Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The individual cow-pats are often still very hot and plastic when they hit the ground , so that as they pile up one on top of each other , they spread out further , and weld together , forming a solid mass known as spatter . |
| 2 | To the Gaijin rear Jotan 's five hundred were a solid mass cutting off the line of retreat . |
| 3 | This is caused by energy from a weak field pulsating in harmony with the resonant frequency of ion motion in a steady magnetic field . |
| 4 | A switch of a very subtle kind appears in another passage from The Night Watchmen . |
| 5 | Summing up his goodwill mission , Benavides said that the sharp differences between the two sides would only be overcome by a political decision made at highest level . |
| 6 | " It was a political decision made by the government and not by the Federation , " Bland said . |
| 7 | The Presidential Council initially appeared designed to supplant the CPSU central committee politburo as the main centre of political decision making in the Soviet Union . |
| 8 | One example might be the political decision taken in January 1991 that no one must wait longer than two years for an operation by April 1992 , irrespective of clinical need . |
| 9 | Functionally the political decision shown in the drawing may seem very similar to the refusal to make a decision . |
| 10 | Almost certainly this was a political decision aimed at maintaining good relations with the farming industry and unions rather than the result of a careful agricultural assessment . |
| 11 | He defied suspension under a gagging contract imposed by the counties on their cricketers — but which , I feel , the players should have refused to sign . |
| 12 | The embroidery , a pattern of golden lily-flowers dotted here and there , each one at a fair distance from the other , would be confined to the shoulder band and to a broad sash fastening at the back in as large a bow as Miss Dallam would tolerate , its ends falling to the hem of her skirt . |
| 13 | IBM 's Pennant Systems last week announced the extension of its Advanced Function Printing into the AIX/6000 environment and WISIWYG viewing on PS/2 screens under Windows . |
| 14 | An interpretation of a child 's language will be derived from some comparison between the child 's actual language and a descriptive framework incorporated within the assessment procedure . |
| 15 | Certainly the driver seemed satisfied enough , she accorded with relief as with a smile he pointed to an illuminated notice indicating that her hotel was at the end of a narrow passageway leading from the main street . |
| 16 | He was taken across the yard , down a narrow passageway lined with stuffed brown paper sacks of confidential waste , and through the door at its end into the Vine Street Charge Room . |
| 17 | Many have tried other companies ; they say our tuition is unbeatable , while our discreetly organised approach offers the widest possible freedom to choose between really interesting sailing activities . |
| 18 | Notice the narrow snout extending beyond the mouth which helps it to seek out small rodents , reptiles and invertebrates . |
| 19 | Lou had allowed her coal-black hair to grow into a softer , more feminine style that flattered her small features . |
| 20 | Only the Norman crypt remains as evidence of that church . |
| 21 | Most of the data available on human colonic motility originate from investigations conducted in the most distal portions of the viscus , because of technical difficulties in reaching its proximal portions . |
| 22 | At a time when galleries are retrenching or closing , it is nice to be able to report this exciting European link forged by the energetic Hue-Williams , and to note the arrival of Marianne Holtermann , private dealer in modern and contemporary art , who has opened an office above Bolger Carpets at 31 New Bond Street . |
| 23 | Fifthly , in the arena of foreign affairs , Hitler was commonly regarded as an upholder and a fanatical defender of Germany 's just rights , a rebuilder of the nation 's strength , a statesman of genius , and for the most part , it seems , not as a racial imperialist warmonger working towards a ‘ war of annihilation ’ and limitless German conquest . |
| 24 | The relationship between a response and its consequences , or the association between a conditioned stimulus and a conditioned response learned by watching others is described as vicarious conditioning . |
| 25 | This sort of task is very common in process control situations where the operator often makes a preliminary three-way decision corresponding to the worldwide system of red , amber and green traffic lights . |
| 26 | An unused kitchen located on the first floor of this block , provided the necessary space for a new Staff Room , Kitchenette and Toilets , with supplementary Staff Toilets , Lockers and Resources Area being located in the link to the three storey block . |
| 27 | He said : ‘ The fact that we are guaranteed a play-off place gives us a solid base to go to Molineux . |
| 28 | Why could n't he have a Ford ? ) was outside No. 16 and there was a builder 's flat-backed truck parked in front of it . |
| 29 | As my right hon. Friend pointed out from the Dispatch Box yesterday , only £1 in £3 of agricultural support goes to farmers , which we do not think makes much sense . |
| 30 | What effect does agricultural support have on world prices ? |