Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] [verb] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a start , it was more expensive ; but it was also a sign of conspicuous consumption , its enrichment slightly too ostentatious for a country with a preference for strong mass and modelling rather than upon lavish detail . |
| 2 | Toss the onion and carrots in with the butter into a non-stick saucepan and toss briefly until glazed , then cover and sweat for about 3 minutes . |
| 3 | It has been shown previously that EGF exerts greater trophic action when administered intravenously than via the luminal route . |
| 4 | The chicks have taken Indian names after regions of their natural habitat , Sisquoc was born on 30 March and has more than doubled his weight of 201.9 grams . |
| 5 | She walked through into the Lancaster Room again , where Phil Aldrich was still scribbling away on the hotel 's notepaper ; and for the moment ( as Sheila stood in the doorway ) looking up with his wonted patience and nodding mildly as Janet propounded her latest views on the injustice of the tour 's latest delay . |
| 6 | The Voluntary Fire Brigade of Kuala Kedah was formed in 1976 after a tragic fire which destroyed almost the entire village , burning down 800 houses and making more than 5,000 people homeless . |
| 7 | He offered a cliff-hanging reply when asked yesterday if he would re-enter the race . |
| 8 | I saw this boy that looks exactly like you . |
| 9 | Serb rockets flattened the temporary hospital with a direct hit and killed more than 50 patients and medical staff . |
| 10 | Add the chopped prunes , apricots , apples , raisins and broken walnuts and cook gently until the fruits plump up . |
| 11 | Miller had been forced to transplant some of these just as they were coming into flower , but by cutting off all the buds , placing them in a wet trench and watering continuously until they became established , he was able , in August and September to pick flowers ‘ as fair as those produced in June ’ . |
| 12 | I knocked anxiously on the wooden door and waited patiently until the door opened and a small , plump , bearded man greeted me with a cheery hello . |
| 13 | Just past the hour Suker , their only effective forward , worked his way to the left-hand byline and shrugged disconsolately when nobody ran through the middle to meet his pass . |
| 14 | Said they 're not like the old ones that go like as though they 're welded |
| 15 | On our own Stock Exchange the shares of Deutsche Bank , with its tentacles in every corner of Euro-business , have doubled this year and climbed more than 10 per cent in one trading day this week . |
| 16 | I applied a couple of generous handfuls and styled away until my quiff was cast in bronze . |
| 17 | In the West End area of Newcastle upon Tyne on Sept. 11 up to 300 rioters burned down a public house and started more than 20 other fires . |
| 18 | Hodgkinson senior says Rees faces possible bankruptcy and raised more than £1,000 during Nottingham 's match against Northampton . |
| 19 | Conclusions about coping responses which have a protective effect against a wide range of events are more easily obtained when the events are likely to be associated with acute anxiety and fear rather than depression ( e.g. Jaremko , 1983 ) . |
| 20 | In this case the structures of the two programs were similar , the programs had a similar look and feel even though written in different computer programming languages and this , coupled with the fact that the same person had been involved in the two programs , raised a strong presumption that there had been copying and , hence , an infringement of copyright . |
| 21 | Yet would it not be better to abandon this headlong errand and sleep rather than go out once more into the drenching darkness ? |
| 22 | She did not get to learn her late-night caller 's name , but felt a touch easier when he bit out , ‘ I 'm his cousin , ’ and sent any remaining doubts and fears away when he added , ‘ In case you 're interested , his mother 's halfway demented worrying about him . |
| 23 | His critical eye revels in the play and contrast of light on form composing the stark minimal images that have all but become his trade mark . |
| 24 | ‘ There has been a call , monsieur , ’ he announced , taking the luggage and casting one interested look at Jenna with dark eyes that widened perceptibly as he noticed her ash-blonde hair , almost silvery in the sunlight . |
| 25 | Reason and Mycielska refer to this as a ‘ time-gap experience ’ and found that more than half their sample of 85 psychology undergraduates and postgraduates reported such experiences as happening more than once a month . |
| 26 | ‘ They live separate lives and come together when necessary , for example for the children or for public engagements . ’ |
| 27 | The programme has increase six-fold in the last 10 years and employs more than 2000 scientists at four establishments as well as commissioning research outside . |
| 28 | Bilici Constantin , a cheery film man in his early 40s , hurried back from France after an absence of 10 years and arrived just as Ceausescu fell . |
| 29 | Place the two ingredients together in a vinaigrette bottle or small screw-top jar and shake vigorously until blended . |
| 30 | Place all the ingredients in a vinaigrette bottle or small screw-top jar and shake vigorously until blended . |