Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] [art] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also known as Gwrageth Anoon , these beautiful blonde water-maidens live in rich palaces beneath the many lakes of Wales . |
| 2 | Roughly , linguistic communication consists in the production of some external , publicly observable , acoustic phenomenon whose phonetic and syntactic structure encodes a speaker 's inner , private thoughts or ideas and the decoding of the phonetic and syntactic structure exhibited in such a physical phenomenon by other speakers in the form of an inner private experience of the same thoughts or ideas . |
| 3 | California Kirkbride and Perry South both show a pattern of low investment on a few properties . |
| 4 | Any budding Napoleon with a few hours to spare — or a few days , for some games — can choose from titles such as ‘ Butcher of Baghdad ’ , ‘ Gulf Strike ’ and ‘ Line in the Sand ’ . |
| 5 | For the space of two heartbeats the two protagonists , hunter and quarry , glared at each other across the intervening gap of a few feet , while hurtling through the night at better than 80 m.p.h . |
| 6 | References to specific aspects of the same phenomena can be found with the terms ‘ the politics of dependency ’ , ‘ internal colonialism ’ and ‘ regional nationalism ’ . |
| 7 | I have found Roman , medieval and Georgian losses within a few yards when working suburban grass verges . |
| 8 | Jean had straight brown hair with a few layers cut into the top ; stylist Patrick Cameron , Artistic Director for the Alan Paul group of salons , suggested a tousled look which would suit her heart-shaped face . |
| 9 | We look forward to a generous settlement in a few weeks ' time when he might deal with the London Regional Transport anomaly which is afflicting us as Members representing outer London . |
| 10 | Standing on top of the Mexican pavilion , still an empty shell with a few plants sprinkled over the roof and a 1,500-year-old cactus guarding the entrance , he said : ‘ I am not only sure that Expo will be ready on the day . |
| 11 | Similarly , Marshall Sahlins 's work on the Hawaiian islanders in his Islands of History , though far more acutely aware of contending multiple narratives trying to ascribe different significances to the same happenings , is also organised so that it allows Sahlins to present a narrative wherein conflicting stories/histories are mapped out in a framework which explores these histories ' interpenetrations , their assimilations of each other rather than their refusals of each other . |
| 12 | Durham born Gregory had only been playing the bass guitar for a few weeks when he joined . |
| 13 | Julia set off towards the Dorsoduro , beginning to feel really ill with a headache pounding behind her left eyebrow , smarting eyes , a rasped throat and a nose that felt as though it were stuffed with hot , wet flannel with a few pins in it , but even so she decided to give her lesson . |
| 14 | In the years that I have had to research my Bombing Years lectures I realise now that we never really got to grips with the German defences until the latter stages of the war . |
| 15 | Pisco sour proved to be a local brandy whisked up with white of egg and the juice of fresh limes with a few drops of angostura bitters lying like dark bloodstains on the white bed of foam . |
| 16 | A straddle position is a simultaneous long and short position in different months of the same futures contract , e.g. long one June ST3 contract and short one September ST3 contract . |
| 17 | It defines a cultural good by the same criteria as the above directive . |
| 18 | In so doing he may come as near as he can ever hope to an understanding of war as people of the late Middle Ages knew it , no easy task even in the most favourable conditions , but one which can not be attempted with any hope of success without a proper appreciation of the many threads which make up history . |
| 19 | In the ethogenic approach we follow the example of chemists and anatomists and adopt the intensive design , that is , we undertake a detailed study of a few cases selected as typical . |
| 20 | Thus opposite ear superiorities may be found when subjects are constrained to process different aspects of the same stimuli . |
| 21 | Though the unit still has responsibility for keeping ministers informed of developments in the UK oil and gas industry , most of the 86 staff working for OSO now focus on worldwide developments , including opportunities in the former Soviet republics and other areas which were closed markets to British exporters until a few years ago . |
| 22 | The magazine will just have to lurch along snuggled up to me and my ageing haemorrhoids for a few weeks . |
| 23 | Seasiders have traditionally viewed the shore and estuaries as an interesting playground with a few resources that can be gathered for supper . |
| 24 | He had no political aims and did not lead a faction , although he sought lesser posts for a few clients . |
| 25 | Experiment by comparing the following two different statements about the same facts . |
| 26 | For the last four years of his life he suffered periodic attacks of the same symptoms , which damaged his kidneys still further , and led to high blood pressure . |
| 27 | The historical record over a few cycles of objective setting and reviewing is a means of evaluating the progress of the follower on the sound basis of how he thinks about his job and how he carries it out . |
| 28 | Graham studied the rates of effusion of gases and found that the relative rates of effusion of different gases under the same conditions are inversely proportional to the square roots of their densities . |
| 29 | Designs based on the opulent floral schemes of the 17th and 18th-century French workshops of the same names . |
| 30 | If her bullying ways persist , forget the mother-and-toddler group for a few weeks . |