Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Successful living in Los Angeles requires controlling the environment , whereas in Bali it requires a total surrender . |
| 2 | This might appear exorbitant , and indeed as a symbolic castration of the Oedipus complex it represents a partial subversion of Lacanian theory . |
| 3 | But in any reference to useful labour it occupies a significant place as a village where the medieval open field system of farming has survived in some degree . |
| 4 | After food is put into the mouth it takes a few minutes ( usually around five ) even to start having any physical effect in satisfying the hungry body . |
| 5 | Before he can open his mouth he gets a simple instruction from each of us , so he stands switching his gaze from her to me and back again like he 's at a tennis match . |
| 6 | In the hall she wraps a long scarf round her neck and puts on a cream-coloured quilted cotton jacket , with wide shoulders and inset sleeves , and lets herself out by the front door . |
| 7 | For a small village it has an absolute wealth of historic treasures and one most impressive modern innovation — Alvingham Pottery . |
| 8 | Despite the vulgar character of such poetry it conceals a genuine sadness . |
| 9 | The stone they used to build Aberdeen may be built for endurance rather than seduction , but when it catches the sun it offers a lively spirit as well as a safe haven . |
| 10 | But in the desert it gives a strange moaning sound , low and sensual , accompanied by the singing of the sand as it skates across itself . |
| 11 | Once the system has accepted an in put from the tablet it gives an acknowledging Beep from the computer and prompts for the next command to execute the function . |
| 12 | In winter it makes an early morning crossing , returning in the late afternoon and allowing some six hours 2. shore in Porto Santo . |
| 13 | Remember that the spine is flexible , and that in a normal upright posture it describes a shallow double-S curve . |
| 14 | Remember that the spine is flexible , and that in a normal upright posture it describes a shallow double-S curve . |
| 15 | With dolphins on the rampage it seems a good idea to spend as much time as possible out of the water . |
| 16 | Powered by a souped-up , 80 bhp Mini engine it has a tough steel frame and fibreglass bodywork . |
| 17 | Good songs are ‘ Home on the range ’ , ‘ John Brown 's body ’ [ p.73 ] and ‘ Around her hair she wears a yellow ribbon ’ as well as other children 's songs such as ‘ Ai n't going to grieve my Lord ’ [ p.72 ] . |
| 18 | gets the odd enquiry about becoming a guide and she meets those interested to explain about the job , but for the moment she has a full complement of volunteers . |
| 19 | Later in the evening she has a light meal . |
| 20 | The moment he makes a great catch it surprises you , but then you think : Gee , that 's what he does . ’ |
| 21 | In A High And Lonely Place he makes a trenchant analysis of the despoilation of the Cairngorms . |
| 22 | On its Edinburgh site it holds a living collection of around 30000 accessions ; a Herbarium containing some 2 million dried plant specimens from a world-wide range ; and a research library holding 75000 volumes books and over 1500 current scientific periodical titles . |
| 23 | In his inaugural lecture he imagines a utopian plurality of languages on which we would draw ‘ according to the truth of desire ’ : |
| 24 | One of his early moves on joining Grant Forrest was to change the name to its current one to emphasise that it was a pan-Scottish agency and in 1983 Cree joined to open the office in Edinburgh , a move he considers a vital part of PRCS 's success . |
| 25 | Although it carries a slight risk of giving false positive results , if followed by a rectal examination it gives a good indication of the presence of prostate malignancy , which can be further confirmed by ultrasound and biopsy . |
| 26 | Although the only relief claimed is payment of money , in form of process it resembles a fixed-date action ( see below ) . |
| 27 | She has no sense of her own sexuality — which stimulates the clerk — or of the value of her sexuality : though promised to her husband it becomes an easy counter to pay on the threat of being changed into an animal . |
| 28 | In the abstract it has a great deal of force . |
| 29 | To this day he holds a bitter hatred in his heart for all Goblins , so he is subject to the psychology rules for hatred when fighting Goblins . |
| 30 | Detroit is shabby , poverty-ridden and struggling to keep its head above water It has a huge crime problem . |