Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her dark-brown skin picked up the deadening light inside the train and reflected it strangely so that her face looked almost silver . |
| 2 | I was met by a slow but very solid resistance moving down the far bank . |
| 3 | As early as July 1728 Wade was able to report : ‘ I am now with all possible diligence carrying on the new road for wheel-carriages between Dunkeld and Inverness , of about 80 English measured miles [ 128 km ] ’ , but it was 1731 which saw the creation of his masterpiece , the road from Dalwhinnie to Fort Augustus , in the middle of the Great Glen . |
| 4 | We also felt that Zephyr had been under pressure due to her immense popularity and had been given little opportunity to show off the gentle side of her nature — in the same way the more extrovert patients had dominated the evening while those of shy and retiring nature had slightly missed out . |
| 5 | It is theoretically possible in each case to work out the maximum sustainable yield , and to determine which classes of the animal — superfluous young ones , superfluous males , old ones — can safely be caught without damaging the stocks . |
| 6 | Instonians have former international and vice-captain Keith Crossan back in the side after a successful visit to Donegal 's Sheephaven Bay where the local junior club laid out the red carpet in spectacular fashion for an international select side . |
| 7 | Exhibition-train revenue makes up the final 4 per cent . |
| 8 | Before detailing the two main components of LMS , this introductory chapter sets out the general framework of change . |
| 9 | DIRECT Banking rolled out the red carpet for two special guests . |
| 10 | It did n't take long for Brown Owl to find out the whole story . |
| 11 | What will the Minister say to people who will receive the new allowance from April when they learn that last Friday a Conservative Back Bencher talked out the Civil Rights ( Disabled Persons ) Bill ? |
| 12 | Half a MURMUR in this COTTAGE sounds out the next stop . |
| 13 | The oddly named My Father 's Vertigo , a near narrative piece bringing out the best in LCDT , set the programme on its right tracks and proved that dance can contain wit . |
| 14 | The Comintern , completely disregarding their past policy , called upon " all Communist Parties to make yet another attempt to set up the united front of struggle with the social democratic workers through the medium of the social democratic parties " . |
| 15 | Flowered Up 's co-manager Terry stars in Rude Boy as a wayward yoof put on the straight and narrow by Joe . |
| 16 | The second , in 1552 , saw the publication of Hamilton 's Catechism , a vernacular work setting out the basic tenets of Catholic belief . |
| 17 | The balance of this manifesto sets out the Liberal Democrat vision of the future : our long-term programme for government . |
| 18 | Kapil had a frustrating day yesterday as a light drizzle washed out the fourth day 's play in India 's first Test against South Africa in Durban . |
| 19 | Its beauty lies not in its architecture , but in the magnificence of its views as it sits in splendid isolation on top of a steep hill looking down the unencumbered views across fields , moors and woodland to the river valleys of the Wye and Elan . |
| 20 | In addition to seeing the plaintiff in court , I have had the advantage of seeing a video , key one , showing examples of her daily routine taken on the tenth of May nineteen ninety one after she had been at home with her parents for a year . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , what remains especially striking and distinctive is the English reluctance to take back the elderly within the home as dependents . |
| 22 | PRESIDENT Franois Mitterrand of France threw his weight yesterday behind a Soviet proposal to bring forward to next year a 35-nation conference to hammer out the future shape of Europe . |
| 23 | The surface of a warm , damp body takes up the wet-bulb temperature of the air around it . |
| 24 | This business makes up the remaining 25% of group sales . |
| 25 | This insight opened up the whole world of aromatic organic chemistry . |
| 26 | It is basic AIB practice that the investigating team carrying out the original field investigation follows the work right through all the stages of testing and researches to the ultimate production of the report , thus ensuring complete continuity throughout . |
| 27 | So they w they came out of this working man 's club on top of this hill pulled out the whole thing and all the balls rolled out . |
| 28 | Many will see this paper as a fundamental attack on the NHS , a means by which a free service slides down the slippery slope of privatisation . |
| 29 | Yet another rarity turned up the other day and which I illustrate here . |
| 30 | Such a compelling clash would also put the gloss on the remarkable atmosphere which was generated during Saturday 's Royal Bank international with Wales , Scotland 's 20-0 victory setting up the tantalising finale to the season . |