Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if it sometimes seems to be saying , on Salim 's behalf , that race or kinship wins , it is also the case that it is full of losers , that it has a lively feeling for the Africans of market and bush , and for their African troubles , and for the situation of Salim as someone evolved or emerged from a tribal narrowness to an experience of sexual love which is liberating and dramatic , and that it does justice to Metty 's last state , left behind in the dangerous town at the bend in the river . |
| 2 | Commercial and industrial property is usually subject to longer agreements , while by the time domestic rates were abolished most domestic property was either owner-occupied or rented from a local authority or other public agency . |
| 3 | What kid , home-grown or imported from a neighbouring household , could resist pulling a handle and watching all that water gushing out ? |
| 4 | We stand either not guilty or condemned before a righteous God and are never excused or condemned because our actions fall above or below group expectations . |
| 5 | The cost of his travels and his books ( many of which were distributed free or sold at a subsidized price ) was heavy . |
| 6 | Indeed , it is possible that clinicians would treat cases which they find particularly interesting or challenging from a clinical viewpoint , rather than those which offer the most returns ( in terms of health improvement ) in relation to the cost . |
| 7 | The input to a program should be clear and kept to a minimum ; the output on the screen should be clear and presented at a sensible speed ; and any ‘ special ’ or complex computer procedures should appear to the user as ordinary and easy to use . |
| 8 | Briefly , serum ( 1 ml ) was diluted with two volumes of isotonic saline and extracted on a small column of octadecysilane bonded silica at 64°C . |
| 9 | The slides were then washed in phosphate buffered saline and incubated with a 1:300 dilution of biotinylated anti-mouse antibody ( Dakopatts , Denmark ) . |
| 10 | Well , it was heigh-ho for the nearest cookshop and , if I remember correctly , a quail pie , the crust golden and crisp , the meat fresh and smothered in a rich sauce , and a jug of new Bordeaux . |
| 11 | ‘ Even if I am wrong and think of a dozen times , it is still dreadful that somebody so involved in the game is not out there watching the guys . |
| 12 | The right hand was high and rested on a vertical spear , the left is on the hip . |
| 13 | These solid state stereo units are only 1U high and fit into a 19 inch rack space . |
| 14 | The columns were part of an octastyle portico , each 48 feet high and standing on a 22 feet podium . |
| 15 | Beneath it , she wore loose silky pants in the same colour , pleated and gathered into a deep , fitted waistband and tapering at her ankles , one of which sported a fine gold anklet . |
| 16 | HOLLAND 'S only commercial reactor at Borssele is just about as ordinary a nuclear power plant as you could expect to find : 477 megawatts , 10 years old and saddled with a 20-year contract to supply electricity to the neighbouring Pechiney aluminium smelter at a third of the present going rate . |
| 17 | Church ‘ A' is seven years old and located in a new development area of detached houses . |
| 18 | One of the things about when you are old and move to a residential home I think one of the important things is that you want to go and live close to your loved ones , if you have any , and it does just worry me that if you happen to be a person who is resident in and your loved ones live in , under these terms if you went to a residential home in you would n't qualify for the higher rate and that seems to me to be wrong . |
| 19 | Your call is free and goes to a central advisory unit rather than to your local Social Security office . |
| 20 | Then , larger than life , so vivid she might almost have reached out and touched herself , there she was , transformed , hardly recognizable : teeth bared in a grin of manic glee , her eyes white-hot and blazing like a berserk android in a film she had seen once . |
| 21 | Turning to football , the West Indies have done nothing on an international scale , though the game is popular and played at a domestic level . |
| 22 | Another item that really suffers when seen dry , but once in the tank , wet and covered with a little algae , comes into its own . |
| 23 | But you stand a better chance of your material being used if it is topical , lively and written in a similar style to that employed by the particular newspaper or radio station . |
| 24 | In my view , the existing available protection is adequate and gives to a governmental body all such rights as are necessary in a democratic society for the protection of its governing reputation . |
| 25 | If it were possible to unfold the entire long history of the world 's religions in such a manner that it could be scrutinised , assimilated and judged in a single all-embracing operation , the verdict would be that it had strayed so far from the basic human need , and so far from the intentions of those good and sincere people who have throughout that history struggled to maintain its integrity , that it might well be condemned outright as a story of failure unmatched by anything else that has ever happened on earth . |
| 26 | Similar experiments have been reported from the Ivory Coast by Roose ( 1986 ) who has compared runoff and erosion from several plots , one of which was deforested and maintained as a bare soil by ploughing , and others in which a variety of perennial , annual and tree crops were grown . |
| 27 | The apple room was dim and scented with a mysterious sweetness like the breakfast honey . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 'm still very English and get in a terrible state if I 'm late for an appointment . |
| 29 | Carpets consist of fibre tufts or loops , woven or stuck to a durable backing . |
| 30 | On July 4 , 400 people were reported killed or wounded after a massive explosion aimed at police headquarters in the northern oil city of Kirkuk . |