Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lifted his hand with graceful ease to imprison her chin , strong fingers splayed against her throat , their touch light but masterful . |
| 2 | the claim is hard to substantiate , not so much because of Nietzsche 's professed lack of " literary ambition " ( a somewhat disingenuous profession in any case ) , but for want of any decisive evidence in , for instance , the copious private notes surviving from his first years at Basle . |
| 3 | An Oxford graduate , Shearman brought skilled professionalism to the role — the first occasion on which the District had enjoyed the benefit of an academically well qualified tutor with experience as a WEA tutor and someone with considerable administrative talents derived from his war service experience . |
| 4 | And again , ‘ … ideas about separating , purifying , demarcating and punishing transgressions have as their main function to impose system on an inherently untidy experience . |
| 5 | As he pressed eagerly forward , his long beard streaming In the wind and rain , two Spanish friars snapped at his heels , still desperately trying to persuade him in Latin to die in the faith ; they continued to exhort him at the stake , where , according to Foxe , he lifted up his eyes to heaven , as he held his offending hand in the fire , and died using the words of Stephen : ‘ Lord Jesus receive my spirit . ’ |
| 6 | The main attraction of pluralist approaches to the study of political phenomena lies in their catholicism . |
| 7 | Each position implies a broad method : in ( a ) illustration and clarification of the ‘ informing spirit ’ , as in national histories of styles of art and kinds of intellectual work which manifest , in relation with other institutions and activities , the central interests and values of a ‘ people ’ ; in ( b ) exploration from the known or discoverable character of a general social order to the specific forms taken by its cultural manifestations . |
| 8 | The officials who sent them off from the ports with the loaded railway-wagons gave them rations for the number of days which the grain would in normal times take to its destination . |
| 9 | Relaxed but alert , Peter slouched in the saddle , reins dangling , while the sweating ponies snatched at their bits and fidgeted . |
| 10 | Thus many though by no means all European States had at their disposal means of recruiting by compulsion considerable numbers of men for military service . |
| 11 | Downstairs , Teppanyaki San is Japanese food as theatre , with knife-juggling , joke-telling chefs cooking at your table — express lunches from £5.50 |
| 12 | It is dangerous for a country to rely on one or two agricultural products to pay for its imports . |
| 13 | In public the actions of the Emperor and his court were governed by a rigid code of courtliness , as subtle and elaborate as the interlaced borders the Mughal artists painted around their miniatures . |
| 14 | Stephen reorganised the state on a non-tribal basis and encouraged German knights to settle in its lands , very much as Malcolm III in Scotland invited Norman knights to settle in his country . |
| 15 | As noted earlier Mrs Thatcher was virtually vetoing European policies favoured by her two most senior ministers . |
| 16 | His self-promotional skills combined with his love of sport and the arts made him a popular choice in his new fields . |
| 17 | She barely had time to struggle to her feet before cruel fingers tangled in her hair and her face was jerked up to the light . |
| 18 | Uniformed chauffeurs stood by their proud machines in the parking lot . |
| 19 | Black-and-white drawings could not convey even a remote impression of the emerald greenery of these wonderful hills nor the vast skyscapes and panoramic views seen from their summits . |
| 20 | If , meanwhile , another blackbird saw a species it has never seen before , it would rapidly associate this species with the mobbing calls made by its fellows . |
| 21 | The inherent conflicts embodied in their creation has subsequently led to their demise in many countries . |
| 22 | Ms d'Harnoncourt , the only woman in the running , failed to make the short list because , according to Dr Murphy , ‘ She did n't quite have the administrative skills needed for our museum ’ . |
| 23 | The soft , shy fingers quivered in her palms , the half-formed flower of a mouth tasted of the spring and the sun . |
| 24 | He also said that he would press ahead with the controversial plans announced by his predecessor to revise the Constitution in such a way as to permit the despatch of Japanese troops to other countries [ see p. 38529 ] . |
| 25 | The British Trias is almost completely lacking in marine fossils below the Rhaetian , but I maintained that one could nevertheless see the effects of alpine transgressions reflected in our continental sediments . |
| 26 | To remedy this , the Spanish want the EC 's regional funds to pay for its hospitals and schools . |
| 27 | Absurd anxieties fled across her mind . |
| 28 | Dry lips brushed against her cheek . |
| 29 | There were often strange cars parked outside her father 's place . |
| 30 | De Villiers ' hazel eyes shot from her face to fitzAlan at the bright greeting . |