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The SEC sentences - BNC C6 Tag-set


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Good/JJ
morning/NNT1
./YSTP

More/DAR
news/NN1
about/II
the/AT
Reverend/NNB
Sun/NP1
Myung/NP1
Moon/NP1

,/YCOM
founder/NN1
of/IO
the/AT
Unification/NN1
church/NN1
,/YCOM
who/PNQS

's/VBZ
currently/RR
in/II
jail/NN1
for/IF
tax/NN1
evasion/NN1
:/YCOL
he/PPHS1

was/VBDZ
awarded/VVN
an/AT1
honorary/JJ
degree/NN1
last/MD
week/NNT1
by/II

the/AT
Roman/JJ
Catholic/JJ
University/NN1
of/IO
la/NP1
Plata/NP1
in/II

Buenos/NP1
Aires/NP1
,/YCOM
Argentina/NP1
./YSTP

In/II
announcing/VVG
the/AT
award/NN1
in/II
New/NP1
York/NP1
,/YCOM
the/AT

rector/NN1
of/IO
the/AT
university/NN1
,/YCOM
Dr/NNB
Nicholas/NP1

Argentato/NP1
,/YCOM
described/VVD
Mr/NNB
Moon/NN1
as/II
a/AT1
prophet/NN1

of/IO
our/APPGE
time/NNT1
./YSTP

Next/MD
week/NNT1
a/AT1
delegation/NN1
of/IO
nine/MC
Protestant/JJ

ministers/NN2
from/II
Argentina/NP1
visits/VVZ
the/AT
Autumn/NNT1
assembly/NN1

of/IO
the/AT
British/JJ
Council/NN1
of/IO
Churches/NN2
;/YSCOL
it/PPH1
's/VBZ

meant/VVN
as/II
a/AT1
symbol/NN1
of/IO
reconciliation/NN1
between/II

Christians/NN2
,/YCOM
following/II
the/AT
Falklands/NP1
War/NN1
./YSTP

Protestants/NN2
,/YCOM
however/RR
,/YCOM
are/VBR
a/AT1
tiny/JJ
minority/NN1

in/II
Argentina/NP1
,/YCOM
and/CC
the/AT
delegation/NN1
wo/VM
n't/XX
be/VBI

including/VVG
a/AT1
Roman/JJ
Catholic/NN1
./YSTP

The/AT
assembly/NN1
will/VM
also/RR
be/VBI
discussing/VVG
the/AT
UK/NP1

immigration/NN1
laws/NN2
,/YCOM
Hong/NP1
Kong/NP1
,/YCOM
teenagers/NN2
in/II

the/AT
church/NN1
,/YCOM
and/CC
of/RR21
course/RR22
,/YCOM
church/NN1

unity/NN1
schemes/NN2
./YSTP

In/II
the/AT
Free/JJ
Churches/NN2
there/EX
's/VBZ
some/DD
renewed/JJ

grumbling/NN1
about/II
Anglican/JJ
ambivalence/NN1
to/II
the/AT
British/JJ

Council/NN1
of/IO
Churches/NN2
:/YCOL
though/CS
the/AT
Anglicans/NN2
still/RR

talk/VV0
about/II
doing/VDG
as/RG
much/DA1
as/CSA
possible/JJ
with/IW
other/JJ

churches/NN2
,/YCOM
some/DD
Free/JJ
Church/NN1
people/NN
feel/VV0
that/CST

,/YCOM
in/II
practice/NN1
,/YCOM
the/AT
Anglicans/NN2
go/VV0
it/PPH1
alone/RR

whenever/RRQV
they/PPHS2
can/VM
./YSTP

An/AT1
article/NN1
in/II
this/DD1
week/NNT1
's/GE
Baptist/JJ
Times/NNT2

asks/VVZ
:/YCOL
What/DDQ
Bishop/NN1
wants/VVZ
to/TO
confer/VVI
,/YCOM
when/CS

he/PPHS1
can/VM
have/VHI
a/AT1
camera/NN1
and/CC
a/AT1
microphone/NN1
all/RR

to/II
himself/PPX1
?/YQUE

When/CS
the/AT
Church/NN1
of/IO
England/NP1
's/GE
General/JJ
Synod/NN1

can/VM
now/RT
get/VVI
so/RG
much/DA1
attention/NN1
from/II
the/AT
press/NN1

,/YCOM
the/AT
role/NN1
of/IO
the/AT
British/JJ
Council/NN1
of/IO
