Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv prt] [art] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although scarcely under challenge from other national groups , Russians made up a steadily diminishing proportion of the total population over the postwar period and the Russian Republic included many of the Soviet Union 's poorest farmland and most dismal cities , creating at least the impression that it was subsidising developments in more prosperous non-Russian areas . |
| 2 | Families and the law Investigators : Dr R W Dingwall , J M Eekelaar , M Maclean The Centre 's work in the field of family law has developed through a series of related projects clustered around a clearly focused concern with the interests of children as members of families and as individuals and with the economic and other consequences of marriage breakdown . |
| 3 | His entrance stirred up an even larger excitement , and the crowd surged forward — Mala among them — for a closer look . |
| 4 | They were climbing quite rapidly and soon Maggie 's eyes took on a very troubled look . |
| 5 | Glancing over the line as it arced over the lake , her eyes took on a faintly emerald glow . |
| 6 | In America , where there was a comparative absence of a long term aristocracy , these social hierarchies took on a particularly strong pecuniary emphasis . |
| 7 | With luck ‘ Mummy ’ might disbelieve the dire tale , especially if the bruise went down a little before she saw it . |
| 8 | The American film industry took on a more highly integrated personality and its package of entertainment now universally referred to as ‘ Hollywood ’ moved into a position of cultural dominance in America itself and into a position not far short of that in other English-speaking countries . |
| 9 | By the start of the 1990 season membership had increased to twenty and the club took on a more professional approach . |
| 10 | To reintroduce us to the joys of story telling round the log fire , Signals rounded up a slightly disconcerting group of five contemporary writers , all strange to me . |
| 11 | Overnight , the fighting calmed down a little but it picked up again the next morning and raged on throughout the day . |
| 12 | While watching the slides subjects wrote down the most distinctive feature of each slide . |
| 13 | Of a sudden Hector set up an extraordinarily excited yapping . |
| 14 | The Ardeer site in Scotland managed to cut £6,000 from its annual water bill when an employee pointed out an unnecessarily wasteful use of water . |
| 15 | Happy Mondays , The Stone Roses and The Beloved opened up a truly wonderful world , available to everyone . |
| 16 | She believed that the more a girl covered up the more exciting she was . |
| 17 | For this reason , the dictatorship of the proletariat took on a typically colonialist aspect . |
| 18 | When the pair of huge horses made their way past the front of the Manor , where the family stood on the steps to watch , the glow of the setting sun was almost gone and in the eerie after-glow the scene took on an almost pagan air . |
| 19 | The night creatures which had drifted through the streets were no more , and the market stalls and poverty-stricken beggars took on the more comforting image of a capital apparently little changed since Blake 's day . |
| 20 | Rodney picked up a not-quite empty bottle of Muscadet . |
| 21 | The Princesse was already shaking hands with him and Katherine held back a little . |
| 22 | The Warden pointed out the most likely spot for short-eared owls on the hunt for stranded voles , told us that there were plenty of field fare about , and said it was a good year for ruff . |
| 23 | ‘ Miss Howard is here , ’ Candace pointed out a little shrilly . |
| 24 | Her ankles turned over a little on the high heels . |
| 25 | The white-hot stream flowed down a crudely fashioned open conduit , passing only a couple of feet from Robyn 's toecaps . |
| 26 | Unlike Paris , in which according to Benjamin , modernity opened up a previously labyrinthine structure , Vienna 's traditional inner city was largely already baroque . |
| 27 | Wilko and out : British No 2 Chris Wilkinson pulled off the most spectacular win of his career today as he put fourth seed Goran Ivanisevic out of the Stella Artois Championships at Queen 's Club . |
| 28 | When war broke out the best known suffragettes turned overnight from militant confrontation with the male establishment to enthusiastic participation in the crusade against Prussianism . |
| 29 | Immediately the room took on a more homely , comfortable appearance . |
| 30 | Her imagination conjured up an erotically vivid picture and she knew a hectic flush had risen to her cheeks . |