Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It featured an enclosed glazed cockpit for the pilots with sliding panels , and portholes were located along the hull sides . |
| 2 | Classes in the faculty are normally conducted in New College , a striking historic building on the Mound in central Edinburgh which includes the largest theological library in Britain . |
| 3 | The strong rural support for the Party is recognized by a call for ‘ a realistic return for the farming community , with special measures to offset the disadvantages , especially in the intensive livestock sector , resulting from our isolation from Great Britain ’ . |
| 4 | She found him behind a tall potted plant in the far corner where , she suspected , he had been deliberately steered by the proprietor in order that as few people as possible should be aware of his presence in the establishment . |
| 5 | Quiet holding notes and fairly stationary filling-in parts constitute the main part of the duty of the horns , as any score will show , but we shall see later on that they are also very useful in doubling other instruments when it is desired to give ‘ body ’ and prominence to a broad melodic line in the tenor register . |
| 6 | It followed from this that real international peace could be attained only through far-reaching political reform within the European States and the weakening or destruction of the monarchical , aristocratic and military influences which had hitherto dominated them . |
| 7 | ‘ Naturally we at the centre are very pleased at having developed the most advanced bionic arm in the world . |
| 8 | Two million cells in 3μl were slowly injected under ether anaesthesia through the right frontal skull into the subarachnoid space using a 10μl Hamilton syringe . |
| 9 | ‘ The interior of the carriage is lined throughout with delicate blue satin , wadded and tufted , and the angles finished with broad fluted pilaster of the same elegant material . |
| 10 | I start up the engine again and move on , staying within fifty metres of the shore , which is the usual feeding range of the local otters . |
| 11 | Gen. Aoun suffered a serious setback on Feb. 17 when LF militiamen overran Adma base ( north of Jounieh ) , the sole Army-held pocket in the northern LF territories . |
| 12 | A bicycle wheel fitted into the rail slots perfectly , with disasterous results as Yanto had often discovered after the odd liquid lunch at the Sharpness Hotel . |
| 13 | It meant a person who was not paid , was probably a close relative and had a strong emotional involvement with the person receiving care . |
| 14 | So many mixed feelings of guilt and anxiety , love and hate can blur the issue that it may be important to adopt the suggestion of one therapist and discuss all the issues with a wise counsellor , perhaps a minister or some other friend of the family , who knows most of the people concerned but has none of the strong emotional involvement of a family member . |
| 15 | He said that we had proposed setting up , through the Western European Union , a European reaction force but that a number of our partners within the member states had a strong emotional attachment to the idea of a common European defence policy associated with the European Community . |
| 16 | An additional urgency was injected into the moves towards a coherent regional policy by the emergence of the debate on economic and monetary union in the 1970s . |
| 17 | The former , who had succeeded to his title in 1543 , had maintained a strong feudal authority at the service of three Tudor monarchs with divergent religious attitudes . |
| 18 | Since it follows that the overall gain under such feedback conditions is Notice that , in this broad introductory description of the feedback technique , the symbol s has been deliberately introduced to signify any signal current or voltage . |
| 19 | For a chance to win one of these exciting prizes , simply list who you think will be in the 12-man European team for the 1991 Ryder Cup at Kiawah Island . |
| 20 | Opposition Members will obviously be disappointed at the Minister 's reply which is characterised by his usual laid-back approach to the matter . |
| 21 | It can be a gentle paddle on sluggish water or a 25 yd shoot down a narrow rocky gut under the trees . |
| 22 | A young would-be tycoon used his posh private school as an office for his money-making schemes . |
| 23 | This interest stems in part from Germany 's outstanding economic record in the boom . |
| 24 | This was stated in total emphatic form by the anonymous French student who retorted when General de Gaulle returned in haste from Romania and said : ‘ La réforme , oui . |
| 25 | It is certainly true that Rowell had very little success with the South West divisional side , but then — with the possible exception of becoming Welsh coach — there are few more thankless tasks than trying to create a cohesive representative side amid the passionate parochialism that provides West Country rugby with its strengths and its limitations . |
| 26 | Many suffered hardship waiting for payments but were also made ineligible for help from the Independent Living Fund and other benefits because of the ‘ complete administrative disarray at the Benefits Agency ’ . |
| 27 | Van Basten scored twice in last season 's 6-1 aggregate semi-final victory over the Spaniards . |
| 28 | And we could smell the strong pungent scent of a trotting fox as we trailed dog-like paw marks . |
| 29 | CRUSADERS did n't show a glimpse of their usual goal-snapping fury in a dismal Seaview flop . |
| 30 | It was spanned by a narrow hump-backed bridge of the picturesque variety that is guaranteed to damage any car that uses it . |