Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The DGM felt quite comfortable about this and also tolerant about the trusts ' sometimes misplaced attempts to establish their autonomy : " After escaping from the nest they go around flapping their wings and hissing at people " . |
| 2 | Buzzsaw the cat was probably high on the FBI 's Most Wanted Felines list . |
| 3 | Known for its gleaming and airy entrance lobby , bedecked with trees and tropical plants which became a night-time illumination , the building was regarded as one of the more tasteful and less controversial of the City 's recently constructed edifices . |
| 4 | 2 ) that Lothar shone above his contemporaries in philosophy and theology is symptomatic of the Gesta 's generally eulogistic approach . |
| 5 | He was quite unmoved , totally untouched by the man 's obviously severe injuries . |
| 6 | If the current I1 may be considered constant during the time unc then we are entitled to talk about slow variation . |
| 7 | The issue of whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned is also a question of judgement , and it would be somewhat unusual for a court erm perhaps erm months later to go against the policeman 's view , a view formed in the heat of the moment , where he had a firsthand erm taste of what was going on . |
| 8 | It is no secret that Forster has not been popular , his vigorous preference for a radical brand of abstract cultural history being considered almost hostile to the Museum 's more object-based aims . |
| 9 | For instance , it has become a cliché to describe Asia-Pacific as the world 's most dynamic economic area . |
| 10 | Although he relished playing for Rangers , the team he had fervently supported as a youth , Fleck fell foul of the club 's increasingly strict discipline . |
| 11 | This says I was good at the doctor 's today ? |
| 12 | Well , ladies , with Bill Gates getting married that leaves Sun 's Scott McNealy to soldier on alone as the industry 's most eligible bachelor . |
| 13 | The Home Secretary — and the Home Office — were greatly concerned about the Commission 's almost unprecedented decision ; but it had to be accepted . |
| 14 | Making do with little funds , Bean is responsible for the museum 's unusually rich holdings of seventeenth-century Italian and eighteenth-century French drawings , featuring the best representation in America of drawings by the Carracci , Il Volterrano , Pietro da Cortona , François-André Vincent and François Lemoine . |
| 15 | In general , the sale was characterised by more trade bidding than has been evident over the past year , while competitive bidding between private collectors was responsible for the morning 's most surprising result : £21,000 ( $31,500 ; est. £6,000–8,000 ) for Joe Tilson 's ‘ Ziggurat 1967 ’ ( lot 79 ) |
| 16 | This is due to the fly 's much higher flicker fusion frequency . |
| 17 | The publicity he 's had has been a lot more extensive over the years erm so I think he 's certainly more of a household name than myself . |
| 18 | Assertion of the principle served to do away with the monarch 's previously claimed powers to suspend or dispense with acts of Parliament and it served to deny judges the power to strike down measures . |
| 19 | As a very simple example of a linear substitution , consider the coordinates of a point P relative to two sets of axes unc mutually inclined at an angle unc Evidently unc elimination of r , unc gives unc and it should be noted that in this case the matrix of transformation is orthogonal . |
| 20 | His tenure saw the gallery grow from a provincial treasure house to a world-renowned showcase which challenged the Metropolitan as the country 's most prestigious venue . |
| 21 | We are sensitive to a business 's overall financial needs and so can integrate pensions and insurance into them . |