Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Insects who feed off , pollinate or whose lives are otherwise associated with these particular plants have a corresponding detection system in the structure of their antennae , through which they perceive specific patterning in the infrared , just as we perceive what we call ‘ visible ’ light , through our eyes . |
| 2 | It is unclear whether the ensemble is complete or what purpose the pieces served , although it seems plausible that the treasure could have been part of a decoration for a large container or a large doorway . |
| 3 | However , erm this is the first chance I 've had to speak today so I ca n't take all the blame of the er , of the , of the late start , erm I do n't know whether it would make it any easier to the my colleagues on my right or my left erm to accept the Liberal resolution . |
| 4 | If you can detect none , either you are tone deaf or your historian is a dull dog . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know if she was upset or her eyes were watering because of the smoke . |
| 6 | Protected : Most cleaning products must be kept dry or their contents , packaging or labelling will suffer . |
| 7 | However , the system is by no means universally applied despite the existence of national guidelines and the sanctions against offenders are not nearly tough enough to deter all those whose standards are low or whose intentions in entering a profitable market are dishonourable . |
| 8 | If we are to move to an era of low or nil inflation and to the European way of doing things , whereby house prices will not increase , I do not know what will happen to the economy of the south of England or to unemployment . |
| 9 | He had either bailed out too low or his parachute had malfunctioned . |
| 10 | But it takes no long reflexion to see that , in this case , if the interrogative is acceptable , then it asks for a straightforward manner adverbial or its equivalent as an answer , and it is not directly related to the sentences in ( 33 ) . |
| 11 | ‘ Ow about : Vote Labour Or Your Balls Will Drop Off ? ’ he asked . |
| 12 | A glimpse of herself with her hair all wrong or her coat bunched could ruin Lydia 's day . |
| 13 | Tell yourself honestly whether it 's the garment that 's wrong or your estimation of your own proportions . |
| 14 | Yet others had correctly calculated that they were too old or their employment patterns too discontinuous to be eligible for pensions . |
| 15 | It is possible to include in the wording of the Deed that the covenant will cease if certain conditions occur — for example , if you become unemployed or your income falls below a certain level . |
| 16 | Her personality was drab , earnest and humourless and her appearance calculatedly unattractive . |
| 17 | Secondly , he ignored folk memory of the English and the noble Scottish and their depredations : à propos , a story came to light much later , and recurs in local annals and in the works of many Johnsonian students |
| 18 | Richard Smith 's suggestion is that the GMC should ‘ investigate treatments offered by doctors that may be risky and whose value has not been scientifically proved . ’ |
| 19 | Aghredien , who played for SARU and is classified as coloured ( his father was Malayan and his mother Norwegian ) , has been working hand in hand with Bill Cunningham — a back-row forward , who played for the Springboks on their 1959 internal tour — to develop rugby in townships around Port Elizabeth for nearly two decades . |
| 20 | Hugh Despenser the younger had already petitioned the king on the grounds that the charges against him were erroneous and his condemnation illegal , particularly because so few prelates were present in the parliament which gave judgement . |
| 21 | The tiny samples of lacquer were progressively heated to about 350o C , ionised and their decomposition products analysed in a quadrupole mass spectrometer . |
| 22 | Having topped the charts worldwide and walked away with almost every conceivable music industry honour , Neneh Cherry has nevertheless kept her head screwed on , her priorities clear and her demeanour refreshingly calm and unpretentious . |
| 23 | At least her skin was clear and her neck had n't started to sag . |
| 24 | His mind would become totally clear and his reactions devoid of any hesitation . |
| 25 | If , while we are praying for the Lord to do a new thing , we are failing to take action in areas where his intentions are perfectly clear and his resources for their implementation guaranteed , then he is unlikely to respond to our appeals to do more . |
| 26 | He was able to give a pagan friend power of attorney to act on his behalf , and so found an elegant way of keeping his conscience clear and his standing with the church unaffected . |
| 27 | He sent Rizzardi clear and his cross was missed by Brian Kilcline , enabling Capocchiano to put it away from close in . |
| 28 | But Annadale levelled in the 41st minute when Chris Jackson sent John Stephens clear and his cross was turned into the net by a Western defender . |
| 29 | For people with a profound hearing loss there are bound to be times when speechreading seems to be very hard going , but even in the dark you are still on the way if your aim is clear and your courage bright . |
| 30 | Because FI , in the wake of Renault , was shifting towards the turbo engine and because McLaren was beginning to develop the TAG/ Porsche engine , 1982 was something of a transitional year at the team and both Niki and his team-mate John Watson suffered in the results table , Watson actually finishing ahead of Niki in the championship , the first time he had ever been upstaged within his own team . |