Example sentences of "[noun prp] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Any devout Jew would recognise this ‘ star from Jacob ’ as referring to David in a Messianic sense . |
| 32 | ‘ Are you joining us for a swim ? ’ asked David in a loud voice . |
| 33 | I met up with Pat in a small room at the front of the house tucking into a breakfast of fried eggs and an obscure piece of meat that took up about half of his mess-tin . |
| 34 | The statement suggests a number of reforms to US tort law , several of which were first put forward by Arthur Andersen managing partner Lawrence Weinbach in a heartfelt speech to the New York Financial Writers Association in May ( see ACCOUNTANCY , June , p 12 ) . |
| 35 | On Page 3 , Chris Greentree describes his goal for LASMO in a special message to all employees . |
| 36 | It now looks all but certain that there will be a new man in the White House leading the United States in a new direction . |
| 37 | Though serial numbers were issued to the Joyces , the identity books were not , since the family protested that it intended to leave the country for the United States in a few more days . |
| 38 | Once again the dilemma of maintaining the independence of South Korea without involving the United States in an open-ended commitment was examined . |
| 39 | The flamboyant Frenchman from Bordeaux , who seemed particularly comfortable on a hard court , disposed of No. 2 seed and defending champion Neale Pashley in a close semi-final encounter . |
| 40 | These words , uttered by Baron Parke in an 1848 case , still hold good today . |
| 41 | The CAA inspector put his arm round Branson in an avuncular manner . |
| 42 | Over three weeks McKee , well known for his masterclasses on screenplay writing , will aim to debunk horror , comedy and Ingrid Bergman in a new three-part strand in the Without Walls series starting March 31 . |
| 43 | HOMELESS Stephen Grady — living with 11month-old daughter Heidi in an old car — faces being moved on tomorrow . |
| 44 | Then Buddie had slapped his thighs and bellowed with laughter as the biggest bin overturned and its slimy contents rushed towards Frankie in an oozing wave . |
| 45 | Martin Kemp is the handsome human and redeemable Reggie , goaded out of his shred of decency by his mad brother , who watches him murder McVitie in a terrifying frenzy of anger and brotherly affection , stabbing the inert body long after life has left it . |
| 46 | ( v ) Adhere the cells on to their glass coverslips by centrifuging them at 500 g for 10 min at 20-C in a HB-4 rotor of a Sorvall RC-5 centrifuge . |
| 47 | Juha Kankkunen recaptured the lead from compatriot Ari Vatanen in a hard-fought finish to yesterday 's second leg of the three-day 1,000 Lakes Rally in Finland . |
| 48 | ‘ Thank you , sir , ’ said Sergeant-Major Philpott in a clipped bark . |
| 49 | ‘ You 've been listening , ’ announced Ken in a pointed BBC accent , ‘ to an excerpt from Forever Amber . ’ |
| 50 | Then a short time ago she came to Edward in a great state . ’ |
| 51 | The sudden and catastrophic nature of the French defeat at Poitiers placed Edward in a powerful negotiating position , but in no way removed the difficulties that he would face in financing and sustaining the campaigns that would be necessary if negotiations with the French broke down . |
| 52 | Again , an analysis of the lesser offices of bailli , prévôt and constable ( of a castle ) between 1254 and 1307 reveals that at least sixty-one identifiable Gascon nobles held these offices , as against a mere nineteen English or Anglo-Normans , of whom ten were appointed by Simon de Montfort and the Lord Edward in a single year ( 1253–4 ) . |
| 53 | He had met Freud in a dark forest . |
| 54 | Other traditions claim she is a pale and beautiful young woman wearing a grey cloak and green gown , or a HAG in a winding sheet , though most often she is attired in loose white drapery , ‘ putting forward her mournful wail ’ with the coming of dusk . |
| 55 | It was near Loch Pattack in a thick rolling fog . |
| 56 | This half-sister to Dante winner Alnasr Alwasheek showed plenty of promise behind Areciba in a warmly-contested Newbury maiden race last month . |
| 57 | Iran 's oil sales to the US and assets there were frozen by the Carter administration , whose later attempt to mount a Hollywood-style rescue ended in the desert at Tabas in an ignominious collision of aircraft . |
| 58 | The Eastern District also featured prominently among the appendices to the evidence , where there were several tables of information about selected Districts : the Eastern was a good choice for inclusion here because it embraced almost twice as many branches as any other District , it covered a distinctive part of the country and its relatively-high level of students ' and members ' financial contributions tended to show the WEA in a good light . |
| 59 | In 1947 , Tawney in his preface to The future in Adult Education , raised many of the post-war problems facing the WEA in a changing society . |
| 60 | Then he came to the difficulties faced by the WEA in a large town : |