Example sentences of "fill in the [adj] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | So under the surface of the thick glass lay a mass of long gold threads , filling in the whole cavity of the box with their turns and tumbles , so that at first the little tailor thought he had come upon a box full of spun gold , to make cloth of gold . |
| 2 | I did as he told me , eidetically filling in the missing mass of water . |
| 3 | He is particularly interested in the way that words and sentences change their meaning according to the context in which they are said and heard , and in the ways in which we all fill in the unspoken background of what is said to us . |
| 4 | Directory , so if you would like to be included and have n't told us yet , please fill in the appropriate part of the questionnaire . |
| 5 | A few cookery demonstration tickets may still be available at a cost of £2.50 each , so fill in the relevant part of the coupon with details of your choice . |
| 6 | There is a totally painless way of establishing whether summer is really over , and that is to fill in the following checklist of autumnal signs as they occur . |
| 7 | The satellite 's primary role is to fill in the existing picture of the heavens , revealing stars , galaxies , clouds and so on that are not seen at the shorter optical and ‘ near ’ infrared wavelengths ( less than 5 micrometres ) , or at the longer wavelengths observed by radio telescopes . |
| 8 | Even if unemployment is only part of the problem , it seems to me that the man who can busy himself cutting peats , or growing crops , or handling stock , is less likely to be depressed , less likely to feel that his life has no meaning , than a man who has empty days to fill in the back streets of an industrial town |
| 9 | Now we 're gon na fill in the top half of the board , are n't we ? |