Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You never know how little you have to beat , ’ he once said , a doleful look momentarily clouding his large , countryman features and global eyes . |
| 2 | The adoral shields are large , slightly convex and situated totally proximal to the oral shield not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 3 | The adoral shields are nearly rectangular and situated almost entirely proximal to the oral shield not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 4 | But , though it is heartening to find an Iranian writer bravely grappling with the problems of exile and turning a critical eye on the values of both his native and adopted countries , Mr Ataie will write better plays when he admits the theatrical importance of contradiction and argument . |
| 5 | However , the gene is still expressed at a low level further emphasizing that the region between -190bp and -55bp is important for basal expression . |
| 6 | It is supposed to offer the mobile user better windowing , battery monitoring , save and resume functionality , E-mail , fax and SLIP connections than previously available . |
| 7 | Far away we can hear the noise of the wind forcing its way up some narrow gully then bursting free to hurl itself across the plateau we crossed yesterday . |
| 8 | Solowka is the old , flat-capped Northerner forever dreaming of ferrets and Ukrainian records ; Gregory is the quiet , slightly mysterious one ; Gedge is the older brother keeping a paternal watch over everybody ; Smith 's traits , apart from an unruly fringe , have not yet been distilled into comic book form . |
| 9 | While competence ( in Chomsky 's sense ) may be a possible criterion i.e. knowing the rules , this is very problematical to establish . |
| 10 | ‘ Because of me ? ’ he asked , an odd light briefly shining in his eyes . |
| 11 | Lucenzo 's eyes were fiercely alert , his high-peaked mouth fatally dominating Meredith 's vision . |
| 12 | Six million of these families were estimated to earning less than £100 per annum — a very low figure indeed considering that the nation 's provision for a family of five in 1935 was 29s 3d ( £1 46p ) from the Unemployment Assistance Board and 36s ( £ 1 80p ) in 1936 — giving an annual income of between £74 and £90 per annum . |
| 13 | It was to drive another nail into the coffin , into the public service 's coffin , to go alongside compulsory competitive tendering , erosion of working conditions and compulsory redundancies just to satisfy their own political dogma not caring about the citizens of this country , whose quality of life depends on them the services provided by the public sector . |
| 14 | Behind his thick spectacles , his eyes positively blazed at the sight of a completed chart just waiting to have lines drawn on it , and he was always very quick off the mark with his instant weather forecasts whenever any aircrews were planning a jaunt somewhere . |
| 15 | There 's a half-open hatch there leading into what looks like a deep , oddly cube-shaped cupboard ; it 's a dumb waiter . |
| 16 | They had become the first team ever to escape relegation from the top division not having won an away game . |
| 17 | Launching from the smallest of waves , more lift can be gained by lifting the windward rail thus enabling the wind to catch under the board . |
| 18 | Fig. 9 : a toroidal core tends to concentrate the magnetic field tangentially producing the same sensitivity pattern as a pair of bar cores . |
| 19 | for a fresh faced coin still cutting its teeth . |
| 20 | Forne of Skirpenbeck took away the bowl , although that was not his business , and came back with a leg of pork , the burnt seaweed still sticking to it . |
| 21 | Clive Barker ( 1977 ) of Warwick University has given new substance to the use of games in the training of actors and Brian Watkins ( 1981 ) has evolved a theoretical framework conceptually linking drama and game in a way which I shall attempt to build on in the next chapter . |
| 22 | How monthly repayments will be affected on a typical repayment mortgage : Loan Old payment Now Saving |
| 23 | Fig17 Producing the driving force ; Leeward side fast moving air ; Windward side slow moving air |
| 24 | He added , however , that former Sunderland player Billy Bingham , the Northern Ireland manager , might be prepared to reach a compromise with his old club possibly allowing Rogan to play for at least part of the match against Swindon and then link up with the rest of the squad on the day of the international . |
| 25 | THE CIRCUMSTANCES surrounding Amnesty 's adoption as a prisoner of conscience of Vic Williams , the British soldier currently serving a 14-month prison sentence for desertion , are to be fully aired at the AGM on 10–12 April . |
| 26 | OK , so he drops the charm at every commercial break often deserting a guest to make straight for the waiting make-up girls . |
| 27 | To ensure this , we hung the top piece slightly overlapping our pencil line ( about 25–50mm ) and followed with the bottom wallcovering also slightly overlapping . |
| 28 | Some commentators see it as a society suffering from a vast nervous breakdown at community level , with the social fabric slowly disintegrating . |
| 29 | Mandela himself , on the day of his release , described de Klerk as " a man of integrity who is acutely aware of the dangers of a public figure not honouring his undertakings " , and who had " gone further than any other Nationalist president in taking real steps to normalise the situation " . |
| 30 | On Dec. 6 , with the US Marine force offshore awaiting orders to land , a 100-truck aid convoy with armed guards was reported to have transported the first food aid to leave the port for over a month . |