Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adj] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are we to consider it an activity in itself or as an instrumental activity significant only in terms of ends ? |
| 2 | As for an alleged German seaborne attempt on the old RAF radar research station at Bawdsey Manor , close to Shingle Street , Suffolk , Mr Laurence S. Harley , scientist and antiquarian , who died in 1983 , told me in 1969 : ‘ At the outbreak of war , I was a principal scientific officer concerned principally with research into radar … at Bawdsey … |
| 3 | The Old King and his sons celebrated Christmas 1174 together at Argentan . |
| 4 | A vet told the inquiry her Jersey herd is unique , her natural breeding programme has produced the only such herd strong enough to winter outdoors . |
| 5 | Keep antiseptic cream handy just in case . |
| 6 | The time ranged from half an hour a day to 13 hours a day , depending on whether devolution was viewed as a separate activity concerned only with finance or whether it was seen as being curriculum driven and/or inseparable from all the activities performed by a head in a working day . |
| 7 | We made it in a smother of white water close inshore towards Buckie . |
| 8 | Apart from certain exceptional cases , a trustee is entitled to no remuneration for his trouble , unless the terms of the trust so direct , and is liable not only for dishonest dealing with the trust property , but for all loss due either to non-observance of the directions in the settlement and the general rules of law , or to failure on his part to act up to the high standard of care which equity and statute law require of him . |
| 9 | A papal Secretaria Apostolica in Rome for carrying on official correspondence had its functions defined by Pope Innocent VIII in 1487 ; and by the early sixteenth century a quite extensive and well-organised papal secretariat concerned largely with relations with the secular states of Europe had developed . |
| 10 | Also to make them more user friendly especially for mums with toddlers in tow , they need to be more roomy . |
| 11 | Leeds have got their fourth round one tonight against Everton . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , in the time period available , there was considerable shortfall due either to delays in the courts or the file having been impossible to trace for some reason . |
| 13 | His pearl is fatally flawed , and to supply the missing leaf , or leaves , in facsimile , even of the right size and type , is a desperate measure acceptable only in cases of extreme age or rarity . |
| 14 | The south west would be an industrial desert dependent solely on tourism . |
| 15 | At the end of the lake , furthest from the palace , was a small kiosk accessible only by water , where one evening Prosper Mérimée read poetry aloud to the Empress and her companions . |
| 16 | It is quite normal of course to have a rapid weight loss of several pounds in the first week due mainly to water loss ( our bodies are 70 per cent water ) . |
| 17 | The month began when the new lunar crescent was for the first time visible again after sunset . |
| 18 | Ford , on the other hand , was one of Congress 's own as well as an uncontroversial and innocuous figure acceptable even to Democrats . |
| 19 | According to Collins , the collegial pursuit of independent truth arises under the following three conditions : the development of an educational system large enough for teachers to become inward-looking ; a relative autonomy from outside control ; and some degree of internal differentiation within the school system — the key group in the development of science are those most insulated from the outside world , the teachers of teachers ( Collins 1975 ) . |
| 20 | PSCs were initially absent from all the simulations but began to form first with doubled CO 2 just before day 20 ( 4 January ) and about 10 days later with current CO 2 For three of the simulations the area of PSCs reached a maximum at about day 50 ( 3 February ) before reducing rapidly to zero by early March , corresponding to the rapid increase in temperatures in Fig. 1 . |
| 21 | Well what they 're doing actually it 's quite right because they 're they tended to play the long ball to Steve Walsh so that he could head it down and what they 're doing actually they 've got two four foot eight forwards in Jochim and Speedy and a nine foot seven winger Ormanroyd |
| 22 | With this went , thirdly , that it was likely to be a royal monopoly available only by grace of the ruler who accumulated his stock of tusks through gifts , loot or tribute . |
| 23 | He cried out — a raw , gut-wrenching sound in that tiny room — then pressed the pendant to his cheek , his fingers trembling , his whole face ghastly now with loss . |