Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will he encourage his right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer to understand that the company car is not a tax-avoidance weapon but an essential tool of British industry and that , if we are to have a strong home-based industry , we do not need taxes so high that Jaguar and Rolls-Royce lose money ? |
| 2 | Clouds enveloping mountain-tops and coastal fogs are usually characterized by pH values much lower than rainfall ( Bridgman , 1990 ) . |
| 3 | Then abruptly he took one pointing nipple between his lips , pulling on it , and she gasped as a streak of fire ran through her , and his hands grew urgent , the thrusting caresses of his long fingers so expert that fulfilment soon came flooding in shock-waves which surged through her entire body . |
| 4 | The spectrum of questions for which answers were sought took in everything from specifics , like ‘ Are dialogue sequences less compelling than action scenes ? ’ to abstracts querying the very suspension of disbelief principle thought essential to any form of drama viewing — especially children 's viewing . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't play those games — but I should tell you here and now that I 'll make you regret it if ever you try to involve anyone else in this , ’ he warned her silkily , his grey eyes suddenly steely and intent . |
| 6 | Someone who was tall and black-haired , with milkmaid cheeks and deep , dark eyes ; eyes so deep and dark it was impossible not to notice them . |
| 7 | Some were even taller than Miach , and some were dark-haired and pale skinned , with eyes more silver than gold . |
| 8 | It is interesting that a fairly ad-hoc method of transformation ( Test 5 ) is in most respects more successful than division by a prime number . |
| 9 | And the Moors entered Castille , in great power , for there came with them five Kings , and they past above Burgos , and crost the mountains of Oca , and plundered Carrion , and Vilforado , and Saint Domingo de la Calzada , and Logroño , and Najara , and all that land ; and they carried away many captives both male and female , and brood mares , and flocks of all kinds . |
| 10 | He saw a bookshop that would stock ‘ a full range of publishers ’ books both new and backlist , but also videos , cassettes , perhaps music , and certainly the new electronic media as well . ’ |
| 11 | Angy with dead eyes wide open and blood gushing from the terrible wound in her throat . |
| 12 | By the end of 1860 the education minister was reflecting darkly on the fact that one of the Kiev schools was teaching history and one of the Moscow schools both French and German . |
| 13 | A few months later , along with adult education , commerce , cobbling , tailoring and printing , arts both heavy and light were flourishing . |
| 14 | These newly industrialized countries have , in turn , sharply changed the degree of competition in world trade faced by UK manufacturers in sectors as varied as clothing and shipbuilding . |
| 15 | ‘ This is my window , ’ she added and tossed a haughty look to the rest of the room as if to say , ‘ Are foreigners as stupid as shit , or what ? ’ |
| 16 | And although the police stress they want to educate bad drivers as much as land them in court , they say they wo n't hesitate to prosecute those who deserve it . |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't you want me ? ’ she growled innocently looking up into eyes now slate-blue and heavy-looking with unsated sex . |
| 18 | They invited me to punk parties as noisy as tractor factories , where I swigged flat cans of beer , already shaken with a twist of cigarette butt . |
| 19 | At the upper levels , more of the units deal with substantial or informative topics , including subjects as varied as video games , design , Shakespeare , pop music and the British royal family . |
| 20 | Throughout the 1970s the leitmotif of Community activity had been that of ‘ harmonisation ’ ; national frontiers and barriers to trade would subside as detailed legislation on subjects as varied as car parts , pasta , animal fodder and professional training , were enacted to create common Community standards leading to a united economic market . |
| 21 | ‘ In Edinburgh , the course originally developed as a means of helping foreign post-graduate students — working in subjects as diverse as architecture , law , medicine , language teaching , and the physical sciences — to write clearly and logically in English . |
| 22 | I have been extremely fortunate to have worked in three scientific spheres : botanical , paleontological and malacological , over 19 years and even luckier to have been able to do scientific illustrating for publication , on subjects as diverse as grass flowers and tiny rodent jawbones ! |
| 23 | The topical seminars ( for 50 to 10O delegates ) are being planned with Progressive Training to give the HCIMA the means to react to major industry developments as and when they arise , and could cover subjects as diverse as employment law , health and safety at work , and National Vocational Qualifications . |
| 24 | Subjects as diverse as tumour growth , gene structure , adaptive radiation in grasses , cell wall composition and the production of compounds of economic importance by plant tissue cultures are some of the topics of current research . |
| 25 | At Oxford University , their chap-lain has built up an active programme of events , getting speakers as varied as heart transplant pioneer Dr Christian Barnard , actor Jon Voigt and Israeli cabinet minister Ariel Sharon . |
| 26 | As she looked up into his face Lisa was aware of eyes as black as ebony and as cold as the sea bed . |
| 27 | Too big and too dramatic , with his wild black hair , copper-dark suntan and eyes as black as midnight . |
| 28 | Eyes as dark as night homed in on her own . |
| 29 | If you like to wash your face but find soaps too harsh and drying , try Neutrogena 's new Facial Cleansing Bar . |
| 30 | However , they noted some deviations related to the presence of heavy minerals with densities considerably greater than quartz and also to mica flakes whose shapes differ from the spherical . |