Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] and [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority of the workforces in the Middle East remain multinational and the vast labour forces of the Subcontinent and far East are readily available and accessible to companies operating in the Middle East . |
| 2 | The separate Norfolk Red and Suffolk Dun gradually became extinct and the Red Poll was East Anglia 's dominant breed for many years . |
| 3 | I got that and a midi hi-fi system . |
| 4 | An Act of 1849 repealed the Navigation Laws , enabling foreign ships to import into British possessions in Asia , Africa and America and to carry the goods of any nation into Britain itself , though the masters and three-quarters of the crew of British vessels were to remain British and the coasting trade was to remain in British hands , at least for the time being . |
| 5 | Lave and Omenn ( 1981 ) claim long-term trends conceal that during the 1970s ‘ dirty air got cleaner and the clean air got a little dirtier ’ , for it was not until the 1977 Amendments that the EPA had the authority to prevent the worsening of air quality in pristine areas . |
| 6 | The way to help dormice is to encourage hazel and a wide variety of other trees and shrubs the animals feed on . |
| 7 | The reply came from an under-secretary who said that the present funding was considered adequate and the commercial undertaking would be ill-advised . |
| 8 | Likewise , it feels those RISC-based machines its new Power Parallel operation is developing ( UX No 422 ) will be a long long time in becoming hardened and a significant contributor . |
| 9 | ( 10 ) Acceptance of the cash underwritten alternative and the consequent disposal of the consideration shares might give rise to a liability to capital gains tax depending on the individual circumstances of the accepting shareholder . |
| 10 | Adamski , Beats International and a local dance outfit called Rejeuvenation performed live ; the Hacienda 's Jon Da Silva was among the DJs : and a bar till 1am , plus an all-night juice bar , kept the crowd refreshed till going home time 8am . |
| 11 | Firms may not wish to prosecute an employee who has been fiddling them but may prefer to deal with the matter informally , to avoid bad publicity or appearing inefficient and the Possible loss of the confidence of their clients . |
| 12 | Even before he finished speaking a caped and hooded figure appeared at Ivy 's shoulder , the door was wrenched open and a powerful torch shone into their faces . |
| 13 | In the first case , the given element would be considered thematic and the new element would be considered rhematic . |
| 14 | He had been an idealist with many good ideas at first , only later making errors , turning out to be basically evil , and becoming insane and a mass murderer . |
| 15 | They 're occupying themselves writing out an account of their movements since Lorrimer was last seen alive and the local force are getting on with the preliminary checking of alibis . |
| 16 | The place is in the same gleaming order as when I left it last , the only sign of Lee 's presence being the neatly made camp-bed and a regimented row of balled socks beside his kit-bag in the dining room . |
| 17 | ‘ Some sort of scheme would be reasonable , but only if there was training involved and a decent wage . ’ |
| 18 | There could also be real decline in the 18 to 30 holiday market as the structure of British society changed , with an ageing population , fewer marriages , smaller families , more people living alone and a declining workforce , said Mintel . |
| 19 | In his writings on the military press , Trotsky made it quite clear that party interests came first and the military second . |
| 20 | But two hundred thousand were made homeless and the estimated loss was ten million seven and thirty thousand pounds in sixteen sixty six . |
| 21 | It was almost at this moment , too , that the door was thrust open and the indignant lady stood within it and in a loud voice proclaimed in her most officious manner : ‘ When you have come to yourself enough to apologise , Peggy , I 'll see you upstairs in my room . |
| 22 | The doors slammed shut and the grey van drove off towards the exit , rejoining the northward rush of motorway traffic . |
| 23 | As this work inspired the players to the most willowy , misty colours , so the sensuous Ravel quartet channelled the players into liquid , aquiline shaping and a flexible closeness of ensemble with the uncanny swiftness and unanimity of a shoal of fish . |
| 24 | Every surface glistened green and a sickly white . |
| 25 | Promotion to Vice-Questore seemed certain and the general feeling was that if I played my cards right I would make Questore in the end . |
| 26 | A mother and son were shot dead and a 13-year-old schoolgirl , Clare Silberbauer , was shot in the head and has undergone brain surgery . |
| 27 | The practice became widespread and a new profession emerged to administer the process — the precursors of modern medical social workers . |
| 28 | The ceiling was painted white and the central lamp bowl replaced by a disc of plywood . |
| 29 | Coming southwards on the main Arezzo — Lake Trasimeno road , just before Policiano , a sign points left and a straight avenue leads to this handsome country residence surrounded by cypresses , palm trees , bamboo cane , conifers and much tranquillity . |
| 30 | The Times , at this point , sold 195,000 and The Daily Telegraph and tabloid Daily Graphic were both under 900,000 . |