Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Short , fashionably cut brown hair only seemed to give added emphasis to her thin features , deepening the shadows beneath her eyes . |
| 2 | The establishment of the mixed patrician-plebeian collegium of the Xviri sacris faciundis coincides with the full parification of the two orders in the Licinian-Sextian laws of 367 B.C. The members of the college presumably had to know some Greek if they were to consult the Sibylline books . |
| 3 | The price of cobalt soared and the industry suddenly had to pour much time and money into redesigning the magnets in loudspeakers , using less expensive ceramic materials instead of cobalt . |
| 4 | The 13-member cartel again failed to set firm quotas for individual members [ see pp. 37641 ; 37930 ; 38122 ] but agreed to raise the collective output ceiling from 22,300,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) to 23,650,000 bpd for the fourth quarter of 1991 . |
| 5 | These led on to the further issues of the relation between Christianity and other religions in general , and of the impact of the critical study of religions on Christian theology ; for that study too had made huge strides through the nineteenth century . |
| 6 | A BOSS yesterday admitted making sexist remarks to his secretary for a laugh . |
| 7 | However the dismissal was rated a ‘ violent conduct ’ offence by the referee , and UEFA 's Control and Disciplinary Committee today decided to add one game to Hateley 's punishment . |
| 8 | The weaver bird study suggested that the motivational systems of individual members of different species were producing contrasting strategies of dispersion and pair formation neatly graded to suit environmental conditions . |
| 9 | However , it must be emphasised that all the women who chose not to register for work actually did want paid employment and took up any employment opportunities which arose ( Callender , 1986a ) . |
| 10 | The engine driver also gave control some idea of how long it would take to clean the fire and raise sufficient steam for him to take his train forward . |
| 11 | Nithard already seemed to sense that bond . |
| 12 | Neither does the idea of Mary Leakey and her team — that walking upright helped to scavenge dead carcases left behind by carnivore predators — survive close scrutiny , because it appears from hominid fossils that they ate probably more grain than meat . |
| 13 | The Labour leadership also had to face two revolts from among individual Party members which were tackled in organizational terms but which were largely motivated by ideological sympathy for the Left . |
| 14 | Its troubled aftermath now served to underline major divisions in Kuwaiti society , with calls for a more open political system , an improvement in the position of palestinian and Iranian minorities , and so on . |
| 15 | I was listening engrossed to the woman I was walking to work with , who the night before had found two night-screws stretched out on the desk in a passionate embrace when she 'd gone downstairs to the office to ask for a Tampax . |
| 16 | The court then proceeded to discuss two groups of authorities . |
| 17 | It would probably be too slow to bring the hope now needed to avoid social unrest and possible collapse . |
| 18 | T'Home does n't run to one , and t'daughter only wanted to get all t'kids back to Sunderland . " |
| 19 | Indeed global trade liberalization soon had to take second place to the search for regional solutions — notably in Europe . |
| 20 | THE European Commission yesterday promised to set minimum prices for some fish in an attempt to placate French trawlermen who went on the rampage at Paris 's wholesale food market in a second day of anger at low prices and British imports . |
| 21 | Health information was broadcast by a much-loved Radio Doctor , whose down-to-earth advice always seemed to contain some reference to bowels . |
| 22 | Loveridge then admitted handling stolen property and he 'll be sentenced for that offence in the next few weeks . |
| 23 | By now urgently needing at least 100 replacements for its geriatric locomotive fleet , Railfreight initially appeared to show deep interest in its own General Motors stud , but in the event the order went to Brush Traction of Loughborough . |
| 24 | Admittedly , the ‘ eat shit — a million flies ca n't be wrong ’ argument never did hold much water , but when every single person in the place is singing ‘ Altogether Now ’ or ‘ Love See No Colour ’ , waving their arms and jumping about , with sweat dripping from the walls , you 'd have to be a hell of a snob not to be slightly moved . |
| 25 | AN Australian morals campaigner whose small party holds the balance of power in the New South Wales Parliament today threatened to block all legislation unless the state government abandoned planned gay rights laws . |
| 26 | Workers had rallied enthusiastically to the Soviet , and soldiers in the capital also seemed to have more faith in it than in the Duma leaders . |
| 27 | The government also undertook to privatize state-owned hotels and to tax casinos , and would offer tax concessions and access to funds from the Bahamas Development Bank to encourage investment and boost manufacturing and the small-business sector . |
| 28 | The government also helped to resolve outstanding tax problems by announcing that members of the new exchange would have stock lending relief and exemptions from stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax . |
| 29 | The ECSC also served to stimulate other developments . |
| 30 | Central government now sought to reduce local spending as part of its general public expenditure strategy . |