Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [art] [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is for instance a continuous and powerfully effective factor in the change of lexical meaning ; and as it happens , we have touched on a syntactic case in this very chapter , in the development of fixed relative order for classes of adjectives in prenominal position ( cf. , too , the emergence of " characteristic " and " occasion " values for prenominals and postnominals , respectively ) . |
| 2 | Some metopes , for instance the beautiful and comparatively well preserved Herakles and the hind ( fig. 63 ) , show a precise , linear definition of forms in the archaic tradition . |
| 3 | Items ranging from cloths and brushes to mops and buckets make this class of equipment the widest and most diverse . |
| 4 | ‘ You 're really down , are n't you ? – said Felix 's wife , who had come in with a jar of instant coffee and a jug of water no more than fairly hot , which increased Stephen 's worry that many things were falling behind . |
| 5 | When the change with salmeterol was above the highest or below the lowest change seen with salbutamol the highest or lowest salbutamol dose was used in the analysis as a censored value . |
| 6 | Such concerns bring into relief the wider and more fundamental problem of our criminal procedure : the conflict between certain procedural rights , such as the right of silence , and the object of determining the truth . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ Have you no conscience at all about short-changing the poor as well as betraying your election commitments ? ’ |
| 8 | Hardy was describing in fiction the real and very harsh position that unmarried mothers from the poorer sections of society found themselves in . |
| 9 | In addition the large and perfectly matched pearls outlining the margins of the mitre crown and the balas ruby of 414.3 carats mounted at its apex were enough to proclaim her ready access to the treasures of the orient . |
| 10 | The official 's duty is to have in mind the best and most effective and efficient means of carrying out the council 's decision . |
| 11 | It might not be a complete oversimplification to state that many of the profession 's difficulties with the lay public stem from the public 's basic incomprehension of what we write ; and yet is it not the particular beauty of the English language that the most appreciated and elegant words are in fact the simplest and most easily understood ? |
| 12 | ‘ Twinky ’ , however , without question the fairest and most sporting player ever to don an Athletico shirt , was full of remorse and insisted that the referee , who had not even blown for a foul , send him off . |
| 13 | Without doubt the rarest and most significant item offered yesterday was the ‘ Ashburton Cabinet ’ , an ormolu-mounted ivory-inlaid kingwood and parquetry bureau-cabinet by the Piedmontese sculptor and cabinet-maker Pietro Piffetti of around 1770 ( see The Art Newspaper , No. 19 , June 1992 , p.18 ) . |
| 14 | So as I sipped the barely brown dishwater he passed off as coffee ( at a wholly extortionate price ) I was able to thaw my limbs , re-line my stomach , rest my hand and ponder at length the best or most honest method by which to tackle the remainder of this difficult and embarrassing work of explanation . |