Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [v-ing] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strong fingers peeling the nightshirt upwards , the exploring hunger of the hard mouth on her stomach , her breasts , her lips , it felt as if she 'd been waiting for ever for these feelings … |
| 2 | The two main issues thought to have been on the agenda for Li 's visit were South Korea 's intention to apply for separate membership of the UN ( North Korea favoured the two Korean states sharing a single UN seat ) , and the growing pressure for the North Korean government to allow international inspection of its nuclear facilities , an issue at the heart of the current normalization talks between North Korea and Japan [ see below ] . |
| 3 | Henceforth socialist organisation in the universities was for many years weakened by division between ‘ socialist ’ — i.e. Communist-controlled or influenced-societies and Labour Clubs supporting the Labour Party . |
| 4 | The nights belonged to the several extremist groups demanding an independent Sikh state . |
| 5 | Clusters range in size from fairly restricted features such as Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic , to much more extensive volcanic groups covering a considerable area such as the Azores in the North Atlantic and the Galapagos Islands in the eastem Pacific . |
| 6 | According to a Pakistani commentary , Shahi appeared to be suggesting that once the neutrality of the area was ensured by the regional states pursuing a policy of strict non-alignment , the superpowers could perhaps be persuaded to work towards some sort of mutual accommodation . |
| 7 | GTE Corp 's GTE Telecommunication Services and Digital Equipment Corp have joined forces to develop the CloneDetector , a knowledge-based system to reduce clone fraud in the cellular industry : the system will automatically detect simultaneous calls using the same cellular telephone number but originating from multiple locations , or calls originating outside the normal geographic area used for a particular cellular telephone ; it will build a case for each instance of fraudulent use , prioritise the cases , and recommend the actions to be taken . |
| 8 | We did not reckon on greedy Labour authorities utilising the change to conceal vast increases in public expenditure that they forced on to thousands of unsuspecting electors in our communities , to try to persuade them to change their allegiance from the Conservative party to Labour . |
| 9 | If urban values lend support to the industrial economy upon which we all depend today and this is further characterised by competition , unemployment , social welfare , and a sharp distinction between work and leisure then it is possible to see rural values supporting an almost diametrically-opposed set of conditions : co-operation , multiple occupations , kin and neighbourhood help and no separation of work and leisure . |
| 10 | Maschino is running Daliesque adverts featuring no clothing at all , while Hogg avoids what she calls ‘ boring and unimaginative ’ fashion by using bald-headed ‘ Doctor-Martined ’ models . |
| 11 | In the universities , where in the sixties rioting students and the educated tele-celebrities of the ‘ chattering classes ’ had commanded public attention , there were now dormant , apolitical students anxious only for their future employment , and embittered lecturers suffering a crisis of morale and lamenting the bureaucratic invasion of time traditionally left for teaching and research . |
| 12 | FRED 2 also proposes that the policy adopted should be disclosed , and draws attention to the requirement to apply the normal rules governing the recoverability of assets in those circumstances in which a company is contemplating the recognition of a deferred tax asset in respect of a provision of post-retirement obligations . |
| 13 | Parts of the surface of the helmet were gilded , the boar , dragon heads , the nose and mouth of the face-mask , under surfaces of the eyebrows and the broad fluted strips flanking the crest . |
| 14 | Further down the hierarchy the proportion of the population living in Other Dominant cities ( cities at the core of the twenty major urban regions excluding the top six — e.g. Nottingham , Edinburgh , Coventry , Brighton ) fell marginally , that of Subdominants ( medium-sized cities surrounding the Dominants ) ruse by one percentage point and that of Freestanding cities went up by nearly two percentage points . |
| 15 | Interbedded with these are glacier-derived muds containing the skeletons of small pelagic organisms , and mounds of sediments that have been accumulated by currents flowing along the continental slope . |
| 16 | Meanwhile Conservative councillors have rounded on their Labour opponents saying the latest announcements will lead to complete chaos in the town centre . |
| 17 | A series of geological maps covering the buried marble area of north-west New Territories was published . |
| 18 | The series of twenty 1:5000 geological maps covering the buried marble area of north-west New Territories , produced by the BGS consultant , were published . |
| 19 | Cirrhilabrus labouti is a riot of crimson , scarlet , orange , mauve , purple , and white , forming strong and striking patterns ornamenting the entire body of this magnificent fish . |
| 20 | By the end of the century C. Hart Merriam , director of the Bureau of the Biological Survey of the US Department of Agriculture , was providing extensive maps depicting the ‘ life zones ’ or habitats of various animals and birds running east-west across the North American continent . |
| 21 | In recent years , ex-students have achieved rapid prominence : Ian Davenport , Fiona Rae and Damien Hirst were shortlisted for the Turner Prize in the last two years , while enough of the young neo-conceptual artists dominating the scene ( represented in the Saatchi Collection ; for instance ) studied there for the style to be referred to as ‘ the Goldsmiths ’ phenomenon ’ . |
| 22 | The beards were tested on a recent NASA space mission , where astronauts took ten-hour shifts putting the beards through their paces in a number of varied situations . |
| 23 | MORE BIG collaborative projects involving the government , academic researchers and industry are in the pipeline following the go-ahead given by British ministers this week to a £350 million programme in information technology . |
| 24 | The first was The south-east study ( 1964 ) which put forward broad-based regional proposals covering the period to 1981 of a kind not seen since the end of the war . |
| 25 | The possible states preceding the solution-state are taken as destinations and we look for states that might have preceded each of them … and so on back , until we are within range of where we start . |
| 26 | In most other cases of weak syllables containing a close front unrounded vowel we can assign the vowel to the phoneme , as in the first syllable of ‘ resist ’ , ‘ inane ’ , ‘ enough ’ , the middle syllable of ‘ incident ’ , ‘ orchestra ’ , ‘ artichoke ’ , and the final syllable of ‘ swimming ’ , ‘ liquid ’ , ‘ optic ’ . |
| 27 | THE LIDs OVER the cannons ' eyes slid open as the pirogues approached ; the watch would have thought that he was only imagining the narrow prows breaking the black water , but the order had been given , ‘ Full alert ’ , and so the English sailor trusted his eyes and raised the alarm . |
| 28 | These observations are consistent with findings with normal subjects suggesting a role for the right hemisphere in appreciation of the prosodic factors in speech ( Haggard and Parkinson , 1971 ; Zurif 1974 ; Blumstein and Cooper , 1974 ; Craig , 1979a ; Dwyer and Rinn , 1981 ) . |
| 29 | Together we spent many painstaking months refining the best features from all the entries into one package . |
| 30 | Running east from Sedbergh to link with Wensleydale is the lovely unspoilt valley of Garsdale , native trees and lush pastures softening the harshness of the confining heights of Baugh Fell and Rise Hill . |