Example sentences of "[subord] [det] [noun pl] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although many years later Braque recalled how strong an impression tribal art made on him , it is hard to see any direct reflection of this in the paintings executed at the time when Picasso was reacting so positively to tribal sculpture ; even in a painting like the Nu any influence from tribal art seems to have come at second hand , through Picasso 's Demoiselles .
2 Should revive quicker than most waters once thaw sets in .
3 A fortnight later the same punishment was inflicted , apparently with success , because some weeks later Eugene , according to the diary , was flogged just ‘ for nothing ’ .
4 To north and west of the hill are steep slopes to the Rivers Eden and Calder respectively on the east lies the River Petterill , while some kilometres further north the Solway forms the natural boundary to the Scottish lowlands .
5 The trouble began when 10,000 Moslems marched in the town centre , protesting that permission had been granted for a five-day Christian revivalist rally to be addressed by a German preacher , Reinhard Bonnke , whereas some weeks previously permission had been refused for a South African imam to visit Kano .
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