Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [adj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | North sat down beside him and whispered , ‘ Max has shut down the resupply of the pilots . ’ |
2 | Which MP was once a farmhand in The Archers ? |
3 | The more populous the parishes became , the more diffuse the community grew , the more acute the problem : no longer did the overseers or the ratepayers know everyone receiving relief , and it was then far from an easy task to sort out the needy from the charlatans . |
4 | HERR NORDERN would have recognised the scene inside the Station as if it were a replay of a film , or a remake , rather : the shady characters and the drunks , and the badinage reflecting a curious bonhomie between the Duty Officer and the offenders , although the cast was different and , it being later , the Station was busier ; the offenders looking more offensive and the policemen more policeman-like , bigger , harder , and , in all senses of the word , more arresting — although , big and hard though they were , two of them , bundling out an unfortunate to a police van , gave way respectfully to Frau Nordern as she stalked towards the desk . |
5 | Other Danuese , particularly the ex-FAKINTIL in the malai battalions , thought it was to help planes to home in more accurately . |
6 | And then no shitting in the toilets . |
7 | The small piazza into which Zen eventually emerged had an eerie , underwater look , due to a uniform coating of lurid green light from a neon sign mounted on a building otherwise no different from the others . |