Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Rode through forty nights of the gospels ' rain Black sky pourin' snakes frogs And love in vain You were down where the river grows wider Baby let me be your soul rider . ’ |
| 2 | We shall assume that the two kinds of particles have equal densities and move in opposite directions . |
| 3 | It featured the removal of state subsidies for public organizations and cuts in public spending , but increased farm subsidies ( combined with the introduction of market prices for farm products ) . |
| 4 | She narrowed her eyes and added in clipped tones , ‘ I know you always thought of this as your home and that you never wanted me to be a part of it . |
| 5 | Close your eyes and stay in this position for 10 minutes . |
| 6 | I got to know the blobs and wiggles in that rough circle that looked like a sample from an oil slick , until I could draw them blindfold , and I began to visualize them inside me . |
| 7 | So she made no protest as they wriggled their way beneath the bushes and waited in tense silence for the approaching party to appear . |
| 8 | Some respondents to the Discussion Paper expressed concern that its disclosure requirements could impose unacceptable burdens on preparers and result in financial statements including information that was not relevant to users and difficult to interpret . |
| 9 | Sure , there are no working clocks in the entire flat , just one lively broken green thing that ticks happily as if it could tell the time , though the second hand only pulses and stays in one place . |
| 10 | The 37-year-old took an overdose of painkillers and lay in sub-zero conditions with just a sleeping bag . |
| 11 | It was n't the weather threatening grey above our heads and racing in vicious squalls over the distant col , nor was it the task that lay before us . |
| 12 | She lifted her multi-petticoated skirts and walked down with as much grace as she could manage , playing the part of Cinderella at her first ball , prevented from any sudden movement by the flattering silken wig whose curls were interlaced with pearls and fell in tumbling ringlets on to one breast . |
| 13 | It has sometimes been the case , however , that unsafe imported goods have been in the shops and bought in considerable quantities before the Secretary of State has learnt of their presence in the country . |
| 14 | MAIN MEAL ; Skin 2 small chicken thighs and place in ovenproof dish with a 225g can tomatoes , 2 sliced mushrooms , 1 crushed clove garlic , seasoning and ½ tsp of herbs . |
| 15 | Practice is given in using the telephone , coping with crises and working in various specialist areas ( eg courier , receptionist , travel agent , coach driver ) . |
| 16 | What station-building remained was increasingly to reflect the functional , geometrical approach , stressing cubes and cylinders and glorying in reinforced concrete . |
| 17 | She stood worriedly in front of him , brows pulled together , feathery hair over her shoulders and clinging in fine threads to the sweat of her forehead . |
| 18 | The landlord joined the officers in the bar parlour , while Slatter brusquely shrugged his shoulders and indulged in muted conversation with James . |
| 19 | The former lists seven or eight subformations made up of algae , lichens and mosses in varying combinations ; the latter includes only one subformation , involving the two antarctic flowering plants , the grass Deschampsia antarctica and the pink or pearlwort Colobanthus quitensis . |
| 20 | Caboc is a cows ' milk cheese made in small cylindrical shapes and rolled in toasted oatmeal to give it a more distinctive flavour . |
| 21 | But it is the family 's version which the texts privileges and recounts in full detail , for this view of events is entirely consistent with the cultural assumptions of an isolated rural people and , indeed , is regarded as more credible than wonders of modern technology , such as the cinema . |
| 22 | The mushrooms I have already mentioned but in addition and all for free were blackberries , elderberries , crab apples , bullaces ( the original plum — rather like a damson but sweeter ) , hazelnuts ( if we could outwit the squirrels and get in first ) , bilberries and sloes . |
| 23 | Although many solicitors offer fixed fee interviews they are given little publicity beyond referral lists and notices in some solicitors ' offices . |
| 24 | The best ad vice in order to guard against such a mismatch is to start out by piloting Compact in a small number of schools and to take in more schools only when the Partnership is satisfied that there are sufficient job opportunities available . |
| 25 | For example , much of the foregoing discussion was making the point that soil erosion was important to many small producers in steep-sloped and/or semi-arid areas and it may have seemed that these people were the only ones to cause and suffer from the effects of soil erosion ; also that there were few or no cases where successful adaptations and advances in agricultural technology had occurred . |
| 26 | It/s an all-in-one product for eyes , cheeks and lips and comes in two shades — Rosewood and Terracotta , both specially selected to enhance all three areas of the face . |
| 27 | Considering the sensitivity of lakes and soils in other parts of the world and expected rapid industrialization in the coming decades , areas such as Brazil , Nigeria , southern Africa , India , Malaysia and China are among those likely to be exposed to an increased risk of acid deposition effects in the future ( figure 4.13 ; Swedish Ministry of Agriculture , 1982 ) . |
| 28 | Well we 've er we 've gained in , in many areas and held in all . |
| 29 | As she moved the drapes ( how old ? as old as Grandmother ? older perhaps ? ) across the window , Alice watched thin veils of dust rising from the folds and settling in new patterns on the velvet . |
| 30 | Its use has been banned in six countries and restricted in 19 . |