Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This example is from a standard medical statistics book : ‘ Consider the following results from an influenza vaccination trial carried out during an epidemic . |
| 2 | Making no reply , the agent tied up to an iron ring let into the stone . |
| 3 | Their eyes locked together for an instant , and Alyssia felt suddenly dizzy , as though the breath had been knocked out of her , then she regained her self-control , and replied politely , ‘ I 'll be down for lunch . ’ |
| 4 | Their eyes locked together for an instant , and she felt as though he was seeing right into her soul , into bits of her that no one had ever seen before . |
| 5 | The NVALA developed out of an organisation called ‘ The Clean-up TV Campaign ’ ( CUTV ) launched in January 1964 by Mary Whitehouse and Norah Buckland , the wife of the Rector of Langton in Staffordshire . |
| 6 | There is a gem in the Heraklion Museum showing two rampant lions with their forepaws perched up on an altar : at the centre , in place of a pillar or some other representation of the deity , is an unmistakable rayed sun which , as we have already seen , is one of the manifestations of Poteidan ( Figure 44 ) . |
| 7 | A task is usually considered to be an integrated sub-activity with a particular purpose as distinct from a job which is a particular kind of work carried out by an individual in a system context . |
| 8 | Tre ( Cuba Gooding Jr ) , Dough Boy ( Ice Cube ) and Ricky ( Morris Chestnut ) , are three young blacks brought up in an area where violence prevails . |
| 9 | Pits in front of the heavy bunker doors , which incline outwards , collect any debris thrown up during an attack . |
| 10 | The Marie Lloyd costume she was wearing : buttoned boots , feather boa , black-straw , flower-trimmed hat , gave her the appearance of a child dressed up as an adult . |
| 11 | Miss Brunton 's home backed on to an alleyway at the rear of their house . |
| 12 | THE leader of Scotland 's solicitors called yesterday for an end to piecemeal tinkering and urged on the Government a major review of the entire system of justice . |
| 13 | ‘ Toddler fallen out of an upstairs window and impaled himself on the railings . |
| 14 | • Epidural — this is a skilled procedure carried out by an anaesthetist . |
| 15 | EVANDER HOLYFIELD knows that he might already have been consigned to the freak section of world heavyweight championship history had Mike Tyson taken no for an answer in that Indianapolis hotel room . |
| 16 | That 's a cycle that cost him over two hundred pounds and it would cost him more money to have lights fitted now as an extra . |
| 17 | On a scale of one to ten with ten representing normality and one representing having your teeth pulled out without an anaesthetic , I 'd say Love Hearts rated about a four . |
| 18 | It 's your own hair and a micro-layer of epithelial skin burnt away to an ash . |
| 19 | But the way Bridges plays him he 'd be the first sicko picked out of an identity parade . |
| 20 | But the way Bridges plays him he 'd be the first sicko picked out of an identity parade . |
| 21 | Would buyers not assume that a valuation based partly on an expert test implied endorsement of that test by the surveyor ? |
| 22 | Those located at holiday resorts took on extra staff to deal with the increased demand brought about by an influx of summer visitors . |
| 23 | In the case of the example in the preceding paragraph , the maintenance function remains performed by permanent staff but the development function is now performed by temporary staff brought in via an agency . |
| 24 | WOULD YOU HAVE YOUR HAIR CUT OFF FOR AN ALBUM COVER ? |
| 25 | He indicated an upright armchair drawn up at an angle to his desk , to which he now returned . |
| 26 | However , the results of an autopsy carried out by an Israeli and a US pathologist on Feb. 7 indicated that whilst Akawi had been beaten he had died as a result of a " cardiac insufficiency " brought on by a serious heart condition . |
| 27 | Wages edged up to an average of £19.58 , and the bank rate came down to 6 per cent , but mortgages went up from 6 to 6&1/4% . |
| 28 | At the beginning of 1990 , for example , there was a much publicised case of heart surgery carried out on an infant still in the womb . |
| 29 | More money was soon made available and a plan for expansion drawn up by an official from the BBC in London . |
| 30 | Most often she stands with the left foot forward ( a borrowing no doubt from the kouros , but it is not like his a full stride , rather so short a step as to seem like a dance-motion ) , left hand pulling the skirt to the side and letting a swag hang free , right forearm raised forward with an offering . |