Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] and [adv] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barbs prided herself on her deep and politically informed compassion . |
| 2 | Somehow it seemed delightfully ironic that on the very day that the Association of Tennis Professionals organised its fascinating and skilfully presented seminar on ‘ The Speed of the Game ’ , two renowned baseliners reached the final of the Lipton Players International Championships in Key Biscayne . |
| 3 | The mites tend to go for the smaller workers , probably because of their safer and passively fed lifestyle . |
| 4 | It is n't that one writer did something bad and somehow called punishment down upon himself ; it 's that writers in Iran , Saudi , Egypt are being persecuted by the forces of fundamentalism . |
| 5 | The trial judge in his careful and anxiously considered judgment , having heard oral evidence , formed a different view , which on this aspect of the appeal I would not seek to upset . |
| 6 | On 2 May 1839 Prince wrote to Gould in Australia warning him of Swainson 's impending visit : ‘ Mr. Yarrell has just called and requested me to tell you that Mr Swainson is going to Australia whether to collect or to settle is not known at present but he considered it of importance that you should know it as quickly as possible not that either he or I think it can in any way affect you as you have so good a start and his wonted and well known irregularity of publication will surely militate against him . ’ |
| 7 | In his famous and beautifully illustrated book Les Promenades de Paris ( 2 vols , 1867 — 73 ) Alphand talks not only of his landscaping but also of the flowers , shrubs , and trees which he used to ornament his creations , while his illustrations show details of the furnishings and small kiosks and pavilions which were established in the parks . |
| 8 | By the physiologist within his special and well defined universe of discourse they may be properly regarded as epiphenomena ; but by the naturalist in his more catholic survey of nature they can not be so regarded . |
| 9 | She generously donated a seat in the memory of our late and much loved Chancellor , Sir Monty Finniston . |
| 10 | Our illustrious and perfectly formed editor has agreed to set aside one page of the magazine for prayer requests concerning missionaries and missionary endeavour . |