Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By solving a physiological conundrum Hubel and Wiesel immediately created a psychological puzzle : how is visual perception possible in a system that only relays information about the location and orientation of edges ? |
| 2 | Lindsey leaned against the rail , conscious of his nearness , her mouth dry with a nervousness that seemed to have no logic to it . |
| 3 | A power surge blew the fuse on the White House autocue and the President dried-up for a moment and then ad-libbed . |
| 4 | Share capital could continue in being as a financial instrument tradeable in an exchange and offering a return which could be tied by an agreed formula with profitability or other measures of performance . |
| 5 | Licensing is another alternative open to a firm that is contemplating an indirect venture into overseas markets . |
| 6 | Other safe forms of investment which could then be considered for any capital your parent may have could also include the building societies , local authority bonds ( if she is prepared to leave her money untouched for a year or two ) , National Savings Certificates , Post Office Savings , the National Savings Bank and Trustee Savings Bank . |
| 7 | My former BBC colleague at Westminster , John Harrison , reporting from Zimbabwe on Maundy Thursday , caught the horror of it in a memorable phrase : the cost of an Easter egg , he said , would keep a child alive for a month or more . |
| 8 | Sharpe translated the crowd 's attention as the derision due to a cuckold and , in that misapprehension , his temper snapped . |
| 9 | Her flatmates Mandy and Debby flitted fanciably about the place , half-dressed , serving me coffee with the reverence due to a moneyman and debt-settler . |
| 10 | The dollar strengthened as a result and had the temporary effect of relieving pressure on sterling against the mark . |
| 11 | Jeopardy cut his question short with a grimace and an angry gesture . |
| 12 | He swung away from her , walking over to the edge of the small pond , his body rigid with a tension that made her afraid to do or say anything that might unleash that anger once again . |
| 13 | ‘ Mind , I do a bit of tourist guiding of an August and it 's amazing what I can find then . ’ |
| 14 | But this was a job fit for a Princess and her link with part of Oxford 's academic world may soon be permanent . |
| 15 | A few paces below where the body lay , and a yard or so into the bushes , there was a patch of free stones , loosely overgrown with grass and lichen , and to all appearance undisturbed for a year or more ; until something about the clear outlining of the upper stone made him look closer . |
| 16 | In contrast , France which has made no declaration under Article 18 , will only make compulsion available to a commissioner if he is a French judicial authority , appointed as commissioner . |
| 17 | How genuine was that consent ? ( d ) As the level of suspicion necessary for a stop and search is virtually indistinguishable from that required for an arrest , there may be a pressure to arrest in a wider range of circumstances . |
| 18 | To strengthen your hair prior to a perm and ensure that it is the best possible condition , apply a combination of protein and moisturising treatments . |
| 19 | All At Sea reverts to a mile for the first time this season , having finished runner-up on her last three starts , the best of which was her length defeat by Rodrigo de Triano in the Juddmonte International over a mile and a quarter . |
| 20 | This was a particularly dangerous practice at this station as trains approaching on the down line could not be seen until they were 40 yards from the station due to a bend and a road bridge . |
| 21 | They prepared the resus. room , and when all was ready they informed the patients still waiting that they might have a slight delay due to an emergency that was being brought in . |
| 22 | If the house is already in the joint names of the husband and wife subject to a mortgage and the husband alone is to assume liability , then again the wife will require an indemnity from the husband . |
| 23 | The horse , moving to juicier thistles , lifted a great chipped hoof large as a soup-plate and put it down beside Hoomey 's plimsoll . |
| 24 | These people believe they are entitled to vent their frustrations by shouting , ranting , threatening and swearing at any person involved in a match because they pay their entrance money , and not suffer any reaction from the targetted individuals . |
| 25 | A rectangular placenta and a baby about half an inch long with a heart but no face are implanted with the aid of forceps and speculum . |
| 26 | We 'll always be able to get a tanker airborne within an hour if needed . |
| 27 | To the west , the intricate pinnacles of the clock-tower suddenly jumped black out of blinding light into the narrow stone frame where my forehead received the first raindrop big as a grape and cold . |
| 28 | Order 9 , r 6 applies if the defendant in a default action : ( 1 ) does not within 14 days after service of the summons on him , pay to the plaintiff the total amount of the claim and costs on the summons ; or ( 2 ) delivers an admission of the whole of the plaintiff 's claim unaccompanied by a counterclaim or a request for time for payment , or ( 3 ) does not deliver an admission of part of the plaintiff 's claim , a defence or counterclaim , the plaintiff may on filing a request for judgment , and certifying that defendant has not sent any reply to the summons , and stating what payments , if any , have been made , have judgment entered , either for payment forthwith or at such times as plaintiff may specify . |
| 29 | JULIAN COPE , who was forced to cancel the remainder of his UK tour last week due to a throat and chest infection , has been dramatically dropped by Island Records . |
| 30 | A designer looks at a table in a mariner different from a housewife or a furniture manufacturer . |