Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb pp] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But ten minutes spent relaxing flat on the floor , or comfortably seated in a darkened room , can do wonders to replenish energies as well as looks . |
| 2 | As the child 's mobility increases , accidents are often related to play , and when constant adult surveillance can not be assured , young children can at least be protected by being put in a playpen or securely fastened in a bouncing cradle ( placed on the floor ) , highchair or pram . |
| 3 | Such inherent problems tend to be discounted , ignored , or even interpreted in a favorable light at times when the political system appears to be successfully meeting the demands and expectations of the populace . |
| 4 | Since the headmen were neither recruited , trained nor even supervised in a consistent manner , it is not surprising that they were generally inactive when it came to dealing with crime . |
| 5 | Prudent and orderly , uncompromising in his views on life and art , and instinctively reserved in a postwar world which contradicted them extensively , Frampton was a man of humour , courtesy , and charm , who unbent when he sensed that his deep feeling for beauty , order , and sound technique was shared . |
| 6 | It is this sharp awareness of an inner process which will release men from the constraints of time , that makes those who make enormous emotional investment in material enterprises look incredibly foolish : Heaven is the only true object of human desire and it must be particularly and discreetly nourished in a continual process of growth . |
| 7 | Talbot looked at Dr Wickram who , in startling contrast to Benson , was thin , dark and immaculately dressed in a blue suit , white button-down collar and a black tie , the funereal hue of which went rather well with the habitual severity of his expression , and said : ‘ Does your interest in nuclear physics extend to nuclear weaponry , Dr Wickram ? ’ |
| 8 | Evaluation and change are logically and methodologically linked in a fundamental way . |
| 9 | What is common to all , however , is that an emphasis is placed on peaceful interaction among the members of the society , and this emphasis is cosmologically constructed and morally embedded in a cosmological universe of meaning . |
| 10 | I have seen huge clumps of it on roadside bands in Greece , the deeply divided , dark green leaves bristling with formidable spines , a most fearsome spectacle , and easily recreated in a warm , sunny , well-drained spot in the garden . |
| 11 | The enormous success of the Matisse show currently at the Museum of Modern Art , New York , has coincided if not resulted in a large number of works appearing this season . |
| 12 | If I had landed on the ski-track , which was hard-packed and icy , I 'd have probably broken my neck , but I seemed to swerve off centre and thus landed in a soft snow-bank and lay panting , stunned and breathless , for a few minutes . |
| 13 | If you wanted to you could work a few more rows of stocking stitch and just put in a single row of holes again , but for our practise piece it is better to carry on and make more holes . |
| 14 | The conception of the centrality of literature could be tacitly and uncontroversially assumed in a 1919 bulletin of the Association where the general goal of promoting " the exact study of our literature which the English Association has at its heart " is simply stated as self-evident . |
| 15 | He left instructions regarding the disposal of his remains , directing that his body should ‘ be first opened ’ and decently deposited in a leaden coffin at Little Ilford with his late wife ; this was so done in 1737 . |
| 16 | Poisoning comes high on the list of accident cases , especially to children , and all toxic substances should be kept labelled and carefully stored in a safe place , preferably a specific cupboard in the kitchen , bathroom , garage or garden shed . |
| 17 | For the first time in months , her hair had been cut and now swung in a pale honey curtain halfway down her back . |
| 18 | Second , in courses which are organised around the expectation that most students are young and well qualified in a traditional sense , older students who have entered through different routes may find it more difficult to succeed than in courses where there is more support , both at an institutional level and from other students with similar backgrounds and experiences . |
| 19 | He has light brown hair and was tidy and well spoken in a dark anorak and jeans |
| 20 | He was slight of build , very dark , with a sallow complexion , and meticulously dressed in a dark grey suit with a silk tie . |
| 21 | A wheat ear , in celebration perhaps , flew up and then descended in a slow ‘ butterfly ’ display flight . |
| 22 | Unlike many conference proceedings , which present a mere snapshot of the contributions made , this material has been selected , expanded and rounded to form a whole , and then presented in a uniform format . |
| 23 | Similarly , ox tongues were cooked in ‘ the kitchens ’ at Blackfriars , glazed hot , packed into glass jars with jelly , vacuum sealed with a rubber ring and a lid with a metal clip , and then placed in a cold store to set . |
| 24 | The tall boy washed , cleaned his teeth , fought bravely with his comb and then dressed in a faded Hawaiian shirt and his summer suit . |
| 25 | Using a technique pioneered in America , where drop-in surgery is commonplace , Waters made a three-inch incision , cut through the layers of ‘ padding ’ , pushed back the hernia sack , and then tucked in a 2½ inch by 1 ¼ inch piece of polypropylene mesh to reinforce the muscle wall . |
| 26 | Ruth covered his face and mouth with hot kisses as the fire , for a defiant instant , raged and then cooled in a delicious aftermath of cleansing , spring-water tranquillity . |
| 27 | If a car is unlawfully taken and then returned in a damaged state , it seems absolutely right that the person or persons responsible for taking it should be assumed to be responsible for causing the damage unless they can prove the contrary . |
| 28 | Julia stopped and then added in a quick toneless voice , ‘ The actual facts you already know . |
| 29 | And it hu go And it was there and it was left all night , and next day erm the man came back again and he cut it down the back with a big saw , and divided it up and then it was taken to the house where it was er up and then salted in a big barrel . |
| 30 | Authentic selfhood is denied and then reconstituted in a perverse , parodic form — and then perhaps denied again , transformed from other to same and then back to a ( ditferent ) other . |