Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fanon 's apparent ignorance and misrepresentation of women and feminine sexuality has been remarked before ; less so his equally problematic representation of homosexuality , and the way he slides from the one to the other : ‘ the Negrophobic woman is in tact nothing but a putative sexual partner — just as the Negrophobic man is a repressed homosexual . ’ |
| 2 | For instance someone with a sore throat may well also have a fever and you will get a fuller picture by looking at the remedies in both sections . |
| 3 | One reads that such scenes give the green soldier nothing but a mad lust to kill in his turn . |
| 4 | The Italian was in the process of being shown the red card himself for a crunching tackle on Walsh when the Pompey striker hit back angrily . |
| 5 | It has been a particular source of worry that sales of the magazine have been so low ; in fact on the current issue we made a considerable loss which as a small Society is very difficult to cover . |
| 6 | The steadying windvane is a help , and the alternative triangular frame idea shows a way of using weight itself as a stabilising force . |
| 7 | The muskrat is a swamp-dwelling rodent something like a large water vole . |
| 8 | The main thing is to get a piece of paper between each piece of glassware so that if it does move , And if you j you just pack a piece of paper in er er fold it over a little er and push it in , i i so you stop movement . |
| 9 | Trevor , fishing it with a floating line and a 20-foot leader , retrieved the Tinhead slowly on Kingfisher Pool and tempted a fine 7lb 2oz rainbow trout . |
| 10 | … the standard of conduct required from a director in relation to dealings with a shareholder will differ depending upon all the surrounding circumstances and the nature of the responsibility which in a real and practical sense the director has assumed towards the shareholder . |
| 11 | I 'm not above all this , still boasting about my San Diego built glass-shafted driver which on a good day hits with a snap . |
| 12 | " It 'll be good for a giggle , as Charlie says , " she concluded , with a look which on a lesser woman could have been called coy . |
| 13 | Asked to organise a tea party to raise funds for the Royal British Legion women 's section 's national birthday scheme , Liphook branch hit on the idea of turning theirs into a Mad Hatter 's tea party . |
| 14 | The Parliament Act 1911 still recites that ‘ it is intended to substitute for the House of Lords as it at present exists a Second Chamber constituted on a popular instead of hereditary basis ’ and explains the Act itself as a temporary measure pending such a substitution . |
| 15 | The team had already identified the capability of the switchboard equipment itself as a major cause of delays and one recommendation was that Direct Dial In [ DDI ] facilities should be installed so that calls could be dialled direct to specific people , by-passing the switchboard . |
| 16 | The door was opened by the gipsy girl who with a decisive movement turned the handle and pulled it wide . |
| 17 | By the afternoon of the 7th , to the accompaniment of barrages enveloping the whole sector that seemed to reach a crescendo of fury , the Germans captured the whole of the Bois des Corbeaux ; including the wounded Colonel of the 211th , saved no doubt from savage disgrace himself by a spirited last-ditch defence . |
| 18 | There are an awful lot of children in the United Kingdom in fact who are living in the sort of poverty and who 's parents are living in the sort of poverty which in a rich country like our own , should not be tolerated . |
| 19 | He traced a chain of development in the verbalization of sexual material from " smut " , " " Zote " " , which is characteristically used , he claims , by a man to excite a woman , to the joke itself as a covert expression of thwarted male sexual aggression and desire . |
| 20 | They can arrange to mary you in a hot air balloon or on the beach , they can even invite along some monks to attend the proceedings . |
| 21 | In order to defend the legislative principle of integrity , therefore , we must defend the general style of argument that takes the community itself as a moral agent . |
| 22 | After expressing the cooked garlic from its skin , puree it with a little vegetable oil , raw coriander root and leaf , plus black pepper . |
| 23 | After completion , post it in a sealed envelope to Patio Competition , Small Gardens , Bushfield House , Orton Centre , Peterborough PE2 OUW to arrive no later than December 31st 1989 . |
| 24 | As you cruise the waterways on a luxury motor launch feast your eyes on the illuminated city and feast yourself on a delightful 4 course dinner — aperitif , wine and liqueur included . |
| 25 | That is why covering yourself with a Legal & General Home and Personal Insurance Policy makes sound , common-sense . |
| 26 | Out of the corner of her eye , she saw the casual intimacy as Luke bent to say something to the girl , felt the cruel , jealous twist in her body , as she saw his mouth meeting hers in a lazy kiss . |
| 27 | There is actual evidence that he did do it in his childhood , and th so they 're not erm , they 're kind of building everything on a single sentence like Leo does , you know , amazingly enough , Leo 's book starts with entry of Who 's Who in a single phrase , where she calls herself daughter of , her father . |
| 28 | He then holds up his own ideal , a calculated inversion which in a normal man might be the text for a denunciation of what Cicero called the treachery ‘ lurking under the false show of loyal service ’ : At this point , normally , the attack on evil would be made ; but Iago unconcernedly identifies himself with this group : ‘ These fellows have some soul , /And such a one do I profess myself ’ ( 53ff . ) . |
| 29 | The autobiographical source of the novel also goes some way to explaining the method of presentation of Antoine 's character which at a personal level reflects a tension between a father and a son , and at a historical level reflects a tension between two different epochs . |
| 30 | But why this peculiar organization of the horseman 's day which to a large extent cut across the hours of the other workers on the farm ? |