Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [noun sg] [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She walked almost to the edge of the cliff , where the road made a sharp left . |
| 2 | Until recently , it was assumed that the section would operate only where the pursuer had a specific Conclusion in his Summons seeking provisional damages , but a recent opinion of Lord McCluskey is to the effect that the pursuer can make an application that his case be treated as one seeking provisional damages at any stage during the case . |
| 3 | The dusty road encircled the island , here and there broken by small fishing settlements — ‘ village ’ would be too pretentious a word — the country around us laced with waterfalls on the hills behind , small bays , one very shallow , the next a deep creek where the beach became a small headland , the pale colour of the sea turned indigo because of the depth . |
| 4 | The relationship was strongest where the father showed a wide range of disturbed behaviour : excessive drinking , desertion , arrests , failure to support the family and a tendency to change jobs frequently , with long spells of unemployment . |
| 5 | Where the employer secured a monetary benefit as a result of a contract for the sale of patented goods or services , the presumption was raised that the benefit derived under the contract was attributable in part to the presence of the patent . ’ |
| 6 | The most notable conditions were low down in the West , particularly in the Glencoe area , where every stream formed a mini icefall and icy crags like Beinn Udlaidh were in excellent condition . |
| 7 | Where a council had a plain political majority , educational decisions were now taken on party lines . |
| 8 | After that , the doctor sent me to casualty , where a surgeon made a two-inch-long incision on the top of my head , but could n't find the beast . |
| 9 | But I also felt that the guitar became a different instrument when it was turned up to maximum and fully distorted — it was no longer a polyphonic instrument , really . |
| 10 | It is possible that the subject retained a single letter in the form of a visual representation of the acoustic stimulus and that he subsequently matched this representation against the visually presented probe stimulus . |
| 11 | In July , Romania openly admitted to supplying arms to Moldova , and Romania 's Parliament declared on July 10 that the conflict demanded a political solution based on the Istanbul agreements , insisting that the 14th Army as " a foreign army on the territory of an independent and sovereign state " should be neutral . |
| 12 | But she was loyal to the Queen and in January 1979 she had realized that the Queen had a serious problem . |
| 13 | He also pointed out in the report that the excavation produced a disproportionate number of cosmetic articles , although the significance of this evidence is not clear ; the case for the site having had a religious function is strengthened by a consideration of the other buildings . |
| 14 | Regional Magistrate Gerry Harty agreed that the firm had a good record and said it bought vast quantities for distribution to its various stores . |
| 15 | As with other documents which can be obtained at a large number of different places , the onus to show that the vehicle had a current test certificate rests on the defendant . |
| 16 | Let's first go to David Waldon because I think that you you command the support of the largest group on the erm Oxfordshire County Council and I suspect that the budget had a great deal to do with your views . |
| 17 | It was n't that the song had a particular relevance — it was n't about AIDS — but it was a song that I felt was the best way of expressing myself and also the best thing I had to offer at the time . |
| 18 | The German Tertiary coals ( L. Miocene-Aquitanian ) ranged in maturity between 0.4 to 3.0% reflectance ( Table 2 ) and had maceral analyses similar to those of the Palaeozoic coals , except that the desmocollinite exhibited a weak fluorescence . |
| 19 | Katherine had drawn it all with snail-like whorls of her pen , a multitude of curving strokes , so that the landscape had a hectic life of its own , at once like and unlike itself . |
| 20 | Richard Davis , Applix executive vice-president , said that the company had a separate development team working on Microsoft NT , but would not release anything until customers started a king for it . |
| 21 | Richard Davis , Applix executive vice president , said that the company had a separate development team working on Microsoft NT , but would not release anything until customers started asking for it . |
| 22 | It appears that the RFU is as much the villain of the piece as Cotton Traders , the Fran Cotton and Steve Smith-owned kit company , whose World Cup shirt was dropped by the RFU before the Five Nations despite the fact that the company had a cast-iron contract that covered the tournament . |
| 23 | It has recently been discovered that the Company purchased a small plot of land on the north-east side of the bridge for use as a permanent way yard . |
| 24 | Top scorer with twelve enquiries , for no immediately apparent reason , was BP Research , although Martin Rylance who advised on it said that the company covered a huge variety of disciplines . |
| 25 | It had two main effects , the first of which was beneficial , in that the School gained a certain measure of independence from the Town Council , for various other public bodies were invited to nominate Governors . |
| 26 | The brutality and unprovoked nature of the attacks , together with the fact that the victims were white and middle class — the jogger was a vice president of a leading securities firm — whilst the assailants were black or Hispanic , meant that the case received a massive degree of publicity and became symbolic of US racial tension and urban violence . |
| 27 | Scarborough magistrates were told that the case involved a large-scale mortgage fraud alleged to have occurred between January 1985 and February 1988 . |
| 28 | Ensure that the candidate got a fair deal and left feeling that he had done himself justice ? |
| 29 | It may be argued that the King had a special responsibility to preserve the agreement , in that , in a country such as Britain without a codified constitution , there is no reference point , no pouvoir neutre , over and above the exigencies of party politics . |
| 30 | It was while he was besieging that town that the king contracted a fatal illness . |