Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fifthly , in the arena of foreign affairs , Hitler was commonly regarded as an upholder and a fanatical defender of Germany 's just rights , a rebuilder of the nation 's strength , a statesman of genius , and for the most part , it seems , not as a racial imperialist warmonger working towards a ‘ war of annihilation ’ and limitless German conquest . |
| 2 | He laughed , a warm , comfortable sound that reminded her of homely , rustic things like sleek cattle and woolly sheep grazing on a West Country hillside . |
| 3 | In this chapter we examine a number of different forms of short-term contract working in a number of different sectors . |
| 4 | Table 13 outlines the actions farmers thought they would take in the event of political or economic change leading to a drop in farm returns . |
| 5 | It was between Peter Unsworth 's ‘ Escape ’ , a print of a volcanic geyser erupting behind a climber scrambling out of the crater and A D Nicoll 's haunting picture of ‘ Footprints ’ disappearing over pristine sand dunes towards distant , mysterious mountains . |
| 6 | But why was the capitalist mode of production more efficient than feudal landownership , and why does this generate social and political change leading to a new power structure in society ? |
| 7 | We have to confess that Evangelicalism has sometimes , perhaps even often , expressed itself in a hard , legalistic framework leading to a dull and often joyless form of Christianity . |
| 8 | Imagine that you 're a complete beginner looking for a versatile sewing machine for dressmaking , soft furnishings and embroidery . |
| 9 | Economists were being involved in the process of economic decision making in a manner which had been unknown previously , and most of them found this admission to the counsels of the influential and powerful to be very congenial . |
| 10 | You may be studying particular aspects of business or wanting to spend a couple of very pleasant hours learning about a new environment . |
| 11 | Happily , these include some of the most desperate cases , like Borringdon , a once-magnificent Elizabethan house outside Plymouth which was no more than a gutted shell clinging to a precipice , but today is a comfortable country house hotel . |
| 12 | Macready raised his stick , cruel mouth curving like a second scar , and a foot-long blade sprang out . |
| 13 | In linguistics , " creole " is a technical term referring to a class of languages which originate through contact between two or more already existing languages . |
| 14 | He smiled , his narrow lips curling in a way that sent an immediate shiver of unease along her veins . |
| 15 | The 106 entrants in the gruelling marathon set off from London on a route which took them through Europe to Turkey in classic cars ranging from a Ford Cortina to a Russian Moskvitch , all at least 25 years old . |
| 16 | Grimm arrived , puffing , at a narrow archway debouching into a domed plaza . |
| 17 | England and Wales were divided into counties each of which contained a number of districts variously known as municipal , or non-county , boroughs , urban districts or rural districts depending on a combination of size , type of area , and historical circumstances . |
| 18 | The number of non-party political members of principal councils has declined steadily in recent years and it is usual in the large towns and cities for the authority to be governed by one or more of the political parties acting on a group basis . |
| 19 | Tory MP Michael Spicer called for lower rates ‘ to avoid this very grave recession turning into a slump ’ . |
| 20 | Unlike the realist novelists of the nineteenth century , writers such as Balzac , Stendhal , Flaubert and Zola , who were called upon to depict individuals and social groups operating within a relatively stable , homogeneous society , the contemporary realist writer was required to portray a society in a state of turbulence , transformation and fundamental realignment . |
| 21 | I walked in with David and there was this guy with a mass of curly hair siting behind a desk , looking very Jewish , not like the Jewish businessman , though he is a wonderful businessman . |
| 22 | Formally , we would have the same force if we assumed ( as many textbooks do ) that a magnetic field moving with a velocity in gives rise to a force |
| 23 | After a moment , Joseph Sherman , his fifteen-year-old heart pumping with a sudden new elation , began laughing uproariously too . |
| 24 | Here it probably happened by sailing into the steep wave resulting in a sudden loss of speed . |
| 25 | Jezrael barely shook her head , her clean but tangled hair falling in a mop that half hid her face . |
| 26 | Following on from his recent installations , the Argentinean artist has been working on moveable objects consisting of a wooden surface , on which he draws in graphite or coloured pastels , and a superimposed sheet of lead some distance from the base . |
| 27 | He was born at a time when the great majority of musicians were employed by patrons — wealthy aristocrats , monarchs , or prelates — or as civic musicians working for a town council . |
| 28 | This might be explained by sub-lithospheric thermal anomalies causing uplift without penetrative magmatism developing to a point where volcanic activity occurs at the surface . |
| 29 | ‘ Captain Marvel ’ Bryan Robson yesterday gave up the fight to keep his 34 year old legs pounding towards a century of caps and announced his England retirement . |
| 30 | A Scottish term referring to a group of fairies and fairy beasts which can be dangerous , or at least mischievous . |