Churches/NN2

seems/VVZ
to/TO
fade/VVI
into/II
the/AT
background/NN1
./YSTP

Of/RR21
course/RR22
,/YCOM
what/DDQ
concerns/VVZ
church/NN1
leaders/NN2

is/VBZ
n't/XX
necessarily/RR
what/DDQ
worries/VVZ
ordinary/JJ
churchgoers/NN2

,/YCOM
even/RR
less/RRR
the/AT
general/JJ
public/NN1
:/YCOL
I/PPIS1
ca/VM

n't/XX
recall/VVI
ever/RR
having/VHG
had/VHN
a/AT1
single/JJ
letter/NN1
on/II

the/AT
British/JJ
Council/NN1
of/IO
Churches/NN2
and/CC
its/APPGE
problems/NN2

./YSTP

Going/VVG
by/II
my/APPGE
postbag/NN1
,/YCOM
most/DAT
people/NN
are/VBR

worried/JJ
about/II
the/AT
problem/NN1
of/IO
pain/NN1
,/YCOM
the/AT

existence/NN1
of/IO
God/NP1
,/YCOM
and/CC
miracles/NN2
./YSTP

They/PPHS2
want/VV0
to/TO
know/VVI
whether/CSW
,/YCOM
for/REX21

instance/REX22
,/YCOM
in/II
a/AT1
scientific/JJ
age/NN1
,/YCOM
Christians/NN2

can/VM
really/RR
believe/VVI
in/II
the/AT
story/NN1
of/IO
the/AT
feeding/NN1

of/IO
the/AT
five/MC
thousand/NNO
as/CSA
described/VVN
,/YCOM
or/CC
was/VBDZ

the/AT
miracle/NN1
that/CST
those/DD2
in/II
the/AT
crowd/NN1
with/IW
food/NN1

shared/VVD
it/PPH1
with/IW
those/DD2
who/PNQS
had/VHD
none/PN
?/YQUE

Is/VBZ
the/AT
aid/NN1
beginning/VVG
to/TO
flow/VVI
into/II
Ethiopia/NP1

any/RR
less/RRR
a/AT1
miracle/NN1
than/CSN
the/AT
five/MC
loaves/NN2
and/CC

two/MC
fishes/NN2
?/YQUE

Well/RR
,/YCOM
just/RR
recently/RR
,/YCOM
a/AT1
day/NNT1
conference/NN1

on/II
miracles/NN2
was/VBDZ
convened/VVN
by/II
the/AT
Research/NN1

Scientists/NN2
,/YCOM
Christian/JJ
Fellowship/NN1
./YSTP

It/PPH1
was/VBDZ
chaired/VVN
by/II
Professor/NNB
Sir/NNB
Robin/NP1
Boyd/NP1

,/YCOM
a/AT1
Fellow/NN1
of/IO
the/AT
Royal/JJ
Society/NN1
,/YCOM
and/CC
the/AT

key/JJ
question/NN1
was/VBDZ
:/YCOL
When/RRQ
is/VBZ
a/AT1
miracle/NN1
not/XX

a/AT1
miracle/NN1
?/YQUE

I/PPIS1
suppose/VV0
the/AT
popular/JJ
notion/NN1
of/IO
a/AT1
miracle/NN1

is/VBZ
an/AT1
event/NN1
unexplained/JJ
by/II
science/NN1
or/CC
natural/JJ

laws/NN2
;/YSCOL
but/CCB
the/AT
scientists/NN2
themselves/PPX2
were/VBDR

n't/XX
having/VHG
any/DD
of/IO
that/DD1
:/YCOL
on/II
this/DD1
definition/NN1

,/YCOM
they/PPHS2
say/VV0
,/YCOM
very/RG
few/DA2
events/NN2
can/VM

confidently/RR
be/VBI
called/VVN
miracles/NN2
because/CS
we/PPIS2
have/VH0

no/AT
idea/NN1
what/DDQ
natural/JJ
laws/NN2
may/VM
be/VBI
discovered/VVN
in/II

the/AT
future/NN1
./YSTP

More/RGR
important/JJ
,/YCOM
however/RR
,/YCOM
is/VBZ
that/CST
the/AT

biblical/JJ
writers/NN2
themselves/PPX2
thought/VVD
that/CST
events/NN2

that/CST
followed/VVD
natural/JJ
laws/NN2
could/VM
still/RR
be/VBI

regarded/VVN
as/CSA
miraculous/JJ
./YSTP

Take/VV0
the/AT
crossing/NN1
of/IO
the/AT
Red/NP1
Sea/NNL1
by/II
the/AT

Israelites/NN2
