Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been argued that British membership of the EEC imposes a legal not simply a political limitation on Parliament . |
| 2 | Beautifully decorated inside and out , the Maria offers a good standard of accommodation and traditional family hospitality at a reasonable price . |
| 3 | ‘ The death of Marcos offers a momentous opportunity for the Aquino government to rally the people behind the ideals which swept it to power : freedom and democracy , bread and justice . |
| 4 | Multiplex PCR offers a practical means to improve V cholerae surveillance operations . |
| 5 | It has become more sensitive , as indeed makes sense , for if an Aplysia receives a dangerous stimulus naturally , it probably means some hazardous entity is nearby , and it will pay to be careful . |
| 6 | If an Aplysia receives an alarming stimulus such as an electric shock on the tail , it then responds more readily to other stimuli ( such as prods to the siphon ) that it would otherwise have been less responsive to . |
| 7 | In this the University of Nottingham Union plays a central role , either running or being connected with almost all of students ' extra curricular activities . |
| 8 | The Belmore Centre in Stoke Mandeville offers a bewildering combination of alternative treatments for the body , mind and soul . |
| 9 | Shamir receives a frosty reception from US President Bush during a Washington meeting . |
| 10 | From a crazy catholic mixture of grape varieties ( Cabernet Sauvignon , Malbec , Merlot , Syrah , Cabernet Franc , Pinot Noir and Tannat are all in the '90 ) , Guibert of Mas de Daumas Gassac produces a spectacular red that needs at least 10 years ' cellaring . |
| 11 | Plymouth reader JOHN RUNDLE offers a step-by-step guide to breeding Neon Tetras . |
| 12 | Once the world 's largest woollen mill , now a working museum , Armley Mills offers a realistic glimpse into Yorkshire 's industrial heritage . |
| 13 | TOP CLASS : Eton offers a good education — for those who can afford it |
| 14 | Mrs Bloggs plays a passive role , adjusting to the situation . |
| 15 | Lavant plays a vagrant waif , Binoche a runaway painter . |
| 16 | The recently published book Collecting Lustreware goes a long way to correct such assumptions , for it gives a comprehensive account of all British pottery and porcelain manufacturers who are known to have made and/or decorated lustreware — and there was no shortage of them . |
| 17 | Little was known about the products of many of these areas , and much research still needs to be done but Collecting Lustreware goes a long way to redressing the balance . |
| 18 | At one point in Maus II , Vladek 's wife Anja plays a murderous game of hide-and-seek , chased up and down the bunk beds of a vast , empty Auschwitz barracks by a guard reduced in close-up to a pair of vicious piggy eyes above a snarling snout ( Poles are pigs in a world where Jews are mice efficiently exterminated by German cats ) . |
| 19 | Alternatively , the Lambeth offers an exceptional 2.25 per cent off for one year for loans of less than 60 per cent . |
| 20 | EMBL offers a competitive salary and some help with moving expenses ( where applicable ) . |
| 21 | Pachystomias produces a red beam , which is just as effective . |
| 22 | I was particularly taken by Debra Gillett as the likeable innocent who takes some hard knocks before the night is out , while Danny Webb offers a memorable portrait of the sharpest and most driven of the salesmen , cruelly torn between elation at his own success and a growing awareness of just how grubby the whole operation is . |
| 23 | Kunz 's Kunsthalle represents a novel art business foray in New York . |
| 24 | When Isabella wins a military victory she celebrates it with eleven days of psalms and the sonorous severities of priests . |
| 25 | Perhaps Osiris represents an early king whose death led to war between the two kingdoms . |
| 26 | Here ITN has an inbuilt advantage . |
| 27 | Two organisations have now managed to set up clearing facilities enabling them to dispense hard currency in Moscow : Credobank , a Moscow-based commercial bank , began offering cash advances to Visa card holders from early March and American Express has been offering a limited service to its card holders from its Moscow representative office ; Credobank has an on-line connection to a London clearing centre to check all cards — the connection was organised by Sprint Networks ; the bank also plans to offer cash service in some Moscow hotels . |
| 28 | Full of character , Paxos has an easy social life , ideal for people on holiday by themselves . |
| 29 | WCJ 's Pyscho Buttress has a new line between Sunrise and Early One Morning . |
| 30 | The Corrado also has a multi-function computer , while the Calibra has a no-cost option of metallic paint . |