Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her dark-brown skin picked up the deadening light inside the train and reflected it strangely so that her face looked almost silver . |
| 2 | At the appointed time Venturous ' was in position near Nieuport just outside the three mile territorial limit and in due course picked up a small craft leaving the Belgian port . |
| 3 | Is it not true that the Government want to divert that money to keep down the poll tax in Wandsworth and Westminster ? |
| 4 | These far-reaching discussions recognise both the child 's right to autonomous parents and family privacy , but also the parents ' rights . |
| 5 | Whether your hair has been chemically treated or not , you should take extra rich products to put back the moisture removed by the sun , sea and chlorine . |
| 6 | Whether specific plans to follow up the lesson have been made . |
| 7 | The outburst follows the allied decision to set up an exclusion zone to protect Shi'ites in Southern Iraq . |
| 8 | The greatest changes in sleep in humans take place during the first year of life , with the normal one-year-old showing essentially the same patterns of sleep as the adult , although in different proportions of stages , and with a recognizably different EEG . |
| 9 | As there was no other business the Conference concluded quickly after its momentous decision to set up a national organisation of the deaf and dumb . |
| 10 | What appeared an important strand in forward-looking European defence planning only a few years ago — when the new Europe sought a measure of independence from the US defence umbrella — looks more questionable now . |
| 11 | What appeared an important strand in forward-looking European defence planning only a few years ago — when the new Europe sought a measure of independence from the US defence umbrella — looks more questionable now . |
| 12 | The significance of economic support Drawing together the different strands of this discussion of economic support , we can ask : Who are the main beneficiaries within a family ? |
| 13 | There are many occurrences of volcanic activity in areas remote from plate margins ; the volcanoes of the East African Rift system , such as Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya , the volcanic and associated hydrothermal activity of the Yellowstone region in Wyoming , U S A ( Fig. 4.3 ) , and the chain of volcanic peaks making up the Hawaiian Islands are examples from both continental and oceanic regions . |
| 14 | Each course runs over a weekend at the centre 's headquarters in Wales . |
| 15 | The first issue of European Update explained how the European Community is encouraging the free movement of labour through recognition of qualifications . |
| 16 | Brian Wisenden and Miles Keenleyside , of the University of Western Ontario , have spent the past two years studying the convict cichlid Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum ( named for its distinctive stripes ) , a species already known to have the common cichlid habit of forming monogamous pairs to bring up the next generation . |
| 17 | There have not yet , however , been any far-reaching attempts to tie together the insights of the different disciplines and perspectives . |
| 18 | The wind had dropped completely , but there was still a heavy sea running and each wave sent up a sheet of spray as it crashed against the rocks below . |
| 19 | But the wind was behind me and each wave picked up the boat and surged her ahead , so that I tied up at the pier some fifteen hours after I had left , a little tired but satisfied that another small gap in our knowledge of birds had been filled . |
| 20 | ‘ Community law as it now stands … does not preclude a member state , in authorising one of its vessels to fish against national quotas , from laying down conditions designed to ensure that the vessel has a real economic link with that state if that link concerns only the relations between that vessel 's fishing operations and the populations dependent on fisheries and related industries ; … |
| 21 | A greenhouse offers an unparalleled opportunity to extend both the season of growing and variety of plants you can raise . |
| 22 | I was met by a slow but very solid resistance moving down the far bank . |
| 23 | Three members of the Supreme Court , Justices Brennan , Marshall and Blackmun , joined in a concurring opinion , rejecting the view of the majority that each forum had , in effect , complete freedom to decide when the Convention should control ; it was ‘ implausible ’ that that represented the intention of the drafters of the Convention . |
| 24 | As early as July 1728 Wade was able to report : ‘ I am now with all possible diligence carrying on the new road for wheel-carriages between Dunkeld and Inverness , of about 80 English measured miles [ 128 km ] ’ , but it was 1731 which saw the creation of his masterpiece , the road from Dalwhinnie to Fort Augustus , in the middle of the Great Glen . |
| 25 | It seems that it was a hasty decision to take away the armoured car , which had become inseparable from the city 's history . |
| 26 | In fact , we are at the New Athenaeum Theatre at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama where New Moves is presenting the Vicente Saez company from Spain , the first of three European groups to round off a superb season of dance . |
| 27 | In polygamous monkeys each male has only a few females , but with species such as fur seals , the harems can be huge — up to one hundred females . |
| 28 | We also felt that Zephyr had been under pressure due to her immense popularity and had been given little opportunity to show off the gentle side of her nature — in the same way the more extrovert patients had dominated the evening while those of shy and retiring nature had slightly missed out . |
| 29 | The retiring chairman handed over the meeting to the new chairman , John Sharp who , in accepting the post , thanked Dr. Watson for his tireless work on behalf of the Village Association . |
| 30 | The retiring chairman handed over the meeting to the new chairman , John Sharp who , in accepting the post , thanked Dr. Watson for his tireless work on behalf of the Village Association . |