Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] of a man [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His public pronouncements are unequivocal in this respect , and although it is clearly not possible to accept such public pronouncements as the definitive expression of a man 's innermost beliefs and convictions , and although it is also evidently the case that to be published in L'Humanite and Ce Soir inevitably necessitates obedience to the party line , nonetheless the consistency and vigour with which Nizan presented an entirely positive view of developments within the Soviet Union are an instructive antidote to those critics desperately searching for evidence of Nizan 's growing anti-Stalinism/anti-communism during this period . |
| 2 | BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT : The art of phalloplasty , in which fat is removed from different parts of a man 's body and grafted on to his penis . |
| 3 | ‘ They do n't see so well , ’ Jake whispered , ‘ but they can hear the mere beat of a man 's heart ! ’ |
| 4 | Under the old farming of pre-machine days a good test of a man 's farming skill was to observe whether his land was clean or foul with weeds . |
| 5 | Mirth is never the most important part of a man 's life and can indeed be irksome in times of depression or trouble . |
| 6 | The penis is arguably the laziest and most unpredictable part of a man 's body . |
| 7 | The occasional murmur of a man 's voice , the swish of a nurse 's skirt , the creak of bed-springs , the chink of slung-weights shifting , the clink of a glass being replaced on a locker-top , floated in over the screen . |
| 8 | And Martyn Lloyd-Jones ' view was that ‘ prayer is the ultimate test of a man 's true spiritual condition . |
| 9 | Staring helplessly after the departing vehicle , she felt a light breeze cooling the mist of perspiration that had dampened her temples , and the fine peacock-blue cotton of her full skirt — Faye had decreed ‘ no uniform ’ — flared and dropped again , caressing her bare legs like the teasing touch of a man 's fingers . |
| 10 | Only a feodary survey , made in the event of a minority , gives a complete account of a man 's lands . |
| 11 | She had lost her cap , and so could not again conceal the glory of her hidden beauty , but she twisted the plait in a knot behind her head and clipped it there as best she could with the two pins she had found , so that it resembled the thick queue of a man 's old-fashioned wig . |
| 12 | Likewise , Willie Doherty 's commitment to questions of Irishness is evident in his tape-slide in which we see a single image of a man 's face and become increasingly insecure as to his identity and the meaning of this image as poetic spoken comments shift in implication . |
| 13 | Police first suspected Mr Davison had been killed when they the upper part of a man 's torso was found in a lake at Reigate in Surrey . |
| 14 | It held the faint tang of a man 's aftershave and she hugged it to her for a moment before realising how ridiculous she was being . |
| 15 | Are both genuine determinations of a man 's due ? |
| 16 | worketh on the eyes , ears and other parts of a man 's body ; and by diversity of working produceth diversity of experience . |
| 17 | An impressive group of Italian Mannerist drawings has as its focal point this previously unknown study of a man 's head , one of only three studies for the ‘ Joseph in Egypt ’ in the National Gallery , London a rare discovery by any standards . |
| 18 | It is possible that the silent witness of a man 's life was more in accordance with the tradition of meditation and contemplation that Gandhi was accustomed to than the more vocal and prophetic approach of the Christian tradition . |