Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [subord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | International trade is complicated by the existence of sepa-rate currencies , each used as mediums of exchange within their own national boundaries . |
| 2 | It is also cultivated by a different type of bacteria to that used as yogurt . |
| 3 | Since the majority of the women were full-time housewives , some self-categorization as housewives can , in any case , be predicted . |
| 4 | One fan said : ‘ I have n't been this wet since Pavarotti in the Park and at least the burgers were cheaper there . ’ |
| 5 | The very few designated as tradesmen and craftsmen in the musters were almost without exception represented as farmers or labourers in the subsidy ( and vice versa ) , implying that their trades were subsidiary . |
| 6 | One dead , another serious as lorry hits workmen . |
| 7 | They lined up like some firing-squad as Messrs Shepherd and Palmer did their best to explain the situation , but only television slo-mo replays would have convinced the sternest of the doubters . |
| 8 | Few gambled as Hammersmith did , and they can afford the small sums they owe . |
| 9 | These are that Japan now matters as much to America as America does to Japan , and that it would do both some good if Japan acted accordingly . |
| 10 | This increased as agriculture grew more intensive , and as the number of livestock and the application of fertilizer has been increased . |
| 11 | Mr Parkinson promised extra security inspectors at airports , some posing as terrorists to test security . |
| 12 | Hazel had not felt so much bewildered since Blackberry had talked about the raft beside the Enborne . |
| 13 | LADY DAVERS : As much married as I ! |
| 14 | OK , they 're old fashioned games revamped , but I 'm an old fashioned type of guy , and anyway , they 're not so much old-fashioned as classics of their types . |
| 15 | Now he was going cat-and-mouse round the yard , as much hunted as hunter . |
| 16 | There are several ponds , hence the startlingly green Fescue fairways , and for reasons as much ecological as golfing , rough areas have been encouraged and a series of copses planted to add character and to complement the design . |
| 17 | Even the historical travelogues , with their resource to tap existing stocks of costumes and sets , were not proving that great as money savers . |
| 18 | By the end of it you 're no all that sure whether teachers get long holidays or no ( they do , though most of them have to work hard for it ) , and whether parents should go and fuck themselves . |
| 19 | They now had a wide circle of acquaintances , mutual or individual , many prominent as writers , feminists , and socialists . |
| 20 | There is also a contrast between the forge and Satis House as the house is barricaded and the inside is all dark so Pip has to be led by candlelight to Miss Havisham and when he first sees her all in white she looks like a fairy godmother but as he looks closer he sees her decay and yellowness . |
| 21 | Its message was that wars occur through misunderstanding , ignorance , and foolishness , all preventable if leaders and citizens will only reflect on the likely unintended consequences of their actions . |
| 22 | At the next they were all square when Lyle missed from three feet . |
| 23 | All square as Ainsdale tie in last ball drama Merseyside Competition |
| 24 | ( Downward transposition was not at all uncommon when countertenor solos were issued in print : for instance , ‘ I envy not the pride of May , from Purcell 's 1693 birthday ode for Queen Mary , is in E major in the original and also goes to top b ’ B♭♯ , but it was published , in the treble clef , in D major . ) |
| 25 | With a lame smile , because she was n't at all sure if Terry was being serious or not , Ellie groaned when her tummy chose that moment to give an embarrassing rumble . |
| 26 | Thus the very vibrancy of Impressionist or Pointillist paintings may well result from the discrimination of thousands of similar bits of colour data , all emerging as dots of similar hue , brightness , size or shape so that each momentarily stands out as a mini-figure against all the rest . |
| 27 | Riley says Pascoe was n't at all happy when Sergeant Marshall told him he was wanted . ’ |
| 28 | Mark Wright , John Barnes , Ian Rush and David Burrows were all missing as Liverpool crashed to their second defeat in four days . |
| 29 | Owners naturally forget or feel sorry for the underdog , but experience has shown that dog/owner relations are all important if treatment is to be successful . |
| 30 | On each of her periods at Hillmarden he had still clung to the faint hope that she was improving , only to find at the end of a week or a fortnight she had made no progress at all and that when Harry — good baby that he was — occasionally cried , this was enough to make Celia so distraught that Brian was forced to accept that it was better for all concerned if mother and baby remained parted . |