Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] [verb] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mary was pensioned off soon after this and now lives in a rage in Malta , where it is feared she is writing her memoirs . |
| 2 | Branches and trunks of trees become wet and then encased in a film of ice . |
| 3 | They may be impatient , hurried and quick tempered in an acute illness . |
| 4 | Talbot looked at Dr Wickram who , in startling contrast to Benson , was thin , dark and immaculately dressed in a blue suit , white button-down collar and a black tie , the funereal hue of which went rather well with the habitual severity of his expression , and said : ‘ Does your interest in nuclear physics extend to nuclear weaponry , Dr Wickram ? ’ |
| 5 | A new Constitution , which was drawn up in late 1986 and overwhelmingly approved in a referendum in February 1987 , provided for presidential elections to be held in November 1987 . |
| 6 | In contrast the ecological lobby is weak and poorly organised in an area whose people have little romantic attachment to the countryside and see environmental protection as something of a luxury . |
| 7 | In contrast , picture an array of mountainsides clothed in dead trees , all of them silver white and close packed in an uncanny fairyland . |
| 8 | He has light brown hair and was tidy and well spoken in a dark anorak and jeans |
| 9 | Like Smolensk , Kursk was a guberniia administrative centre in 1922 and also lay in a river-valley ( the Seim ) amongst low hills . |
| 10 | Lord Simon showed what a difficult concept this is when he reviewed various possible definitions of " quasi-arbitrator " in Arenson v Casson Beckman Rutley & Co [ 1975 ] 3 WLR 815 at 824 G. He said that it could mean ( 1 ) a third party whose duty it is , in deciding a question , to " hold the scales fairly " and who is " likely to be shot at by both sides " this was formulated three different ways ; or ( 2 ) " an arbitrator at common law in contradistinction from one under the Arbitration Act 1950 " [ an obscure conceptpresumably only for oral arbitration agreements or agreements specifically excluding the operation of the Act ] ; or ( 3 ) " a person who is not an arbitrator under the Arbitration Act 1950 but nevertheless acts in a judicial capacity or character or fulfills a judicial function . " |
| 11 | To be involved in Earth Mysteries is much more than just reading in an armchair or researching in the library : it means going out and becoming part of the landscape . |
| 12 | TURNING A HUMBLE PC INTO A NETWORKED BEASTIE INVOLVES MORE THAN JUST BUNGING IN AN ETHERNET CARD . |
| 13 | But ten million people had died in a campaign that had begun as a summer frolic in 1914 and now ended in a shower of November rain . |
| 14 | Where the disease is severe and well established in a number of calves , the stock owner should be warned that anthelmintic treatment , while being the only course available , may exacerbate the clinical signs in one or more animals with a possible fatal termination . |
| 15 | The interior is airy , elegant and newly furnished in an Edwardian style . |
| 16 | That is , his mother inherited the School first and never went in a train if she could help it . |
| 17 | What he does do , though , is present these foes as mysterious and indefinably threatening in a haunting manner : ‘ For though they bodies seeme , yet substance from them fades ’ ( II , IX , 15 ) . |
| 18 | He resented the automatic assumption that he would look after Elaine , even though he had to admit that he was so tired and amazed that even scribbling in a notebook or commenting on the decoration were beyond his capabilities . |
| 19 | Apart from being pressed , prodded , tapped and manipulated whilst lying on the bed , I was cardiographed , x-rayed , blood-tested and biologically examined in a series of walkabouts and strip consultations . |
| 20 | Thick peeling is not only wasteful but also results in a loss of some of the valuable nutrients which potatoes contain . |
| 21 | Second , in courses which are organised around the expectation that most students are young and well qualified in a traditional sense , older students who have entered through different routes may find it more difficult to succeed than in courses where there is more support , both at an institutional level and from other students with similar backgrounds and experiences . |
| 22 | After 87 minutes Luton 's woe was complete as Sharp headed in a cross from Bernard , who had just been denied by another splendid stop from Chamberlain . |
| 23 | Most flesh-eating reptiles have simple spikes that prevent them from chewing their prey ; they have to gulp it down whole and then remain in a torpor for days or weeks to digest the meal . |