Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [adj] and [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He might have reservations about the English but , generally speaking , under their rule both military and civilian knew where they stood . |
| 2 | The light from below conjured into sharp gold and black every subtlety of the great forehead , and made the cajoling mouth piercingly beautiful and kind , but the demon still inhabited the gaunt pits of his eyes . |
| 3 | But that programme may be doomed because of the uncertainty over MX and concern that the explosion of the nuclear warhead could knock out the missiles in their silos as well as the incoming warhead . |
| 4 | ET went to Manchester to find out your views on HOME ALONE II and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST . |
| 5 | She 'd never seen a boy so thin and pale-looking . |
| 6 | Plumage more rufous and head usually paler than most buzzards , also has pale patch on underwing , which Buzzard may have too , but Black Kite does not . |
| 7 | Reciprocal arrangements with another nurse or friend can work — so long as you are flexible and no money exchanges hands , but if you have a child under five and payment is involved then your ‘ childminder ’ will either have to register with the local authority ( that is if she cares for your child in the minder 's own home ) or be employed as a nanny in yours . |
| 8 | The curtain in it rises on two adjustable scenes from Peter Pan — the nursery set with the window wide open and Nanna 's kennel , and the underground tree house . |
| 9 | Since there have been so many hermaphrodite creatures in classical sculpture , I must admit that at times here I had to double check both top and bottom . |
| 10 | Rut , when all had been done to make provision more level and selection more scientific , a stubborn error of 10 per cent would remain . |
| 11 | Christmas dinners or lunches require something a bit more comfortable and gold adds the sparkle that 's right for such events |
| 12 | Income trust is considered the safest , growth is a bit more risky and opportunity the chanciest . |
| 13 | I rose , broke my fast and slipped the landlord some pieces of silver which made his vinegarish face look more congenial and subservient . |
| 14 | That Phebus , which that shoon so clere and brighte , |
| 15 | The general effect is taken over in the first red-figure ( fig. 87 ) ; but the black line which replaces incision is drawn with a brush , so by nature more malleable and fluid . |
| 16 | Creole food has its heartland in New Orleans , the colourful , vibrant city which is the birthplace of jazz and a place where fun and enjoyment is serious business . |
| 17 | Being the Bishop of an area which stretches from the North West to the Midlands , a I see a great variety of difficulties , yet I also see a wonderful breadth of support both spiritual and material . |
| 18 | Caersws station , Llanidloes road level crossing and one crossing up near Criccieth remain semaphore operated ; Machynlleth new station plus staff facilities very nice — old station disintegrating ; Aberystwyth station yard tidied up after several interesting fires but station is on the whole hardly inspiring and platform staff have been working under considerable uncertainty about their futures . |
| 19 | The splendid restaurant offers and extensive choice of menu both traditional and speciality . |
| 20 | Permanently acid lakes have a pH below 5.6 and alkalinity close to zero because calcium and magnesium have been washed from the system . |
| 21 | And I just I , I , I just came into the meeting this morning just half and hour before this meeting I saw them there , but I really do n't know what the implications are of them there . |
| 22 | Democratising pension funds , putting workers on the boards of companies , sponsoring the international worker networking described by Gary Herman in last week 's issue ( ‘ Hooked on IT ’ ) , and making foreign-language training obligatory for company executives ( as well as MPs , especially left Labour MPs ) would do more to make the economy socially progressive and productionist than any campaign to turn the pound into a peseta . |
| 23 | This means that each adult Korean both male and female , must have been a member of eight organisations — which one must recognise as absurd . |
| 24 | Re-designed suspension both front and rear , together with pendulum engine mounts ensure a smooth and quiet ride for Safrane 's occupants . |
| 25 | And I am also thinking of the identification of Rahila Khan — a novelist supposedly Asian and female — as an Anglican vicar ; and of the attempt to thwart a biography by the Englishman Ian Hamilton of the American J. D. Salinger , whose novels tell the story of his life , but who does not want anyone else to do so , preferring to keep his facts to himself . |
| 26 | The wave of interest in the rediscovery of Celtic music is particularly important , and not merely because of the Celtic-Scottish influence on Leonard 's family ( an aspect that the Montreal Gazette highlighted regarding Lyon Cohen 's Gaelic accent recently ) and American eclecticism — often little more than a slavish following of European forms — which found itself in the development of ‘ pop ’ music , notably of ragtime around 1900 and jazz around 1918 . |
| 27 | Generally speaking , this is an area where conservation and welfare tend to go , in most cases , in the same direction . |
| 28 | And of a truth vile Epicurism and Sensuality will make the soul of man so degenerate and blinde , that he will not only be content to slide into brutish immorality , but please himself of this very opinion that he is a real Brute already , an Ape , Satyre , Baboon ; and that the best of men are no better , saving that civilising of them and industrious education has made them appear in a more refined shape , and long inculcate precepts have been mistaken for connate Principles of Honesty and Natural Knowledge , otherwise there be no indespensible grounds of Religion and Virtue , but what has hapned to be taken up by overruling Custome . |
| 29 | Song less musical and flight slower than Swallow . |
| 30 | Big stars and a Father Christmas and reindeer and it 's all so bright just hanging over my head and stretching all down the road like a tunnel of hot colour all hanging in the sky so beautiful and magic . |