Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He touched the black enamelled visor of his helmet in answer to the salute of the red-coated sentry who stood outside an expensive front door , then cantered on through Brussels ' fashionable streets until he reached a large house on the rue de la Blanchisserie . |
| 2 | Bold concept cars from Renault and Citroen were the stars at the Paris motor show along with Mercedes ' new 500E Q-car . |
| 3 | The medical neglect of psychosomatic illness and hypochondria must shoulder some of the blame in such situations , because the stigma attached to these disorders owes much to doctors ' negative attitudes . |
| 4 | The Fouga , designed as a primary jet trainer , was and still is a very good machine for introducing pilots gently to jets ' special characteristics — while giving them lots of fun too . |
| 5 | The recent shortage at auction of outstanding examples of Victorian painting is put down to vendors ' unfounded fears that prices for even the best must have suffered . |
| 6 | Armed thus , and in the mood for , erm , fun , Mr Mooncult stormed down to Paris ' notorious Pigalle red light area and proceeded to lob his ‘ ammunition ’ at puzzled transvestites . |
| 7 | All kinds of hand tools , ranging from picks , mattocks and shovels down to builders ' pointing trowels and even teaspoons and paintbrushes , are used . |
| 8 | I would put more emphasis on the role of schools and teachers in dissuading girls from science , and less on girls ' internal states . |
| 9 | The cuckoo 's lazy tactic of leaving the hassle of child care to others is well known , but given the chance , fish will also attempt to cash in on others ' parental efforts in various ways . |
| 10 | SHELL-SHOCKED West Ham missed the chance to steal second place from Division One promotion rivals Tranmere last night after being shot down by Rovers ' ace marksman John Aldridge . |
| 11 | A few years later it 's chocs away for Rovers ' new regime at Wolves on Saturday . |
| 12 | We have so far said little about the way the Stress Syndrome spills over into teachers ' personal relationships out of school . |
| 13 | Our analysis is still incomplete , however , as there is a deictic usage of come that is based not on participants ' actual location , but on their normative location or home-base . |
| 14 | It was all a little like Rhodes ' secret society , which was to have ‘ members placed at our universities and our schools [ to ] watch the English youth passing through their hands ’ , and may conceivably have been influenced by it . |
| 15 | Frankfurt , Germany : Visitors to the Techtextil exhibition in June were able to learn more about Courtaulds ' new fibre Tencel . |
| 16 | When the Consultative Report was issued in November , ( reproduced in ACCOUNTANCY , December 1992 , p 147 ) a tight deadline of 31 January 1993 was imposed on members in order that the Institute would be able to respond promptly to members ' current needs . |
| 17 | The première , bedevilled as always by singers ' last-minute indispositions , and by the late arrival of the archduke , was nevertheless a success , and the opera had a total of 26 performances . |
| 18 | Dutch outfit Uniface ‘ has a good message — it 's the same as ours , ’ says Zambonini , part prompting the smartening up of Cognos ' GUI capabilities and user-friendliness in version 7 . |
| 19 | We headed onto a small lane which took us straight towards Marloes ' magnificent sands . |
| 20 | He smiled straight into Menzies ' smouldering look and said , ‘ Will you swear to this ? ’ |
| 21 | The research will try and determine users needs in terms of open systems and this year , for the first time , supply-side research will also be conducted to determine how vendors ' offerings measure up to users ' stated requirements . |
| 22 | A new industry is growing up around investors ' urgent needs for fast , accurate and systematized management of financial data . |
| 23 | Bells ring out for cyclists ' safe return |
| 24 | This time he made contact with Aberavon flanker David Edwards in an incident which sparked a mass brawl and will almost certainly rule him out of Wales ' international with world champions Australia in November . |
| 25 | GARY STEVENS was yesterday ruled out of Rangers ' European Champions ' League game with FC Brugge and doubts remained over six others . |
| 26 | Barclays Bank was back in investors ' good books , firming 4p to 461p , despite its £50m exposure to property group Speyhawk which yesterday appointed receivers . |
| 27 | For SCOTVEC centres , the most obviously new feature of the Quality Framework is the regular audit which SCOTVEC will carry out on centres ' internal quality systems . |
| 28 | The ISV programme supposedly kicked off last week despite a quiet little ruling handed down a few days before by MIPS ' new parent , Silicon Graphics Inc , that says RiscOS 5.1 , due in the fall , is the end of the line . |
| 29 | Yet few educationists would argue that they do not figure in their overall goals for what they wish pupils to achieve or that they do not impinge fundamentally on pupils ' potential success or failure . |
| 30 | constructing its own models of that knowledge independently of researchers ' analytical assumptions and preconceptions . |