Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [conj] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clive , 28 , from Middlesbrough , Cleveland , said : ‘ I like a good sing-song when I 'm having a bath , but I do get a bit loud and the neighbours ca n't hear the telly . |
| 2 | ‘ He got a bit upset when the bowels did n't work and let me know it , ’ he recalls . |
| 3 | And now I am going to have to tell you WHAT TO DO and WHAT NOT TO DO , but this time it 's a bit different because the DOs and DON'Ts that I am going to give you may easily SAVE YOUR LIFE . |
| 4 | ‘ Bit old but the pots 'll do . |
| 5 | The others are Maghull High and the holders , Savio . |
| 6 | Slowly bend your arms , lowering the upper body towards the floor and keeping the legs straight until the elbows form right angles , then slowly straighten up . |
| 7 | I found the script tedious and the performances inconsequential . |
| 8 | If a certificate of summary administration is in force , the official receiver need only investigate the bankrupt 's conduct and affairs if he thinks fit ( s 289(5) ) The official receiver must , at least once , send a report of the state of the bankrupt 's affairs to all creditors and file a copy at court ( r 6.73 ) although the court can release him from this obligation having regard to the funds available and the interests of creditors generally ( r 6.77 ) . |
| 9 | As the aircraft landed and the pressmen poured out , they were met by a hoard of local photographers . |
| 10 | I 'd heard the door spring open and the stairs groan as she made good her escape . |
| 11 | Although the usual coefficient of determination or scaled deviance can be used to indicate the global fit of any specified model , it is also important to examine model performance when estimating populations over areal units other than the wards from which the models were derived . |
| 12 | They gained little out of the nets in Jamaica and have not been able to face any bowling since Tuesday other than the spinners and gentle medium-pacers . |
| 13 | Even after Britain and France declared war on Russia in March 1854 ( more than five months after the Turks had done so ) , the inclination to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis remained strong on the part of all interested parties other than the Turks and the French . |
| 14 | The forest had become like an open-air classroom for the study of subjects other than the trees themselves — nature and bird life , animal and insect life ; aquatic studies based on the stream ; map-reading , the study of rocks and soils ; drawing from nature and even gardening came into it . |
| 15 | Members of Congress and senior administrators are moved by considerations other than the carrots and sticks available to a chief executive . |
| 16 | The frets have a good profile and are well polished , but seating is not 100% perfect and the corners of the ends are , again , slightly sharp . |
| 17 | They better get the spelling right before the hordes arrive in Wester Ross . |
| 18 | It appears that the principle species involved were the Thaidid Thais haemastoma and the Muricids Bolinus brandaris , B. cornutus and Phyllonotus trunculus . |
| 19 | The criticism that extracts are leading the brewers into the same realms of flavouring technology as the food industry is to some degree unfair since the extracts are modifications of existing ingredients . |
| 20 | On the first night , three members of the squad , the goalkeeper Alan Rough and the Rangers pair Derek Johnstone and Sandy Jardine , left the camp to visit a local casino . |
| 21 | In group A the Paper Tigers with their amazing bouncing ball have lifted their rounders difference to great heights while Dr Blobby and the Blobettes have at last picked up some points from a game , which means that all teams this year have managed to win at least one point . |
| 22 | Travel sickness is known to be the result of repetitive movements on the organ of balance in the inner-ear , but very little is known about the types of movements responsible and the types of people who suffer most . |
| 23 | As well as the six LED-lit patch selection pedals are the programming push switches and a graphic display showing the effects available and the parameters governing each effect . |
| 24 | Around 11.30am Cumberland deployed his four marching columns into three lines abreast and the troops moved forward in their battle formation until , 500 yards [ 460 m ] ahead , they found themselves facing the rebel lines , stretching from Culloden park on the rebel left to the walled Culwiniac farm enclosure on their right . |
| 25 | ( 1 ) " licence " means any licence granted under the Act other than a seamen 's canteen licence ( see 5.139(1) ) . |
| 26 | ( 1 ) " licence " is defined in s.139(1) as being any licence granted under the Act other than a seamen 's canteen licence . |
| 27 | Fourteen folk dead and the houses and boats burned . |
| 28 | It is more orthodox in arrangement and pedestrian in style but the subject is well covered , the explanations clear and the illustrations well drawn and captioned . |
| 29 | The Spinal Tap film may be over ten years old but the traits which it parodies still seem to be very much in evidence today . |
| 30 | With my black friends , their babies are two years old and the parents still cause so much strife . |