Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [prep] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ploughing through this for almost an hour brought us well into the hillside and at length to where the rail bed rose out of the water and into the old engine room . |
| 2 | Land reform had profound impact on the distribution of rural wealth and income and through this on both the motivation and complicity of the rural population to invest , improve farming techniques and to increase production . |
| 3 | According to Hearn the WPBSA intends to take only 16 players for a week to its overseas events instead of 32 for nearly a fortnight . |
| 4 | ‘ There was no way I should have got out of that with just a scratch and a few bruises . |
| 5 | However , a zero correlation is unlikely and , if the correlation between the spot and futures prices is 0.8 ( ) , then the variance of the basis is only 40% of that of either the spot or futures prices , that is , ( ) . |
| 6 | Togetherness , along with youthfulness , are the ideal , and because we are reminded of this in almost every book , newspaper article , film and play , a feeling of loneliness can affect women on their own . |
| 7 | R. S. Wood himself , occupying a central position in more senses than one , wished to see a transfer of all pupils at the age of eleven to a common secondary school , followed by transfer for a selected minority at the age of thirteen to either a grammar or a technical school . |
| 8 | She would not have told him where she was going , but for the life of her she would not have been able to invent a pressing enough reason for leaving the house , least of all with only the shelter of her flimsy summer hat , since an umbrella had not been top of her list of things to pack when she had hurriedly boarded the plane at Heathrow . |
| 9 | One particular characteristic which had blighted the administration of Siberia throughout the period of Russian domination was the legendary rapaciousness , venality , corruption and brutality of many of even the region 's most senior officials . |
| 10 | In horsy terms , that means that if you do n't ask for canter in exactly the way he 's been taught , he just carries on trotting round wondering what you meant . |
| 11 | We remained like this for about a quarter of a minute . |
| 12 | ‘ This is the first time we 've had ones like this for quite a while . ’ |
| 13 | One , which includes mosaics of the more specific trend , features many neatly executed arrangements from each of only a handful of sites . |
| 14 | From time to time the tensions of clerical dualism erupted into fierce controversy , but in 1341 at least the eruption resulted in no marked shift in clergy-laity relations , not even with regard to the employment of clerical ministers by the crown . |
| 15 | The number of visits clients received ranged from daily to once a month . |
| 16 | For example , Spencer Stuart 's Australian office opened in 1970 with virtually no competition and is now , with Egon Zehnder , dominant in the local search market . |
| 17 | Mr Tholen , aged 67 , was appointed to the post in 1988 after almost a decade as chief executive of the Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority . |
| 18 | Tucked behind the douce elegance of India Street , this quaint little building was from 1915 until recently a wine importer 's warehouse . |
| 19 | And er we were on that for about an hour or so and then they got rid of the the badly injured were taken off then and put on the Therris it 's support vessel that was Just happened to be there at the time . |
| 20 | The English that has developed in the country — certainly its spoken version — will not be readily comprehensible to those from outside the sub-continent . |
| 21 | But there was more to it than that as Swansea soared from Fourth Division to First with only a season 's rest . |
| 22 | So those of you who have shown any interest at all in either the research programme or the SafeIT consultative documents can expect the eventual club organisers to be in contact with you between now and then . |
| 23 | It is ironic to think that the Opéra-Bastille has become popular at last with precisely the thing which it was conceived to counter : the superstar ! |
| 24 | ‘ Over here , ’ shouted one of the Sturmabteilungen and the others , six to start with , but soon joined by more from inside the building , ran to where he had found the tripped alarm . |