Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 There were Triandha on Rhodes , and Iasos and Miletus on the Anatolian coast ; there was a tradition that the original colonists of Miletus came from Milatos , a Minoan settlement just east of Mallia .
2 The play fast thrash metal with total overkill hence titles like Deathcharge and Dance of the Dead .
3 ‘ By an odd coincidence only 8% of those who had been on strike got increases while 92% of those who had worked during the strike got increases ’ .
4 The narrow neck just south of Aldeburgh appears to be surprisingly resistant : it was breached , however , by the 1953 floods , but reformed by bulldozers within a few days .
5 There are also others whose unrealized creativity only flowers in later life .
6 He argues that by maintaining the job environment at an acceptable level then feelings of dissatisfaction can be avoided .
7 Eighteen to 48 hours after thrombolytic therapy about 85% of vessels are open , with the minority remaining occluded , This patency rate is rather higher than that seen at 90 minutes following similar thrombolytic treatment ( 65–70% ) .
8 However , because we are adopted by the Spirit and yet naturally sons and daughters of Adam , the old nature still wars with the new .
9 Sexual selection only results in females being mainly fertilized by particular kinds of males .
10 The study of social policy particularly hives off a specific area of social activity in a way that must violate subject boundaries .
11 There continued to be a small sloughy area about 1cm in diameter in the centre of the wound .
12 He watched Simon 's trainers padding around to the back door only inches from his face and he wanted to scream , to rid himself of the unbearable tension .
13 Using the Light Rifle about 10′ from a 22″ television set gave a reasonable degree of control over the game .
14 English coffee invariably tastes of dishwater . ’
15 Take St Leonard 's Bank , looking out on to Salisbury Crags — a quiet , well-maintained residential street about half-a-mile from the Royal Mile .
16 However , as Colwell et al have pointed out ( Colwell et al , 1983 ) if enhanced platelet aggregation were to contribute to the pathogenesis of diabetic vascular disease then evidence of it should be present before the development of vascular disease .
17 But Tim was still asleep till about quarter past eight .
18 So he found them a tiny cottage just south of Orvieto , in the grounds of the villa of some Italian friends of his who had departed for the northern mountains , a villa with a pool and a shady veranda along one side and an unspeakably romantic view down the steep hillside towards the floating cathedral .
19 We suppose that in a typical case only part of a lesson will involve the computer .
20 However , the 1987 budget proposals are for firms with an annual turnover under £250,000 to be able to pay VAT on a cash basis viz. VAT need only be paid when the invoice bearing VAT has actually been paid .
21 Splendid work there Ron by the big man .
22 Under ancient Roman law only men with two testicles were allowed to give evidence in court .
23 In this predominantly part-time area only 47% of wives would have tackled an emergency themselves yet 74% indicated a desire to be able to do more on the farm .
24 Kate and Diane have booked the same venue with its easy access just minutes off the M5 motorway and superb views across the Somerset countryside .
25 ‘ But for clubs going from the fourth to the third sums between £50,000 and £100,000 are about the going rate so £200,000 from the second to the Premier does n't seem unlikely , ’ he said .
26 IBM Corp shares saluted the imminent departure of John Akers with a jump of $3.25 at $52.125 at the opening the day after the company accompanied news that it was cutting its quarterly dividend only 55% with the announcement that within 90 days it would have a new chief executive .
27 The day begins early and hours of endless sunshine stretch ahead with miles of perfect beach just yards from the Club , the dedicated sunbather could n't wish for more .
28 Because when you 're awakened by somebody else 's involuntary noise , you first feel sympathy , then irritation , followed by impotent fury then tears of frustration .
29 Of course , the cloth-eared bimbo sometimes graduates into becoming the Second Mrs/Mr Tanqueray and becomes the person about whom your children start saying , ‘ Sophie makes these wicked cakes — they just melt in your mouth and she does n't mind what time we go to bed and she and daddy are always giggling and cuddling up and when can we go there again ? ’
30 Robert Fellowes commissioned Soane , who was building several houses in East Anglia at that time , to design his family seat in willowy country just south of Norwich near Shotesham All Saints , a village with a winding stream and Dutch gabled cottages .
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