Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adj] and [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On these rested the employers ' capacity to break any strike , while the union 's strength lay in its capacity to " picket out " the vessels and shipping offices concerned and to dry up the supply of blacklegs by intercepting the trains on which they arrived and by organizing the ports from which they had been recruited . |
| 2 | She opened her blue eyes wide and smiled back at him , the curve of her mouth imitating his . |
| 3 | They had both animals ready and saddled up in half an hour , which was as well , because five minutes later , on the stroke of half past seven , Lord Deverill himself arrived , accompanied by four couples of hounds . |
| 4 | A tragically burly insect eight feet tall and made out of rust . |
| 5 | Potential staff have to be at least 18 years old and qualified up to GCSE level , including maths and English . |
| 6 | Did you know it 's a replica of one of the charms said to be over a thousand years old and dug up on the island of Bornholm ? ’ |
| 7 | Promoting collective planning and decision making to devise an overall protection plan for the child , which integrates the work of the agencies concerned and divides up tasks in an economic and functional manner . |
| 8 | When Napoleon offered to sign the treaty of Tolentino in 1797 , but demanded several million lire to be paid in diamonds and treasure in return , the reigning pontiff was driven to having his tiaras unpicked and handing over among other stones the fabulous emerald collected by Julius II . |
| 9 | Usually the lower leaves on the stems brown and fall off . |
| 10 | When the camouflage of this praying mantis fails and a killer is closing in , the insect adopts the last-ditch defence strategy of flashing its wings open and rearing up with its front legs spread . |
| 11 | Keep surrounding surfaces clean and clear up fast after a messy job with this practical polyethylene sheet . |
| 12 | Eventually a few candles were lit , the band started playing , the couples uncoupled and went off to the back room , and the party went on . |
| 13 | Ramsay was apt to make his backgrounds neutral and to sharpen up the clarity of his designs to focus the viewer 's attention on the sitter 's face and hands . |
| 14 | A Labour government would immediately initiate the widest possible review defence commitments world-wide and set up an arms conversion agency . |
| 15 | Then I opened my fingers wide and peered down at the floor . |
| 16 | I know they can be affected by wind and frost and it turns the leaves brown and kills off the buds , but why is only one affected ? |
| 17 | I have been collecting stamps of the world since I was eight-years old and specialize in , etc . ’ |
| 18 | We 'll explain in layman 's terms the benefits of the various satellite TV systems available and work out what 's best for you . |
| 19 | Over a period of time circuit boards and chips creep out of their sockets as different components cool and heat up at different rates . |
| 20 | In order to keep exports competitive and to shore up foreign exchange reserves , the government decided to allow the peso to float freely . |
| 21 | Very shy and hard to flush , often zigzags , frequently only detectable by distinctive low mooing or crooning note ; When does fly skims low and drops down , hardly ever rising again . |
| 22 | We papered the walls white and put up a border : with curtains and a lampshade to match , it only came to around £50 . |
| 23 | To arbitrate this unity , UI has , as expected ( UX No 414 ) , wrestled the authority to pick technologies above the operating system away from Unix System Laboratories Inc and opened up the selection process to the industry at large . |
| 24 | The ill-fated Stirling , Central plant closed by Wang Laboratories Inc and taken over three years ago by Compaq Computer Corp as a repair and service centre , is to close again with the work going to Erskine . |