Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [verb] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Real , defending a 2–1 lead from the first leg , faced a Torino side urged on by 120,000 fans and suffered an early setback when Rocha deflected a shot from Gianluigi Lentini into his own net . |
| 2 | A separation between the judicial and the legislative and executive branches obviously exists in both Britain and the United States in the sense that in practice the judges are secure in their offices and have an independent status . |
| 3 | He closed his eyes and offered an anguished prayer to his own ancestors and those of the dead man , begging their forgiveness . |
| 4 | His second , seven minutes before half-time , was even better , running straight at the hapless Gittens before seeing the whites of Pears ' eyes and drilling an explosive left foot drive high into the net . |
| 5 | Marie-Christine caught Sabine 's eyes and gave an expressive wink . |
| 6 | When Harold Wilson came to office , one Polaris submarine was cancelled , but the programme continued and Labour sought a consensus with other political parties and played an enormous role in NATO . |
| 7 | Andorrans would for the first time wield full sovereignty , be able to form and join unions and political parties and have an independent judiciary . |
| 8 | Andorrans will for the first time wield full sovereignty , be able to form and join unions and political parties and have an independent judiciary . |
| 9 | WHAT HAPPENS in Foucault 's Pendulum is that three editors at a Milan publishing house , vetting manuscripts for a series of books on the occult , decide to amuse themselves by connecting up every conspiracy theory advanced by their half-baked authors and fabricating an elaborate master-plan which explains the whole of world history . |
| 10 | The theatre closed , only to reopen a year later , by which time Emma Cons had raised further funds and launched an ambitious season of concerts , plays , and scientific lectures . |
| 11 | It is strong in technological subjects and has an important department of architecture and town planning . |
| 12 | Shares in personal computer maker Psion jumped 19 to 135p after the company held its dividend , despite 1991 losses and issued an upbeat statement about trading prospects . |
| 13 | Last year the decision was taken to leave the Dean Centre as part of an ongoing rationalisation of Regional premises , aimed at making savings and offering an improved service to clients . |
| 14 | " Art " here signifies the artistry with which the writer transforms available influences and finds an appropriate form of unified expression . |
| 15 | He lifted his hands from her shoulders and raised an indifferent eyebrow . |
| 16 | The Americans are clearly hoping that it will be possible to bring the Palestinians and Israelis around the negotiating table without confronting the contradictions and achieve an historic breakthrough . |
| 17 | The Americans are clearly hoping that it will be possible to bring the Palestinians and Israelis around the negotiating table without confronting the contradictions and achieve an historic breakthrough . |
| 18 | The Romans divided the year into 12 months and added an extra day to February in Leap Years . |
| 19 | On March 17 the Botswana National Front and Botswana People 's Party called on the government to resign within six months and to call an early general election . |
| 20 | Teacher-in-training , Kate Humphries is PE teacher at the MacIntyre Homes and organised an Open Day for parents in June . |
| 21 | Sharelink has about 300,000 clients and handles an estimated 10 per cent of all the deals or the London Stock Exchange and one in four of all execution only deals . |
| 22 | In its first communiqués the PFKG announced that it had replaced the " defunct and corrupt " al Sabah regime and had closed Kuwait 's borders and imposed an indefinite curfew . |
| 23 | Ciprofloxacin , a fluoroquinolone antibiotic , fills an important gap in the range of antibiotics and has an interesting development history . |
| 24 | This would lead to a decline in the volume of less essential traffic in urban and rural areas and bring an overall reduction in all its adverse effects , including its contribution , through carbon dioxide , to global warming — certain to be very high on the political agenda in the next few years . |
| 25 | It had been Exchange policy to allow only partnerships to come into membership , but in 1982 a a new rule was introduced which permitted members to become limited companies and to have an outside share ownership of up to 29.9% . |
| 26 | Middle-aged men were automatically addressed as ‘ Miss ’ for her persistent use of gender inversion helped disorientate visitors and created an upside-down world in which all accepted standards and values had no place . |
| 27 | It transmits a signal of continuous dots and dashes and activates an Amer light , flashing the same signal . |
| 28 | This colossal layout covered an area larger than the present S. Peter 's and the Vatican gardens and had an imperial entrance approach from the Forum . |
| 29 | Ben Nevis stands at one end of the greatest mountain range in the Highlands , buttressing a grand array of ten Munros with altitudes above or near 4000 feet and forming an unbroken high skyline for several miles . |
| 30 | But Cambridge found their feet and took an audacious lead . |