 | ASL compensates by using compound signs such as TABLE/CHAIR etc. for the concept of furniture . |
| 16 | Choose cotton underwear with stockings rather than tights , and looser clothes such as skirts instead of trousers . |
| 17 | It 's sad to have to be so cynical but if the price of safety is walking around with your eyes lowered and avoiding potentially dangerous situations , such as lifts home with near strangers , it has to be done . |
| 18 | The pre-Classic Maya seem to have first exploited the raised platforms in the swamps by growing crops such as maize only in the dry season ( now February to May ) . |
| 19 | In non-diabetics several individual dietary modifications such as diets low in sodium ( MacGregor et al , 1982 ; Hoffman et al , 1983 ) and fat ( Rao et al , 1981 ; Puska et al , 1983 ) while high in potassium ( Khaw & Thom , 1982 ; MacGregor et al , 1982 ) and fibre ( Wright et al , 1979 ; Rouse et al , 1983 ) have been shown to lower blood pressure . |
| 20 | Erm , er , the only way we could do that Chair , is erm , by use of , of contingency funds and er , one 's aware very much of debates earlier in the day about the , the many pressures that the County Council and the Department faces , but erm , I would ask members to , to give very careful consideration to er , assisting to finish this project . |
| 21 | the nationalists do n't have so much of hold now over the south . |
| 22 | Alien soldiers , who might be treated as traitors by invading Germans , were too much at risk so near the south coast . |
| 23 | In brief he said that the performance we produced against Chelsea was as good as that against Arsenal earlier in the year but the result was completely different , i.e a 4–1 win vs a 2–1 defeat . |
| 24 | If you have greenhouse or coldframe , a wise insurance policy it to root cuttings of susceptible species in July and over-winter these under glass just in case the parents do n't make it through a bad winter . |
| 25 | Altogether there were forty of us , all from Fontanellato apart from a shipowner from Genoa who had been spending a holiday in his house in the country . |
| 26 | Within the Convergence only five species of birds feed on land or in fresh water , all on islands close to the Convergence ; they include two species of pintail ducks , two of sheathbills and a single species of pipit ( Stonehouse , 1972 ) . |
| 27 | my all to Clairol Just in case the gentleman |
| 28 | So the only way in which he can have any rights at all to Ricky apart from you agreeing , is to go to court himself , erm and I 'm inclined just to say lets see what he does . |
| 29 | We wish all at PE well with their endeavours . |
| 30 | With his partner Oscar Eckenstein , inventor of the crampon , he claimed the majority of available world mountaineering records in 1900 , particularly those for pace uphill at high altitude , and these claims have not been convincingly refuted . |