,/YCOM
for/REX21
instance/REX22
:/YCOL
this/DD1
was/VBDZ

made/VVN
possible/JJ
by/II
a/AT1
strong/JJ
wind/NN1
;/YSCOL
the/AT
wind/NN1

itself/PPX1
follows/VVZ
patterns/NN2
of/IO
natural/JJ
law/NN1
;/YSCOL
the/AT

miracle/NN1
is/VBZ
that/CST
it/PPH1
happened/VVD
just/RR
when/CS
and/CC

where/CS
it/PPH1
was/VBDZ
needed/VVN
;/YSCOL
so/RR
it/PPH1
's/VBZ
the/AT

timing/NN1
that/CST
can/VM
be/VBI
miraculous/JJ
./YSTP

But/CCB
the/AT
real/JJ
problem/NN1
,/YCOM
the/AT
scientists/NN2
say/VV0

,/YCOM
with/IW
defining/VVG
miracles/NN2
as/CSA
events/NN2
unexplained/JJ

by/II
natural/JJ
law/NN1
is/VBZ
that/CST
it/PPH1
springs/VVZ
from/II
an/AT1

understanding/NN1
of/IO
nature/NN1
as/II
a/AT1
machine/NN1
which/DDQ
runs/VVZ

itself/PPX1
;/YSCOL
it/PPH1
's/VBZ
the/AT
notion/NN1
of/IO
an/AT1

impersonal/JJ
,/YCOM
uncaring/JJ
universe/NN1
relentlessly/RR
following/VVG

laws/NN2
of/IO
cause/NN1
and/CC
effect/NN1
./YSTP

That/DD1
's/VBZ
a/AT1
position/NN1
recently/RR
expounded/VVN
by/II
Don/NP1

Cupitt/NP1
in/II
his/APPGE
BBC/NP1
TV/NN1
series/NN
,/YCOM
The/AT
Sea/NN1

of/IO
Faith/NN1
./YSTP

This/DD1
understanding/NN1
,/YCOM
say/VV0
the/AT
scientists/NN2
,/YCOM

is/VBZ
in/II
fact/NN1
,/YCOM
unscientific/JJ
,/YCOM
and/CC
the/AT
reason/NN1

is/VBZ
,/YCOM
they/PPHS2
say/VV0
,/YCOM
that/CST
natural/JJ
laws/NN2
do/VD0

not/XX
cause/VVI
or/CC
dictate/VVI
events/NN2
:/YCOL
they/PPHS2
're/VBR

merely/RR
descriptions/NN2
of/IO
what/DDQ
we/PPIS2
expect/VV0
to/TO
happen/VVI

on/II
the/AT
basis/NN1
of/IO
previous/JJ
experience/NN1
./YSTP

The/AT
research/NN1
scientists/NN2
say/VV0
that/CST
to/TO
claim/VVI
that/CST

all/DB
events/NN2
follow/VV0
these/DD2
patterns/NN2
is/VBZ
a/AT1

philosophical/JJ
position/NN1
and/CC
not/XX
a/AT1
scientific/JJ
one/PN1
./YSTP

They/PPHS2
call/VV0
that/DD1
philosophical/JJ
position/NN1
"/YQUO

naturalism/NN1
"/YQUO
,/YCOM
and/CC
they/PPHS2
say/VV0
it/PPH1
is/VBZ

quite/RR
contrary/II21
to/II22
the/AT
Christian/JJ
view/NN1
of/IO
the/AT

world/NN1
;/YSCOL
the/AT
Christian/JJ
view/NN1
,/YCOM
they/PPHS2
argue/VV0

,/YCOM
is/VBZ
to/TO
see/VVI
events/NN2
that/CST
can/VM
be/VBI
covered/VVN

by/II
natural/JJ
laws/NN2
as/II
God/NP1
's/GE
usual/JJ
activity/NN1
;/YSCOL

we/PPIS2
get/VV0
so/RG
used/JJ
to/II
the/AT
usual/JJ
patterns/NN2
that/CST

we/PPIS2
forget/VV0
how/RGQ
amazing/JJ
they/PPHS2
are/VBR
,/YCOM
but/CCB
at/II

times/NNT2
,/YCOM
they/PPHS2
say/VV0
,/YCOM
God/NP1
does/VDZ
unusual/JJ

things/NN2
too/RR
./YSTP

The/AT
usual/JJ
and/CC
the/AT
unusual/JJ
are/VBR
both/DB2
God/NP1
's/GE

doing/NN1
,/YCOM
and/CC
it/PPH1
's/VBZ
miracles/NN2
which/DDQ
confront/VV0

us/PPIO2
with/IW
God/NP1
most/RGT
clearly/RR
./YSTP

