Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the first pruning , take each stem down to a suitable bud , so that ideally it is reduced to no more than 3–4 inches ( 8–10 cm ) in length . |
| 2 | This will be followed , in due course , by a further three-quarters of a mile of track , a run round loop and the construction of a platform at the River Avon , allowing passengers to enjoy the walk , boat trips , riverside pubs and a possible link up with a local country park . |
| 3 | Arthur Penn made a remarkable tall story out of a similar theme in Little Big Man , a sympathetic account of American-Indian life filmed 20 years before Dances With Wolves . |
| 4 | I put the old electric fire on in the shed , not so much to warm me as to keep the highly hygroscopic mixture from absorbing moisture out of a damp air . |
| 5 | So I 've set this boy up with a regular income . |
| 6 | Could I also say that erm again going back to Strathclyde that there is a , a social , there is a subsidy for those services erm where there is a social need up to a certain point and that is governed by the finance available , but its not as though , this is just the commercial network , in fact , er I think its erm something in the order of ninety two per cent of services in Strathclyde are commercially operated and it is Strathclyde region that fills the gaps . |
| 7 | Otherwise , if the wind is squally it may end up with the wrong wing down in a fierce cross wind . |
| 8 | When the suit is wet , it traps a thin layer of water between the body and the suit and your body quickly warms that up to a comfortable working temperature but if you fall in when the suit is dry , the cold water can be quite a shock and so a good trick in cold weather is to put the wet suit on in a hot shower and then over the top you wear a spray suit again to keep off the wind and to protect the wetsuit . |
| 9 | Titmuss 's famous book The Gift Relationship ( 1970 ) used the example of donating blood to raise the whole discussion about giving and social welfare on to a philosophical level . |
| 10 | If the Manic Street Preachers are so Jonathan-Kinging radical why do n't they go round Channel 4 and kick Terry Christian 's smug , ugly , homophobic face in and then cut Amanda De Torybimbo 's Barbie-doll head off with a rusty cake slice ? |
| 11 | Once the working party had drawn up a schedule of accommodation , illustrated above , it then fell to medical and nursing officers within SHHD , and CSABD , together with colleagues from SDD Building Directorate to work this schedule up into a detailed design guidance . |
| 12 | For instance , he observed expansions of English foreign trade on about a 50-year cycle from the 1790s to 1810 , from 1842 to 1873 , and from 1893 to 1914 , each separated by periods of consolidation . |
| 13 | And the relief of seeing this woman out for a good time , smoking dope , getting drunk , flirting and still not deserving to be raped ! |
| 14 | Tandem may not be the first commercial box-shifter out with a Chorus-based system , though it may yet find itself in a race to be first to deliver in volume . |
| 15 | Dessie … one of the greatest of all the Gold Cup winners was in town to get the racing week off to a flying start … |
| 16 | We peeped through the purpose-made hole on to a long tyke and waited hopefully … bearded reedling ? water rail ? bittern ? |
| 17 | It passed this information on in a terrible hushed whine that seemed to creep in and fill the head . |
| 18 | What visitors to Foxton now see , either from above or below , is a staircase series of two lock flights , separated half way down by a large passing pond , with intermediate side ponds stepping up the east side of the flight . |
| 19 | So you were left quite unprepared for the lightning 10K race start , made worse this time around by a shouted count-down . |
| 20 | Jump diagonally forwards with the front leg and pick the rear foot up for a high roundhouse kick . |
| 21 | Despite the in-fighting , Maloney has not lost his sense of humour and produced a crowing hen out of a cardboard box at his news conference yesterday saying : ‘ This is Lennox 's new mascot . |
| 22 | A simple wipe over with a damp cloth is all that is required to keep the cladding clean . |
| 23 | Is it possible , for instance , to create the form of a democratic government out of a federal Europe ? |
| 24 | Next , you spin on your front foot , sweeping the rear leg around in a wide arc that intersects the back of the opponent 's supporting leg . |
| 25 | The bill has cross-party support and provides the Government with the means to put early legislation on to a crowded timetable . |
| 26 | Sharpe angled away from the river , guiding the horse beside a field of rye which had grown as tall as a man.The field path led uphill , then , after picking a delicate path through a tangled copse where tree roots gave treacherous footing for the horse , Sharpe slid down an earthen bank on to a rutted road where he was shadowed and hidden from the Dragoons by the trees that arched overhead . |
| 27 | Your knowledge , experience and insight has been invaluable in getting the new Department of National Heritage off to a swift and successful start . |
| 28 | As Charles recalls : ‘ It was a privileged upbringing out of a different age , a distant way of living from your parents . |
| 29 | When he arrived there were disappointingly few people and he felt rather obvious holding on to a rolled-up newspaper . |
| 30 | TWO workmen were in hospital last night after falling 18ft through a false roof on to a concrete floor . |