Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | By the time he arrived at school-leaving age , he had realized the value of education for his career and so enrolled on a day-release college course , eventually completing a Full Technological Certificate , whilst training to be a painter and decorator . |
| 32 | Lynn Binstock 's direction ( the original version was by John Cox ) was unprovocative , almost workmanlike , and the production one in which the music and the characterisation were of paramount importance — I certainly discovered fresh beauties and subtleties in the score , which was carefully conducted and nicely paced by a youthful Justin Brown . |
| 33 | And after a number of false dawns , it seems the private insurance industry will shortly be able to offer some sort of long term care insurance product — if it succeeds conventional health and social services could be put out to tender , and perhaps turned into a commercial operation . |
| 34 | It was more than likely that their hotel room would be bugged and perhaps fitted with a see-through mirror . |
| 35 | This common misconception is fostered and perhaps shared by a great many retailers . |
| 36 | Moreover , the pre-arranged trade is reported and perhaps published as a competitively-determined transaction , when it is not in fact a genuine product of the competitive forces of supply and demand on the exchange . |
| 37 | French biologists ignored Darwin and only turned to a Lamarckian version of evolutionism in the 1880s . |
| 38 | Its use in self-defence is entirely secondary and only employed as a last resort . |
| 39 | In 1293 he was committed to the Tower for a second time , perhaps for misconduct in the service of Queen Eleanor , and only released for a second fine of 1,000 marks . |
| 40 | Their consistent support for the new Israeli state reflected the existence of an American Jewish community — wealthy , strong in voting power , and highly organized as a political pressure group . |
| 41 | Ultra-modern and apparently inspired by a Thirties liner , it houses JJ 's , the best night spot in town . |
| 42 | What is common to all , however , is that an emphasis is placed on peaceful interaction among the members of the society , and this emphasis is cosmologically constructed and morally embedded in a cosmological universe of meaning . |
| 43 | Children were often given confusing information , not taken to the funeral and generally left with a poor understanding of the finality of the event . |
| 44 | Also , the needles on the needlebed ( plus their latches ) must be in good condition with the sinker posts in an upright position and not bent at a drunken angle ! |
| 45 | The design and development of many of these products was undertaken by large groups of workers and not limited to a small technocratic elite . |
| 46 | Examples in Northern Tyneside include ship-building and -repair as part of the maritime industrial structure , and those local plants which are independent and not tied to a particular customer . |
| 47 | However , talk within the argument and not addressed to a specified individual may be in Creole or in British English , with a single turn often containing elements of both . |
| 48 | If you are married and not entitled to a basic pension on your own contributions , you can still claim the graduated pension , even if your husband has not yet retired . |
| 49 | I have seen huge clumps of it on roadside bands in Greece , the deeply divided , dark green leaves bristling with formidable spines , a most fearsome spectacle , and easily recreated in a warm , sunny , well-drained spot in the garden . |
| 50 | If I had landed on the ski-track , which was hard-packed and icy , I 'd have probably broken my neck , but I seemed to swerve off centre and thus landed in a soft snow-bank and lay panting , stunned and breathless , for a few minutes . |
| 51 | If you wanted to you could work a few more rows of stocking stitch and just put in a single row of holes again , but for our practise piece it is better to carry on and make more holes . |
| 52 | The velvet ones are the ultimate show-stoppers and best worn with a top hat , a velvet choker … and not much else . |
| 53 | With simple outlines and geometrical spacing , they are essentially formal and best planted with a single type of rose , normally hybrid teas or floribundas , while in smaller gardens patio or miniature varieties make equally effective bedding roses . |
| 54 | ‘ This is not simply a matter which can be looked at and comfortably quantified as a constant problem . |
| 55 | This charming villa was spacious and comfortably furnished with a well-stocked library ; the large garden ran down to the lake where there was both a motor boat and a sailing boat . |
| 56 | The 19-year-old singer from 2 Unlimited was left mentally wrecked and physically exhausted after a gruelling tour of South America . |
| 57 | The conception of the centrality of literature could be tacitly and uncontroversially assumed in a 1919 bulletin of the Association where the general goal of promoting " the exact study of our literature which the English Association has at its heart " is simply stated as self-evident . |
| 58 | As fast as it formed this spume was whisked away into the cave from where it was sucked into a natural wind tunnel and finally shot from a huge blow hole towards the centre of Fianuis . |
| 59 | According to the evidence at the trial , only Zaidie bore witness to the defendant 's telephoned confession , but the defence might have promoted a viable theory of conspiracy if they had been able to show that Matadial had also testified to a confession , then resiled from it in her deposition , taken the offensive again in her addendum and finally opted for a female voice in her evidence . |
| 60 | The herbs must be in the best possible condition and generously used for a good refreshing taste . |