Example sentences of "in the [adj] light " in BNC.
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| 1 | Teething problems of a new job and country aside , he was instantly able to appreciate the technical merit of photography in the pure light of Australia . |
| 2 | There was a skim of grease that shone in the fluorescent light of the Kitchen . |
| 3 | They brought Tutilo back well before Prime , in the pearly light of a clear , still dawn . |
| 4 | The men , their faces sallow in the small light of the cabriolet 's twin lamps , stared reproachfully at the wealthy officer whose carriage clipped by so smartly behind its matched pair of bays . |
| 5 | A few brass and silver buttons gleamed in the minimal light . |
| 6 | Approximately 1,100 metres of special miniature cable were used to change the wiring in the seventy light fittings from 4 volts DC to 24 volts AC lighting at 2 lumens per square foot . |
| 7 | I wore my dark glasses even for these few moments , as my blue eyes were always straining in the brilliant light . |
| 8 | I dodge amongst the mud and greasy boulders trying to take photographs in the gloomy light . |
| 9 | Accordingly , the purpose of this book is to examine what the Scriptures , particularly in the fuller light afforded by the New Testament , have to teach about the Holy Spirit , and to relate their message to our own situation . |
| 10 | He will have little opportunity to stand back and examine the data in the cool light of the academic ‘ ivory tower ’ . |
| 11 | For the moment though , in the cool light of day , I 'm asking you to apply your highly developed thinking faculty to the twin issues of contraception and safe sex . |
| 12 | In the cool light of this brighter day it was hard to conceive of it as a visitation of demons . |
| 13 | She scanned the barn , but was too short to see much , especially in the uncertain light . |
| 14 | Raynor made a warning movement , but the creature was before him , and in the uncertain light they could see the gleam of moonlight on bare sinewy thighs , which quivered with strength and intent to spring … |
| 15 | In places , the bone was exposed and , in the uncertain light , Nuadu could nearly believe that it had been nibbled . |
| 16 | In the uncertain light , they could see the dull glow that emanated from the Workshops and they could hear the steady thrumming of the Looms . |
| 17 | She ripped away her scarf and he saw in the uncertain light the marks about her throat . |
| 18 | Some of the languages she knew , she thought ( it was hard to tell in the uncertain light , and she was too stiff to be bothered bending down ) , and some she did not recognise . |
| 19 | The figure in the seat was human , as far as he could make out in the murky light , but there was something about the awkward way it was sprawled in the chair that made him glad he could n't see it any clearer . |
| 20 | He must have been interviewed during the night of panic following the murder ; in the rational light of dawn he would recognise that his words had been just heroics . |
| 21 | They lunched in the lilac light of the deck shuttered against the day , slips of sun crossing their faces , the table , the floor . |
| 22 | After a while I saw Nour standing on the low wall gleaming naked in the dark light , looking defenceless and young . |
| 23 | Clinging close in the shelter of the stone , Harry looked down into a face suddenly vivid in the quickening light . |
| 24 | In her early thirties , her raven black hair gleamed in the overhead light . |
| 25 | At once that part of the map seemed to come alive ; was overlaid with a fine web of brilliant gold , the nodes of which sparkled in the overhead light . |
| 26 | To see these matters in the clearest light , one must first look at their resolution in western Europe . |
| 27 | It was from something on a thin silver chain around her neck , and after snapping it free he stood up to inspect his find in the available light . |
| 28 | The people in London had no conception of fields of wheat , cattle in a meadow … boats pulling into Weymouth harbour in the early light , laden to the gunwales with sprats . |
| 29 | The river shone in the early light . |
| 30 | The white stripe on his face glistened in the early light . |