Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] [conj] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found it a bit odd that a sensible girl should write about them in that — that romantic way . ’ |
| 2 | Cindy is a farm maid , at the beck and call of her wicked , snobbish guardians , with a travelling shoe salesman Ginger as her Prince Charming and the local lady of the manor as the Fairy Godmother . |
| 3 | When a candidate is preparing to be interviewed ‘ on air ’ , there is usually a period of five to 10 minutes before the interview proper when a live satellite link will be sent back to network headquarters . |
| 4 | Very time-consuming , labour intensive and an expensive part of archaeology , the very processes of excavation also destroys the site : complete excavation is complete destruction , and so excavation is often described as an ‘ unrepeatable experiment ’ . |
| 5 | I wo n't go into all the grim details , but suffice it to say that when he laughed too much at one of his own jokes with his mouth full and a Chinese mushroom shot out of his nose … |
| 6 | Some composers have instead made adventurous excursions , ending up quite successfully in a key other than the original tonic . |
| 7 | Thus , when we see an increase in the numbers , it is difficult to know what it means , Social research other than the obvious fact that more children live at home while legally in care . |
| 8 | A recent survey of domestic burglaries in Northern Ireland , showed that almost half of he victims had left a window open and a similar number had left a door open . |
| 9 | The Newmarket trainer runs Top Class in the Longchamp spectacular and the faithful backing Brittain will expect to be laughing all the way to the bank as they help themselves to the generous 40-1 on offer . |
| 10 | Note also that the test is also sensitive to the standard deviation — a wide ’ spread ’ of scores ( as demonstrated by the results for music ) will produce a lower z-score than a domain with the same percentage correct but a narrow spread of scores ( e.g. estate agents ) . |
| 11 | There is a low chance of success in identifying companies intending to diversify into a sector other than the occasional press statement . |
| 12 | our society has become so complicated and our representative system of government so remote to many fellow citizens , that there has to be an alternative way of expressing dissent other than the constitutional way of doing it through representative government . |
| 13 | In such languages , a pronoun other than the second-person singular , usually the second- or third-person plural , is used in interaction with a singular addressee in order to express deference and/or non-familiarity : French vous as opposed to tu ; Italian lei ( third-person singular ) and in certain regions , classes , and age groups voi ( second-person plural ) as opposed to tu ; Spanish usted as opposed to tu ; German Sie as opposed to du ; Greek esi as opposed to esis ; and Russian vy as opposed to ty . |
| 14 | Virtually any publication other than a fine art title or a typographically critical one could be happily output at 1,000dpi . |
| 15 | The carcass is pale ad oedematous and the red marrow has expanded from the epiphyses into the medullary cavity ( P1.I ) . |
| 16 | It needs little in the way of special equipment other than a portable cassette recorder and microphone , and many a pleasant hour can be spent in collecting background sounds of various kinds . |
| 17 | Orlane 's winter beauty collection , Fête , includes two new Rouge Extraordinaire lipsticks : amber brown-red ( No 5 ) and a deeper , mauvey-red ( No 22 ) ; while Clinique 's brilliant new Gold Dusting for Eyes series of Soft-Pressed Eyeshadows presents a choice of four skin-flattering , earthy tones , including fresh , peachy Sun Ripe and a sparkling Gold Dust for dressing evening eyes . |
| 18 | In this period the child reaches a stage of sexuality that gradually finds the opposite-sex parent attractive and the same-sex parent as a sort of rival for the attention and affection of the other-sex parent . |
| 19 | NO 2.25 engine i.e. Series II , III and 110 up to 1984 will run on lead free UNLESS the complete cylinder head or hard exhaust valve seats from the 2.5 engines are fitted . |
| 20 | So those are the kind of odd little things that help to make our job interesting and a little bit more exciting . |
| 21 | He launched it on March 16th , the day he took office , and thus fulfilled his campaign promise to ‘ leave the right wing indignant and the left gasping . ’ |
| 22 | Asbestos pellets and waste brake pads were strewn about the site unburied and a large waste bin left on the site was covered with substantial quantities of asbestos dust ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ ( 1 ) In this Act a ‘ self-regulating organisation ’ means a body ( whether a body corporate or an unincorporated association ) which regulates the carrying on of investment business of any kind by enforcing rules which are binding on persons carrying on business of that kind either because they are members of that body or because they are otherwise subject to its control . |
| 24 | ‘ ( 1 ) In this Act a ‘ self-regulating organisation ’ means a body ( whether a body corporate or an unincorporated association ) which regulates the carrying on of investment business of any kind by enforcing rules which are binding on persons carrying on business of that kind either because they are members of that body or because they are otherwise subject to its control . |
| 25 | ‘ A body corporate or an unincorporated association shall not be appointed as , or be permitted to continue as , a member 's appointed representative unless the member is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the controllers , directors and senior management of that body or association are of good character and are competent and otherwise suitable to manage the marketing of investment contracts on the member 's behalf . |
| 26 | Amnesty International and the International Commission of Jurists were both said to be planning campaigns to monitor progress towards democratic elections . |
| 27 | On the remarks that women 's contributions in the field of business , finance , religion , charity work , etc , were totally ignored , I can only assume Alexandra Wallace overlooked the extensive exhibitions on the work of the Church of Scotland Woman 's Guild , Oxfam in Scotland , Amnesty International and the Scottish Refugee Council ( I could go on ) . |
| 28 | First prize will be a trip to the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna in May next year as a guest of Amnesty International and the British Government . |
| 29 | A good formula will depend on the area on disk available and the particular spread of keys . |
| 30 | the Director General and the local trading standards departments should be empowered to initiate ‘ unjust credit transaction ’ proceedings , but only in the public interest |