Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I wiped sweat off my forehead with my fingers and stood quietly , holding on , trying to let the oxygen level in my blood climb back to a functioning state . |
| 2 | There are few descriptions of the histological features of gold induced colitis , but a preservation of glandular architecture and diffuse inflammatory cell infiltrate sometimes with a prominent eosinophil component are said to be characteristic . |
| 3 | CLEVELAND athletes of the future get off to a flying start today with a new course at Cleveland stadium , Middlesbrough . |
| 4 | They have obvious advantages over ordinary questionnaires and ‘ checklists ’ : with these one can in practice ask only about a limited number of activities which must be precisely specified in advance . |
| 5 | That the written statement and its publication add up to a true Dostoevsky confession , to repentance and acceptance of suffering , to ‘ a wonderful podvig ’ in Tikhon 's words , is one possibility among many . |
| 6 | Rarely did any Tiller Girl stand out in a glamorous way but stunning was always the word used to describe Violet Bryant nicknamed Ginger because of her glorious red hair , she could not possibly blend in with the others . |
| 7 | The throat-constricting landscapes , the classical-statue cinematography , the orchestrated flesh-mangling , and the fly-blown soundtrack add up to a unique and hugely influential whole . |
| 8 | It is a rambling Tudor house run by John and Margaret Parker , whose breakfast room and drawing room look out over a wonderful walled garden , beyond which fields of grazing cows stretch down to the river . |
| 9 | Few are in any doubt that there is plenty more pain to come , and it may well be that the interim management is now expected to clear the decks , steel itself to announce another enormous net loss for the current quarter and let the new chief executive and team come in with a clean sheet . |
| 10 | Two needlework cushions with tassels designed by David and made by a friend sit happily with a traditional Amish quilt . |
| 11 | In these theories the Earth and the Moon accrete separately from a common pool of dispersed materials . |
| 12 | Einstein was driven to this idea not so much by the experimental results as by the desire to make two parts of the theory fit together in a consistent whole . |
| 13 | We therefore divided the periodogram values by the best-fit power law ( see Table1 ) , and binned the results so that the QPO features would on average appear mostly in a single high-valued bin . |
| 14 | But what worries me is that , since middle age has been put to fright , will old age descend overnight like a sudden frost on the dew ? ’ |
| 15 | AN INSATIABLE appetite for squid plus an ageing workforce add up to a full order book for a Japanese manufacturer of computerised fishing equipment . |
| 16 | Previously it 's been just a blank sheet of printing paper shut up in a lightproof envelope ; now it has a function , an image , a certainty . |
| 17 | At Acre , the ramparts of Richard Coeur de Lion 's massive fortress stretch down to a tideless Mediterranean while tiny Arab figures promenade in the dusk past the serail . |
| 18 | THE family of a father mown down by a suspected drink-driver wept at his funeral yesterday and spoke of forgiveness . |
| 19 | Uncut salami keep perfectly at a cool room temperature and may often be found festooning a delicatessen 's ceiling . |
| 20 | Not only did the street door open on to a wide passage , but there were three large rooms downstairs , plus a scullery , the front room having a bay window . |
| 21 | Rave suffers from a slew of sub-standard rubbish , but compared with the general bollocks Hypno Genesis shine through with a tongue-in-cheek optimism reminiscent of early Altern 8 . |
| 22 | ‘ These drills run at a tremendous speed , ’ the father said , ‘ so when I switch on the drill the mileage numbers on the speedo spin backwards at a fantastic rate . |
| 23 | He stiffened as he recognized a man move upstairs with a distinctive , boneless saunter : he had better send someone up to check the backgammon room . |
| 24 | The HP 700 products were originally based on Alsys technology and Alsys will continue developing , marketing and maintaining these products as well as shipping new versions of the product supporting HP-UX 8.0 on the Series 800 , and will follow up with a new version supporting the Series 400 and 300 workstations . |
| 25 | I do n't think what you run makes any difference , because I 've run companies of very diverse natures and the principles that apply to British Steel at one end apply equally to a small company at the other end of the scale . |
| 26 | Approaching the tube station at Notting Hill Gate , I saw a number 88 bus go by with a bright yellow advertisement proclaiming ‘ Britain needs its universities ’ . |
| 27 | People who go through any kind of shit come out with a certain sense of humour : it comes from the pain you go through and how you handle it . |
| 28 | The possible effect from 1994–5 onwards of the lifting of the cap on QR income has encouraged the University to prepare plans which , if its assumptions about future funding levels are realised , will allow it to reinforce the physical infrastructure of the University as well as funding academic developments , while bringing the Income and Expenditure Account back into a cumulative surplus by 31 July 1996 . |
| 29 | This year marked the completion and opening of an £85,000 aircraft display hall and with it , TMAM took a quantum leap forward with a durable ‘ crown ’ for their collection . |
| 30 | ‘ Close to Eden is a good looking film let down by a convoluted and complex plot in which nothing really happens . |