Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dyson slowly turned over the empty pages of his diary . |
| 2 | Despite the party leadership 's opposition to aspects of Mr Nemeth 's austerity measures , the budget is expected to be approved today , after parliament successfully watered down the controversial changes in housing policy which entailed steep rent rises and a sharp increase in mortgage payments . |
| 3 | The Prince carelessly handed over the sealed paper , then sent one of his Dutch aides to enquire about the identity of the girl in the diaphanous gold dress . |
| 4 | THE JOCKEY CLUB yesterday meted out the stiff punishment of a 20-year ban from racing to Chris Willett , a point-to-point rider and trainer , who served a three-month jail sentence earlier this year for his part in a betting coup involving a ringer . |
| 5 | She picked up a hand mirror , but what she saw was not reassuring ; the harsh overhead light remorselessly picked out the tiny lines at the corners of her mouth , the discoloured skin around her eyes , the dry , wrinkled neck . |
| 6 | WHEN Ian McGeechan made his oft-quoted remark in Australia last summer that David Sole was ‘ a player 10 years ahead of his time ’ , the Lions ' coach neatly summed up the collective view of the touring party . |
| 7 | Gerald Sterling neatly summed up the Conservative case : ‘ Voting Labour means high taxes , high taxes mean less to spend , less to spend means fewer things bought , fewer things bought means fewer things produced , and fewer things produced means less work for everyone . ’ |
| 8 | It is a truism that the executive search consultant hired has a stronger influence on the person eventually put on the short list of candidates than the client . |
| 9 | The disaster on the London-Belfast flight happened after one of the Boeing 's two engines began to break up and the crew mistakenly shut down the other one . |
| 10 | He would have a lot more wired down the next day . |
| 11 | The Yalta agreement of February 1945 had already enshrined the right of the Soviets to retain their forward positions in Eastern Europe and the Potsdam conference later that year further divided up the former Third Reich . |
| 12 | And the company also rolled out the second generation of its fault-tolerant Redundant Array of Inexpensive Systems environment , which it claims extends the RAID redundant disk array to a higher level . |
| 13 | And the company also rolled out the second generation of its fault tolerant Redundant Array of Inexpensive Systems ( RAIS ) environment , which it claims extends the RAID redundant disk array to a higher level . |
| 14 | When Alison stepped back into the bedroom the slight drop in temperature immediately sought out the damp patches on her back and shoulders that she 'd missed with the towel . |