Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Spanish naturally thought these irregulars were pirates and their position was certainly ambiguous . |
| 2 | COLIN STOKES , the SCRIMLEY ARSENAL goalkeeper once owned a dog that only had three legs ! |
| 3 | — But some successfully divisionalized private companies also operate mainly in one product area . |
| 4 | This effectively destroyed any chance of progress at a crucial stage in the negotiations , it meant the collapse of the so-called ‘ Finlandisation ’ option . |
| 5 | Markets have been buoyant following a thirteen percent gain on the Niki Index , it 's the largest ever one day gain , though this merely reversed last week 's dramatic falls . |
| 6 | This apparently had little impact on the extent of these intra- and extra-mural zones , though it may have encouraged the enhanced development of the central area in the third and fourth centuries . |
| 7 | Making the mattes for this alone took two artists three months , for a shot lasting less than 20 seconds . |
| 8 | The British already had substantial intelligence " assets " in Teheran . |
| 9 | Some still wore traditional clothing : sheepskin chubas slung rakishly over one shoulder , heavy turquoise and silver hoop earrings , embroidered knee-length boots . |
| 10 | King George V always had strong views as to who was suitable for which office , and did not hesitate to express them to his Prime Ministers . |
| 11 | Without being aware of it , he punished her for this deeply felt bodily rejection in bed by withdrawing his body out of bed . |
| 12 | Jane Bradford , head of NatWest 's small business service , said people who had been unemployed possibly took more care over the initial planning , or were less likely to be optimistic than those who had quit their jobs . |
| 13 | Both the Littlewoods actually , Banbury and Oxford are putting up teams , and so are , we understand , fifteen of the NatWest banks in Oxfordshire , so there 's a lot going on and er we think the walks in Oxfordshire are going to go a long way towards raising this vitally needed million pounds for the rainforests this year |
| 14 | The political turmoil in England following the deposition of Edward II was too good an opportunity for Bruce to miss , even though the truce of 1323 still had nine years to run . |
| 15 | This formerly served some coal pits , long abandoned , which are reached after two further miles . |
| 16 | The British also had financial interests , were the principal users of the canal , and remembered Napoleon 's threat to India . |
| 17 | This now ensured four tricks in the Heart suit . |
| 18 | This sometimes took several minutes . ’ |
| 19 | Few there had any faith in him , nor expected him actively to aid them . |
| 20 | It costs £11 , here , which places it well below most so-called fully fledged GTi cars . |
| 21 | He unlocked the old heavily studded front door , pushed it open . |
| 22 | SAVE challenged this , succeeded in getting the building listed and argued that the building could be used as an extension for a nearby office that already had on-site car-parking . |
| 23 | This propaganda role of the church was no mere cynical response to royal commands and requests ; many of the clergy were quite as deeply imbued with a sense of national self-righteousness as were substantial elements of the laity : Edward III later recalled that Archbishop Stratford had persuaded him of the need for such a war , though the king also told a tale of Stratford 's reluctance for war . |
| 24 | The Conservative government elected in 1979 also took this view and promised to reduce the rate of inflation which was then running at about 12 per cent by reducing the rate of growth of M3 . |
| 25 | MIKEL MARKU and ALI HAXHIU : ethnic Albanians , they died in November 1991 following alleged ill treatment in custody in Kosovo-Methohija province in southern Serbia . |
| 26 | The Minister of Labour , Ernest Bevin , received a message which he had decoded for him in a Leeds hotel by Albert Heal , a trade union leader who had run a pre-war escape route for German socialists that still had watertight communications . |
| 27 | A swift turn of the wrist , a resulting click as the receptacle was locked , a pull on the lever and off it went to the central cash desk that usually had two cashiers . |
| 28 | Our premier Regency room with its magnificent gorgeously draped four poster bed and its attractive and spacious bedroom ensures a luxurious interlude . |
| 29 | The revolution of February 1917 further aggravated this situation and brought about disruption of industry . |
| 30 | Arnie Geller , president of the New York-based salvage firm scouring the ship , said the dive by a submersible also recovered five suitcases whose contents are believed to have been retrieved from safes before the ship sank on April 15 , 1912 . |