Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lifted his hand with graceful ease to imprison her chin , strong fingers splayed against her throat , their touch light but masterful . |
| 2 | Conversely , and inevitably , if the joint tenancy was not severed before Mrs. Dennis ' death , Mr. Dennis as the survivor became entitled to the whole beneficial interest in both properties which in due course vested in his trustee in bankruptcy . |
| 3 | Strings of bloody vomit drooled from his mouth , a legacy of prolonged foam inhalation . |
| 4 | the claim is hard to substantiate , not so much because of Nietzsche 's professed lack of " literary ambition " ( a somewhat disingenuous profession in any case ) , but for want of any decisive evidence in , for instance , the copious private notes surviving from his first years at Basle . |
| 5 | Becoming embarrassingly aware of the awful smell emanating from her sodden clothing , she closed her eyes in defeat . |
| 6 | Here we consider short-term contract working in its most traditional form . |
| 7 | Short-term contract working in its traditional form has not been a subject of substantial political or academic concern , but questions have been asked as to whether the " new " short-term contract working in manufacturing is displacing regular working or undermining the conditions of the regular labour force . |
| 8 | Then I introduced some modified Callanetic-type exercises into my programme . |
| 9 | Now that Grundig has priced its own recorders at dumping levels , however , the Japanese have been given a heaven-sent opportunity to welch on their promises to the EEC . |
| 10 | An Oxford graduate , Shearman brought skilled professionalism to the role — the first occasion on which the District had enjoyed the benefit of an academically well qualified tutor with experience as a WEA tutor and someone with considerable administrative talents derived from his war service experience . |
| 11 | Will he note that it is rare for a mosque to be locked and that people of the Islamic faith remain in their mosques to ensure that they are not vandalised . |
| 12 | And again , ‘ … ideas about separating , purifying , demarcating and punishing transgressions have as their main function to impose system on an inherently untidy experience . |
| 13 | As he pressed eagerly forward , his long beard streaming In the wind and rain , two Spanish friars snapped at his heels , still desperately trying to persuade him in Latin to die in the faith ; they continued to exhort him at the stake , where , according to Foxe , he lifted up his eyes to heaven , as he held his offending hand in the fire , and died using the words of Stephen : ‘ Lord Jesus receive my spirit . ’ |
| 14 | The main attraction of pluralist approaches to the study of political phenomena lies in their catholicism . |
| 15 | Not bothering to rise off the unpadded bunk , he appraised the pair critically , a slightly crestfallen look passing across his features when he considered Mait . |
| 16 | Each position implies a broad method : in ( a ) illustration and clarification of the ‘ informing spirit ’ , as in national histories of styles of art and kinds of intellectual work which manifest , in relation with other institutions and activities , the central interests and values of a ‘ people ’ ; in ( b ) exploration from the known or discoverable character of a general social order to the specific forms taken by its cultural manifestations . |
| 17 | The officials who sent them off from the ports with the loaded railway-wagons gave them rations for the number of days which the grain would in normal times take to its destination . |
| 18 | There were also rapid developments in military techniques , which Barbaross had ample opportunity to employ during his many campaigns . |
| 19 | Relaxed but alert , Peter slouched in the saddle , reins dangling , while the sweating ponies snatched at their bits and fidgeted . |
| 20 | Thus many though by no means all European States had at their disposal means of recruiting by compulsion considerable numbers of men for military service . |
| 21 | Horribly aware of her own dishevelled state , her tousled hair tumbling about her flushed cheeks , Rory pulled herself up to her full height , summoning up all the strength she possessed to glare regally back at him . |
| 22 | Downstairs , Teppanyaki San is Japanese food as theatre , with knife-juggling , joke-telling chefs cooking at your table — express lunches from £5.50 |
| 23 | It is dangerous for a country to rely on one or two agricultural products to pay for its imports . |
| 24 | In public the actions of the Emperor and his court were governed by a rigid code of courtliness , as subtle and elaborate as the interlaced borders the Mughal artists painted around their miniatures . |
| 25 | Stephen reorganised the state on a non-tribal basis and encouraged German knights to settle in its lands , very much as Malcolm III in Scotland invited Norman knights to settle in his country . |
| 26 | As noted earlier Mrs Thatcher was virtually vetoing European policies favoured by her two most senior ministers . |
| 27 | His self-promotional skills combined with his love of sport and the arts made him a popular choice in his new fields . |
| 28 | The masked four-man gang burst into her house , knocked Mrs Beckett to the ground and threatened her , her husband Leo and a woman dinner guest . |
| 29 | Trent came after him , right foot driving at his crotch but hitting his thigh as he rolled again . |
| 30 | She barely had time to struggle to her feet before cruel fingers tangled in her hair and her face was jerked up to the light . |