Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Standing on the rim of Ngorongoro Crater , I watched the pastel purple of the Tanzanian dawn slowly change to a golden red . |
| 2 | Public-sector contracts anyway only account for a small proportion of Olivetti 's sales , says Mr De Benedetti . |
| 3 | ‘ The French , on the other hand , not only insist on a wide variety of fresh produce but demand that their chestnuts come from the Auvergne , their snails from Clermont , their frogs from Aurillac , capons from the Bresse , mutton from the Berry , asparagus from Lavris … . ’ |
| 4 | Resentful at Alexander and fearful that the King might beget am heir by his new queen and so lose for a second time the opportunity to advance the claims of his own house ? |
| 5 | A cutting is simply a length of stem top growth — with some plants it is a soft-tissue tip , with others a more mature hard-wood section — which , when inserted into soil or a suitable growing medium , and sometimes helped and encouraged by the presence of artificial hormones , will fight for life by producing roots , and so grow into a new individual plant . |
| 6 | Two streams come down from a hilly hinterland and after a sedate infancy suddenly leap in a happy frolic through verdant surroundings to reach the village where they converge as the River Greta . |
| 7 | The Educational Institute of Scotland has organised industrial action because it argues that the new school is still basically Bellarmine in a different building . |
| 8 | Obviously put in a little camera in the |
| 9 | Her parents exchanged glances , looks that seemed to remember a long wait for a first and , as it turned out , an only child . |
| 10 | The subsequent discovery of the endorphins and encephalins , hormones in the brain that act like morphine and so act as a natural analgesic , and their implication in the action of acupuncture , provided further theoretical explanation for its efficacy . |
| 11 | Drake is only waterfowl with a drooping black crest , and is readily recognised , even at some distance , by strongly contrasted black upperparts and white flanks . |
| 12 | In principle , no , we only act in a consultative and advisory way . |
| 13 | There was already enough cover for a large number of sepoys to approach very close to the enclave without being detected . |
| 14 | It is centenary year for the New Zealand Rugby Football Union , good enough cause for a three-match series in a week against the Rest of the World . |
| 15 | The important thing is to increase time before pace ; so walk at a moderate pace for 30 minutes , gently stretching yourself as you go . |
| 16 | Markets necessarily act as a powerful incentive to producers to operate as efficiently as possible in order to survive . |
| 17 | The market place and its world renowned gothic cathedral in the old part of the town , the numerous wine-bars , restaurants , pubs and cafe e s all add to a warm and friendly atmosphere . |
| 18 | As the blades only meet at a single point when cutting , they retain their sharpness for a lifetime of use . |
| 19 | Their heroes reflect their psychological needs ; disappointed by the weak father , they not only look for a strong one but try to identify with men who fulfil at the same time infantile and sadistic fantasies , such as Che Guevara or Mao Tsetung … |
| 20 | The divider sheets are not necessarily replaced when new statutes are added , so look for a recent statute in its proper chronological place , and if necessary check with the cumulative supplement before deciding that it is not included . |
| 21 | So look for a neutral tone carpet , in shades of blue , pink or green with perhaps a delicate floral design . |
| 22 | In some areas Acts lay down clear central powers of control — the 1944 Education Act , for example — but in others the main statutes merely indicate by a variable form of words that the Ministry or Secretary of State of the central department is in the position of ultimate authority and will provide a general overall guidance . |
| 23 | It is important to note that such courses only last for a MAXIMUM DURATION OF 12 MONTHS . |
| 24 | It is plain that the notions of a superior and a supreme criterion merely refer to a relative place on a scale and do not import any notion of legally unlimited legislative power . |
| 25 | I personally know of a foreign company planning to establish a factory and recruit a thousand staff in Britain . |
| 26 | These traces not only witness to a sad history , but also hint of glorious possibilities . |
| 27 | The general public might have been disappointed but they needed only refer to a contemporary poem then available : |
| 28 | Some efforts at literacy work have been made by church groups and by the government , but they only deal with a tiny fraction of the problem . |
| 29 | They only appeal to a few , and some people are repelled by them . |
| 30 | Gently roll with a rolling pin to secure . |