Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 For example , the assignee may be absolved through the operation of the bankruptcy laws : the classic case where an original lessee may have to pay .
2 A steep scramble down an ivy-covered slope leads one into a place of great natural beauty alive with the earth spirit force .
3 It 's property owned by a public body not a private company .
4 And secondly , drama is a social event not a solitary experience .
5 They are angry that British Steel formerly a public corporation is keeping the £300m for its own use .
6 But on the right an area of a high count where a great deal more of vessels are present .
7 The tunnel cuts through a saddle into the valley of the Stinchar river , so on a calm morning even a heavy train on the bank could hardly be heard from the Pinmore side of the tunnel .
8 If each overlay were drawn on transparent paper then a light table could be used to allow the viewer to look simultaneously at the spatial distribution of each attribute and to pick out by eye the areas of interest .
9 Cos I saw erm a photo when I was eighteen and I it was sort of short in the neck over my ears short in there and then sort of fuller there and then just a bit of you know a light fringe not a heavy fringe and I thought I might have it like that so
10 After prayers and meditations we move to the high altar where a female form , draped entirely in black , is seated on a chair beside the statue of Isis .
11 This descends alongside the ridge wall over High Pike and Low Pike and then diverges due south in a direct line down a steep slope to Bruntscar .
12 A BOOZY taxi driver drove 14 miles the WRONG WAY down a dual carriageway at night .
13 The car was eventually stopped after driving the wrong way down a dual carriageway .
14 As I crouched down in the trench I thought of the French family just a short distance away from us .
15 IN my local high street recently a huge builder 's skip sat on the road outside a shop for two weeks .
16 We climbed far enough to find some specimens of the Mount Cook lily ( which is n't a lily at all , but a giant buttercup found only at altitude in this part of the South Island ) , and while the others rested I went across to investigate a steep track up a snow-filled gully .
17 When a length of wire is suspended in a magnetic field , the wire will move at right angles to the magnetic flux whenever an electric current is passed along it .
18 A type I superconductor , I confess , is not a perfect diamagnet ; it will let in the magnetic flux just a little bit .
19 On shopping the statement 's aim is to ‘ enhance Middlesbrough 's position as the area 's premier shopping experience where the widest choice , highest quality and a friendly welcome combine in the exciting atmosphere only a thriving town centre can offer . ’
20 ‘ I thought this was meant to be a friendly chat not a bloody interrogation . ’
21 I would say conditions were a wee bit easier a wee bit you had a wee bit more freedom because they knew they could not replace anybody if they gave the sack .
22 Therefore , the fourth way to underline effectiveness is to slide forwards slightly on the front foot , drawing the rear foot up an equal distance if there is a danger that otherwise the stance will stretch out .
23 Then one day , when she came out of school there was a car waiting to take her for a screen test , and something magical happened as soon as she stood in front of a camera , and she became an actress , a real actress not a washed-up joke like her mother , and everyone admired her .
24 Such witness , combined with the evangelising influence of the school ethos , will provide the appropriate setting where a religious education can take place which promotes the development of an intelligent , thoughtful and self-critical faith , and assists pupils ‘ in coming to a deeper awareness both of their own identity , beliefs and values , and of the beliefs and values of others ’ ( Arrangements document 1.1 ) .
25 Turning to the particular case of a quarter-wavelength line , , so that and equation ( 9.91 ) reduces to the simple result Thus a quarter-wavelength line can easily be used to transform one impedance into another .
26 Another influence — arguably of even greater influence — burst upon him at this time , in the form of Irving Layton , the enfant terrible of Canadian poetry then a local school-teacher , who was invited to participate in a poetry workshop on the campus , and did so with great élan .
27 IT 'S a heartbreaking moment when a great sportsman finally decides to quit the arena he has graced for so long .
28 This approach is not always satisfactory because gaps may not be left in the notation at the appropriate place where a new subject belongs .
29 We did 0–60mph in 5secs in the Rocket … drove a Volvo we loved … lived with a Ferrari for a month … built our own Caterham 7 … took a Lamborghini Diablo down a German autobahn at 201.4mph — and test the new Ford Escort , and liked it .
30 We would then be unlikely to find any non-question-begging moral argument why a small shareholder should bear any part of the loss himself .
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