Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ ( a ) in satisfaction of all costs charges and expenses properly incurred and payments properly made by the bank or the receiver and of the remuneration of the receiver ; ( b ) in or towards satisfaction of the moneys outstanding and secured by this deed . |
| 2 | As I look , I half expect to see the air above the building turbulent and violent with the compressed energy of the pain and anger held there . |
| 3 | They may think that their jobs will be less secure , that they might lose the independence that they previously enjoyed , that their relationships with others will change for the worse and they might lose status , they may think the change unnecessary and they may simply fear change in itself . |
| 4 | It is ironic to see the terms of this division being renegotiated as newer technology , such as computer typesetting , makes the technical division unnecessary or redundant . |
| 5 | Paddy Ashdown would certainly agree with Peter Mandelson that the ‘ nudging and winking ’ during the final week of the campaign about a Lib-Lab arrangment made Labour look weak and muddled and John Major principled . |
| 6 | By now my interlocutors , who are apt to be young and sensitive souls , much perturbed by the effect that German-led interest rates have already had on their standard of living , tend to be looking a bit peaky and green about the gills . |
| 7 | She refused all solid foods at home and seemed fastidious about getting her fingers sticky or dirty . |
| 8 | The hand was hot , the skin dry and the slender fingers lay in her palm like splinters of fine porcelain — she was afraid to squeeze them for fear they might snap . |
| 9 | Pat skin dry and moisturise with a body lotion . |
| 10 | Blot skin dry and apply plenty of moisturiser . |
| 11 | The fur made my skin dry and I began to feel better . |
| 12 | Her hands slid up to his shoulders , his skin dry and hot to her touch . |
| 13 | Accordingly the accused is at present guilty if he negligently caused such injury . |
| 14 | She 'd got thing in her in her er yeah what 's what it is up she damaged it ooh some years ago and it 's been a bit weak since like , you know but sh it was only a few weeks ago we got some computer big computer , with big discs and she twisted her hand in in pulling one out , you know it 's I do n't how , the fell or something and she went to cash it or whatever and of course we 're riding the motorbike for the like you have to change gear it 's only a small seater , your bike 's open |
| 15 | It is a little bit weak and it lacks a bit of punch . |
| 16 | They made our football players look a bit weak because of all the big shoulder pads and everything . |
| 17 | Gloucester exclaims ‘ O strange and fast'ned villain ! … |
| 18 | Col. Julio Londoño Paredes Foreign Affairs Horacio Serpa Uribe Interior Gen. Oscar Botero Defence Luis Fernández Alarcón Mantilla Finance Gabriel Rosas Vega Agriculture Carlos Arturo Marulanda Economic Development Margarita Mena de Quevado Mines and Energy Maria Teresa Forero de Saade Labour and Social Security Roberto Salazar Manrique Justice Eduardo Díaz Uribe Health Priscila Cavallos Ordóñez Public Works Enrique Danies Communications Manuel Francisco Becerra Education |
| 19 | We shall assume that the syntactic positions for adjectives in English are as below ; we give first the intensional pattern of which each is the surface exponent , as well as an example for each , and also an instance which is ungrammatical and where we shall later be able to suggest reasons for the ungrammaticality ; in each case we shall underline in the intensional pattern the property which is instantiated by the adjective , merely for clarification and not as an integral part of the notation : [ P E ] prenominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : adjective + noun as in hungry passengers ; but note that *asleep kittens is ungrammatical { [ E ] ( P ) } ordinary predicative position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + be + adjective as in the critics were upset ; but note that her husband was mere is ungrammatical [ E P ] postnominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + adjective as in the crimes alleged ; but note that the road wide is ungrammatical ( ( P E ) P ) predicate qualifying position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + noun phrase + adjective as in he brought his gun loaded ; but note that she uses her mixer lightweight is ungrammatical [ E ( P P ) ] postverbal position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + adjective as in the crowd remained angry ; but note that his brother resisted obstinate is ungrammatical ( ( P P ) E ) adverbal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : verb + noun phrase + adjective as in Ali rubbed the lamp clean ; but note that Mark resembles the officer sinister is ungrammatical ( P { E P } ) clausal position = surface syntactic sequence : verb + noun phrase ( + be ) + adjective as in he considers the prosecution case hopeless but note that Sue reported the prizes aplenty is ungrammatical { E P } P extraclausal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : adjective + clause as in furious , the king ordered many arrests but note that furious , the king had three wives is ungrammatical As we have said , these are the adjectival positions of English ( and possibly of any natural human language ) . |
| 20 | East Germany 's slender claim to legitimacy rests above all on the fraudulent implication that it is the good non-Nazi , never-Nazi Germany , any Nazi-supporters having joined the four million renegades whose Westward migration almost drained East Germany dry before the Wall went up on 13 August 1961 . |
| 21 | Strong is white , 5ft 7ins tall and was last seen wearing a beige anorak , green sweatshirt , mauve tracksuit bottoms and Doctor Marten shoes . |
| 22 | Brian , incidentally , describes his recovery as 90% complete and he is now able to work full time , travel abroad and play cricket . |
| 23 | It made racism respectable and clinical by institutionalising it . |
| 24 | A minute later the red Jaguar slides up with my briefcase intact and the girl smiling prettily . |
| 25 | We are going back to 1978 , maybe I was a bit vain and thought the world revolved around me , but it was my way of motivating myself , and it worked with Archie Gemmill , every time I played him after that I kicked him up in the air . ’ |
| 26 | He argued that the National Curriculum had rendered such freedom unnecessary because there were fewer differences between syllabuses . |
| 27 | It 's blummin freezing and the pavements are a bit slippy so we have to walk careful like . |
| 28 | ‘ There 's a path , ’ Carrie 's daughter said , ‘ A bit slippy and slimy , but we could go down if you like ’ . |
| 29 | we go with Matt right and it was the Sun it was the Wednesday after Spitting Image was showing one as him as Hannibal Lector , and he says I 'm going to eat your liver with a nice bottle of campion |
| 30 | Maybe a bit vengeful as well . |