Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or else she would turn round , as though sensing my gaze on her skin , and for a moment as brief and yet momentous as a pause in music our eyes talked dirty . |
| 2 | I am being polite about the way in which the Government have behaved when I say that they have dealt with our recommendations in a cavalier fashion . |
| 3 | As a letter to me at Merstham dated I May 1939 indicated , Eliot was polite about the article in question : |
| 4 | Newark 's recently-completed Avro Anson C.19 VL348 has been short-listed for an award in the Scania Transport Trust Award Scheme . |
| 5 | He had been somewhat apprehensive about the encounter in view of the way their last meeting had ended , but fortunately she seemed to have put her irritation behind her . |
| 6 | It was n't right for a man in his position to be kept in the dark . |
| 7 | South 's hand did not look right for a rebid in no-trumps so , rather than explore with an ambiguous bid in the opponent 's suit , he decided to stress the quality of his own suit with Three Hearts . |
| 8 | Gus , tepid about the collection in general , grew excited about one or two personal ornaments . |
| 9 | ‘ it seems to me that it is not possible for a person in the position of the bank to exclude the discretion of the court , but one nevertheless starts from the position that the contractual position between the parties is that the costs will be paid on an indemnity basis . |
| 10 | With this level of distortion , it is not possible for a rise in the corporate tax to reduce ( w/r ) , and this illustrates how the existence of market imperfections may significantly affect the incidence of taxation . |
| 11 | It is therefore possible for a defendant in a negligence action to raise a defence of volenti non fit injuria , but consent to the risk in question can not be inferred merely from the other party 's knowledge of the purported exclusion . |
| 12 | Only if all new investment in the firm has to be financed from retained earnings is it possible for an increase in dividends to reduce net investment and thereby reduce the ability of the firm to deliver real income in the future . |
| 13 | The North Sea is obviously so shaped that very strong northerly winds can cause a piling up of water in the southern part of the sea , either because the escape route through the Straits of Dover is narrow , or because it is quite possible for the winds in the North Sea to be predominantly northerly while the winds in the English Channel are predominantly westerly . |
| 14 | There would be no point in designing software to control access to the video disc , unless suitable interfaces are also available to make it possible for the computer in the system to communicate with the video disc player and control its operation . |
| 15 | A text frequently has a much wider variety of interpretations imposed upon it by analysts studying it at their leisure , than would ever have been possible for the participants in the communicative interaction which gives rise to the ‘ text ’ . |
| 16 | And even after due allowance has been made for the undeniable fact , easily forgotten as it is , that literature is written by writers , and that writers are likely to be highly exceptional beings who actively prefer working alone , there is still something persuasively representative about the man in the play who would rather listen to a new recording of a favourite opera than to the problems of his neighbours and relatives . |
| 17 | To the British , Jamaica was the ‘ key to the Indies ’ when they captured it from the Spanish as an afterthought in 1655 . |
| 18 | Before you try to make a sale , it 's important to find out as much as possible about the products in your department ( see the next section on ‘ product knowledge ’ ) . |
| 19 | They want to find out as much as possible about the issues in a short time . |
| 20 | She could almost feel sorry for him , the way that everybody felt sorry for the coyote in the Roadrunner cartoons ; so singleminded , and with a lack of perspective that was spectacular . |
| 21 | ‘ I felt sorry for the people in the awful rain . |
| 22 | As I am unable to call to discuss these with you in person during bank opening hours I should be grateful for a reply in writing which I can present to the Council at their next meeting on 2 April 1992 . |
| 23 | When they also understand that housing costs play a proportionately lower part in pensioners ' expenditure in England than in the rest of Europe , they may be grateful for the way in which we have promoted home ownership . |
| 24 | Completely unaccustomed to the hot , humid air — so wet and steamy that it was almost impossible to breathe properly — she 'd been deeply grateful for the air-conditioning in the apartment which — when it was working properly ! — had kept them all relatively cool . |
| 25 | They would go back to Paris to the beautiful house , but she would never stop being grateful for the farm in the woods , because here she had found her father and here she had found Alain . |
| 26 | I was asked to be discreet as the lady in question , a possible grand-daughter living on the island , was of affluent mien and might not like to be reminded of her origins . |
| 27 | A quick note with your mail — sorry about the delay in getting this lot off to you ! |
| 28 | ‘ All right , I 'm sorry about the knife in the pond , ’ he said , raising his hands in submission . |
| 29 | ‘ Sorry about the mess in here — I 'm trying to do some clearing out . ’ |
| 30 | These degrees are generally of 21–24 months ' duration by full-time study , 36 months full-time for the MPhil in Clinical Psychology . |