Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adv] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the assignee may be absolved through the operation of the bankruptcy laws : the classic case where an original lessee may have to pay . |
| 2 | The hotel is well placed for those keen on sightseeing — with the Via Veneto and the famed Spanish Steps both an easy walk away . |
| 3 | Even as mild a personality as Norman Bentwich was inclined to utter strong words when an entire Kindertransport was held up by Schonfeld because it was scheduled to depart from Germany on the Sabbath . |
| 4 | Electric immersion heater , er , ah , oh of course we had an Ideal boiler under there and it , that 's what heated this kitchen actually an Ideal boiler and it heated the water in the winter and also heated the , and in the summer we let that out and had an immersion heater , well being in the electrical trade we had an immersion heater all the time and if we wanted to top up from the boiler we used to just put the immersion heater on for a erm week or so and get hot water and then let it go off in the winter time , you know , but er we have n't made a great deal of alteration to this place really , we 've put a new front door on fairly recently , that was one of the things that er was very ugly , they , the back of the front of the doors to look at , ooh they were ugly doors |
| 5 | ‘ A few minutes ago an old man came to my office . |
| 6 | A steep scramble down an ivy-covered slope leads one into a place of great natural beauty alive with the earth spirit force . |
| 7 | Only a few hours earlier an unexpected Meeting Notice had been issued , the agenda being simply ‘ To consider the conduct of Major H. R. Maxim ’ . |
| 8 | Guttersnipe is loth to kick a man when he 's down but is this episode not an outstanding example of divine retribution for Cheggers Plays Pop ? |
| 9 | SOME years ago an enterprising manufacturer of home computer ‘ add-ons ’ produced a low cost robot arm that used standard model radio control servos to produce the motive power . |
| 10 | A few days ago an unco-operative van would have sent him back indoors in a state of deep despair . |
| 11 | A few days ago an elderly gentleman came into a Dublin suburban office with a bouquet of flowers and presented it to a female staff member . |
| 12 | Tower play : The Beautiful People in Baywatch ( Saturday , UTV , 5.40pm ) find themselves in the centre of a hostage drama this week when an escaped prisoner holds Summer and Stephanie . |
| 13 | Sometimes , to exercise this quality consistently an unconscious hand may have to be taken in creating a crisis ! |
| 14 | And a few seconds ago an urgent message had come through from GCHQ at Cheltenham . |
| 15 | When a length of wire is suspended in a magnetic field , the wire will move at right angles to the magnetic flux whenever an electric current is passed along it . |
| 16 | At intervals , Fusil flagged away each quintet up an innocuous-looking farm track . |
| 17 | Therefore , the fourth way to underline effectiveness is to slide forwards slightly on the front foot , drawing the rear foot up an equal distance if there is a danger that otherwise the stance will stretch out . |
| 18 | Some six months later an anguished letter arrived from the United States in which she said that since arriving in the USA she had barely had two weeks without an attack of herpes and could she possibly attend again when she was next in England . |
| 19 | They can also be classified by frequency , Some are published weekly , others monthly and yet others bimonthly or quarterly , and the " lead times ' or periods between material being received and appearing in the magazine can vary from three or four days to six months more an important point to bear in mind when planning a press campaign . |
| 20 | The second reason why an apparent consent or refusal of consent may not be a true consent or refusal is that it may not have been made with reference to the particular circumstances in which it turns out to be relevant . |
| 21 | Appendix III shows how an eventual loan of cash from the weekly credit caller , at a moment of financial hardship , can change a poor family 's difficulties over making ends meet into sheer impossibility . |
| 22 | Fifty years later an administrative officer found the Masai to be perfect hosts : ‘ they do respect your privacy ; men of other tribes rather fuss round you , always sure there is something they have omitted to do as hosts , thus making a nuisance of themselves — but the Masai leave you alone ’ . |
| 23 | Fifty years ago an American airman died averting a disaster , when he crashed his stricken bomber into a field after steering it away from a busy town centre . |
| 24 | I revised my estimate of the Mother that evening when an elderly man arrived , one of whose arms was in a sling . |
| 25 | But the company has an opportunity to make other gains through a 50 per cent stake it has secured with BP in five surrounding blocks where an intensive exploration programme will begin later this year in an attempt to discover other ‘ elephant ’ fields . |
| 26 | He walked through the white corridors , past the notice boards with their offers of small rooms and old cars , past the coffee bar where people sat at tables , past a hole in the white floor where an old chair stood sentry over an opened conduit in which a torch shone and a man crawled , and as he left he looked at his watch : |
| 27 | whether it 's a large economic growth in Europe in places like Milan , Innsbruck er Barcelona , all have these systems where an extra terminal capacity is only part of the jigsaw that 's had to be met . |
| 28 | Three streets away an old man dropped a coin into a saucer of acid and swirled it gently . |
| 29 | It is therefore still important to examine the role of Ac-ASA in any in vitro experiment desiend to test the mechanism of action of 5-ASA and to bear in mind the differential absorption of these drugs when an intact cell system is used . |
| 30 | There are many reasons why an increasing number of people , men as well as women , find themselves in the role of home nurse nowadays . |