Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adj] [conj] [adv] in " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Manucci , who was employed in Dara Shukoh 's artillery , portrays his patron as a flawed hero , brave and generous but constantly in danger of being outwitted by his wily opponents : |
| 2 | In summer the gardens would have looked colourful and pretty but somehow in the depths of the Provençal winter they appeared melancholy . |
| 3 | There is much less flexing both fore and aft and laterally in the Seayak than in other plastic sea kayaks . |
| 4 | But it is certainly er a body which is er recognised as responsible and indeed in er tax law and in various other ways er its promulgations and the standards that it sets are are generally regarded as acceptable but these matters of course are kept under review . |
| 5 | But these priorities have been predominantly short-term and fluctuating and often in open contradiction with the formal longer-term objectives of the railways . |
| 6 | This littleness is at once paltry and menacing and never in repose . |
| 7 | Through informal contacts in 1971 and 1972 and formally in 1972 agreement was reached in principle to amalgamate . |
| 8 | He was tall and skinny and obviously in his early twenties , and was most noticeable for his permed and bleached hair , an unusual stylistic departure for a caddie . |
| 9 | UK television advertising is also regarded as more sophisticated and predictable than elsewhere in Europe , making it an appealing source of revenue . |
| 10 | We had a flood of cases : buildings of all types and sizes , of all styles and ages , but with one thing in common — they were disused and decaying and evidently in need of a new owner or a new use , as their present owners were being decidedly neglectful . |
| 11 | Some 60 letters written by Sir William Hillary to the Institution between 1824 and 1845 and now in the RNLI 's archives have recently been treated for preservation and placed in a presentation box — the cost being met from money raised by the Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society . |
| 12 | The makings of a quite substantial tomato salad mystique are scattered around waiting to be gathered up by some enterprising buyer who will get the produce flown in from Barcelona or Marseilles , Naples , Valencia or even possibly from Portugal , where the tomatoes are as good and plentiful as anywhere in Mediterranean lands . |
| 13 | The days of the popularity of black and white etchings waned at the turn of this century : the demand was filled by photographic views , first in black and white and then in colour . |
| 14 | You 're feeling very languid and lazy and not in the mood for ‘ keeping house ’ and barking at all-comers . |
| 15 | He had been dismayed , almost horrified , when she had opened the front door a crack and displayed herself pale and ill and obviously in need of cherishing . |
| 16 | The curtains were drawn but they were thin and unlined and even in the subdued light he could see that the room was spectacularly untidy . |
| 17 | So one fifteenth of three hundred and sixty is going to be three hundred and sixty and then in front of that you 'll want one fifteenth of and this times thing is quite handy when we 're multiplying fractions together we 'll just get three sixty over fifteen . |
| 18 | HERE IN the most eastern tip of Lancashire , wedged between Westmorland and Yorkshire , where Leck Fell rises two thousand feet into the Pennine chain and no roads cross , the small village of Leck sits snugly amongst lush trees , as remote and beautiful as anywhere in England . |
| 19 | His body was up against hers , close and strong and totally in control . |
| 20 | ‘ She 's been my secretary for two years , is quiet and reserved and madly in love with the man she lives with . |