Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Feb. 1 Aoun and Geaga agreed to a ceasefire , but this collapsed early the next day when Army units launched heavy artillery attacks on LF strongholds in the Qarantina and Ashrafieh districts of East Beirut . |
| 2 | We can continue to represent the normal case , which corresponds to Bolinger 's referent-qualification , by either of the types of formulae : ( 6 ) Although it is relatively easy to describe verbally the second version where the adjective qualifies the property of the noun but does not in itself qualify the entity of the noun phrase , it is not so easy to suggest a simple but appropriate diagrammatic representation for it ; we may perhaps adopt a formulation as in ( 7 ) where the arrowhead representing qualification passes through the bracket into the property which is the descriptive identification resource of the noun : ( 7 ) [ ( DISTANT ) ( COUSIN ) ] We should still speak of the adjective as attributive , since it remains part of the same entity-identification as the noun ; and it is still perfectly proper to describe it as qualifying the noun syntactically , inasmuch as it marks an extension of what would be achieved by using the noun alone . |
| 3 | The result was we arrived in Hong Kong a day late , and quite late in the evening , and our journey to China proper was due to start early the next morning . |
| 4 | Sit with your feet and legs apart — do not over-extend the distance — it defeats the purpose of the exercise and you will find you wo n't be able to walk properly the next day ! |
| 5 | Once again , constraints on space make it necessary to address only the first stage of development , which occurs between the ages of 0 and about 18 months . |
| 6 | So , if turning away qualified candidates , on the one hand , and significant loss of quality , on the other hand , are to be avoided , that leaves only the third option , namely the funded expansion of our higher education provision . |