Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That goes nicely behind a six foot trestle or whatever it is . |
| 2 | Viewing the accounts of parish overseers with their detailed entries of small payments for a range of needs , some historians have found it possible to write approvingly of a Poor Law which was sensitive to local needs and did not deal in bread alone . |
| 3 | It is possible to work hard at a complete system and get very little from it because of interference by other predators . |
| 4 | The exaggeration or over-simplification of the notion of commonality within the gens as regards ownership of property is also apparent in the discussion of kinship and this led equally to a fundamental misunderstanding . |
| 5 | This looks forward to a future phase of professionalism . |
| 6 | This looks almost like a long unused guest room with a view . |
| 7 | Simmel places exchange at the point at which Hegel constructs society , and this articulates well with a major tradition in anthropological theory , where it is exchange , often viewed in terms of the polarity of gift and commodity , which is seen as constitutive of society itself ( e.g. Appadurai 1986 ; Lévi-Strauss 1969 ; Sahlins 1974 : 165–183 ) . |
| 8 | prisons , being regarded by most planners and politicians as ‘ non-productive ’ ( short-sighted a view as this may be ) , did not until very recently achieve even token inclusion in a Five Year Plan , and this came only after a lengthy battle by individuals within the Ministries of Home Affairs and Welfare to include a meaningful package for development in the correctional field . |
| 9 | A disadvantage of the microscope aid is that as the magnification increases the size of the lens has to decrease , owing to the weight and expense of high-powered lenses , and this results again in a smaller field of view . |
| 10 | This happens rapidly in a steady wind but can be helped by shaking the kite . |
| 11 | This happens only over a limited Reynolds number range . |
| 12 | If England were to decline to tour India on the grounds of safety , other countries might not be so willing to visit there for a one-day jamboree . |
| 13 | Most of us would probably start off growing pelargoniums in a soilless compost but Hazel reports that they 're actually much easier to grow well in a loam-based compost . |
| 14 | It is here that alternative approaches are discussed and weighted , and this leads ultimately to a refined solution . |
| 15 | This leads directly to a further difference : an orthodox practitioner is likely to treat all cases of influenza with the same drug , an antibiotic perhaps ; whereas the homoeopathic practitioner may use different remedies , depending on the patient 's reaction to the influenza , as we saw in the cases illustrated above . |
| 16 | They housed children who could not find foster parents or who were too old to fit easily into a new family environment . |
| 17 | This keeps well in a screw-top jar in the fridge . |
| 18 | I mean , which is easier to put across in a 40-second commercial ? |
| 19 | This appears almost as a solid wall of mist , obscuring the view . |
| 20 | It is an excellent rule not to destroy any living organism without good cause , and this applies particularly to a potential human being . |
| 21 | This consists primarily of a 15-year mapping programme which began in 1990/91 . |
| 22 | Regrettably this consists only of a short description of the mechanical working of the lift , taken from Thomas 's own description , giving no assessment of the lift 's success in use , despite the fact that it appeared six months after the lift 's entry into service . |
| 23 | Prime factors of 12 are 2,2 and 3. 2 appears twice as a common factor . |
| 24 | I did this walk once on a bright June day with Pat and Bill the dog . |
| 25 | This brought together in a simplified form a number of remedies obtainable from a Divisional Court of the Queen 's Bench Division consisting of two or three judges . |
| 26 | Like the 1970 Werner Report this looked forward to a full EMU in the long term , with free capital movements , fixed exchange rates ( or maybe a common currency ) and a central budgetary institution . |
| 27 | This appeared quickly as a cardinal element in Iran 's strategy when Iranian naval craft , as we have already seen , bombarded the southern Iraqi terminals . |
| 28 | 2 Step forward with a right lunge punch to the body . |
| 29 | Babies like this thrive best in a restful , quiet atmosphere . |
| 30 | This comes ahead of a proposed meeting in Washington next month between the foreign ministers of the US , Egypt and Israel . |