Don/NP1
Cupitt/NP1
was/VBDZ
presumably/RR
one/MC1
of/IO
the/AT
people/NN

the/AT
conference/NN1
members/NN2
had/VHD
in/II
mind/NN1
when/CS
they/PPHS2

emphasised/VVD
their/APPGE
confidence/NN1
in/II
the/AT
miracles/NN2
as/CSA

stated/VVN
in/II
the/AT
Bible/NN1
,/YCOM
and/CC
deplored/VVD
the/AT

tendency/NN1
of/IO
some/DD
to/TO
try/VVI
to/TO
reduce/VVI
them/PPHO2
to/II

merely/RR
mechanical/JJ
events/NN2
by/II
suggesting/VVG
scientific/JJ

explanations/NN2
./YSTP

It/PPH1
's/VBZ
a/AT1
useful/JJ
reminder/NN1
that/CST
some/DD
scientists/NN2

find/VV0
Don/NP1
Cupitt/NP1
unscientific/JJ
./YSTP

The/AT
debate/NN1
goes/VVZ
on/RP
./YSTP

Correspondents/NN2
seeking/VVG
access/NN1
to/II
the/AT
PNC/NP1
meetings/NN2

were/VBDR
required/VVN
,/YCOM
the/AT
other/JJ
day/NNT1
,/YCOM
to/TO
fill/VVI

in/RP
forms/NN2
to/TO
apply/VVI
for/IF
permission/NN1
from/II
the/AT
PLO/NP1

./YSTP

At/II
one/MC1
point/NN1
,/YCOM
the/AT
forms/NN2
asked/VVD
us/PPIO2
to/TO

state/VVI
our/APPGE
last/MD
contact/NN1
with/IW
the/AT
organisation/NN1
./YSTP

For/IF
many/DA2
of/IO
us/PPIO2
it/PPH1
was/VBDZ
a/AT1
brilliantly/RR

sunny/JJ
day/NNT1
in/II
the/AT
battle-marked/JJ
port/NN1
of/IO
Tripoli/NP1

in/II
Northern/JJ
Lebanon/NP1
last/MD
December/NPM1
./YSTP

Wrecks/NN2
of/IO
ships/NN2
,/YCOM
hit/VVN
in/II
the/AT
inter-Palestinian/JJ

shelling/NN1
,/YCOM
had/VHD
been/VBN
cleared/VVN
away/RL
to/TO
allow/VVI

ferries/NN2
,/YCOM
flying/VVG
United/JJ
Nations/NN2
flags/NN2
,/YCOM
to/TO

take/VVI
Mr/NNB
Arafat/NP1
and/CC
his/APPGE
men/NN2
into/II
their/APPGE

second/MD
enforced/JJ
exile/NN1
from/II
Lebanon/NP1
in/II
just/RR
over/RG

a/AT1
year/NNT1
./YSTP

The/AT
fighters/NN2
looked/VVD
a/AT1
sorry/JJ
sight/NN1
with/IW
their/APPGE

suitcases/NN2
and/CC
bedding/NN1
rolls/NN2
,/YCOM
their/APPGE
carrier-bags/NN2

and/CC
kalashnikovs/NN2
./YSTP

They/PPHS2
departed/VVD
without/IW
any/DD
pretence/NN1
that/CST
this/DD1

was/VBDZ
a/AT1
victory/NN1
:/YCOL
on/II
that/DD1
day/NNT1
,/YCOM
it/PPH1

did/VDD
finally/RR
seem/VVI
like/II
the/AT
end/NN1
./YSTP

It/PPH1
was/VBDZ
n't/XX
,/YCOM
of/RR21
course/RR22
,/YCOM
and/CC
Tripoli/NP1

seems/VVZ
like/II
a/AT1
decade/NNT1
ago/RA
;/YSCOL
especially/RR
,/YCOM

seeing/VVG
Mr/NNB
Arafat/NP1
here/RL
in/II
Amman/NP1
,/YCOM
with/IW
all/DB

the/AT
pomp/NN1
and/CC
the/AT
incredibly/RR
tight/JJ
security/NN1
,/YCOM

laid/VVN
on/RP
by/II
the/AT
Jordanians/NN2
for/IF
the/AT
Palestine/NP1

National/JJ
Council/NN1
./YSTP

The/AT
atmosphere/NN1
on/II
that/DD1
December/NPM1
day/NNT1
in/II

Tripoli/NP1
was/VBDZ
sombre/JJ
./YSTP

The/AT
fighters/NN2
may/VM
not/XX
feel/VVI
much/RR
different/JJ
today/RT

,/YCOM
as/CSA
they/PPHS2
wait/VV0
