Example sentences of "and [vb -s] in the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the cobbles he clatters and clangs in the dark inn-yard ; And he taps with his whip on the shutters , but all is locked and barred : He whistles a tune to the window , and who should be waiting there But the landlord 's black-eyed daughter , |
| 2 | The other player then picks up four beads from one hole on her side and plays in the same way . |
| 3 | All his attempts to organize street parties , coach outings and singalongs in the local pubs ended in abject failure . |
| 4 | Festivals are n't only about fishing , most feature an after match disco and for the less energetic there 's pool , darts competitions and singalongs in the local bar . |
| 5 | At one level , this is the classic rags-to-riches story of the poor kid from the ghetto , how he overcomes poverty and prejudice and how , helped by his faithful coach , he fights his way to the top , meets the Champ ( Carl Lewis ) , loses , comes back , and wins in the final reel . |
| 6 | Part of the new BHM universal series of metallurgical microscopes the BH2-MJLT has been designed for inspection of large wafers and photomasks in the IC industry . |
| 7 | Bennett has set out the supposed pros and cons in the annual report . |
| 8 | The great landscape of lights glitters and shimmers in the warm evening air . |
| 9 | the man who 's actually called out in the middle of the night and stands in the pouring rain with his mac on directing operations . |
| 10 | To them Heathcote does all the wrong things , says all the wrong things , and writes in the wrong way . |
| 11 | The authors also predict an increase in violent storms , fires , landslides and avalanches in the Alpine region as well as widespread deforestation . |
| 12 | In many parts of Britain tips add identity and character to the landscape , Isolde reclines and glistens in the virgin whiteness of the Cornish sunlight , contrasting with the coal-black tips that have heaved into the dull , greyness of Lancashire 's sky . |
| 13 | Mathematics is becoming increasingly important in its applications and uses in the modern world . |
| 14 | The due observance and fulfilment of the terms provisions conditions and endorsements of this Policy in so far as they relate to anything to be done or complied with by the Policyholder and the truth of the statements and answers in the said proposal shall be conditions precedent to any liability of the Corporation to make any payment under this Policy . |
| 15 | The due observance and fulfilment of the terms provisions conditions and endorsements of this Policy in so far as they relate to anything to be done or complied with by the Policyholder and the truth of the statements and answers in the said proposal shall be conditions precedent to any liability of the Corporation to make any payment under this Policy . |
| 16 | Here the marginality is less transitory and occurs in the post-tribal situation where the concept of liminality is less familiar to the discipline , even though transitions across spatial and temporal boundaries still create epistemological changes of the kind Turner describes . |
| 17 | Critical acclaim at the 1862 international exhibition , and reviews in the leading art and photographic journals , encouraged sales of his photographs throughout Britain . |
| 18 | There is also a useful booklet Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office ( PRO 1967 ) . |
| 19 | It notes the heavy rain , gales , frost and floods in the latter half of the year , describing them as further proof of increased fluctuation and variability in the climate . |
| 20 | The romance continued through the autumn and over Christmas , with intimate dinners and spins in the glamorous car in place of sailing once the season was over . |
| 21 | Leaders of the Solidarity trade union on Dec. 8 announced the failure of talks with the government on measures to offset the rising cost of living , including relaxed wage controls , and increases in the minimum wage and pensions . |
| 22 | In the table at the right of Figure 1 I have given rough figures for the numbers of neurons and synapses in the human neocortex . |
| 23 | Teesside Crown Court heard he suffered a black eye and cuts in the first attack . |
| 24 | In the current situation of economic recession , and cuts in the few nursery facilities that do exist , this option does not appear to be a very feasible one . |
| 25 | Thus the government announced sweeping increases in taxes and cuts in the public sector ; it aimed to scrap all the remaining state subsidies , sell off state assets , and fire about 80,000 workers ( a small proportion of public employees ) . |
| 26 | That of the National Gallery was acquired as a portrait of Federigo da Montefeltro ( acc. no. 3831 ) and hangs in the Reserve Collection . |
| 27 | The image of the sun is obviously suitable for this use because it is the brightest object in the sky , is the source of all life — a scientific fact which was appreciated even in ancient Egypt — and exists in the unapproachable splendour of the empyrean . |
| 28 | All too often a Friday buying binge has been followed by a weekend of sober reflection and regrets in the cold light of Monday morning . |
| 29 | It became clear that most investment and credits in the urban sector had been used to finance further mechanisation and capitalisation , creating limits to labour absorption of industrial sectors . |
| 30 | In many respects the issue has provided the main vehicle for articulating a series of debates about how the state , via its social workers , responds to the needs of children more generally and intervenes in the private sphere of the family in particular ( Parton , 1985 ; Frost , 1989 ) . |