Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] and the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pursed his lips thoughtfully and the hidden laughter in his eyes warned her that she might not like his answer . |
| 2 | Can you split that six point two percent between the the second homes etcetera and the normal vacancies ? |
| 3 | Keith goes on : ‘ We 've been doing it for three or four months now and the only problem was when somebody tripped running to the B stage , fell down and scraped their elbow ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ These are British Government proposals and do n't require anybody else 's permission , and they can be shared with the four parties here and the Irish Government . |
| 5 | And nobody knows what may happen to Soviet players , torn between their new work opportunities abroad and the emotional pull of their increasingly independent-minded republics . |
| 6 | Gaveston had his spies everywhere and the common jest was true , England had three kings ; old Edward , his son and Gaveston . |
| 7 | She met his eyes again and the full charm of his smile was turned upon her . |
| 8 | Also , all chest exercise must be balanced by back training , otherwise the chest muscles will begin to pull the shoulders round and the weaker , untrained back muscles will be unable to counteract the pull . |
| 9 | The crane , for moving the ramps which connected the rigs together and the inshore rig to the beach , was tested for free operation . |
| 10 | Because agriculture is such a basic industry throughout the world , good opportunities exist for agricultural posts overseas and the Third World in particular has an unsatisfied demand for graduates , once they have acquired the necessary experience or postgraduate qualifications in an appropriate field of tropical agriculture . |
| 11 | His face creased up in knotted lines again and the vacant blue eyes clouded over . |
| 12 | As they close in on the prey , they thrust their talons forward and the mighty claws take over . |
| 13 | Diode , D1 , connected in parallel with the solenoid coil bypasses the reverse high-voltage pulse which occurs when the current switches off and the magnetic field collapses . |
| 14 | Ten years on and the former students of HND Hotel Management and Catering Class of ‘ 82 are still in touch . |
| 15 | However , it does depend somewhat on the application involved : character-based being the easiest , graphical applications harder and the new generation of graphical programs the most particular . |
| 16 | I was at the wardrobe , I 'd just took me trousers off and the bloody door flew open and I turned round , he was on the bed ! |
| 17 | The final moult occurs in the bronchioles a few days later and the young adults then move up the bronchi and mature . |
| 18 | His downfall came five years later and the new owners were the Denison family who eventually took the name of the village for their title . |
| 19 | They built a dome over it to keep the duststorms out and the new air in . |
| 20 | All three parties to the Bosnia talks attended the first meeting since the current round began two weeks ago and the Bosnian president , Alija Izetbegovic , said he would sign key documents in a peace package . |
| 21 | My bone marrow was harvested a couple of weeks ago and the whole thing was a piece of cake . |
| 22 | Until lately , it was held that America was not reached until about 12 000 years ago and the southern tip of that continent in less than another 1000 years , but evidence recently gathered suggests that humans were in the Americas 32 000 years ago . |
| 23 | ‘ As for Guns N ’ Roses , I bought ‘ Appetite For Destruction ’ three years ago and the one thing that struck me was just how exciting the guitars were . |
| 24 | Mrs Lundgren , 52 , is the region 's sole candidate from the Party ‘ relaunched ’ three years ago and the only one in a wheelchair . |
| 25 | In other words we 've effectively rebuilt the island of information that we used to talk about five years ago and the key motivation behind enterprise client server is really to integrate the efforts of these two groups . |
| 26 | The first Carmelites landed in England 750 years ago and the first celebration of the anniversary was held at the Minster . |
| 27 | did n't he years ago and the big kids sort of , well not torment him , but he 's for the fun you know |
| 28 | The youngest ship was built only 12 years ago and the oldest was constructed in 1966 . |
| 29 | Needless to say this service ended many years ago and the old post office is now a private house , the station is closed and the trains no longer stop at Lowthorpe . |
| 30 | All six groups which had reached an agreement at Djibouti in July 1991 [ see p. 38322 ] , including the faction of the USC that continued to support Mahdi Mohammed , had on July 29 welcomed the UN resolution adopted two days earlier and the proposed deployment of UN troops in Somalia . |