Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " 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 | Has more yellow on bill than smaller Bewick 's Swan , reaching below nostril at an acute angle . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The Educational Institute of Scotland has organised industrial action because it argues that the new school is still basically Bellarmine in a different building . |
| 8 | Obviously put in a little camera in the |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | There was already enough cover for a large number of sepoys to approach very close to the enclave without being detected . |
| 11 | It is centenary year for the New Zealand Rugby Football Union , good enough cause for a three-match series in a week against the Rest of the World . |
| 12 | From Gordon Thomas 's evidence to the Royal Commission it is obvious that he had carried out much research into an improved canal , including technical planning , estimates of costs and market studies into the expectations of more traffic . |
| 13 | The important thing is to increase time before pace ; so walk at a moderate pace for 30 minutes , gently stretching yourself as you go . |
| 14 | Markets necessarily act as a powerful incentive to producers to operate as efficiently as possible in order to survive . |
| 15 | As the blades only meet at a single point when cutting , they retain their sharpness for a lifetime of use . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | So look for a neutral tone carpet , in shades of blue , pink or green with perhaps a delicate floral design . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It is important to note that such courses only last for a MAXIMUM DURATION OF 12 MONTHS . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It is conceivable that the modest groundmass variations ( A–D ) derived by and , on the scale of a thin section , reflect uncertainties inherent in their technique , in which case a ‘ trend ’ would represent only scatter about an average composition . |
| 22 | I personally know of a foreign company planning to establish a factory and recruit a thousand staff in Britain . |
| 23 | These traces not only witness to a sad history , but also hint of glorious possibilities . |
| 24 | The general public might have been disappointed but they needed only refer to a contemporary poem then available : |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Gently roll with a rolling pin to secure . |
| 27 | Well perhaps it 's the shape of the if they go in threes and the other three perhaps approach from a different stairs and it comes up , you know the type I mean ? |
| 28 | A mere failure to respond , within the 14-day time limit or at all , does not necessarily amount to an unreasonable refusal . |
| 29 | 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 ! |
| 30 | The picture that emerged was unflattering ; but it was n't much use to an aspiring blackmailer . |