Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lower Cetina flows in a narrow , steep-sided gorge between bare mountains rising to heights of over 1,000 m ( 3,280 ft ) which render it useless as a line of communication into the interior . |
| 2 | On Aug. 2 Baker met with a Palestinian delegation in East Jerusalem led by Faisal al-Husseini , who was widely regarded as the unofficial PLO representative in Jerusalem . |
| 3 | Heirs to the freedoms which , on the threshold of the Sixties , Take a girl like you may be thought to have assisted in inaugurating , but which it also contrived to criticise , young people now seem to feel that the old Patrick belonged to a sexist work , and they may well feel that the old Adam has surfaced again in the new Patrick . |
| 4 | Stood up this Kenneth went on a blind date |
| 5 | It 's all enough to make one feel quite patriotic and forgive and forget the years of Allegros , Marinas and Princesses that British Leyland foisted on a wretched , unsuspecting British public . |
| 6 | United seek values of a visionary : Ken Jones reflects on a tarnished ideal as Old Trafford struggles for a new sense of stability |
| 7 | The decision to focus mainly on Latin Europe stems from a long-held conviction by WACC-Europe members that the regional association needs to encourage more members and more communication activities in southern Europe . |
| 8 | But at 140 Willey went to a superb catch by Roberts , and at the close they were on 146 for 5 , needing another 114 . |
| 9 | By way of background information , some EPHs operate with a hierarchical structure of an Officer-in-charge ( ie the manager ) with 3 assistant officers , one of whom would be appointed as the Senior Assistant and act as deputy for the Officer-in-charge when required . |
| 10 | All this Charlotte saw in a single glance . |
| 11 | A third aircraft from III Gruppe returned with a wounded gunner . |
| 12 | The real God appeared in a real man . |
| 13 | I have just bought a SWB Series III TC fitted with a high compression V8 from a P6 car and 255/85 — 16 tyres . |
| 14 | So , instead of toying with a carrot and lettuce leaf , 30-year-old Julie tucks into a delicious , three-course meal at a smart London hotel , declining chocolates and coffee only because she 's given up caffeine . |
| 15 | But that Wilson longed for a psychic union with fantasy , fantasy father . |
| 16 | His political goals were quite contrasting — Weber had no objection to seeing his native Germany develop as a capitalist state overseen by a parliament . |
| 17 | Twelve-year-old Linda looked like a happy accident . |
| 18 | 6.8 Richard Duncan ( Ards ) who collected the 200m Freestyle for 11–12 year olds last night , netted a championship triple with victories in the 100m and 200m Backstroke. 8.5 Duncan cruised to a comfortable win over Lisburn 's Neal McGrann with a championship best time of 1.16.38 . |
| 19 | Finn 's Hotel will enable us for the first time to approach the encyclopedic Finnegans Wake with a true and not misleading knowledge of its origins and of the prototypes of its protagonists . |
| 20 | On Feb. 21 Mazowiecki called for a Polish-German treaty guaranteeing the post 1945 Oder-Neisse border , to be negotiated between Poland and both German states . |
| 21 | The Neapolitan Riviera extends in a lazy curve around the Neapolitan coast and its very name evokes images of Italy at its sunniest . |
| 22 | Despite the double disappointment of 1932 Chapman decided against a large-scale restructuring of the side . |
| 23 | In January 1952 Acheson resorted to a vivid analogy as he tried to open Churchill 's mind to the need for new policies . |
| 24 | David Kerslake drove the ball across the face of goal from the right and unmarked Taylor scored with a low shot at the far post . |
| 25 | Ashton enlarged this choreographic gem in The Tales of Beatrix Potter when Pigling Bland and the Black Berkshire indulge in a delicate pas de deux , both sur les pointes . |
| 26 | Poor Rory looked like a whipped dog . |
| 27 | He later urged voters to support Lissouba in the second round and , according to sources close to the two parties , on Aug. 11 UPADS entered into a formal electoral alliance with the PCT . |
| 28 | Perceiving the new opportunities , in 1765 Lloyd joined with a rich Unitarian neighbour , John Taylor , to found the first real bank in Birmingham , Taylors & Lloyds , the four equal partners being Taylor , his son John , Sampson Lloyd II , and his eldest son , Sampson III . |
| 29 | Anyway poor Ophelia emerges as a tragic woman who drowns herself in a river , flowers in her hand , hair spread out like a veil around her . |
| 30 | At the Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Non-Aligned in February 1981 Iran pressed for a purist conception of non-alignment , which involved a rejection o£ all forms of dependency on the superpowers , an emphasis on self-reliance , and a purge of those who did not live up to this ideal . |