Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The United States argued in the context of Suez that there is a user right appertaining to all users of the Canal , including , presumably , potential users . |
| 2 | there could occur a case where the issue raised was so sensitive and the revelations necessarily following its decision so damaging to national security that the court might have to take special measures ( for example sitting in camera or prohibiting the mention of names ) . |
| 3 | Now , you , for instance , " she said , her vague look suddenly sharpening into pinpointed attention , " you , I should think , do . |
| 4 | In the New Testament Jesus uses two images to convey God 's extravagant concern for the world : one is the shepherd who risks the rest of the flock in order to go searching for the lost sheep ; the other is the woman who turns a house upside down looking for lost coins . |
| 5 | the laburnum apparently cascading with yellow |
| 6 | She opened her eyes , her tired mind gradually focusing on that name . |
| 7 | The main body of audiences in the Sixties were adults who tended to regard TV sf as either children 's fare , or as trash : an unfounded prejudice probably stemming from unwarranted comparisons with the comic-strip science fiction movie serials of the 1930s and 40s , or with the UK-banned ‘ horror ’ comics of the 1950s . |
| 8 | I had an instant picture of this docile boat now chugging at nine knots with a following wind on a choppy but inland loch , far out in the North Sea bucking and corkscrewing , the bow sickeningly below the waves as often as not . |
| 9 | There obviously are n't more than thirty one days in a month but we 'll just practice then counting from twenty now and we 'll stop at thirty nine |
| 10 | They stopped at an orchid farm , spending an hour just wandering through vast greenhouses , filled with blooms of every conceivable colour and variety , some headily perfumed , others with no scent at all . |
| 11 | Their search took them to six countries , with the contract finally going to Toronto-based Lovat . |
| 12 | I am of course not speaking of those from the interior it is necessary to be more guarded with them particularly those of the Namoi and Juden ( ? ) parts , which I am now about to visit . |
| 13 | He was wearing a clean white T-shirt , frayed denim shorts , and navy canvas deck shoes , his dark hair already drying in unruly waves . |
| 14 | Two of the brass chandeliers suspended above the nave gave a gentle diffused light but the church looked dimly mysterious compared with the glare of the passage and the figures of Massingham and the detective sergeant quietly conferring , of Miss Wharton and the boy patiently sitting like hump-backed dwarfs on low chairs in what must be the children 's corner , seemed as distanced and insubstantial as if they moved in a different dimension of time . |
| 15 | A four-year investor is looking for a 25 per cent return here , against a Japanese counterpart only asking for 7 per cent over 14 years . |
| 16 | Yes i , on , on the side which we believe er matters , if you like , the side that faces the er , the road , and faces the bungalows we we 've sought to achieve that erm , on the rear elevations it 's perhaps a less important issue so looking at any of the erm large coloured elevated sheets the upper drawing represents the street side , the side that faces the bungalows and the side where scale issue becomes er , more important and the lower drawing erm where there 's er an eaves and gutter above the first is are actually the the back garden side that erm will be seen perhaps less . |
| 17 | ‘ Industrial democracy ’ on the other hand is a term which is generally taken to refer to particular practices of management already operating in certain capitalist economies ( e.g. West Germany ) or specific proposals such as those of the Bullock Committee ( Bullock , 1977 ) , practices and proposals which give some role to workers or their representatives in enterprise decision-making , but which are not necessarily linked to the overall social planning of the economy in the interests of working people . |
| 18 | Nematode eggs differ greatly in size and shape , and the shell is of variable thickness usually consisting of three layers . |
| 19 | Question directly relating to that point though is it not true that the Eastern Arts withdrawal of the ten thousand pound grant last year was directly related to criticisms made in both in the nineteen eighty six appraisal and subsequently and repeated both to The Star recently what with was that the marketing of the playhouse was drastically inadequate . |
| 20 | What on earth , come to that , was the old fool still doing in general practice ? |
| 21 | The mountain looks great at this time in the early morning , with the sun now shining on one side and casting shadows and colours across the lower slopes . |
| 22 | One major benefit immediately arising from these changes is that , as VAT will no longer need to be accounted for at UK sea or airports , EC deferment guarantees can be cancelled , creating an immediate cash flow improvement . |
| 23 | I ca n't imagine my Levin ever maturing like that . |
| 24 | Although an Exeter weaver could still make 9s ( 45p ) a week in 1750 , a level still persisting in nearby Taunton in 1764 , by 1787 he had fallen to 8s ( 40p ) and to 7s ( 35p ) by 1791 . |
| 25 | In the meantime , I made inquiries with the old-folk of the village to see if they remembered any house or cottage ever standing on that particular field . |
| 26 | While the national team were put through their paces at Fort Stanley , base for the Black Watch , who are on a two-year tour of duty here , the Scottish Survivors , a team largely consisting of former internationalists , drawn together by Iain Milne , were making their debut in the Carlsberg Tens competition at the Hong Kong Football Club . |
| 27 | Society gradually adjusted to the emergence of a new distinct phase in the life cycles of most people , a period of post-employment leisure normally preceding by many years the onset of marked physical decline . |
| 28 | In reply , Boycott and Brearley put on no less than 129 for the first wicket — jolly good in a Test , but they took thirty-eight overs about it , with Boycott not getting into double figures until the seventeenth over . |
| 29 | ALAN DAVIES was being sincere when he expressed his sympathy for an Irish team exposed in this record home crushing as second rate . |
| 30 | In his last competitive game before the world championship , Davis had to battle all the way against an opponent also fighting for one of the four play-off places . |