Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All treatment was withdrawn for a minimum of two weeks , after which inclusion in the trial depended on a diastolic blood pressure >105 mm Hg . |
| 2 | On this assumption , all is not lost , as the expenses of a training course undertaken by a self-employed person are allowed as a business deduction under general principles when the training is undertaken for the purposes of the trade . |
| 3 | Clad in an old black leotard and leggings , now fairly well daubed with paint , and with her mane of hair hidden beneath a scarlet bandana , she did n't exactly look like a decorator , she realised with a giggle as she caught sight of her own reflection in the hall mirror on the way to the kitchen , but she 'd discovered at an early stage of the game just how much bending , stretching and crouching was involved and so had decided she might as well be comfortable while she did it . |
| 4 | I returned to the toll office , got our money refunded plus a signed waiver that allowed us seven days to return to St Michael without having to pay on the Austrian roads . |
| 5 | The degree of support given to Newton 's theory by Galle 's observation of Neptune is no different from the degree of support given by a modern observation of Neptune . |
| 6 | In the present context of the nine archetypes , a description given in a Gnostic text is particularly interesting . |
| 7 | The 1962 Planning Act upheld the right of any applicant to have their case heard at an oral hearing , but the 1976 Planning Act made this a discretionary matter for An Bord Pleanala to decide . |
| 8 | They are condemned as signs of unclear or lazy thinking — and , indeed , when they are overused or inappropriately used ( as in a wall of political hedging erected by a defensive politician ) — they are widely and justifiably attacked . |
| 9 | An administrative block of text arranged in a standard format which is added to all LIFESPAN modules . |
| 10 | A notice board placed in a suitable part of the ward is useful for presenting learning material . |
| 11 | My friend Jim 's wife is in America and my other pal 's had his heart broken by a hard-hearted woman with a background like yours , who passed him up in favour of an arranged marriage . ’ |
| 12 | This attractive four-hundred-year-old listed building situated in a conservation area in the old town of Bridgnorth was once a Temperance hostel . |
| 13 | The ramifications arising from an assault by a group of white police officers on black motorist Rodney King in Los Angeles on March 3 [ see p. 38091 ] grew throughout April as the case developed into a national symbol of general police conduct and institutionalized racism . |
| 14 | Only in one study , by Giaffer et al , was a poorer response formed with a polymeric diet compared with an elemental diet . |
| 15 | I thought she was startlingly beautiful , even in her grief , with her fair hair tucked under a dainty mourning bonnet , and her slim upright figure . |
| 16 | CDs are literally a certificate given by a deposit-taking institution like a bank or building society to acknowledge the existence of a deposit made . |
| 17 | ‘ Colonel L V Mortimer , ’ the hawk-like Marine responded with a faint smile . |
| 18 | Via a back to nursing course organised by a nursing employment agency . |
| 19 | ‘ So it emerges from these authorities that the retention of moneys known to have been paid under a mistake at law , although it is a course permitted to an ordinary litigant , is not regarded by the courts as a ‘ high-minded thing ’ to do , but rather as a ‘ shabby thing ’ or a ‘ dirty trick ’ and hence is a course which the court will not allow one of its own officers , such as a trustee in bankruptcy , to take . |
| 20 | There was only one pub , a high narrow Victorian building squeezed between a Chinese take-away and a Tandoori café , darkly uninviting , with a painted scrawl on the window advertising with defiant Englishness : ‘ Bangers and mash ’ , ‘ Bangers and bubble-and-squeak ’ and ‘ Toad-in-the-hole ’ . |
| 21 | Another factor which can have quite a major bearing on your approach is whether your video is to be edited in camera , that is recorded in the final shot order , or post-production edited into a different shot order on a copy tape . |
| 22 | Elinor 's first astonished impression was that Matron Braddock looked like a female impersonator — a sergeant-major in drag : she could n't wait to describe her to Buzz . |
| 23 | Soon I came to a strange place where the river divided , one part of it compressed as a hurling white torrent between steep artificial banks , the other part let into a tranquil canal that entered Galway from the countryside . |
| 24 | Obediently the noise level dropped to a whispered exchange , and Larsen ran his eye over the sea of faces packing the long corridor on either side , trying to pick out his daughter Karen . |
| 25 | EDDIE NEWTON , the rising Chelsea star who had his jaw smashed in a racist attack just six months ago , is determined to break Manchester United hearts at Stamford Bridge today . |
| 26 | Thunder detonated like an underground bomb . |
| 27 | Note also the oval aperture surrounded by a narrow rim . |
| 28 | They drove down to Causeway Bay where his junk was waiting , and were taken out to it in a sampan owned by an ancient Chinese in a lampshade hat . |
| 29 | Had the plea come from a budding starlet or perhaps an Italian supermodel , Jagger would have tripped over his lips in an effort to scrawl his name — and perhaps his phone number — in her book for posterity . |
| 30 | An HLA-A2.1 alloreactive CTL clone included as a positive control strongly lysed all transfectants , including the parental T2 cells . |