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 . |