Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shafts of piercing sunlight slowly push their curious fingers through the dusty waters as far down as they will go . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , no ? ’ he drawled mockingly as he slowly lowered his dark head towards her . |
| 3 | Damian Flint slowly lowered his dark head . |
| 4 | Alresford 's recently formed rugby club , who have successfully completed their inaugural season using facilities at Perin 's School , have asked the parish council to consider creating a rugby pitch at Arlebury Park . |
| 5 | ‘ The middle , ’ Reyce continues , ‘ although enjoying much meddow and pasture , yett far more tillage doe from thence raise their cheifest maintenance . ’ |
| 6 | As the supreme or sovereign power within its own boundaries the state can not have rivals which successfully deny its law-making powers or its claims on the ultimate allegiance of its citizens . |
| 7 | Throughout 1990 and the first half of 1991 the SLORC had imposed a series of legal restrictions on the NLD and other opponents which effectively frustrated their political ambitions . |
| 8 | The music by Dominic Muldowney is no more than pleasant , but it effectively fulfils its main purpose , which is to keep at bay recollections of Lerner and Loewe . |
| 9 | The LDP 's share of the vote fell by more than 3 per cent compared with the 1986 lower house elections , and the party won 20 seats fewer than it had possessed at the dissolution ( although 11 independents were later reported to have joined , thereby bringing its total strength to 286 ) . |
| 10 | Boon duly got it next day and took his average to a Bradmanesque 86 . |
| 11 | Edith Wiens has a tight vibrato , not at all like the vibrato of French sopranos and which rather spoils her second soprano solo , but the others make up for it with the highly unusual duo for first soprano and bass , accompanied by harp and organ ( an arresting combination ) , or with the utterly ravishing trio for first soprano , tenor and bass , with its elaborate harp accompaniment . |
| 12 | The belt tying the skirt on drew the bodice edges in round the breasts ( if they were to be exposed ) and presumably lent them some support from the sides and from below . |
| 13 | In 1987 , Tyacke vigorously restated his original position in his book Anti-Calvinists : The rise of English Arminianism c. 1590 1640 , only to be turned on once more by his critics . |
| 14 | To date almost 100 graduates have participated in the GEP and the majority have gone on to successfully launch their own businesses . |
| 15 | He eventually realised his only chance of survival was to make his own way down the peak . |
| 16 | ‘ I must say I 'm rather enjoying our little outing . ’ |
| 17 | BT had higher profits than either , presumably reflecting its still de facto monopoly situation . |
| 18 | Final pricing depends of course on how Sun eventually pitches its Tsunami offering , which is to be announced two days prior to HP 's roll-out . |
| 19 | Heard Island , comparatively tiny , has little open ground and a smaller range of habitats ; comparative remoteness has presumably given it fewer opportunities to acquire a flora . |
| 20 | They stayed there for a quarter of an hour , the only movement being the driver slowly inching his little finger up so that he could lock the door . |
| 21 | Yesterday the ten-minute Bill introduced by the hon. Member for Ogmore ( Mr. Powell ) was overwhelmingly given its First Reading with a majority of 200 , with all-party support . |
| 22 | Keep your foot flexed and start slowly circling your right leg , at the same time bringing it up in the air . |
| 23 | This rather cooled their high spirits , because Missenden 's failure to do what was required of him about some case of ecclesiastical preferment was criticized . |
| 24 | yes you would actually get , a magic E right , or a magic I making that vowel right say its long name , so it would be quite difficult to say dig giding |
| 25 | With reduction in costs as a key objective for Banks , they hope that staff loyalty to customers will allow them to widely market their new hours without properly managing these issues . |
| 26 | George Michael would find it easiest to grow older gracefully , eventually launching his 1987 album Faith on to a perfectly-targeted audience of millions . |
| 27 | I suspect that sea kayaking will go the way of inland touring , namely that modifications to design and materials will negate the most telling criticisms of plastic , and then its obvious advantage in durability will vastly outweigh its remaining disadvantages ( except for competitions and long open sea crossings ) . |
| 28 | A MOTHER stabbed to death a pensioner the day after charges alleging he raped and indecently assaulted her four-year-old daughter were dropped , a court was told today . |
| 29 | Historians still have before them the difficult task of charting the area before they can properly explore its hidden riches . |
| 30 | He cut his right thumb , had five stitches put in a nasty gash beneath his right knee and badly bruised his right ankle . |