Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Small cabins were dotted about at the side of fields , mostly ruined or used as farm sheds , but in some cases inhabited . |
| 2 | Many of these problems centred on the way schools deployed their PNP coordinators ( see pp. 102–8 ) , but Scale 1/MPG staff could also find themselves marginalized or used as supply teachers or even ancillaries in the very way the Authority had warned against . |
| 3 | Inefficient recovery practices have left metal-rich waste dumps which have often been levelled or used as roadstone . |
| 4 | Lloyds is no more outlandish or intrusive than Tower Bridge and much less so than the monstrous and melancholy Battersea Power Station , a sublime work of imperious architecture that Londoners once loved to hate but now admire . |
| 5 | Because of the number of peaks , the structured form must contain a twofold symmetry if duplex , or fourfold if tetraplex . |
| 6 | You can choose cotton that 's blissfully warm , or crisp and cool ; hard wearing and tough , or soft as velvet . |
| 7 | A tall , turbulent white steam column rolls upwards above the vent , often becoming grey or black as ash is blasted upwards . |
| 8 | Obviously it 's nowhere near as deep or complicated as Bard 's Tale , but it 's still a force to be reckoned with — especially now you get the expansion set thrown in too . |
| 9 | The pixel data may be in 8-bit binary words , but it is common for them to be 7-bit binary words , to preserve the capability of 7-bit transmission or coded as ascii hex characters , ie. , 0–9 and a-f , thus also preserving printability . |
| 10 | In its usage of the real or referent as signifier , surrealism eminently illustrated de-differentiated signification . |
| 11 | When he was no more than knee high and as slender as a pencil , I dug him out of the wild river bank and planted him in a virginal garden , half an acre of island that consisted of nothing more luxurious or exotic than brick rubble , tilled chalk and grass seed . |
| 12 | In an age when insurance against all forms of liability is commonplace , it is surely not surprising or unjust if law makes persons who carry on some kinds of hazardous undertakings liable for the harm they do , unless they can excuse or justify it on some recognisable ground . ’ |
| 13 | In summary , Tunguska was probably a fairly strong , dense , asteroid-like object , but probably not as strong or dense as iron . |
| 14 | Frosts can occur well into the summer , while snow may fall in spring , and autumn days can be as balmy as summer or bitter as winter . |
| 15 | ( Longer , personalized speech by old friend or relative when bride 's father is present but does not make a speech . ) |
| 16 | In the second of the Superbike races , which was cut short , winner Fogarty was more than delighted when clerk of the course Billy Nutt announced that the full prize money would be paid out . |
| 17 | Pump housings can be covered with slabs that double as stepping stones , or stands for Bonsai , while the decking over a gravity-fed filter chamber can be painted in the traditional red and black of a tea-house balcony or simple bridge . |
| 18 | His lips were smiling lovingly , but his eyes were hard and unfeeling as jet . |
| 19 | When I was anorexic I had only dim feelings of resentment as to how my body was destined to be used , and the thought of anything as positive and specific as penetration never entered my mind . |
| 20 | A savage place ! as holy and enchanted As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted By woman wailing for her demon-lover ! |
| 21 | Daisy Chainsaw try to shock and scare and upset as art terrorists detonating nailbombs in the nursery , subverting our notions of how a little girly and her backing bullies should behave , and fail dismally . |
| 22 | An addict only stops when he personally comes to the conclusion that his addiction is bringing him more trouble and suffering than pleasure . |
| 23 | There is a real danger in only doing the classical things — you 're OK with it for a time , but then you 're left high and dry when fashion moves on . ’ |
| 24 | As a boy I was always taught to use a sod of turf as a foundation , so that the eggs would remain slightly damp , and to build a snug nest of hay on top of it - and the barn wall was knobbly , draughty and dry as dust . |
| 25 | In the heart of the great metropolitan areas of America the inner cities became as desolate and hopeless as shanty towns . |
| 26 | It is probably the case that the weaker areas of the relevant nations will lose most from this action , since regional disparities tend to widen when aggregate demand falls and narrow when demand rises . |
| 27 | Her back so hot , and slick as ice . |
| 28 | Help if possible when need arises . |
| 29 | The fact that most of them already had criminal records was widely publicised and used as evidence of their guilt in the Chai Qing Feng case . |
| 30 | and used as evidence of provocative atrocities that would justify invading Poland . |