Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is their good fortune to have the luxury of comment without the responsibility of action that enables them to appear more in tune with public feeling than the ideologists of either side of the political spectrum . |
| 2 | A return to the formal table manners of Victorian times may be the best way to stop us all eating in a hurry . |
| 3 | The introduction comments : ‘ We have witnessed a great change in manners : the substitution of words without blows for blows with or without words ; an approximation in the manners of different classes ; a decline in the spirit of lawlessness . ’ |
| 4 | The manners of some people ! ’ commented Sybil as they made their way to their cars . |
| 5 | Most journalists agree that the telephone manners of some PR departments leave a good deal to be desired . |
| 6 | Most librarians prefer to divide orders amongst a number of booksellers in order to give themselves greater flexibility and a degree of control over the standards of service , and also to make use of the specializations of different dealers . |
| 7 | A useful group of iris with clumps of grassy foliage . |
| 8 | After fertilisation though , the flowers develop extraordinary clumps of discus-shaped bodies — microscopic examination shows that these bodies are a true hybrid of animal protein sandwiched between a thin envelope of tomato fruit . |
| 9 | She followed its descent to the water 's edge , then looked across to where a high rock wall was studded with clumps of ferny growth that had found soil in crevices . |
| 10 | Grasses gradually increase and after 10 years the appearance is mainly one of grassland with scattered clumps of tall herbs . |
| 11 | A medicine trolley squeaked rodently in the hall outside , where other out-patients sat in clumps of tubular steel chairs neatly arranged according to their various diseases . |
| 12 | The unwary climber is dive-bombed by irate parent birds as speckled chicks freeze to stillness behind clumps of raffia-like moor grass . |
| 13 | Venturing into the city 's underground reservoirs the Doctor finds clumps of Deadly Nightshade growing , and also a party of human survivors from the first expedition . |
| 14 | This might happen for some clumps of primordial germ cells are known to form intercellular bridges so that they exist as a syncytium ( fused cells , sharing several nuclei ) . |
| 15 | Back at Stuart Street I found Fenella and Lisabeth and Miranda and Doogie busy decorating the staircase with brightly coloured tinsel streamers which had clumps of real holly tied into them every eighteen inches or so . |
| 16 | Most species require very soft and slightly acid water conditions with clumps of fine-leaved plants in which to scatter their strongly adhesive eggs . |
| 17 | At one point they stopped to smoke a chillim in a glade where the conifers were thinner and dense clumps of feathery-leafed bamboo had spread across the open spaces . |
| 18 | Rare blue lizards scurry among the rocks of Petra ; clumps of black lilies grow beside the King 's Highway ; the few oases teem with birds . |
| 19 | Woolly alder aphids are so named because they produce clumps of woolly wax from their bodies . |
| 20 | Hugging the ground , dodging clumps of splintered trees , hopping over hedges and walls and old fortified lines , Lambert led Kimberley and Killion so low that they had little opportunity to take their eyes off the terrain and look for balloons . |
| 21 | ‘ Do n't forget to be at the meeting tomorrow then , ’ we prompted as we trod carefully on the clumps of dry grass as if they were stepping-stones . |
| 22 | There were rainbow clumps of raw colour which sizzled and suddenly coiled into snakelike forms as she approached and lifted serpentine heads to hiss at her ; there were pouring cascades of things that had appeared to be silk or velvet , but which were molten gold when she got nearer and made her remember Fael-Inis and the cascading River and the salamanders . |
| 23 | Scattered around the lip of the hole were several clumps of brown fur . |
| 24 | There were small clumps of purple china roses in the continental style , heavy and sharp enough to be used as weapons ; wreaths of laurel , and hellebore flowers in white plastic with glittered stamens . |
| 25 | Between them and the stream itself stood half-grown clumps of purple loosestrife and fleabane , which would not flower for nearly two months yet . |
| 26 | Clumps of sturdy weed grew wherever they could take a firm hold . |
| 27 | The large clumps of tufted hair grass Deschampsia caespitosa or soft brome grass Bromius mollis around the edges of woods or in rough meadows are veritable insect palaces . |
| 28 | and clumps of busy Lizzie were in full bloom . |
| 29 | Clumps of particular species may reflect past tree falls in this way . |
| 30 | They hover together in their crowded safety , their tables littered by empty pint glasses rimmed and dripping with the foamy froth of leftover lager , and ashtrays overflowing like untidy clumps of ashen moss . |