in/II
camps/NN2
around/II
the/AT
Middle/JJ

East/ND1
,/YCOM
but/CCB
,/YCOM
for/IF
Mr/NNB
Arafat/NP1
and/CC
the/AT

political/JJ
movement/NN1
supporting/VVG
him/PPHO1
,/YCOM
the/AT

atmosphere/NN1
is/VBZ
anything/RR21
but/RR22
sombre/JJ
:/YCOL
there/EX
's/VBZ

a/AT1
sense/NN1
of/IO
relief/NN1
that/CST
,/YCOM
at/RR21
last/RR22
,/YCOM

something/PN1
is/VBZ
being/VBG
done/VDN
to/TO
rebuild/VVI
the/AT
PLO/NP1

after/II
so/RG
many/DA2
depressing/JJ
months/NNT2
of/IO
internal/JJ

wrangling/NN1
,/YCOM
even/CS21
if/CS22
it/PPH1
's/VBZ
a/AT1
shrunken/JJ

organisation/NN1
,/YCOM
with/IW
pro-Syrian/JJ
groups/NN2
,/YCOM
for/RT41

the/RT42
time/RT43
being/RT44
at/RR21
least/RR22
,/YCOM
staying/VVG
out/RP

./YSTP

Yasser/NP1
Arafat/NP1
,/YCOM
the/AT
master/NN1
of/IO
compromise/NN1
and/CC

of/IO
keeping/VVG
all/DB
sides/NN2
happy/JJ
,/YCOM
the/AT
political/JJ

chameleon/NN1
,/YCOM
is/VBZ
at/RR21
last/RR22
saying/VVG
:/YCOL
enough/DD

is/VBZ
enough/DD
./YSTP

He/PPHS1
's/VBZ
seeking/VVG
to/TO
take/VVI
the/AT
boldest/JJT
move/NN1
of/IO

his/APPGE
life/NN1
,/YCOM
and/CC
his/APPGE
decision/NN1
seems/VVZ
to/TO
be/VBI

going/VVG
down/RP
well/RR
with/IW
his/APPGE
constituency/NN1
at/RR21

large/RR22
,/YCOM
if/CS
not/XX
with/IW
all/DB
the/AT
groups/NN2
within/II

the/AT
PLO/NP1
./YSTP

Like/CS
at/II
all/DB
party/NN1
conferences/NN2
round/II
the/AT
world/NN1

,/YCOM
there/EX
's/VBZ
a/AT1
particular/JJ
atmosphere/NN1
of/IO

camaraderie/NN1
;/YSCOL
but/CCB
it/PPH1
does/VDZ
seem/VVI
that/CST
this/DD1

meeting/NN1
is/VBZ
a/RR31
little/RR32
bit/RR33
special/JJ
./YSTP

Perhaps/RR
with/IW
the/AT
divisions/NN2
that/CST
have/VH0
opened/VVN
up/RP

,/YCOM
and/CC
with/IW
all/DB
the/AT
recrimination/NN1
,/YCOM
the/AT

Palestinian/JJ
movement/NN1
thought/VVD
there/EX
was/VBDZ
little/DA1
hope/NN1

for/IF
a/AT1
PNC/NP1
at/RR21
all/RR22
./YSTP

One/MC1
lady/NN1
in/II
her/APPGE
seventies/MC2
was/VBDZ
brought/VVN
here/RL

on/II
a/AT1
stretcher/NN1
from/II
a/AT1
hospital/NN1
in/II
Beirut/NP1
./YSTP

She/PPHS1
was/VBDZ
told/VVN
that/CST
the/AT
journey/NN1
might/VM
kill/VVI

her/PPHO1
./YSTP

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./YSTP
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./YSTP

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./YSTP

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./YSTP

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recalling/VVG
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Passover/NNT1
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Vietnam/NP1

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CBS/NP1
./YSTP

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