Example sentences of "and surrounded by [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within the main outcrop of Ashdown Sand lies Ashdown Forest , a large tract of open heathland , reaching in places a height of nearly 220 metres , and surrounded by extensive woods . |
| 2 | Next to Ormesby Hall and surrounded by ancient trees is the Church where Cook 's elder brother , John , and one of his younger sisters were baptised . |
| 3 | Beneath a vaulted whitewashed ceiling and surrounded by strange blocks and squares which artists said were ‘ pictures , ’ the playwright , Vaclav Havel , met the world 's press . |
| 4 | Someone y'kin talk into givin' himself up when he finds himself cornered and surrounded by armed cops , an ’ he gits to feelin' scared an' sorry fer himself . |
| 5 | They were high , cool and comfortable , and surrounded by spacious stoops . |
| 6 | La Ratte potatoes served a voluptuous , creamy , mushroom-flavoured sauce , and surrounded by crisp-cooked mangetouts , make a sophisticated supper dish . |
| 7 | In Egypt , Lords Cromer and Milner , enthroned in marble halls and surrounded by British soldiers , thought of themselves as playing , with the utmost discretion , an exceptionally difficult lone hand ; they delighted in the formal restrictions placed on British power , though everyone in Egypt knew them to be of no practical consequence . |
| 8 | There is a comfortable bar , a lounge and a panoramic restaurant , and outside , a sea water swimming pool is set in a large sun terrace and surrounded by overhanging trees . |
| 9 | In a word , the past year , especially , has confronted us with the problem of ‘ our crises ’ , which are the result of the initial stages of a transition economy in a country with a backward , petty-bourgeois population and surrounded by hostile forces . |
| 10 | Until then , he was seen in every glossy place around the coasts of Europe , gambling , sailing his expensive yacht , entertaining the rich and famous and surrounded by beautiful women . ’ |
| 11 | It is entirely modern and in its environs are many residential villas embowered in trees and shrubs and surrounded by beautiful gardens , ’ reads a guide to the Lakes of the 1900s . |