Example sentences of "[to-vb] and [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relatively ‘ self-contained ’ and cohesive social groups such as peasants and church-going Catholics , generally knowing whom to trust and with a low level of organization in the NSDAP , were now often unrestrained in their attacks . |
| 2 | In contrast , total and LDL cholesterol concentrations did appear to influence platelet sensitivity to adrenaline and to a lesser extent ADP ( Hassall et al , 1983 ) . |
| 3 | A successor ( all Heads of Department were eligible for election ) had proved hard to find and for a brief period the chairmanship of the Course had been taken over by the Deputy Director , Brian Tonge . |
| 4 | This method — removing an aggressive nursery school child from play for a period of one minute — was compared by researchers with a scolding and orders not to hit and with a further method of distracting ( i.e. redirecting ) him to other play . |
| 5 | From where will recovery in housing come , with interest rates at their present level , with house prices still having some way to fall and with a huge overhang of unsold houses ? |
| 6 | Like an out-take from Falcon Crest , Souness and his wife moved from villa to mansion and back again , but his incurable obsession with football ultimately led to divorce and to a painful separation which distanced Souness from his children . |
| 7 | Classification , " putting into classes " , is one of the means by which language tries to understand and to a certain extent , manipulate nature . |
| 8 | Novels are much more difficult to place and from a new writer , publishers normally want to see the whole book . |
| 9 | He has been given time to develop and in a recent interview on TV the trainer was even talking in terms of a possible Grand National victory . |
| 10 | When they reached the middle , he ordered the oarsmen to stop and with a last farewell he stepped overboard . |