Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wally , Wally I 'm sorry to interrupt you , colleagues , you 're starting to babble a bit , I know you all want to get to the European Fair and the wine and the cheese and all that sort of thing just bear with us for about ten minutes . |
| 2 | He did n't totally sabotage the production but during the technical run-through when the cast spent a lot of time just standing about waiting for lighting and scenery and props to be adjusted — he made a point of whispering to Ingrid , putting his arm around her , making her giggle , while they both looked over at Therese . |
| 3 | Now , who 's going to release the complete Sly And The Family Stone at Woodstock set ? |
| 4 | If you are the victim of a burglary , the value of the property that has been stolen might be large or small , but the emotional upset and the feeling that someone else has been in your home can live with you for a long time . |
| 5 | The 1935 general election was a disappointment and it was a major part of Cripps 's case for the Labour Left that the election due in 1940 would not lead to a Labour victory either . |
| 6 | ‘ the political obstacles to advance within the practices of the Labour Left and the labour movement itself ; … broadening the base of mass support , creating institutions and organisations which extend the socialist movement beyond the minority of organised labour ; … fighting for specific reforms in the organisation of capital that will create new positions of struggle and control for working people ( limitations of shareholders ’ and managements ' powers , workers ' representation etc. ) and fighting for reforms in non-commodity areas such as health , education , and welfare that introduce elements of popular administration and control ’ ( Cutler et al . , |
| 7 | It is important that the profession makes the public aware that the effect of increasing understaffing is potentially disastrous . |
| 8 | Six wide archways opened on to the sea , affording all diners uninterrupted views of the shimmering Caribbean and the powder beach below . |
| 9 | As the light increased and the sun rose , a cry ran over the ship . |
| 10 | " We 'll get it right now though , " he said to himself as he ascended through the castle 's twisted interior , and the light faded and the cold grew more sharp , and he gathered his furs more closely around him . |
| 11 | In this sense the growing dissolution of the category is also part of the collapse of older certainties and polarities of the British left and the emergence of concerns around socialist pluralism ( Rust in , 1985 ; Keane , 1988 ) . |
| 12 | It became clear that the responses given were moulded by a number of factors , for example , the effect of a given drug on the individual concerned and the user 's previous experience of other forms of medication . |
| 13 | Here then is a continuity between the early modern and the post/modern , one oft en overlooked when we concentrate on the differences in the way sexuality is conceptualized in the two periods . |
| 14 | The creaking continued when the door was open . |
| 15 | During speed changes the supply voltage may decrease front 40 V to 30 V and therefore the phase current reduces from 4 A to 3 A. For simplicity assume a linear voltage decay , so the average current and the rate of change of voltage with time is if the capacitor value is The periods of constant speed operation are in duration and about 5 time constants are required for the capacitor to re-charge : The maximum charging current occurs immediately after the transistor switch is opened . |
| 16 | The administration 's enemies , both on the Democratic left and the Republican right , were still circling yesterday hoping to draw political blood . |
| 17 | This makes the winding simple since the wire can be applied directly over the case . |
| 18 | National unions exist in each industry for each of several main confederations ( national groupings of trade unions ) , including the communist-oriented CGT , the socialist CGT-FO and the radical ( originally Catholic but now secular ) CFDT . |
| 19 | The tufted crow-toe and pale jessamine , The white pink and the pansy freaked with jet , The glowing violet . |
| 20 | An electric motor operated the revolving aerial and the ship was flown on thin nylon wires . |
| 21 | the little carpal and the tarsal bones |
| 22 | The obvious dawned when a method of speeding the development time was spotted . |
| 23 | The elegance of his own style , the willingness of the assistants , the feeling that an endless flow of joy emanated from this eccentric and astute little man , the jade-green charm of the suit that was eventually chosen , the reserve , the luxury , the civilization of that day came back to her now as she stood gazing at iron scaffolding , aware of drunks in the square opposite and the depression that had undermined the world , and her , since the buoyancy of that radiant and particular day . |
| 24 | We pushed down , the route-finding difficult and the weather like Scotland on a bad day , wet and misty . |
| 25 | ( This sense is found only in the present perfect or the past , but never in the non-past . ) |
| 26 | An institution was any establishment provided by the Council for reception and maintenance of the poor other than a hospital , a children 's home or a separate casual ward . |
| 27 | As Veljanovski points out , ‘ if wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few rich landowners who buy Rolls Royces and caviar , then allocative efficiency will be consistent with the poor starving and the economy 's productive capacity channelled into the manufacture of these luxury items . |
| 28 | The second objective is to conceptually analyse the non-course related and the range of thesis skills that each student requires and the means by which he acquires them . |
| 29 | The pace is utterly manic , the bickering relentless and the colour lurid ; to some The Simpsons is a half-hour headache . |
| 30 | ‘ This will enable the company to expand its trading area to extend to the Eastern Mediterranean and the North West African coast and the Eastern seaboard of the US and Canada , ’ said Mr Risbridger . |