Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [unc] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both books display Minton 's effervescent gaiety , but , even before his illustrations became overlaid with a period nostalgia an undertow of sadness could be discerned beneath their cheerful manner . |
| 2 | Reflecting Germany 's special relationship with Israel German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher visited the country on Jan. 24-25 , bringing with him a promise to provide DM250,000,000 in humanitarian aid . |
| 3 | Using Kirchhoff 's current law at the noninverting input of this trigger gives so that Hence the output switches over to the opposite saturation state from positive and negative saturation when respectively It is said that the circuit acts as a discriminator . |
| 4 | Using Wella 's High Hair Form & Finish Spray for extra hold , he pinned the hair and brushed it flat for a sophisticated Sixties style . |
| 5 | The hair was blow-dried to give lots of body using Wella 's High Hair Volumising Mousse . |
| 6 | I remain Middlesbrough 's major shareholder . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , first I assured your Signor Calder that his company was not about to lose Sabatini 's financial backing — ’ |
| 8 | Ricky Stride 's amiable presence at Hamilton Terrace assuaged Minton 's personal loneliness which no amount of frenzied sociability could disguise . |
| 9 | Adenauer was determined to preserve Germany 's nascent democracy , and its place in Romano-Christian culture by tying the country firmly to other Western democracies . |
| 10 | She countered Nashville 's big hair and bosoms with bare-faced androgyny . |
| 11 | The First Austrian Army , under General von Falkenhayn , attacked Romania 's left wing , while a second army group , under General von Mackensen , invaded her Black Sea province of Dobrudja from Bulgaria . |
| 12 | This was effective for a while with Colchester taking the set 15–7 and then moving into a 2–1 lead , but it was less successful in the fourth set as Nomads began equalling Colchester 's attacking strength . |
| 13 | Time Was Away displays Minton 's striking ability to blend all the parts into a decorative whole . |
| 14 | Digital Equipment Corp realises that it may have been a little hasty in taking its toys away in a huff , and has returned to the Technology Plc fold by re-appointing the Warrington-based company as a value-added reseller for predominantly desktop and server products : DEC withdrew its business , when Technology was acquired by ICL Plc in July 1992 ( CI No 1,966 ) ; Technology has now joined DEC 's Corporate Reseller Programme , and , according to DEC UK 's director of complementary solutions organisation sales , Ian Smith , the company is expected to ‘ play a key role in our increasingly value-added reseller-led product selling strategy ’ . |
| 15 | BBC Radio Sussex sports producer John Lees is refusing to interview Sussex 's new captain Alan Wells , because of Well 's involvement with the ‘ rebel ’ England X1 tour of South Africa in 1989–90 . |
| 16 | Pizarro had been instrumental in launching on April 2 a new alliance of 13 left-wing groups , Democratic Convergence ( Convergencia Democrática ) , whose leaders were now expected to support Navarro 's presidential campaign . |
| 17 | There are 28 summer designs using Rowan 's wide range of natural fibre yarns including the new Nice Cotton , Handknit DK Cotton , Wool and Cotton , Cotton and Fine Cotton Chenille , in a palette of rich , jewel , muted and pastel shades . |
| 18 | They also demanded an investigation into the Army 's role in Timisoara on Dec. 16-20 , 1989 [ see p. 37104 ] , and claimed to have video evidence proving Ghitac 's direct involvement in the massacres that took place there . |
| 19 | Harari was in charge of Israel 's intelligence networks in Mexico , Central America and the Caribbean until his retirement in 1979 , after a 25 year career , when he became Panama 's commercial attache and honorary consul in Tel Aviv before rejoining Gen Noriega in Panama City two years ago . |
| 20 | In the 1960s Soviet specialists reinterpreted international law to bolster Moscow 's declared opposition to foreign military bases . |
| 21 | As Cowley walked towards the slightly hunched figure of Bodie , he was able to see Doyle 's peaceful face , eyes closed , white as a sheet ; a moment later the trolley was behind the closing doors of the lift , and Doyle 's life was now in the hands of others , men skilled in surgery , and in the ways of keeping the tenuous thread of life attached to a dying body . |
| 22 | He collected her as soon as they had both tidied their offices , McLeish maliciously enjoying Davidson 's obvious chagrin as they said good-night to him on the way out . |
| 23 | Helen shook her head in denial as she met Sophie 's accusing glance and said , ‘ Well , this is a pleasant surprise , Edward . |
| 24 | Wouters turns Caxton 's famous quotation on its head and says ‘ things formerly forbidden are now allowed ’ , but not only does he not go into detail as to what these things might be , he certainly does not suggest that ‘ things now allowed are actively engaged in ’ . |
| 25 | On all of these 29 weekly flights , passengers will be able to enjoy Varig 's warm hospitality and excellent inflight service , which Europeans have already voted to be the best for travelling to South America . |
| 26 | This transforms Reger 's serious image derived from the baleful solemnity of some of the admittedly fine organ works : the Burlesques , mostly fast in tempo , scintillate throughout . |
| 27 | Lord Shakleton who 's father had joined Scott 's fateful trip to the Antarctic was proud of the latest polar expedition . |
| 28 | Lord Shakleton who 's father had joined Scott 's fateful trip to the Antarctic was proud of the latest polar expedition . |
| 29 | The deal was worth an estimated US$6,000 million , and the purchase would substantially upgrade Taiwan 's ageing air force , which consisted mainly of 30-year-old F-5Es and 40-year-old F-5 fighters . |
| 30 | At Cambridge Darwin was absorbed into the Anglican way of thinking about Nature and read Paley 's Natural Theology . |