Example sentences of "[adv prt] in [art] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a claim comes in in the normal sequence of events and our adjudicating officers are asked to adjudicate , that is one matter . |
| 2 | Detailed regulations for the construction of new buildings were laid down in a great variety of Acts and bye-laws . |
| 3 | A second or two later , everything came crashing down in a big heap on the railway line below . |
| 4 | Alice sat down in a big chair at one end . |
| 5 | Faded now to dirty cream , and thrust down in a crumpled ball to the base of the chest — but still instantly known . |
| 6 | After a while I sat down in a secret place by the Cherwell and fell to musing about how I had once myself aspired to Oxford , how one of my lecturers at Edinburgh had urged me to go on to read for a B.Litt. there , but of course the war had put an end to any such ambitions . |
| 7 | Finally , let us rekindle that vision in Isaiah 11 where the lion does not eat the lamb but lies down in a symbiotic relationship with it . |
| 8 | Such an approach also clearly specifies operating procedures and mechanisms laid down in a formal manual for example . |
| 9 | They grew unofficially , here and there , interspersed with beech — which shed its leaves like autumn in the spring , willows , the ballerinas of the forest in a permanent static pirouette , their white seeds drifting down in a slow shower against the blue sky , and the tireless gorse , the popping of its seeds breaking the silence of high summer . |
| 10 | For it is the hydrogen bonding ability of the existing chain that determines the sequence of bases laid down in a growing chain of genetic material . |
| 11 | She was set down in a quiet side-street near the Madeleine . |
| 12 | Suddenly exasperated , Buddie raised his free hand and brought it down in a resounding slap on the boy 's buttocks . |
| 13 | His enigmatic features gaze down in every public place of assembly . |
| 14 | Not only that , but he must have swallowed the large Garry Dog I had on the line , which must have floated down in an unrestricted way to him . ’ |
| 15 | With a second cup in my hand , I sat down in an upright chair opposite my hostess . |
| 16 | It was still widely agreed that , as laid down in the papal ranking of 1504 , the Holy Roman Emperor came first of all secular rulers , and this pre-eminence all emperors jealously guarded : it was only after considerable resistance that Ferdinand III ( 1637 – 57 ) agreed to address Louis XIV as " Majesté Royale " . |
| 17 | He was put down in the spare bedroom with the blinds closed against the sun , and Jim sat with him telling him stories until he fell asleep . |
| 18 | CFCs are broken down in the upper atmosphere by UVB , and release chlorine atoms . |
| 19 | This example of evaluation is related to the parameters laid down in the first part of the chapter . |
| 20 | This demographic pattern was laid down in the first half of the century when the inter-war birth-rate declined markedly . |
| 21 | Miss Fletcher was 0–2 , down in the first set before taking ten games in a row and going on to retain her title . |
| 22 | Something with four solid walls the wo n't blow down in the first puff of wolf 's breath . |
| 23 | Roger sat down in the high-backed armchair opposite her and smiled at her . |
| 24 | The idle flap of the hand again , and round the next corner was another tank , then a third , hull down in the long grass like old dogs sunning themselves on a lazy day . |
| 25 | The waiters ' spoons dig up down up down in the great trifle on the world-famous dessert trolley . |
| 26 | in Poultry , City of London : it was burned down in the Great Fire of 1666 , and subsequently rebuilt . |
| 27 | But Prean had been fortunate to survive from 10-15 down in the final game in the semi-final against the England No.3 , Nicky Mason , who had beaten him last year , while Douglas , weakened by a stomach upset , survived a hard three games with Prean at the round-robin stage . |
| 28 | The Trust is fortunate that its regional structure was conceived and laid down in the 1971 Act of Parliament . |
| 29 | He had the roads to Ruthyn and Denbigh under his eye from this eyrie , and Mold was not too far for a raid if the weather and the omens were good ; but since his active autumn of last year he had contented himself with holding and consolidating , and swooped down in the occasional raid along the border only to keep his hand in for greater things if the season should indicate the necessity . |
| 30 | As a result , they spend much of their time sitting down in the thick layer of muck which can inflict burns to their hocks and breasts , and they may also develop ulcerated feet . |