Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She squinted at Madeleine 's thin ankles , arched foot swinging a high-heeled slipper . |
| 2 | This consists essentially of a group of nurses specially trained in diabetic care , and exclusively devoted to that specialty providing a seven days a week , 24 hour per day service . |
| 3 | The public house known as the Brewery Tap was quite a large and tall building having a big yard with stables at the left hand side . |
| 4 | Rather we offer an extensible framework containing a common core of features , a choice of frameworks or bases , and a wide variety of optional additions for specific application areas . |
| 5 | There 's no reason why a fellow who wants to spend a pleasant afternoon playing a decent game of rugby should have his life ruined . |
| 6 | Other simple experiments use the bending of a beam or the torsion of a cylinder , in each case verifying a quasi-linear relation between load and deflection and an attendant modulus ( see Chap . |
| 7 | Technical harmonisation and standards developing standardisation the European level covering a wide range of products . |
| 8 | The battle rages on either side of her in two self-contained halves which balance each other closely : a combat ; an archer shooting towards the angle ; a crouching figure despatching a fallen one ; a figure , his head towards the angle , struck down by the bowman 's shaft ; and beyond him , in the corner , gear ( a shield , a helmet ) . |
| 9 | In many cases the variations are really a succession of short , separate pieces based on the same series , each piece having a specific character , contrasting with the others , but stylistically unified with them . |
| 10 | The government plans to establish twenty City Technology Colleges with private industry footing a substantial proportion of the bill and being involved in college policy-making . |
| 11 | In reviewing their general economic policies and prospects , the finance ministers noted that economic growth had slowed down to more sustainable levels in several countries ; overall growth prospects remained good , with strong investment providing a major stimulus to their economies ; inflation remained contained but still required vigilance , and external imbalances had been reduced , albeit unevenly . |
| 12 | The idea of each institution forming a coherent academic community seems to have little purchase in reality . |
| 13 | Introducing the broad outlines of an economic programme marking a new direction for Brazil , Haddad said on Dec. 31 that the fight against inflation , currently running at an annualized rate of about 1,500 per cent , took second place to plans to improve living standards by doubling and possibly quadrupling the minimum wage and creating 4,000,000 new jobs over the next two years through selective economic development . |
| 14 | On the far slope of the valley a troop of Red Lancers cantered through a wheat field , each horse leaving a straight trail of crushed plants . |
| 15 | Initially he tested preferred direction of movement for each cell using a simple stimulus and then tested again using the double grating patterns . |
| 16 | She comes into the room like a shy actress making a bad entrance , to find us poised round the door like actors on the set . |
| 17 | Barrows argued that geography should concentrate on the study of the association between man and environment , it should concentrate on themes which lead towards synthesis with an economic regional geography occupying a central place , but that specialized branches , including geomorphology , climatology and biogeography should be separated from the parent subject . |
| 18 | Teacher John Etherington and assistant bursar Derek Graham are to undertake a strenuous quadrathon involving a 1.25 mile swim , followed by a 56 mile cycle ride , four miles self-propelled in a wheelchair and a run of 13 miles . |
| 19 | Incubation for 15 min at 37-C in 25 mg/ml trypsin and 10 mg/ml EDTA in Ca2 + -free M2 + 6 mg/ml BSA followed by extensive pipetting using a flame-polished micropipette has been found satisfactory for late 16-cell embryos and early blastocysts ( 13,25 ) . |
| 20 | White , beaten in four world and two UK finals , at long last lifted the game 's second most prestigious trophy following a 16–9 victory over defending champion John Parrott . |
| 21 | The use of the ‘ half-peace ’ ( with each side making a major concession which left neither side fully satisfied ) and of the truce were proof of the failure of military pressure to force a final settlement of the war , one way or the other , through diplomatic negotiation . |
| 22 | Dr Schwarz has suggested that the evidence points to the regional divergence becoming a clear trend only after 1770 , with falls in real wages in the 1760s being avoided only by some groups in Lancashire and Yorkshire . |
| 23 | Take a 15-storey building abutting a three-storey structure . |
| 24 | Quite clearly , Brahms felt a particular empathy for the chamber medium , and each work is an unqualified masterpiece exploring a different aspect of the composer 's multi-faceted personality . |
| 25 | Pevsner 's book is pretty impossible : a German emigré creating a so-called national style . |
| 26 | We were asked earlier in another case involving a young boy if we would be prepared to help . |
| 27 | I was disappointed that the Home Secretary spent so much of his time this afternoon outlining a few examples of asylum seekers who have been proved to be lying . |
| 28 | — A man from British Rail taking a nice long train journey with a toddler and a baby . |
| 29 | Our current cultural experience has revealed that the premise of a grand historical narrative presenting a unified cultural progression centred on interests that are male and European , and only dealing with activities engaged in by the minority in social and political control , can no longer compel our assent . |
| 30 | To avoid this looking too plain and the break-off rows being very abrupt try using a small pattern to divide the colours . |