Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pron] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to ICL , notebooks have two distinct uses : first , they are a user 's only or main machine — so , it must be possible to plug them into a local network , and they must have the functionality of a standard personal computer . |
| 2 | As I cleaned the little beauty and mounted it in my new display case , I promised myself that I would do everything possible to provide it with a few companions in the months that followed . |
| 3 | He pointed out that as the three former impressions had sold out and as there had lately been a new edition of the main Dictionary , ( the sixth , 1752 ) , with many alterations , he judged it proper to include them in a new abridgement . |
| 4 | The English used it as a convenient base for raids into the Scots East and Middle Marches , and as a permanent threat , its strong position on the rocky spine at the junction of the two rivers making it a very difficult nut to crack . |
| 5 | The story of Gilly Hopkins is very sad : Gilly has the opportunity to gain everything she 's always wanted — someone who cares about her and forgives her and is willing to provide her with a loving home , but Gilly throws all this away simply by writing a letter when she 's feeling very upset . |
| 6 | 1001 Ways to Save the Planet deserves to experience the irony of being consumed in vast quantities — and it 's interesting that Penguin has been willing to launch it towards a mass readership sheathed in a determinedly dowdy recycled cover . |
| 7 | On patrol , Constable Keith Raw describes it as a difficult estate to police . |
| 8 | Modern conditions have involved us in rivalry of armaments which is now a conscious struggle to achieve by expenditure and science , by diplomacy and alliances , a balance of power which always eludes us , and because it is always variable and unstable condemns us to a bloodless battle , a dry warfare of steel and gold . |
| 9 | This left Lady Arran free to fortify herself with a large tot of rum . |
| 10 | How ever , there is no doubt in my mind that it would be quite wrong to confine her in a geriatric home among seriously deranged patients . |
| 11 | But do you agree that we should put diplomatic pressure that George Bush should , the Europeans should , Douglas Hurd should , and say look guys whatever you do , if it , though were prepared to recognise you as an independent state , do n't take it out on the Russians ? |
| 12 | The English established themselves in a strong defensive position and on the evening of 26 August the French approached . |
| 13 | I had in mind Vladimir Nabokov , if you 're willing to consider him as an American writer , John Barth , Richard Brortigan , Robert Coover. erm As I say they 're all writers who might come under the heading of , of postmodern meta-fiction writers who do not take for granted that fiction has a , a direct and clearly understandable relationship with society so that it can erm give you a very clear picture of society at a given moment , which was generally the case in the , with British fiction in the nineteenth century . |
| 14 | This either indicates the typical ’ lip-service ’ paid to issues of racism , the overriding liberalism , the negation of our abilities to give a contribution , or it show that Black women are not prepared to involve themselves in a reactionary movement which takes no account of our needs . |
| 15 | They are old enough to remember the early days of independence , when the departing British pushed them towards a pan-Caribbean federation of English-speakers ; but the people of Jamaica , the largest potential member ( with 2.5m people now ) , killed that by voting against it in a referendum . |
| 16 | Whatever your requirements , from traditional wedding arrangements , including delicate bridesmaids ' posies , to exquisite designs for a special occasion — whether for a large dance or small party — Edward Goodyear will be delighted to provide you with a free estimate to suit your individual desires . |
| 17 | However , it is very easy to find yourself in a financial crisis . |
| 18 | The landed gentry of Wiltshire and Dorset do , after all , have a knowledge of their counties that goes generations deep , and they are somewhat dismayed to find themselves with an academic bishop who has never been a parish priest and who , they feel , does not understand the nature of rural society . |
| 19 | Even in normal society it is boring and , after a while , meaningless to trace everything to a common source , especially when the detail is elaborate . |
| 20 | The scenes of destitution which the journalists could not be prevented from glimpsing-it is impossible to put someone in a hermetic bubble all the time , even for ten days — had not apparently impaired their appetites . |
| 21 | Energy was directed mainly to the primary sector , where , until recently , it was impossible to have anything but a church-sponsored school if it was to be funded by the state . |
| 22 | Specialist suppliers may also provide a cold-weld compound to seal joins where it 's impossible to lay it in a single sheet . |
| 23 | Too dark , too dangerous , said Antoinette : easy to cut yourself on a broken wine bottle or get your frock filthy with cobwebs and dust . |
| 24 | Crushed ambitions and women 's lib feelings had rallied to the author 's right to identify herself with a polished ship . |
| 25 | The realization that I had an incurable disease that was likely to kill me in a few years was a bit of a shock . |
| 26 | The fact that ‘ She ’ appears to those privileged to see her as a veiled figure and that her lustrous orbs , dazzling limbs and perfect ankles are revealed with tantalising slowness , has a rather different effect on today 's readers than it no doubt had when the book was first published , very nearly a century ago , in 1887 , to be greeted with a storm of ecstasy or alternatively of appalled disapproval , which lasted for many decades . |
| 27 | If used carefully and correctly , condoms are likely to provide you with an effective barrier against HIV infection during penetrative sex ( they are 98% reliable ) . |
| 28 | Especially unusual to find them in a Tyrian , because as a rule Tyrians only care about making money . |
| 29 | This being the case , the couple have to work hard to establish themselves as a new adult unit . |
| 30 | I shuffled forward as fast as I dared along the central walkway , figuring this to be less likely to lead me towards a choice-limiting edge . |