Example sentences of "[adj] by a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In his earlier years he could counsel priests to celibacy and doubters to Catholic dogma with almost papal infallibility , untroubled by a fiance 's feelings or a questioner 's uncertainties . |
| 2 | UNPERTURBED by a visitor 's forthright ‘ cross examination ’ , museum information officer Lynn Miller ( left ) is pictured identifying early Wedgwood ware at a museum in the Netherlands , the company 's oldest export market dating back to 1763 . |
| 3 | The fact that bigamy charges were pending against the defendant in the forum Province was accepted as a valid reason in one case ; not surprisingly , a Saskatchewan judge was markedly unimpressed by a defendant 's assertion that he could not travel from Oregon because the trial would occur at ‘ a very busy period in the building industry ’ . |
| 4 | Arguments against allowing access included that people would not write frankly if they knew their comments would be seen , it could be important to record facts which could not be proved and suspicions or impressions , the child or parent might be made unhappy by a teacher 's judgement and it might impair the relationship or discourage the child , and access would lead to constant arguments about fairness or relevance of information . |
| 5 | On the roof , the installations of air-conditioning plants painted black by a city 's grime lived and breathed . |
| 6 | He would never be unmoved by a woman 's lust . |
| 7 | The outstanding performance of the tour was R Yeabsley 's 201 not out against Hong Kong Schools — it was the first double hundred by a Haberdashers ' schoolboy . |
| 8 | Similarly , if you had n't been lucky in the market , one lucky bet could send you home the richer by a season 's takings , if you could spot an outsider . |
| 9 | Family honour and pride , which are so easily upset by a woman 's actions , are far less easily affected by a man 's errors . |
| 10 | I particularly like the way the markedly understated look of the combo belies its facilities ; I much prefer to be surprised by a product 's performance . |
| 11 | ‘ Normally there could be no question that this was an ordinary weekly tenancy , duly determinable by a week 's notice , but the parties in the rent-book agreed to a term which appears there expressed by the words ‘ furnished for duration , ’ which must mean the duration of the war . |
| 12 | SLEEPY staff at The Times were left red-faced by a prankster 's naughty note . |
| 13 | Unhampered by a client 's needs , he threw himself into a legitimate extension of his pipe dream : the Dolls ' House became his home . |