Example sentences of "struck [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Mallender than struck for a third time when Miandad could not resist one which moved away a little , Stewart gloving it with ease : 64 for 3 .
2 TODAY racing followers were also in the money when Pot Luck struck for the second day running with two winning Placepot lines for a profit of over £50 at Doncaster .
3 Then disaster struck for the second time when he pulled a tendon in his left leg , an injury that has ended many a greyhound 's racing career .
4 ARSONISTS have struck for the second time in five days at a Middlesbrough park .
5 Under headlines such as ‘ Fiend 's third victim ’ ( Daily Mirror ) and ‘ Terror of tape bondage rapist ’ ( Sun ) , it was noted how ‘ a sticky-tape sex-fiend has struck for the third time ’ bringing ‘ terror to a triangle of Hampshire towns ’ .
6 MEAN-HEARTED thieves have struck for the third time at the Wrexham depot of the Operation Christmas Child charity , stealing a fax machine used to send out vital documents for aid convoys .
7 Nevertheless , a blow has been struck for the land-owning taxpayer , particularly those less well-off individuals who have not been able to defend themselves against the local district valuer 's increasingly aggressive commercial techniques .
8 In serious breaches of these codes , the professional can be struck off the professional register .
9 He attempted to have the case thrown out as " frivolous and vexatious " , but failed to have it struck off the High Court list .
10 The 47-year-old consultant now faces being struck off the Medical Register for attempting to murder a terminally-ill patient .
11 He was struck off the medical register for his pains .
12 I say used to because he 's been struck off the medical register .
13 When they stepped into the street the damp warmth hit her in the face and the heat of the pavements struck through the thin soles of her shoes so that every step of the way was like treading on hot cinders .
14 Heat struck through the thin soles of her sandals as , joining the straggling file of other passengers , Luce made her way across the tarmac towards the rather unprepossessing terminal building .
15 The sun struck through the open window on to my bare arm .
16 A balance is struck between the stated needs of staff from individual service points and the needs of the system or subsystem .
17 A stand-off agreement was struck between the two parties a couple of years ago but observers say the recent death of Savoy president Sir Hugh Wontner may have triggered a fresh attack .
18 Here a balance has to be struck between the economic need for minerals and the interests of amenity , and it is relevant ( and indeed essential ) to consider whether economic needs can be satisfactorily met from other sources with less damage to amenity .
19 As such it is considered to pro provide an appropriate level at the strategic policy guidance within which District Councils can development their local planned policies , taking into account local circumstances and conditions and indeed the appropriate balance to be struck between the rural economy and protection of the environment .
20 John Gallagher 's 39th-minute drop goal gave Leeds the edge at 7–6 until Eastwood , 26 , struck after a blistering 40-yard dash down the right flank by Hull centre James Grant .
21 Behind Lord John the first beam of sunlight struck like a golden lance across the world 's rim .
22 Father Barnes was struck with a terrible possibility and , without thinking , gave it voice :
23 The wall to the right of the door was covered with tools of the trade — chisels and punches of every size , mostly with handles of twisted willow which allowed the smith to hold them whilst they were struck with a seven pound sledgehammer and feel no vibration .
24 The following morning she was struck with a heavy fever and by the end of the day she was stone deaf .
25 It is struck with a rigid stick with a large head of felt .
26 He opened his eyes wider , struck with the forceful novelty of this application of such a difficult word , to himself .
27 Do you feel some deal has been struck with the British government ?
28 Then you 'll be struck with an established pattern of behaviour that 's harder to break .
29 The fact that the murderer struck above the left ear does n't seem particularly significant .
30 Hopkins advised against sending reclaimed prostitutes into domestic service because of the danger to middle-class sons : ‘ better a thousand times that this fearful social evil should be localized in certain spots , which we call dens , than by our hasty and injudicious benevolence it should be struck into the very bosom of our families . ’
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