Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A storm wind raged against the dull sky she could see , trees flexed and bent like flowers . |
| 2 | Another strip light exploded in the roaring maelstrom , showering them with glass . |
| 3 | The Dover Harbour Board argued in the early 1980s that ferries would be both cheaper and more reliable than a fixed link , a stance later adopted by the Flexilink consortium of ferry companies in its attempts to convince Parliament that the Channel Tunnel would be a financial disaster . |
| 4 | As noted in annual reports in the late forties and again in the early fifties , the main problems in the development of WEA provision lay in the urban areas — a reversal of pre-war conditions when accessibility of rural areas was difficult and prevented significant growth until the appointment of resident tutors . |
| 5 | The cDNA contains an open reading frame specifying a protein of M r 39.3K with the structural features of a non-receptor-type protein-tyrosine phosphatase and which has significant amino-acid sequence similarity to a Tyr/Ser-protein phosphatase encoded by the late gene H1 of vaccinia virus . |
| 6 | And even before the pit closure programme started with the increased competition that was taking place inside the mines , the increased productivity erm we 've seen a steady rise in the number of back accidents , erm you know spinal erm related accidents . |
| 7 | Perhaps my father would not be so proud after all , she reflected , and sat in silence until the wedding carriage went under the high stone archway and into the blue-tiled courtyard of the Quinta de Santo António . |
| 8 | A car bomb exploded outside the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires , Argentina , on March 17 , killing 28 people ( 24 Argentineans and four Israelis ) and wounding over 200 others . |
| 9 | On Dec. 30 a large car bomb exploded in the busy Basta quarter of west Beirut , killing at least 17 people and wounding over 100 others , mostly women and children . |
| 10 | On July 17 the Turkish consul , Deniz Bolukbasi , and two other members of the consulate staff had been injured when a car bomb exploded near the Turkish consulate in Athens . |
| 11 | A rock body emplaced in the surrounding country rock in this way is called an intrusion or , alternatively , a pluton . |
| 12 | At a great marsh Holly sailed with the other Daurog in a battered craft , entering the mist for days , helping to propel the ancient boat across the stinking , shrouded waters . |
| 13 | My review sample came with the low-radiation UltraScan 14C monitor , a decent display . |
| 14 | The team also found that long term potentiation led to the persistent elevation of cAMP in the cells , while short term potentiation was associated with only a transient elevation of cAMP . |
| 15 | The origin of the term biotechnology arose from the gradual emergence of the microbiological industries as a genre offering an alternative to applying conventional chemistry . |
| 16 | The timing of the introduction of the care programme approach coincided with the initial dates for the major reforms of health and social care brought about by the NHS and Community Care Act 1990 . |
| 17 | Small pleasure craft buzzed around the square-rigged giants of the sea as they left Liverpool in scenes reminiscent of the turn of the century when the port was the gateway to the Americas . |
| 18 | Before opening the file he added his initials to the readership list gummed to the top right corner . |
| 19 | Our quest for the Drus traverse began on the well-worn path from the station , our objective for the day the Charoupa refuge , magnificently situated at the top of the Charoupa rognon , in the awesome , rocky cwm below the south faces of the Drus and Aiguille Verte . |
| 20 | The next morning they were idling in the luxury of a long breakfast , enjoying the chatting in the warmth of the room , the tussocks in the white field outside the window stiff with frost , the only green grass the huge dark circles under the cypress trees , when a single shotgun blast came from the front room . |
| 21 | For most of the year , the relative stability of the US stock market contrasted with the general mood of depression about the prospects for the economy as a whole . |
| 22 | The advantages to the Commission of programme financing arose from the long-term nature of such a plan for regional development , which required agreement on financing arrangements in advance from all the concerned parties down to the local government level . |
| 23 | ITALY 'S general election campaign closed in the accustomed style of Roman carnival last night . |
| 24 | Public sector funding came from the urban programme ( £11 million ) and from the Housing Corporation ( £11.5 million ) . |
| 25 | Four members of Farnham Triathlon Club competed in the hard and very testing Lord Wandsworth cross-country race over 4–1/2 miles . |
| 26 | When the winter wind whistled through the bare branches , the fragrance of this spicy cake was comforting . |
| 27 | By February only forty-three of the 394 schools in Samara guberniia remained on the official food supply list . |
| 28 | ( 1980 ) envisaged for West Germany as its multinationals in the textile industry participated in the new international division of labour . |
| 29 | The winter sun reached through the bare branches of the limes , making bars of startling light and shade that flickered in the carriage like a pyrotechnic display . |
| 30 | She let go of the cabinet , coughing in the dust of ages that appeared to be lurking behind it , and smiled back at him as the February sun shone through the small window behind her , throwing into sharp relief the patches on the wall where her predecessor had hung posters , and the ingrained dirt on the flaking paintwork round the mean , narrow , metal window . |