Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inflation of the theatricality of the social drama leads detectives to lay emphasis on ‘ the big job ’ and the arrest of the professional ‘ prig ’ who commits the big burglary or pulls off a daring robbery . |
| 2 | With every move the visitor transfers from one ear to another , steps over the roughed out eye-socket of a sleeping figure , or dodges round a protruding nose . |
| 3 | ‘ Overkill ’ causes unnecessary suffering to the offender , and all suffering is bad unless it prevents a greater amount of suffering or brings about a greater quantity of pleasure . |
| 4 | She uses reversible metaphor to perform an integrative operation on this material , bringing it together in a mobile yet highly structured whole that turns around a small number of common patterns . |
| 5 | thank you , now we 're going to bind this up , you take the long edge , sorry that goes down the long edge comes first of all over the two fingers and round the base of the thumb |
| 6 | Investment bankers say that grey markets allow short-selling that drives down a new issue 's price . |
| 7 | Inexpensive seed propagators consist of a transparent plastic lid that fits over a normal seed tray or a number of small plastic or expanded polystyrene ‘ cells ’ held in an outer drip tray . |
| 8 | One ingenious aid is Bucket Pockets , a durable nylon band with a double row of pockets that fits around an ordinary bucket to make a carrier for the tools , gloves or other small items you wish to have with you in the garden . |
| 9 | Examination questions should be answered with the skill that marks out a good chess player . |
| 10 | Many of us have a special tune or song that conjures up a particular time and place whenever we hear it , or brings back a flood of memories , but we may have no way of celebrating it . |
| 11 | So everybody that reaches out a helping hand . |
| 12 | So CAMPAIGN is a very original product that takes on a huge task and just about succeeds … it can be criticised in certain areas , but on the whole is a very designed game that ‘ boldly goes where no game has been before … ‘ |
| 13 | Well-established clematis plants develop a large root system that takes up a great deal of water . |
| 14 | Conventional wisdom tells us that it is the lure of civilization that breaks up the old life , Tromø 's video games and bars pulling the Lappish kids down out of the forest into the town . |
| 15 | The er the county council came forward with these policies as a result of comments that er districts made a number of years ago and perhaps er over a passage of time erm makes at least validity your point but I I remain of the the view that there is in the there is nothing in the county structure plan that sets out the basic objective of protecting the countryside and still feel that 's a valid objective within the structure plan erm within the structure plan er context . |
| 16 | On the wooded hills and green valleys , monkeys play , parrots fly by , and songbirds send forth their music that echoes over a troubled land . |
| 17 | Onstage are a set of eccentric instruments , a bank of valve-powered electric equipment and a clumsily daubed monolith that blocks out the familiar Marquee logo on the stage back-drop . |
| 18 | What is it about kitchens at parties that brings out the homing pigeon in everybody ? |
| 19 | Adding a line that works out the total amount paid in and the interest received at least puts it in perspective . |
| 20 | The cold truth is that such captures are all too rare and it is a daily influx of petty offenders and successfully detected trivia that makes up the major part of the detective 's world . |
| 21 | Many of us have long thought that anyone who could lead the Labour Party out of the darkness of 1983 would find leading the country relatively easy — and a task for which , despite all the sneering of the snobbish clique that makes up the political élite in this country , it is not necessary to possess a double first from Oxbridge . |
| 22 | ‘ What is true , ’ writes mason investigator Stephen Knight , ‘ is that the philosophic , religious and ritualistic concoction that makes up the speculative element in freemasonry is drawn from many sources — some of them , like the Isis-Osiris myth , dating back to the dawn of history . |
| 23 | When a drifting particle of food touches an arm , tube feet fasten on to it and pass it on from one to another until it reaches the gutter that runs down the upper surface of the arm to the mouth at the centre . |
| 24 | When we get up , the weight of our bodies compresses these discs and squeezes out the extra fluid . |
| 25 | A computer chip checks voltage levels within the battery , and slows down the recharging process if this increases too rapidly , thereby , according to Innovations , avoiding the danger of explosive gases building up . |
| 26 | The new law increases fines for shopworkers found guilty of selling cigarettes to children to £2,500 and tightens up the previous legislation in a number of other ways . |
| 27 | Hastings , who has played only 40 minutes on the tour , increased speculation that all was not well when he declined a round of golf today significant as the Watsonians star is a golf fanatic and plays off a seven handicap . |
| 28 | So Summerchild locks up his office and goes down the narrow staircase . |
| 29 | The beauty of working on location is that so much is experienced , there is the constant interaction with the people and environment , and a constant stream of information filters into the subconscious and builds up an intuitive feeling and empathy for the country , culture and language , which ultimately influenced my drawings . |
| 30 | Dietary fibre is a sponge-like material which absorbs and holds water as it is chewed in the mouth and passes down the gastro-intestinal tract . |