Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lines of humour fanned out from his mouth , and his teeth gleamed whitely in the darkness . |
| 2 | The current machinery broadly follows the framework of collective bargaining laid down in the 1980 Workers ' Statute . |
| 3 | More than half the 12.5 billion kilograms of milk produced annually in the Netherlands today is sold abroad and , of course , Dutch cheeses are renowned as well . |
| 4 | I would like to ask a question , that if this particular rule is n't necessary , then how does a branch go about appealing a decision made elsewhere in the union 's hierarchy ? |
| 5 | To the layman they all look pretty similar : crisp emerald weed buoyed up in the stream and then , in July , a snow in summer of glistening white flowers , which spill over the water in a way that seems to spell out the brief abundance of midsummer . |
| 6 | By nine that morning they were parked on a side-street off Tottenham Court Road , Bodie at the wheel of the Capri , Doyle slouched down in the passenger seat , idly , almost cursorily , watching the heavy flow of traffic up towards Warren Street . |
| 7 | The Acts of Parliament , although applying to Scotland , use the English spelling , as do the various forms laid down in the Acts in connection with the representation at Westminster . |
| 8 | She guessed Ben lived mostly in the kitchen , cooking neatly and painstakingly for himself . |
| 9 | However , Soviet trade with the West expanded rapidly in the first half of 1989 , showing a 9 per cent growth in volume , while imports grew by about 11 per cent . |
| 10 | However , this Government have frozen , deliberately , purchase grants even in the past three years when the Minister has had funds at his disposal . |
| 11 | For example ‘ the ’ is signalled by two fingers placed together in the shape of a T , touching the ear indicates ‘ sounds like ’ , patting your hand on your head means ‘ name ’ , and it is often helpful to indicate the number of words by fingers . |
| 12 | Finally , there is the suggestion that organic molecules arose elsewhere in the Universe , perhaps on dust particles in space , and were first carried to Earth on meteorites . |
| 13 | As Ian Macdonald points out in The New Immigration Law ( Butterworths , 1972 ) : |
| 14 | I send minutes laid out in the proper style . |
| 15 | But when parliament met later in the day to summon Congress formally , Mr Khasbulatov for the second time in three days stepped back from delivering the final stroke . |
| 16 | If the disk is preserved A. abyssorum differs further in the naked ventral interradial area and in the coarser scaling of the disk . |
| 17 | Claims brought in respect of loss of cargo will be governed by the rules laid down in the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971 , the Hague-Visby Rules . |
| 18 | An exclusion clause , which purports to exclude or limit liability under these terms , is subject to the rules already outlined in this chapter , including the rules laid down in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 . |
| 19 | But these are only reasons of strategy , and a pragmatist believes judges should always be ready to override such reasons when he thinks that changing rules laid down in the past would be in the general interest overall , notwithstanding some limited damage to the authority of political institutions . |
| 20 | She did not consciously know that , with Luke 's swift co-operation , she had rid him of his tie , nor that she was left unaided to tear at his shirt buttons with frantic fingers ; and it was only through her senses that she knew when she came to hard flesh and soft springy hair , her palm sliding damply over his chest , fingers catching luxuriously in the light tangle of hair covering it . |
| 21 | " They asked if they might come to see the palais , but they had of course to remain outside in the gardens with their nurse where they can do no damage . " |
| 22 | Many of the children with whom we work at school would not be accepted at the Petö Institute for reasons explained elsewhere in the report . |
| 23 | Coleraine started brightly with Cook and Brian Donaghy both going close in the opening three minutes , but the Crues settled quickly and were presented with a golden opportunity to go ahead in the 12th minute . |
| 24 | They accepted that employment upon the terms as to remuneration laid down in the scale of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors whereby they would receive 10 per cent of one year 's rent defined as ‘ the rent reserved by letting ’ plus any additional service charge . |
| 25 | In the West Indies the original unity laid down in the Carlisle grant disintegrated as the Leeward Islands broke away from Barbados and Jamaica was set up with an entirely separate governorship . |
| 26 | He invited Patrick to sit down in the hall and took him in detail through events from the moment the car had stopped in front of the house . |
| 27 | Booking : At the moment , Crêchendo is London-based ( Putney , Fulham , Battersea , Notting Hill Gate , West Kensington ) and is heavily booked , but there are plans to go nationwide in the not-too-distant future . |
| 28 | Cardiff attacked gamely in the final quarter and scored a late try through Jeffreys . |
| 29 | The frozen lakes and surrounding snow peaks gleamed ethereally in the wan light of a crescent moon and a starspangled sky . |
| 30 | Not dressed in travel-stained wool and dusty chainmail with his sword hilt gleaming harshly in the sunshine . |