Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the major objectives of the account was to reapportion credit within the movement since much of it had been misappropriated by those who had done little or only appeared after emancipation in 1834 . |
| 2 | The Sludge Disposal Vessel ‘ Gardyloo ’ built to operate from the new facility was in fact completed in August 1876 and immediately chartered for work on the Clyde while awaiting completion of the Seafield Works . |
| 3 | Often gregarious and habitually hunts over water . |
| 4 | All the bedrooms ( price A ) are light and comfortably furnished with colour TV , mini-bar , hair dryer , air-conditioning , balcony and sea view . |
| 5 | The small operation at " Hartriggs " ( see " Haggrieg 's Mine at Hawk Rigg " page 91 in the Field Guide ) , was providing a " rich liver coloured ore " ( cuprite ? ) , whilst at Muckle Gill , above the top waterfall in Tilberthwaite Gill , the veins , even then , " as the shafts get deeper , become less rich … getting more coarse and more mineralised with sulphur . " |
| 6 | The reverse punch is also the strongest and hardest punch in karate . |
| 7 | Stirling was charming if somewhat reserved in manner . |
| 8 | Given the status patterns discerned one might expect that even if technology were to achieve high status and acceptance the version which would ‘ count as education ’ would be academic and theoretical and therefore stand in contradiction to more practical objectives . |
| 9 | In the diagrams the applied forces are linear and uniformly distributed for simplicity 's sake ; however this need not be the case . |
| 10 | Love children , he had read , were more beautiful , more charming and more favoured by destiny than those born in wedlock . |
| 11 | Or the group may start at Phase 2 and then go to Phase 5 . |
| 12 | For all your sound recording , take care to ensure that your microphone leads and audio connections are electrically sound and properly screened from hum pick-up , so that the signal arrives at the camcorder in the best possible condition . |
| 13 | But if it is experienced as hostile , it may provoke the carer into actions which are atypical and frequently followed by remorse and guilt . |
| 14 | The up-stream side becomes steep and heavily plastered with mud to make it water-tight . |
| 15 | He had tried to remain calm but still seethed with fury at Maude 's continued intransigence in the face of his pleadings and questions : her only answer would be to bite her lip , shake her head and turn away in floods of tears . |
| 16 | For example , if someone is looking agitated or clearly fuming with anger , indicate openly that you can see they are upset . |
| 17 | Since then I have refused to subscribe to the view that there is something malevolent or subconsciously deliberate about forgetfulness . |
| 18 | Byelaws are generally made to ensure proper precautions are taken to prevent or reduce the odour , for example , by insisting that a fish frying stove should be accessible and easily removed for cleaning , and has a satisfactory fume extraction system . |
| 19 | Three percent are classed as ineducable and either stay at home with their families or are placed in welfare institutions — parents wishing to have teaching for these children have to pay privately . |
| 20 | The party 's considered response to these and other discussions was a draft Programme , ‘ Socialism , Democracy , Progress ’ , which was approved by a Central Committee plenum in July 1991 and subsequently published for discussion . |
| 21 | To stop the board from turning too much and possibly heading into wind , the turn can be stopped by swiftly moving forwards on the board |
| 22 | He was detected at the check-out point before he had paid for the joint and later convicted of theft contrary to section 1(1) of the Act of 1968 . |
| 23 | One 's heart bled for Cowdrey , for he looked desperately nervous and soon succumbed without scoring . |
| 24 | I know you said you were extra and then going to freezer shop or summat . |
| 25 | There are 70 items , grouped into 7 blocks of 10 and loosely graded for difficulty . |
| 26 | The buttresses themselves became larger , heavier and richly ornamented with carving and panelling . |
| 27 | The Soviet Union was increasingly perceived as a moral and just counterforce to fascism . |
| 28 | PEPIT will follow F&C 's investment philosophy : intelligent use of gearing and cautious but steady buying into quality during turbulent or depressed and gloomy markets . |
| 29 | ‘ In accordance with good building practice ’ is a phrase often used in specifications , but it is indefinable and therefore open to interpretation . |
| 30 | Young lads who up to this point have had no real demands made on them by society , who have been spoiled and indulged by their mothers , who have followed their own inclinations entirely and have been tolerated in nearly everything , suddenly and incomprehensibly find that they are the subjects of a spiteful atrocity in which they are abused , assaulted , victimized , mutilated and sometimes threatened with death itself . |