Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adj] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason Morgan sees for the passage of society from one stage to another — and this is what is most stressed by Engels in his restatement of Morgan 's theory in The Origin — is a social break due too the fact that the various subsystems stop working in gear , and come into conflict with each other . |
| 2 | A carved chair close by the altar , a small ancient-looking chest , and an ornately-carved table which looks for all the world like a chest on legs , may well be Jacobean . |
| 3 | Some of these are indirect ways of reducing speeds , but nowhere is the direct way used ie a change in the law to bring speed limits below 50 km/h , applied street by street or across a zone , delimited by signs , enforced by the police , publicised widely , and then supported by infrastructural measures to ensure compliance as well as by environmental enhancement to reinforce perception of the changing function of the street to one of pedestrian ownership . |
| 4 | The only evidence suggests he hit the central barrier first then the coach . |
| 5 | This lasted from the autumn of 1853 until late Apr. 1854 when the strike collapsed . |
| 6 | There has been a great black smudge all down the crag ever since … ’ . |
| 7 | The first phase would begin in late April 1991 when the Assembly would amend the Constitution to abolish the Temporary Provisions . |
| 8 | ‘ The wild duck wherries to the distant flood … ''Whizz goes the peewit o'er the ploughman 's team/ with many a whew and whirl and sudden scream … ’ 'A sedge bird built its little benty nest/ close by the meadow-pool and wooden brig … ’ |
| 9 | Our cottage lay on stubby cliffs close by the sea . |
| 10 | Molly had stood beside him and had pointed out one particularly small drawer close by the door . |
| 11 | First , ideas are actually put into operation in the practical domain arid then the consequences are monitored in a second process of evaluation , this time directed at establishing the practical effect of the ideas as operationally realized . |
| 12 | This is only a guide , of course , but your score can be interpreted as follows : 9–15 Definitely a lark 16–20 Moderately a lark 21–26 Neither a lark nor an owl ; intermediate type 27–31 Moderately an owl 32–38 Definitely an owl |
| 13 | He 'd been shown to the interview room where Scott sat with a uniformed officer close by the door . |
| 14 | Metal collars with long steel spikes were undoubtedly the favourite form of protection against throttling , although Punch ( 13 December 1862 ) also dreamt up ‘ great coats made a-la-porcupine … with spring daggers at the elbows and sharp spikes all up the back ’ in order to discourage attack from the rear . |