Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , the council had a large Labour majority with political decision making often restricted to the Labour group and with little debate in committees . |
| 2 | It seduced his imagination : woolly wisps streaming past told him nothing ; he could be flying into a mountainside … or diving … or two seconds away from a collision … |
| 3 | Heavy metal cretins , evil aliens , pan-global pop celebs and long-lost spaceships drifting forever in the airless void of deep space — yep , those ELDORADO plotlines are finally picking up . |
| 4 | Others have suggested that there were paired nasal sacs opening separately and gave rise to the theory that heterostracans might be ancestral to jawed vertebrates ( Fig. 2 B , b ) . |
| 5 | The greatest changes in sleep in humans take place during the first year of life , with the normal one-year-old showing essentially the same patterns of sleep as the adult , although in different proportions of stages , and with a recognizably different EEG . |
| 6 | What appeared an important strand in forward-looking European defence planning only a few years ago — when the new Europe sought a measure of independence from the US defence umbrella — looks more questionable now . |
| 7 | What appeared an important strand in forward-looking European defence planning only a few years ago — when the new Europe sought a measure of independence from the US defence umbrella — looks more questionable now . |
| 8 | The significance of economic support Drawing together the different strands of this discussion of economic support , we can ask : Who are the main beneficiaries within a family ? |
| 9 | Unless something in other parts of the legislation discloses such purpose , the courts are forced to adopt one of the two possible meanings using highly technical rules of construction . |
| 10 | The England midfielder added : ‘ I 've only been with Leeds for a few days but that 's long enough to know I 've made the right decision coming here . ’ |
| 11 | Struggling into yet another of the brief garments bought for her by Ross — her trembling fingers fumbling awkwardly with the small scraps of material — Laura dearly wished that she had the courage to chicken out of the whole affair . |
| 12 | Half an hour later , her cotton wrap once more about her , though with a towel about her shoulders , Fabia , with her long newly washed hair clinging wetly to her , emerged from the bathroom . |
| 13 | He stood straighter in the water , his broad chest glistening wetly in the multicoloured light . |
| 14 | But individually they orbit at different speeds depending on their distance from the Sun , the innermost rocky planets orbiting much faster than the outer balls of frozen gaseous vapour , such as Jupiter , Saturn and Uranus . |
| 15 | Throughout much of urban Spain the lower-middle class , whilst larger than is sometimes suggested , was engaged in relatively small-scale economic activities involving little in the way of enterprise : family-based manufacturing , localized commerce , a primitive service sector , and not least important the buying , selling and leasing of land — a major middle-class preoccupation since the disentailment of the Church 's landed property in the mid-nineteenth century . |
| 16 | She sat , leaning her cheek on her hand , gazing down at the dog , her flaming hair falling untidily down her back , and over her shoulders , and glistening in the light from the candelabrum on the mantel and the glow of the fire . |
| 17 | IDE drives do not need low level formatting so if your BIOS has such a routine , ignore it . |
| 18 | They wanted to see scientific and technical programmes dealing specifically with issues such as employment possibilities for youth , and they called for more cultural programmes reflecting young Chilean people 's interests . |
| 19 | Devlin swayed , his right foot flicking forward , catching Berger under the left knee-cap . |
| 20 | They encountered taverns with painted signs hanging outside , and shops with their wares displayed in the windows . |
| 21 | A.agassizii is even more peaceful than most — I have two males and a female occupying an 18″ breeding tank without the non-dominant male showing so much as a frayed fin . |
| 22 | It is financed by Government ( 7.6 million pounds in 1983 ) with the agricultural industry contributing over three million pounds in the same year , indirectly through trainees ' wages and travel costs and directly through some course charges . |
| 23 | By instinct rather than design he found himself at Saint Winifred 's altar , and kneeled to approach her , his creaky knees settling gingerly on the lowest step of her elevated place . |
| 24 | Jessamy opened her eyes , then swiftly closed them again as she saw his tall figure standing there . |
| 25 | He gave another low , maddening laugh , his tall figure looming menacingly over her trembling body . |
| 26 | He turned from Alina , trying to retch but with his clogged windpipe preventing even that ; he threw himself toward the doors , trying to get out into air , air that he could n't quite reach . |
| 27 | Before they left , they heard the Regent declaring that if Edward Plantagenet sat tight and did not attempt any attack across Tweed , then he might lead the Scots force raiding deep into Northumberland , even as far as Bamborough where Edward 's young Queen was known to be installed . |
| 28 | And she marched out of the kitchen , her tall wig swaying slightly with the brisk jerky movement . |
| 29 | Perhaps the most obvious omission in this chapter , however , which analyses joke-capping sessions involving both men and women , is any consideration of the topical question of the relations between male and female discourse , with particular reference to any differences and similarities in joking conventions , in single sex or mixed company . |
| 30 | While he retained his criticisms of rationality , Foucault substituted the idea of an otherness at work within reason for that of a repressed alterity existing outside or beyond it . |