Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many units would remain intact when a criminal hurled a house brick at the glass ? |
| 2 | If something goes wrong while a user is accessing LIFESPAN , the current displayed page is temporarily replaced by a ‘ Transaction Failure ’ page which describes the fault and tells the user what action to take ( usually to log off or consult the LIFESPAN Manager ) . |
| 3 | But things begin to go wrong when a dinosaur expert , played by Irish-born New Zealand actor Sam Neill , and his girlfriend , played by Laura Dern , arrive on the scene . |
| 4 | The French pursued him , however , and although it is doubtful whether the prince intended to force them to fight it became clear that a battle could not be avoided . |
| 5 | As the Court on Oct. 13 shifted attention to the body of documentary evidence brought before it , it became clear that a decision on summoning the final witnesses , including Gorbachev , would be postponed until after the document stage . |
| 6 | But when the Assembly met for its first session on 5 January 1918 it immediately became clear that a majority of the deputies were hostile to the government and the Assembly was forcibly disbanded . |
| 7 | It had to be modified in 1961 when it became clear that a minority holding did not provide a certain defence against a determined takeover , but Whitbread continued to retain minority holdings in a number of regional brewers , which enabled them to retain their independence . |
| 8 | Furthermore , it became clear that a number of the parties would be arriving some time before the three days set aside for the conference , thus giving themselves time to prepare their ground and gauge the mood of fellow guests , though their exact arrival dates were , again , uncertain . |
| 9 | In the extensive research undertaken for the book it became clear that a number of particular issues posed the greatest challenges to potential returners and to prospective employers . |
| 10 | For piaget , cognitive development consists of a series of stages in which these two processes advance asymmetrically , but with the mature phase of what he called ‘ operational thought ’ only becoming possible when a balance or equilibrium has been achieved between them . |
| 11 | Just a mulch of flesh frozen solid as a rock . ’ |
| 12 | A line of 60 characters printed on a typewriter looks OK but a 6″ line of type set at 10pt is virtually unreadable , simply because the eye gets bored and stops short of the end . |
| 13 | It is , for example , becoming clear that a family history of left handedness is in some way related to the cerebral organisation of functions . |
| 14 | The process is becoming laborious and a lot of energy is being expended with little result to show for it , progress is very slow . |
| 15 | Alternatively , if you are not happy with your design , perhaps because some of it has come unglued or a crease has formed in the backing material , then you will have to remove the glass and rectify the problem before starting this process all over again . |
| 16 | When she returned — and she would surely return soon — she would need reassuring and a lot of tender loving . |
| 17 | However , the importance of the group is often measured by the number or helplessness of the people dependent on such services and the degree to which they are affected , for example we can all fall ill and a strike of doctors would affect all classes , rich and poor , young and old alike . |
| 18 | This is deemed unethical until a product is licensed . |
| 19 | ( 4 ) If a cash underwritten alternative or a rights issue is being used to finance the bid , the underwriting agreement should be in place before the announcement is made and the terms of the agreement should ensure that there is a guaranteed commitment to provide the necessary funds if the offer becomes or is declared unconditional . |
| 20 | Having made a perfect pain of myself ( not very hard ) on the Edelrid stand last year , it 's good to see their Full Carbon Helmet now has elastic and a headtorch clip front and back . |
| 21 | Wearing — always — dead simple casual clothes that flatter his lightly-tanned complexion , pale silver hair and famous aquamarine eyes , he dines on spartan , spiceless fare in his minimalist palazzo on Via Borgonuovo , where blank corridors link white-walled offices with the plain , pictureless apartment where he lives alone while a bodyguard sleeps below . |
| 22 | ‘ There will always be top models , ’ replies Meisel , ‘ but I think the whole supermodel thing is becoming boring and a bit ridiculous . ’ |
| 23 | As traders fall over themselves to dump the pound , the wise grow wary that a bear trap may await them further down the line . |
| 24 | The Welfs could not allow such an election to pass unchallenged and a minority elected their own candidate , Siegfried . |
| 25 | He became violent and a customer , Olive Appleby , went to call the police from the Highwayman pub next door . |
| 26 | She was a little woman , not much taller than Carrie , but she seemed strong as a railway porter , carrying their cases as if they weighed nothing . |
| 27 | I felt that she was quite distressed by the birth — she seemed drowsy and a bit blue . |
| 28 | A careful look with the glasses produces three more , hunched up in the shelter of the bank , looking introspective and a bit sad . |
| 29 | Later in the summer the appeal will be made public and a programme of activities is being planned . |
| 30 | It was made clear that a management buy-out was not on the agenda . |