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 | Lindsey leaned against the rail , conscious of his nearness , her mouth dry with a nervousness that seemed to have no logic to it . |
| 4 | A well broken , loose and particulate soil will have characteristics different to a uniform and unbroken film of the same type . |
| 5 | A power surge blew the fuse on the White House autocue and the President dried-up for a moment and then ad-libbed . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I shall have to keep my eyes open for a millionaire while I 'm here , ’ she joked . |
| 8 | Licensing is another alternative open to a firm that is contemplating an indirect venture into overseas markets . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Other safe forms of investment which could then be considered for any capital your parent may have could also include the building societies , local authority bonds ( if she is prepared to leave her money untouched for a year or two ) , National Savings Certificates , Post Office Savings , the National Savings Bank and Trustee Savings Bank . |
| 11 | My former BBC colleague at Westminster , John Harrison , reporting from Zimbabwe on Maundy Thursday , caught the horror of it in a memorable phrase : the cost of an Easter egg , he said , would keep a child alive for a month or more . |
| 12 | Sharpe translated the crowd 's attention as the derision due to a cuckold and , in that misapprehension , his temper snapped . |
| 13 | Her flatmates Mandy and Debby flitted fanciably about the place , half-dressed , serving me coffee with the reverence due to a moneyman and debt-settler . |
| 14 | He kicked his feet free of a vine and rolled into the water , the drag of the rope almost strangling him . |
| 15 | The dollar strengthened as a result and had the temporary effect of relieving pressure on sterling against the mark . |
| 16 | The 1968 Act , however , made all planning permissions subject to a condition that development is begun within five years . |
| 17 | Jeopardy cut his question short with a grimace and an angry gesture . |
| 18 | Tulu , the 21-year-old prison administrator from Addis Ababa , slapped her handcuffs on Meyer , using the South African as a towline and refusing her rival 's offers to share the pacemaking duties . |
| 19 | ‘ Fell asleep behind a wall or in a shed . ’ |
| 20 | He swung away from her , walking over to the edge of the small pond , his body rigid with a tension that made her afraid to do or say anything that might unleash that anger once again . |
| 21 | ‘ Mind , I do a bit of tourist guiding of an August and it 's amazing what I can find then . ’ |
| 22 | But this was a job fit for a Princess and her link with part of Oxford 's academic world may soon be permanent . |
| 23 | A few paces below where the body lay , and a yard or so into the bushes , there was a patch of free stones , loosely overgrown with grass and lichen , and to all appearance undisturbed for a year or more ; until something about the clear outlining of the upper stone made him look closer . |
| 24 | In contrast , France which has made no declaration under Article 18 , will only make compulsion available to a commissioner if he is a French judicial authority , appointed as commissioner . |
| 25 | How genuine was that consent ? ( d ) As the level of suspicion necessary for a stop and search is virtually indistinguishable from that required for an arrest , there may be a pressure to arrest in a wider range of circumstances . |
| 26 | To strengthen your hair prior to a perm and ensure that it is the best possible condition , apply a combination of protein and moisturising treatments . |
| 27 | There 's nothing worse than arriving fifteen minutes late for a lecture or laboratory practical to find out that other students have stolen a march on you . |
| 28 | What does 50% equal as a fraction or part of the whole ? |
| 29 | All At Sea reverts to a mile for the first time this season , having finished runner-up on her last three starts , the best of which was her length defeat by Rodrigo de Triano in the Juddmonte International over a mile and a quarter . |
| 30 | Instead of having the machine score the various positions that could be reached after one play , it could generate and then evaluate all the positions possible after a play and a reply , or a play , a reply and a counter-reply . |