Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jane pressed hard , the pennies fell with a clatter and a voice said , ‘ Fenton Bishop 220 . ’ |
| 2 | By solving a physiological conundrum Hubel and Wiesel immediately created a psychological puzzle : how is visual perception possible in a system that only relays information about the location and orientation of edges ? |
| 3 | One can visualise these gentlemen each with a candle or dim lantern , perhaps totally unused to situations like that , climbing fearfully up the ladders , hard on each others heels , taking comfort from the nearness of each other and climbing awkwardly with the lights they carried which would cast but a feeble glow about them . |
| 4 | Lindsey leaned against the rail , conscious of his nearness , her mouth dry with a nervousness that seemed to have no logic to it . |
| 5 | A well broken , loose and particulate soil will have characteristics different to a uniform and unbroken film of the same type . |
| 6 | Finance Minister Itzhak Moda'i presented Eagleburger on Jan. 22 with an estimate that Israel would need US$13,000 million in additional US aid , in excess of the annual $3,000 million it already received in US military and economic assistance , to meet Gulf war losses up to mid-February ( $3,000 million ) and the absorbtion of Jewish immigrants from the Soviet Union ( $10,000 million ) . |
| 7 | I mean you 're not going to spend three pound forty on a prescription if you can get a bottle for about one pound fifty so |
| 8 | Building societies can now pay interest gross to the following : a company ( including an incorporated association such as a club or society ) ; a health service body ; the trustees of a unit trust scheme ; and the holders of certificates of deposit issued in paperless ( ‘ dematerialised ’ ) form . |
| 9 | Peter Atkinson from Bath City Council said ‘ It is hoped that there will be additional improvements in the future such as a sculpture and interpretative trail . ’ |
| 10 | In times of high interest rates , keeping your money in a safe investment such as a bank or building society can make sense . |
| 11 | But , in the contemporary study of an institution such as a factory or a college , it may be necessary to analyse hundreds of questionnaires or interview schedules , and this will only be done successfully and without trouble if the research worker knew in advance what was wanted and how the data could be analysed before it was collected . |
| 12 | In a survey of a ‘ closed ’ institution such as a prison or a firm the informants may be instructed to co-operate with interviewers because of agreement about the survey by the people in authority , but in many instances of samples from the general population no such authority exists and surveyors must try to obtain co-operation as best they can by interesting the informants in the survey and gaining their completely free co-operation . |
| 13 | For specific shapes such as a rectangle or semi-circle , where the shape is cut out to the exact dimensions required , card could be used . |
| 14 | Rather than treating language as a ‘ learning topic ’ which can be compartmentalised and taught in a formal setting such as a classroom or a clinic , an increasing number of therapists and teachers are beginning to explore ways of dealing with language as an integral part of the communicative process which surrounds any social activity . |
| 15 | A power surge blew the fuse on the White House autocue and the President dried-up for a moment and then ad-libbed . |
| 16 | Well Val was telling me Caroline got the kids all in a row and said something about erm you know , more or less to say well I want to leave your father she said |
| 17 | Share capital could continue in being as a financial instrument tradeable in an exchange and offering a return which could be tied by an agreed formula with profitability or other measures of performance . |
| 18 | However , the results of experiments on members of a number of African tribes whose culture does not include the custom of depicting three-dimensional objects by two-dimensional perspective drawings indicate that the members of those tribes would not have seen Figure 3 as a staircase but as a two-dimensional array of lines . |
| 19 | The trouble is that in England a tomato good enough to be eaten raw and unadorned is becoming a good deal more of a rarity than a ripe avocado , and nearly as elusive as a perfect fresh peach or purple fig . |
| 20 | I shall have to keep my eyes open for a millionaire while I 'm here , ’ she joked . |
| 21 | Licensing is another alternative open to a firm that is contemplating an indirect venture into overseas markets . |
| 22 | But his features were carved from stronger stuff , the mouth wider beneath a nose that was broken though still straight . |
| 23 | Bob Hoover sponsored by Victor Aviation , flew the Shrike Commander in his famed ‘ energy management series ’ of engine-out manoeuvres ; Pepsi sponsored Joann Osterud in her ultimate 300 Biplane as well as Susan Asbury-Oliver in the Pepsi Skywriter ; First Interstate Bank brought Wayne Handley and his Raven to Reno ; Sean Tucker 's amazing aerobatics were sponsored by Randolph Sunglasses and Dreyer 's Ice Cream ; the Acme Duck and Airshow returned to Reno for a repeat of their funny comedy airshow act ; Scott Hammack 's Smoke n Thunder jet dragster was on hand to show what an afterburning J-34 jet engine can do for miles per hour versus miles per gallon ; seven-time U.S. National Aerobatic Champion Leo Loudenslager flew the Bud Light 200 in a routine that demonstrated why he is such a success in competition aerobatics ; and Team America added precision three ship aerobatics to the programme . |
| 24 | Order 26 , r 5 applies where any change has taken place after judgment by death , assignment or otherwise , in the parties entitled to enforce a judgment or order or in the parties liable under a judgment or order . |
| 25 | There is substantial case law on guarantee payments and losses , but no instances of relief being granted under the strict provision of s 198(1) , ICTA 1988 for an employee or director assessable under Schedule E. |
| 26 | She then tested his creativity by asking him to write down all the things he could do with various objects such as a brick or a shoe , and all the things that would happen if certain events suddenly occurred , such as everyone in the world losing their sight or having to walk on all fours . |
| 27 | Most of them were named after mythological characters , though there were also a few everyday objects such as a Triangle and an Altar . |
| 28 | Every day when he left for work , he would leave objects such as a scroll or a limestone flake , or his kohl-pot , a certain measured distance from the edge of the table on which they lay , and from each other . |
| 29 | Objects such as a shoe or slipper can also evoke this response if the dog was hit in the past . |
| 30 | Read through the material again and work out for yourself just how closely this three-phase pattern matches that of some " rite of passage " which you know directly from first-hand experience such as a wedding or a funeral or an initiation/investiture of any kind whatsoever . |