Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It led to the highest floor where we found an Iraqi soldier firing an automatic rifle through a narrow aperture in a pile of sandbags , reloading and firing his weapon until he became exhausted . |
| 2 | Wearing an open-necked shirt in a shade of blue which intensified the colour of his eyes and complemented the width of his shoulders and silver-grey trousers that moulded slim hips before encasing long , muscled legs , Rune Christensen looked like some godly visitor from Asgard — and one bent on vengeance . |
| 3 | His three years in the wilderness climaxed with a solid part in a BBC costume drama series . |
| 4 | He invented the concept of ‘ swing ’ , analyzing the percentage of political change in a sample of votes to predict overall numbers of seats lost and gained . |
| 5 | A vice is a bad habit or some kind of strange temperament in a horse or pony not normally expected which renders it — dangerous , or less useful or liable to decline in health . |
| 6 | I remembered a memorable dip in a mountain stream , astringent and awakening ; but this was something else again , a luxurious wallow . |
| 7 | After August 1939 it was no longer possible to have complete faith in a nation state which collaborated for whatever reason with fascism , even if that state happened to be the Soviet Union itself . |
| 8 | That leaves Gerhard Schröder , the bustling premier of Lower Saxony ( who would break noses to get the job ) , Rudolf Scharping , the Rhineland-Palatinate premier ( who hides his ambition better ) , and Renate Schmidt , the Social Democratic leader in Bavaria ( who would start with a strong base in a party committed to 50% representation for women ) . |
| 9 | It was quite common for an affluent client to insist : " I 'm only interested in BES schemes , although a skilful dealer would tempt him into a short-term punt in a stock outside the BES . |
| 10 | If you 're low level in a valley you ca n't go back and do it again |
| 11 | For Delaunay it was the interaction of colours which produced a sense of form and space in a picture , whereas for Léger it meant the simultaneous presence in a painting of the three pictorial elements of line , form and colour , all used in a system of deliberate contrasts . |
| 12 | This is because a lack of technical expertise in a Petipa variation danced in a ‘ tutu ’ is all too obvious , whilst its lack in modern works usually goes unnoticed . |
| 13 | Further , they would have the satisfaction of investing money in a thing that was calculated to add materially to enhancing the town and district . ’ |
| 14 | Derek Keys , chair of the mining corporation Gencor , was appointed Minister of Trade , Industry and Economic Co-ordination in a move seen as an effort to improve the credibility of his government 's economic policies . |
| 15 | Tallis was confused again , disbelieving ; a strange response in a world where ghosts walked and shadows cast effective spells . |
| 16 | Aspirin was introduced by an intragastric route in a dose of 200 mg/kg in 250 mM HCl . |
| 17 | When bFGF was administered subcutaneously or by intragastric route in a dose of 100 µg/kg , there was no significant change in the ethanol induced gastric lesions . |
| 18 | Sucralfate or bFGF was dissolved in saline and given by the intragastric route in a volume of 1 ml or infused subcutaneously at 4ml/hour . |
| 19 | The emotional response in a game , play and in drama is a response to an abstraction , to a ‘ bracketing-off ’ from living , and it can be just as intense — possibly even more intense for , knowing it is a second-order experience , one can ‘ release ’ one 's grieving , for example , in a way one would not do in the actual event . |
| 20 | Changes in traffic noise at these sites affected subjective response in a manner consistent with the investigators ' findings , and the investigators therefore predict that , to the extent that noise levels have remained constant at these sites , subjective response will also have remained constant . |
| 21 | The significance of this in terms of teacher learning is the way in which teacher placement supports a broad based professional development model which integrates with specific and general school issues and is attractive because it is beyond the conventional forms of in-service providing a radical , memorable experience in a teacher 's career . |
| 22 | The formation of a coalition government is normal political practice in a situation of war but , in the case of this first Francoist government , there were two reasons behind this choice . |
| 23 | A FATHER-to-be kicked and punched his pregnant girlfriend in a row . |
| 24 | Well-marked tracks led in a number of directions , one straight towards a low gap in a stone wall . |
| 25 | Now there 's a word I 'm going to use right now which is a technical term in a way and that is is er the technical term for the study of language and how we speak the word what we say and how we say it . |
| 26 | Bloody hell that be bloody dark in a minute , . |
| 27 | As soon as they arrived she saw , about half a mile away , a tall figure in a cloak , with a wide-brimmed black hat . |
| 28 | The argument was settled when a tall figure in a parachutist 's red beret and combat uniform appeared over the top of a dune and walked towards them . |
| 29 | In September , the Americans approved a Military Assistance Programme to build up European armed forces , but the explosion of a Soviet atomic bomb at the same time highlighted European vulnerability in a world increasingly dominated by only two superpowers . |
| 30 | The former Beirut hostage , Brian Keenan , has celebrated a discreet wedding in a Dublin register office . |