Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] in a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the broadest level , the Course contributes in a major way to the achievement of the Polytechnic 's overall aims . |
| 2 | Passion offers schools , colleges and community venues the opportunity to invest in a vast wealth of information about our work during the 80 's and then draw from that information in a more creative and challenging way . |
| 3 | Gabriel waited for him to break away and in that instant got in a good burst , peppering the cockpit . |
| 4 | One imagines that not a few may actually have seized the opportunity to indulge in a quiet sleep in preparation for the evening stint , for the dinner was formal and the occasion for full ceremonial . |
| 5 | Services at the Horton General Hospital in Banbury have been saved by a decision to invest in a new maternity unit . |
| 6 | In the present context of the nine archetypes , a description given in a Gnostic text is particularly interesting . |
| 7 | An administrative block of text arranged in a standard format which is added to all LIFESPAN modules . |
| 8 | A notice board placed in a suitable part of the ward is useful for presenting learning material . |
| 9 | This attractive four-hundred-year-old listed building situated in a conservation area in the old town of Bridgnorth was once a Temperance hostel . |
| 10 | The overall aims of the experience would be specified , including : to give students the opportunity to work in a real production kitchen where the pace , the expectations and the allowed tolerances would be different from a college training kitchen ; to give students the chance to see and use specialist equipment unavailable at college ; to give the students the opportunity to assess their own personal skills , including the ability to cope on their own , away from home . |
| 11 | EDDIE NEWTON , the rising Chelsea star who had his jaw smashed in a racist attack just six months ago , is determined to break Manchester United hearts at Stamford Bridge today . |
| 12 | I saw the lizard again , darting from her matted hair to hide in a broken fruitbowl . |
| 13 | Inability to work in a particular job or profession or for a particular employer is insufficient . |
| 14 | Pupils should be given the opportunity to write in a wide range of forms : diaries , formal letters , chronological accounts , reports , pamphlets , reviews ( of books , television programmes , films or plays ) , essays , newspaper articles , biography , autobiography , poems , stories , play-scripts , TV or film-scripts . |
| 15 | It has direct access to the sea , three swimming pools and a night club situated in a separate building in the gardens of the hotel . |
| 16 | Recruited from the lower-middle or working class , the representative benefactor lived in a small house in a town or city , had no children or had children who were grown up , spoke not a word of German , knew nothing of Germany beyond the front-page news of the Express or Mirror , and did not begin to understand the trauma of being a young refugee . |
| 17 | Members of the club joined in a wide range of activities and ate a healthy lunch at the Southlands Centre , Middlesbrough . |
| 18 | To install the card , you must , of course , open up your system unit casing as the card fits in a spare expansion slot . |
| 19 | The number of states into which a term splits in a particular field is determined by group theory , but that is only the start of the problem ; determining the relative energies is difficult . |
| 20 | Because the salmon live in the icy waters of Alaska then migrate to the Pacific , where they live a wild and natural existence , many valuable nutrients are retained in the canning process to produce the perfect ingredient to include in a weight-reducing diet . |
| 21 | The snow gathered in a thin cloak on his tunic 's shoulders and he made no attempt to scatter the fall . |
| 22 | ( ii ) Allow the skin of the neck to slip in a controlled fashion between thumb and finger until the scruff is held tightly behind the ears . |
| 23 | Nathan shook his head , his mouth twisting in a humourless smile . |
| 24 | My eyes snapped open and my mouth gaped in a soundless scream . |
| 25 | In short , successful organizations require a responsive capability nested in a stable culture . |
| 26 | Three men are missing , presumed dead , after their boat sank in a severe gale within sight of the harbour at Padstow , Cornwall . |
| 27 | A MOTORIST , who needed a stick to help him walk , left his car parked in a dangerous position at Alton High Street . |
| 28 | His face cleared , and his mouth tipped in a lop-sided grin . |
| 29 | One corner of his mouth lifted in a self-mocking grin . |
| 30 | Jack 's mouth lifted in a wry smile . |