Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb -s] [conj] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The church , uniquely dedicated to St Elgin , was largely renovated in the 19th century , although a Norman font remains and also the remains of a 10th century Viking cross of unusual detail , found in the churchyard . |
| 2 | ‘ which was not fitted ’ This point means that either the motor vehicle in question had no horn fitted at all or that the one that was fitted did not conform to the requirements of the next point . |
| 3 | As the hole narrows , the overlap of light from nearby points decreases until eventually a reasonably clear image is obtained . |
| 4 | I sympathise with what the honourable gentleman says and certainly the feelings that are bi er of the er erm citizens of Gibraltar . |
| 5 | But the actual letter survives and only a mind predisposed to suspect the sender could think it pompous : ‘ After the most careful consideration I have decided , if you are willing that I should do so , to recommend your name for the succession to the see of Durham . ’ |
| 6 | Anyone who has contact with the real world knows that sometimes the management might not have confidence in the work force and the work force might not have confidence in the management . |
| 7 | A breakdown of the 1991 numbers shows that even the meagre 2.5% rise in overall volumes was due solely to a 6.5% rise in invoice discounting , the cash-only part of the factoring service , while full service factoring fell 2.8% . |
| 8 | More boys than girls are in the lowest mathematics sets although quite a number obtained fairly high test scores on the GT4 test . |
| 9 | The clock goes off , the cuckoo goes cuckoo , and then a little door opens and either the good-weather weatherman comes out , all grinning and dressed for the sunshine , or else another door opens and it 's the bad-weather weatherman who comes out with an umbrella and a raincoat and a grumpy expression . |
| 10 | The length of the history in case 4 , who had been admitted to hospital with identical symptoms on three previous occasions suggests that either the polyps are extremely slow growing or that they may even regress . |
| 11 | Evidence from satellite photos , refugees and dissident groups reveals that almost the entire flow of the Euphrates has been diverted into a 560-kilometre drainage canal , known as the Third River , recently connected to the sea . |
| 12 | The present study suggests that often the thesis is the only source , and that the theoretical , synthetic approach in geology most often derives from the mature researcher ( often the supervisor ) . |
| 13 | I 've nothing against these two teams , but to be deprived of the euphoric English faces after only a few minutes of joy and achievement was an insult . |
| 14 | A reading of the Egyptian press indicates that neither the government nor any official is immune from criticism or above the law . |
| 15 | The hot-rod 's flexible definition means that even a car straight from Chrysler 's factory might appeal to the fashion-conscious . |
| 16 | Simon 's decision to dispense with normal syntax implies that stylistically the intention is to render the real more satisfactorily than the conventional novel would allow . |
| 17 | Data gathered from 300,000 women in 44 developing countries shows that about a third of married women in the developing world are now using modern family planning methods . |
| 18 | The appointment of the interim receiver terminates when either the petition is dismissed or a bankruptcy order is made , and can also be terminated by the court on the application of the interim receiver , the official receiver ( if not the interim receiver ) , the debtor or any creditor ( r 6.57 ) . |
| 19 | The general nature of the Part XV code indicates that only an individual ( as opposed to a corporate body ) can be a settlor . |
| 20 | You may first come across this problem when a new baby arrives and suddenly the things she thought of as hers — like her cot — are taken away and given to the ‘ interloper ’ . |
| 21 | Threat to insurers AS THE £1.1bn takeover bid by Australian Mutual Provident , Australia 's largest life insurer , gets underway for the Pearl Group , a new survey suggests that perhaps the Australians should have made a bid for a building society . |
| 22 | That party knows that only a higher court is likely to push forward the boundaries of some legal rule . |
| 23 | Originally it catered for pupils from 5 to 16 , but local reorganisation means that eventually the school will only accommodate children of secondary school age . |
| 24 | This unpalatable but , alas , essentially valid simile means that once an especially vile rumour has been launched there is all too little the wretched victim can do about it . |
| 25 | When I registered her death I was surprised to find myself giving this as her trade , because learned history implies that only the traditional ones — tailoring , weaving , joining , welding — are real . |