Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was like the bloke who you saw right through the film overseeing the whole operation , just standing there sticking little pins into a map . |
| 2 | There were weeks of unremitting frost , occasional snowstorms , and periods of rain that seemed to soak right through the body to chill the bones . |
| 3 | In the 1930s , when the Japanese perceived that the Americans , British , Chinese and Dutch , were threatening their supplies of oil and raw materials they coined the term ‘ ABCD encirclement ’ , and used it eventually as an excuse to start the Pacific War . |
| 4 | As I locked the BMW , Werewolf turned slowly through a circle scanning the farm 's outbuildings with his shades . |
| 5 | The most densely populated town on the Nullarbor , Cook has 110 inhabitants , who live opposite each other on the widest street in the southern hemisphere , broad enough for a camel-train to make a U-turn . |
| 6 | We had major novelty value — it 's strange enough for a foreigner to visit the area let alone pose in a raft . |
| 7 | So it has come up with the idea of a tape ‘ loop ’ to delay the broadcast of ‘ live ’ debates for long enough for an engineer to hit a panic button until the offending words have passed . |
| 8 | The objective of the RFX experiment , a collaborative project between Italy and Britain that is to be built in Italy at Padua , is to find out directly whether the RFP can confine high-temperature plasma well enough for the configuration to form the basis of a reactor . |
| 9 | It is not enough for the Minister to pass the buck to the chief inspector of constabulary . |
| 10 | The House of Lords disagreed and it is now the law that it may be enough for the transaction to contain an element of bounty if it is of the kind conferred by the exercise of a special power of appointment . |
| 11 | ‘ Long enough for the buyer to get a good distance away , ’ the father said , grinning . |
| 12 | ‘ It simply is not good enough for the government to turn a blind eye ; Darlington needs more police officers , ’ he said . |
| 13 | ‘ You bitch ! ’ he whispered as the car drew up in front of the country house hotel that her father had decided was good enough for the reception to celebrate the wedding of his only daughter to the reigning world champion . |
| 14 | This qualification is important : it was not enough for the testator to have a general intention that certain property should pass to a certain person . |
| 15 | Sprinkle in the sugar and beat the mixture until it is white and stiff enough for the whisk to leave a trail . |
| 16 | Although this planning took place so long ago , 300 years has not been long enough for the town to develop a soul . |
| 17 | Mr Mason has asked me to thank you very much for the invitation to attend the announcement of the name of the winning architect chosen to design the new Museum on 13th August . |
| 18 | This was clearly intended to be used not only during the workshop to receive the professionally published course material [ not the usual duplicated sheets ] but as a personal organizer which would be a continual reminder to the participant of the course content . |
| 19 | Just sitting down together as a family to draft an agreement can encourage analysis and co-operation . |
| 20 | THIS ALBUM 'S predecessor , ‘ The Psychedelic Years ’ , was possibly the best compilation album ever , in the sense that it contained the best songs by the best bands in its field of reference ; in fact , it seemed to have all the good songs that came out of psychedelia ( It also had The Incredible String Band , but presumably only as a sorbet to clear the palate . |
| 21 | We agents , however , must represent anything with the air of a cock-up only as an opportunity to demonstrate the Partei 's brilliance in extricating itself from it . |
| 22 | A conveyance to an infant does not vest the legal estate in him , but operates only as an agreement to execute a settlement in his favour . |
| 23 | Mother poured hair dye round the hoof ; even that did not act sufficiently as a lubricant to set the poor beast free . |
| 24 | ‘ Once we even used the painted wall opposite as a screen to give a slide show . ’ |
| 25 | Starting and finishing at the Hill Inn , the walk passes through a district liberally pockmarked with caves and potholes of which Bruntscar and Gatekirk Cave are especially worth a halt to inspect the outsides . |
| 26 | Starting and finishing at the Hill Inn , the walk passes through a district liberally pockmarked with caves and potholes of which Bruntscar and Gatekirk Cave are especially worth a halt to inspect the outsides . |
| 27 | By March things had settled down sufficiently for the DCAC to mount a mass demonstration which successfully traversed the original 5 October route — this time without diversions , but this was the last occasion on which the DCAC was able to organise a peaceful mass demonstration . |
| 28 | But he knew enough about the game to recognize the scope and justice of Connon 's analysis . |
| 29 | There has been a fair amount of half-hearted canvassing by Wales to try to persuade members of other unions that South Africa is not really stable enough as a country to host the 1995 World Cup . |
| 30 | So for the trick to work the parent must always be perfectly safe . |