Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [prep] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A slow but unstoppable flood of sticky tubules pours out of the anus , fastening your fingers together in an adhesive tangle of threads . |
| 2 | It 's enabled us all to work and to conduct our cases in as an amiable atmosphere as the adversarial system allows , and we are grateful for that . |
| 3 | Some weeks later , I receive a note of thanks along with an engraved beermug . |
| 4 | Due for completion later this year , the precinct will also include 63 individual shop units along with an upper food court with seating for 420 people . |
| 5 | In the past they have brought many candidates together for an entire day of selection activities , which included written tests of their numerical and communication skills . |
| 6 | THE vigilante businessman who was cleared last week of murdering a suspected car vandal was jailed for 18 months yesterday for an alternative charge of affray . |
| 7 | Finally it will provide an indication of the incidence of special classes in HE to bring candidates up to an adequate level of attainment to cope on the mainstream course . |
| 8 | An enigmatic reference to Meistersinger in a letter to Rohde in August is followed two months later by an avowed relish for the emotive Wagnerian ethos to which Meistersinger presents , comparatively , such a contrast . |
| 9 | She finishes what she is doing , gives herself a resolute shake and lets the sea breeze dry her , rises slowly , pulls her dark blue tights up in an unhurried manner , and adjusts her skirt . |
| 10 | With the help of a co-operative credit analyst who is three months out of an English degree , we package a stunning little credit that sweeps through the loan committees without even a flesh wound . |
| 11 | The Wellenkuppe summit , a white notch against a blue sky , was only five minutes away up an easy snow slope , but almost everyone stopped at the top of the rock pitch for a second breakfast . |
| 12 | The artifact , thus , functions merely as an external signifier … for which in the collective consciousness there is a corresponding signification |
| 13 | Classical dancers ' body-and-mind-sets are geared to a specific set of rules , one which stretches the body in long , clean lines away from an erect spine . |
| 14 | A cupboard in the cell was moved aside to reveal the rope and the trap only a few feet away beyond an open door . |
| 15 | Artists such as Jill Smith and Bruce Lacey have developed the idea of performance at sacred sites both as an artistic expression and also as a form of ritual whereby the artist may be inspired to receive insights into the original purposes behind sacred sites . |
| 16 | Delaunay , for example , violently repudiated any analogy between his own art and that of the Futurists both in an open letter to the press and in a long essay written immediately after attending a lecture given by Marinetti at the time of the first Futurist exhibition in Paris . |
| 17 | Dugard , who has been an international for five years , lines up in an experimental team against an Australian side weakened by injury . |
| 18 | The CPRS recommended that central government should deal with local authorities more on an interdepartmental programme basis than on a separate service-by-service basis . |
| 19 | THE world teetered on the brink of a new Cold War for 30 minutes yesterday after an astonishing speech by Russia 's Foreign Minister . |
| 20 | Scamp maybe said something to himself then , like ‘ Damn ’ or even ‘ Blast ’ , the sort of thing you would say to yourself when you 'd just missed blowing a policeman 's goolies off with an illegal weapon . |
| 21 | Where a taxpayer appeals successfully to an independent VAT Tribunal costs are generally awarded . |
| 22 | Where a taxpayer appeals successfully to an independent VAT tribunal costs are generally awarded . |
| 23 | If you 'd had all people come in and try to bring in new ideas on to an old system , I do n't think it would have worked . |
| 24 | Participation by the United States was recognized by Palestinians only as an unwelcome necessity . |
| 25 | Bring strawberry plants indoors for an early crop |
| 26 | At one gig in Melbourne the crowd invaded the stage in such numbers that LIAM had to stop the show and lead the uninvited participants off in an orderly line . |
| 27 | Senior tutors offer information and advice to applicants both on an individual basis and on collective occasions such as visit and interview days . |
| 28 | William Bird 's wife Jean had been killed five years before in an horrific road accident involving a drunken driver . |
| 29 | Like Mary Kingsley she was down-to-earth and when her expedition reached Abu Simbel she was horrified to see that the colossal figure of Rameses II was disfigured by plaster left on it fifty years before by an enthusiastic cast-maker . |
| 30 | SOUTH AFRICA 'S Springboks arrived in England under a cloud yesterday after leaving angry French rugby officials behind at an after-match dinner on Saturday night . |