Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] in a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This year 's donations were the largest given in a single year . |
| 2 | There 's more of worth , more that uplifts in a single chorus of ‘ We Need Money' ’ than in a dozen of your picky , pedantic articles ! ’ |
| 3 | He also understood what few canvassers of the more earnest sort admit , even to themselves : that canvassing in a parliamentary election is not supposed to change electors ' minds . |
| 4 | It is difficult to believe these comments refer to the same Report as that evaluated in a balanced leader in the Independent ( 16 November 1988 ) under the headline ‘ A blow for literacy ’ . |
| 5 | There were fears that if the date for stabilisation was altered from that promised in a recent government white paper , the privatisation of the electricity industry would be jeopardised . |
| 6 | ( Infuriatingly , though , the notes are due to appear in a separate volume , which has still not been published , so it is impossible to tell whether the quotation comes from a letter , from conversation or from some unauthenticated report at second-hand . ) |
| 7 | It is also vital to keep all abrasives dust-free , and if possible to work in a dust-free environment . |
| 8 | There he was , all right — a tiny figure , in perfect colour , standing in front of a group of Watchmen whose faces were each frozen in a terrified rictus . |
| 9 | On the other hand , maybe that soft , slightly husky voice belonged to a nicely rounded wench willing to indulge in a little loveplay as well as sing about it . |
| 10 | Beneath the skyline of modern Berlin , half hidden in a grassy wasteland , all that 's left of the bunker where Adolf Hitler committed suicide . |
| 11 | Whether or not it is sensible to invest in a tailor-made structure depends on the capitalized value of the savings derived from it in relation to the present value of its costs . |
| 12 | It 's easier to concentrate in a straight chair , I always find . |
| 13 | One man has a house with twelve rooms : another lives in a cardboard box . |
| 14 | The officials of the king-duke could be corrupt , and some behaved in a partisan fashion . |
| 15 | Instead of being asked , as he must have hoped , whether he would be willing to form a government , he was instead asked whether he would be prepared to serve in a National Government under MacDonald . |
| 16 | So , for example , it is impossible to make sense of a statement that S is disposed to behave in a certain way unless one already understands the concepts required to understand the content of the relevant behaviour . |
| 17 | Or there are weaker forms of behaviourism which attempt to make allowances for concealed mental states ; for instance , one might hold that my being in pain in my knee is for me to be disposed to behave in a certain way , whether I actually do so or not . |
| 18 | Sitting back on her seat , she relaxed as the engine started and the long , low open canal boat passed under the first of the very low bridges which spanned the narrow waterways , and tuned in her ear to the English commentary being given by the boat 's guide , mentally turning off when it was followed in French and German to engage in a desultory conversation with a fellow countryman who had chanced to take the place beside her , a pleasant young man attending his first seminar in Denmark . |
| 19 | TIMI 2B clearly shows that elective and semi-elective angioplasty after thrombolysis can be performed in the conservative strategy patients , in other words those with recurrent ischaemia or a positive exercise test , and this results in a good prognosis , both at six weeks and at one year . |
| 20 | Sometimes this results in a major objection being reduced to one which can easily be dealt with . |
| 21 | This results in a catarrhal enteritis with impairment of digestion and absorption . |
| 22 | All this results in a rare phenomenon : Marks and Spencer is a company people are fond of . |
| 23 | Put a coin into the box and phone Moe ; this results in a verbal battle between Bart and Moe and Simpsons fans will be familiar with . |
| 24 | This results in a pictorial view being created in which the perspective converges to a point directly behind the origin point of the reference space . |
| 25 | This results in a materialistic society that worships consumer goods , and where academics rule rather than artists and philosophers . |
| 26 | When using SEC , care must be taken not to overload the columns with too large a polymer sample as this results in a non-linear response , characterized by losses in resolution and column efficiency . |
| 27 | When using the tuba as an independent bass to the trombones in held chords the most satisfactory result is obtained if the tuba is placed rather low , even if this results in a big gap between it and the bass trombone . |
| 28 | This results in a stiff fabric . |
| 29 | This results in a sudden collapse in flux which , in turn , produces a very high value of induced e.m.f. across the secondary winding . |
| 30 | This results in a cake-like compound which is dried and ground to a fine powder ready for distribution to ready-mix concrete plants . ’ |