Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He opened up a correspondence with the more pliable officers among Dara 's army and with promises of rewards secretly won over a sizeable proportion of his opponent 's force . |
| 2 | The researchers eventually stumbled on a 1979 article in a little-known medical journal , Psychiatry Research , which described the plight and eventual suicide of a 23-year-old graduate student . |
| 3 | When the last group had backed from the emperor 's presence , the chant of the court musicians suddenly changed to a faster rhythm and the gateways filled immediately , to Joseph 's astonishment , with the gray , swaying bulk of elephants . |
| 4 | His elbows were on the table edge , his heavily ringed fingers idly scratching at a thick black beard as though it aided his concentration . |
| 5 | Months eventually elapsed before a breezy day saw me with a number of Tony 's loyal friends on the slipway at Calshot , washing down his sturdy bird in the shadow of the sole remaining airworthy Sunderland . |
| 6 | Brenda , her eyes suddenly alighting on a round milk stain on the table cloth , herself thought that breakfast was n't perhaps the most suitable time for a display of her recently acquired information about the investigation of rape . |
| 7 | So many track workers have been allowed to go that in some parts of the country we are not able to put gangs together to work on a proper maintenance programme . ’ |
| 8 | Eleanor 's lips suddenly relaxed into a secretive smile . |
| 9 | As evidence they would point to the government 's growing practice of giving funds already allocated for a specific purpose : for example , the £1 million contribution to the Royal Opera redevelopment decided by Lord Donaldson , Minister for the Arts 1976–79 , or the Enhancement Funding Scheme , introduced in 1991 to stimulate private sponsorship . |
| 10 | These different roles played by the designs normally existed at a subconscious level , and different societies have attached more weight to one or the other . |
| 11 | The coronation at Reims was a truly grand occasion , with all the major peers and bishops throughout the realm in attendance at one of the most expensive banquets ever lavished on a French king . |
| 12 | It was a full day later before Schmidt had been able to form a coherent sentence , though his words still came in a low , wracked whisper . |
| 13 | This action has consolidated production into an easier-to-manage , smaller number of units more suited to a continuing investment in new technology . |
| 14 | It may not be necessary for all cars always to stop at a red light at a crossroads , but to have any other rule , such as ‘ stop when reasonable to do so ’ , or ‘ stop unless the road is clear ’ , invites chaos . |
| 15 | No more than damp eyes quickly wiped during a sad film . |
| 16 | Half-closed , dozy eyes usually belong to a placid , lazy horse . |
| 17 | Conceived initially as a spy series for Ian Hendry and Patrick MacNee , The Avengers quickly developed into a stylish combination of James Bond action/adventure with frequent science fiction overtones , the latter a narrative form much loved by Newman . |
| 18 | The President had also apparently abandoned his aim of holding the first round of legislative elections on Oct. 25 [ see p. 39086 ] , and agreed to reschedule them for late November ( with a number of opposition parties still calling for a further postponement ) . |
| 19 | A second bakery is being set up in offices once owned by a stationary manufacturer . |
| 20 | LUANDA — A small crowd rocks with laughter as a uniformed soldier , his eyes nearly closed in a drunken Saturday afternoon stupor , writhes body to body in a snake-like dance with a plump young woman in a tight blue dress . |
| 21 | The glitter of mockery was back with a vengeance , with a darker glint of what could have been anger in his eyes carefully screened by a rakish smile . |
| 22 | The pattern books also come with a unique LARGE PRINT option , plus a one-side only print feature which leaves plenty of room for a knitter 's own notes ( no more trying to make out what you have scribbled in the margin ) . |
| 23 | These books also extend beyond a biographical compass of the history , by examining the development of insecurities in society , like as in the future of civilian . |
| 24 | Regan is right to the extent that to talk of recognition in such circumstances does have a purpose , as it would of a dog 's staccato barks and tail-waving on hearing its master 's voice , but he fails to realise that the same form of words now features in a related , but different , language-game . |
| 25 | Alternatively , they are organizations originally created for a non-political purpose ( for example the British Medical Association was originally formed to circulate medical and scientific information to doctors ) which have acquired political purposes over time . |
| 26 | James 's own description of the accident is worth repeating , if only because it shows how much ( and how little ) racing drivers really observe in a multi-car shunt : |
| 27 | The upright twigs often branched in a simple way , forking into two , and then into two again , and sometimes terminating in little capsules that carried the spores . |
| 28 | From the elegant small lounges to the beautifully appointed bedrooms located in the villa ( or in the neighbouring annexe residence at a reduction ) , and the former stables now turned into a charming restaurant , everything here speaks of innate good taste . |
| 29 | His eyes now lit by a weak leer of hope , Barometer Barnes closed me out on the pink 35–43 . |
| 30 | Thus the words supposedly uttered by a despairing king , just before he turned his face to the wall to die , are an immediate symbol of the reaction of very many of those on whom Mary Queen of Scots was to make an impact , in her lifetime and thereafter . |