Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [Wh adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The musicians lowered their instruments and stared into the concealing field where the rye seemed to move as though an invisible giant 's footsteps crushed it down . |
| 2 | S. Gimignano , near Siena , is the outstanding instance where a number of towers still survive and these date from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries . |
| 3 | So far in each case where an error 's been proved , the banks paid back the money overcharged . |
| 4 | Thus , if one takes a hypothetical case where the price was fixed at 10 francs per kilo , all grapes coming from the 100% crus — like Avize , Cramant , Bouzy , for example — would cost 10 francs per kilo , while grapes coming from the 94%-rated Rilly-la-Montagne would cost 9.40 francs and so forth . |
| 5 | I listened carefully to what the Secretary of State said about the reasons for the 1980 decision whereby the pension was no longer increased in line with earnings . |
| 6 | This fabric will have vertical lines on the right side where the ribber needles are , but this can add to its attraction . |
| 7 | Look at the right side where the colour palette is displayed . |
| 8 | ’ William Whiteley Ltd. v. The King ( 1909 ) 101 L.T. 741 is a further case where a claimant was held not to be entitled to recover payments which were not legally due . |
| 9 | Its quite possible this was taken out of context by teletext — they often do — especially in this case where the press have been trying to stir up a rift for well over a year . |
| 10 | Yet when it suits him , de Man reintroduces the subject/object distinction , as in this case where the reader is presented with a free choice between two approaches to reading , approaches which are then subject to validation in terms of the object . |
| 11 | if the risks in a case substantially increase for the plaintiff , especially as in this case where the defendant was given leave inter alia to amend their defence , there should be no extension of time to a plaintiff to accept a payment into court . |
| 12 | Car and Universal Finance v. Caldwell ( 1965 C.A. ) was another case where a rogue bought a car and by fraud induced the seller to accept a cheque which proved to be worthless . |
| 13 | Another case where a covenant of indemnity by a third or subsequent buyer is appropriate , arises when the first buyer ( A ) has entered into positive covenants , and as the original covenantor will continue liable after selling ; A therefore takes a covenant of indemnity from A 's buyer ( B ) , not limited to A 's period of ownership ; B therefore takes from B 's buyer ( C ) a covenant against liability under B's covenant with A. Very complicated , but logical . |
| 14 | I remember a big insurance scandal in which someone was bumped off and another case where a dustman was having sex with his two daughters . |
| 15 | In another case where an applicant had been refused any access to accounts , the Commissioner 's assistance resulted in a solicitor 's letter being sent to the union . |
| 16 | Such an order occurred in another case where the judge again requested that the school should not be identified , and the nature of the school was not clear from the report . |
| 17 | One faintly ludicrous example is a 1993 case where the Court of Appeal said that a sentence passed on a Mr Fairman would ‘ indicate to other people who might be minded to set fire to armchairs in the middle of a domestic row that if they do , they were likely to go to prison for as long as two years ’ . |
| 18 | LIFEBOATMEN went into action this afternoon when a raft overturned and broke up during the annual Merseyside Police charity race on the Mersey . |
| 19 | The fears were repeated by Conservative back benchers in the Commons this afternoon when the defence secretary announced a number of measures , including the scrapping of a new nuclear missile for the R A F , the selling of of Rosyth and Devonport dockyards and a new role for the reserve forces . |
| 20 | A pool of close to £300,000 is expected this afternoon when the card looks anything but straightforward . |
| 21 | ‘ Except for a brief half hour when the sun came through . |
| 22 | On the window was a blue-and-red peacock she had stencilled there on a wet afternoon when the garden was blanked out with grey rain . |
| 23 | That was a clear case where the Bill was right and the timing was wrong . |
| 24 | This was a clear case where the defendant was in a position to and did in fact exert duress to require payment of the sum unlawfully claimed . |
| 25 | There may , however , be instances where the tenant is obliged to make deductions , eg tax payable to the Inland Revenue where the landlord is non-resident and the following amendment to clause 4.1 may therefore be advisable : |
| 26 | The major geological risk , water penetration , is thus considerably limited except near the French coast where the chalk marl dips sharply to the south leaving the engineers no option but to tunnel through the more permeable and fissured grey and white chalk . |
| 27 | We saw earlier in this chapter how the assumption of given money wages was not an intrinsic part of Keynes 's theory : ‘ The essential character of the argument is precisely the same whether or not money-wages , etc. , are liable to change ’ ( GT , p. 27 ) . |
| 28 | The invention consists essentially of a system of lifts each formed by a wet dock wherein the vessel to be transported is waterborne , the dock being mounted on a wheeled carriage adapted to support the dock horizontally and to run on inclined railways extending between the higher and lower water levels , the ways being transverse to the length of the dock which travels broadside on so as to admit of a short length of wheel base and a steep grade . |
| 29 | The former reads a prepared script whenever the number is dialled and can do no more . |
| 30 | I was unable to find any legal basis under current English law whereby a psychiatrist might give consent ( or otherwise ) for a patient to have an invasive surgical procedure . |