Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Standing on the rim of Ngorongoro Crater , I watched the pastel purple of the Tanzanian dawn slowly change to a golden red . |
| 2 | Public-sector contracts anyway only account for a small proportion of Olivetti 's sales , says Mr De Benedetti . |
| 3 | ‘ The French , on the other hand , not only insist on a wide variety of fresh produce but demand that their chestnuts come from the Auvergne , their snails from Clermont , their frogs from Aurillac , capons from the Bresse , mutton from the Berry , asparagus from Lavris … . ’ |
| 4 | Resentful at Alexander and fearful that the King might beget am heir by his new queen and so lose for a second time the opportunity to advance the claims of his own house ? |
| 5 | Two streams come down from a hilly hinterland and after a sedate infancy suddenly leap in a happy frolic through verdant surroundings to reach the village where they converge as the River Greta . |
| 6 | The Educational Institute of Scotland has organised industrial action because it argues that the new school is still basically Bellarmine in a different building . |
| 7 | Obviously put in a little camera in the |
| 8 | The subsequent discovery of the endorphins and encephalins , hormones in the brain that act like morphine and so act as a natural analgesic , and their implication in the action of acupuncture , provided further theoretical explanation for its efficacy . |
| 9 | There was already enough cover for a large number of sepoys to approach very close to the enclave without being detected . |
| 10 | The important thing is to increase time before pace ; so walk at a moderate pace for 30 minutes , gently stretching yourself as you go . |
| 11 | Markets necessarily act as a powerful incentive to producers to operate as efficiently as possible in order to survive . |
| 12 | As the blades only meet at a single point when cutting , they retain their sharpness for a lifetime of use . |
| 13 | The divider sheets are not necessarily replaced when new statutes are added , so look for a recent statute in its proper chronological place , and if necessary check with the cumulative supplement before deciding that it is not included . |
| 14 | So look for a neutral tone carpet , in shades of blue , pink or green with perhaps a delicate floral design . |
| 15 | In some areas Acts lay down clear central powers of control — the 1944 Education Act , for example — but in others the main statutes merely indicate by a variable form of words that the Ministry or Secretary of State of the central department is in the position of ultimate authority and will provide a general overall guidance . |
| 16 | It is important to note that such courses only last for a MAXIMUM DURATION OF 12 MONTHS . |
| 17 | It is plain that the notions of a superior and a supreme criterion merely refer to a relative place on a scale and do not import any notion of legally unlimited legislative power . |
| 18 | I personally know of a foreign company planning to establish a factory and recruit a thousand staff in Britain . |
| 19 | These traces not only witness to a sad history , but also hint of glorious possibilities . |
| 20 | The general public might have been disappointed but they needed only refer to a contemporary poem then available : |
| 21 | Some efforts at literacy work have been made by church groups and by the government , but they only deal with a tiny fraction of the problem . |
| 22 | Gently roll with a rolling pin to secure . |
| 23 | They note that for a deviation Δ of 10 -11 the accumulated effect over a year would only amount to a relative velocity of 1 µm s -1 towards the Sun ! |
| 24 | The answer is probably yes , provided there were concessionary tax rates for the retired and proper facilities for their leisure and recreation ; for surely these people only go to a foreign land for these reasons ? |
| 25 | But he added : ‘ Islamic laws only apply in a just society — not one where society itself is the culprit . |
| 26 | I feel far mo , less sympathy and far less identification with her than I perhaps do with a male worker who has to cope with the same kind of exploitation that I do , day in , day out . |
| 27 | Many extremely interesting publications on art currently only exist as a one-off draft . |
| 28 | only agree of a single claim item subject to a satisfactory overall settlement : a skilled negotiator can pick off the strong points in a claim and attempt to buy them cheaply |
| 29 | Such imperfections of bowel function obviously result in a poorer quality of life for the patients concerned , suggesting that the price paid for avoidance of a permanent ileostomy may be too high in older patients . |
| 30 | Revenue figures necessarily start at a modest level and even 100 per cent growth leaves us with a level only slightly less modest . |