Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ( Associated Newspapers did the same , and both groups thereby had a useful cushion when the oil price rises and economic crises of the early 1970s saw newsprint prices quadruple . ) |
2 | At first resisted by conservatives who feared its materialistic implications , evolutionism eventually became a central theme of late nineteenth-century thought , the foundation for a unified philosophy of biological and social progress . |
3 | The days were getting shorter and colder , and with Christmas approaching there was so much to do in the kitchen Sarah rarely had a spare minute . |
4 | The rising thereby received a new impetus — and , once begun , aid from Italy and Germany continued to arrive . |
5 | Starting with a blank sheet of paper and using the wisdom accumulated through more than 150 years of life-saving , the designers and operators together specified a new concept in lifeboats . |
6 | The 1947 variety merely boasted a modest Lion Rampant and was superseded by the classical Jean Cocteau motif in 1961 . |
7 | The fact that Brolly began work as a barrister last March obviously meant a complete change in lifestyle , and that coincided with a loss in form . |
8 | Pamela only had a few friends ( 1 year ) . |
9 | Men such as Syd obviously took a great deal of pride in their work — woe betide a fireman or fitter who did not do a good job ! |
10 | I listened with fascination to this insider viewpoint , and the moody Miss Brickell suddenly became a real person , not a pathetic collection of dry bones , but a mixed-up pulsating young woman full of strong urges and stronger guilts who 'd piled on too much pressure , loaded her need of penitence and her heavy desires and perhaps finally her pregnancy onto someone who could n't bear it all , and who 'd seen a violent way to escape her . |
11 | His breathing had become rather quick and heavy , and the car suddenly swerved a few feet , as if he was no longer paying any attention to the road ahead . |
12 | As demand for food rose , the United States suddenly became a major exporter of agricultural goods , the surplus on that account rising from $1½ billion in 1972 to $10½ billion in 1974 . |
13 | The NL especially suffered a major split because of its refusal after 1906 to endorse Conservative candidates . |
14 | The ambulance only took a few minutes , but it seemed like hours . |
15 | Since the April 1992 elections [ see p. 38869 ] these parties together commanded a slim majority of 16 , with 331 seats in the new Chamber of Deputies . |
16 | Binnerton manor obviously had a large number of freeholders , including some members of the nobility and gentry who probably never set foot in the place let alone attended the manorial court . |
17 | A good team performance from 'Mill thus ensured a comprehensive victory . |
18 | Robert Meaby , whose brother Brian and the Eastbourne captain had been on the wrong end of a five and four beating in the bottom match , had with Christopher Walker already enjoyed a fair share of excitement , halving the shorter length with a birdie putt after Shrewsbury had chipped in for a two . |
19 | Anthropology thus played a central role in the development of Marxism but it would be totally misleading to think of Marx and Engels as early anthropologists . |
20 | The depression around the breakwater already resembled a great lake , full of swirling whirlpools . |
21 | Once the original rearmament furore had subsided , WEU largely became a useless appendage , existing passively within NATO . |
22 | A spokesman at the state department meanwhile urged a swift reversal of the UNHCR decision to suspend aid . |
23 | For all his qualities , which are many , in those days Dennis still had a huge chip on his shoulder . |
24 | THE United States yesterday ordered a quick reaction force into the southern Somali port of Kismayu to investigate militia fighting that led to the suspension of national reconciliation talks in Addis Ababa . |
25 | A MYSTERY London punter yesterday scooped a staggering Pounds 120,038.07 with a bet of just £20 . |
26 | Māilo 's eyes always had a disconcerting twinkle : whatever he was saying I was never sure if he was teasing me . |
27 | Faldo still enjoyed a three-stroke cushion , but the pumped-up Australian resembled an executioner as he hacked away at the Open champion 's lead . |
28 | Nor did the documentary impulse make much impact on the films of Herbert Wilcox , whose ‘ patriotic ’ pictures always had a preachy tone . |
29 | The National Union of Journalists yesterday launched a worldwide campaign to boycott products from Mr Robert Maxwell 's Pergamon Press publishing company in Oxford . |
30 | The National Union of Journalists yesterday launched a worldwide campaign to boycott products from Mr Robert Maxwell 's Pergamon Press publishing company in Oxford . |