Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here is Earth , clad in what looks disconcertingly like a badly crocheted red dress , here is a stage where an eerie pale yellow orange light plays over small details of figures , and here is a child carried off on a pole — one in a series of victims in the sacrificial Rite Of Spring . |
| 2 | At Skouriotissa a bulldozer scoops up ancient slag and dumps it on a new road . |
| 3 | Working on the river bed with a hose attached to a powerful pump , the diver hoovers up gold- bearing alluvium . |
| 4 | Bargain set menus change with the market and are the best choice : Connaught-trained chef whisks up ultra-light leek terrine layered like lasagne , heaps of appley duck with green pasta tower , and neatly balanced fish casserole a la Dieppoise ; there 's also a meaty crab tart ( £3.95 ) and a choc pave as rich as the neighbourhood . |
| 5 | Of course , what constitutes murder , rape , robbery , assault , and other forms of serious crime varies over historical periods and between cultural groups , as the changes and contradictions within and between powerful interest groups , and the shifting alliances of the less powerful bring about slight and not-so-slight tilts of society 's power axis ( Chambliss 1981 ) . |
| 6 | Ones such as , ‘ powerful plain pistons ’ , convey the sense of abruptness and force needed in the beginning while ones such as ‘ speed throws up strange shapes ’ slip from one word to the other giving a feeling of velocity . |
| 7 | However , vibration of sounds at 800 cycles per second and below is the limit of information , the vibrator picks up unwanted sounds which may drown the signals which you want to receive . |
| 8 | THE wail of pipe music is overlaid with the gentle sound of running water , low-key light picks out dappled hues of rust and ochre stretching from horizon to sky as three black-clad figures weave lazy patterns across a dusty landscape . |
| 9 | When planners put forward proposals to build a road right through a beautiful stretch of country or to quarry an unspoiled area of a national park , The Ramblers ' Association puts up strong opposition . |
| 10 | The study follows up previous research on six case studies for catering , cleaning and laundry services ( ‘ Public Administration' , summer 1987 , forthcoming ) . |
| 11 | In Figure 2.15A we can imagine a segment of the Earth 's surface ( ABE ) which has split into two , the two halves ( ABC and ADE ) remaining in contact only at point A. Point A is the pole of rotation about which movement occurs , and the separation of originally adjacent points on each segment occurs along small circles about this point . |
| 12 | The machine flies over friendly territory , but its huge side-looking radar can pick out enemy ground targets up to 200 miles away , allowing it to direct air , artillery or missile strikes against them . |
| 13 | O'Hare , a 21-year-old from Newry , was the hero of Coleraine 's penalty shoot-out wins over big guns Portadown and Glentoran in the earlier rounds . |
| 14 | Only the complete work turns up new ground . |
| 15 | But if actual proof of unfortunate outcome confirms an underlying fear , which previously they may have repressed well , unconscious panic wins over rational argument . |
| 16 | As the vehicle passes over successive toll points , charges will clock up on the vehicle 's account , rather like a telephone bill . |
| 17 | O signatures were measured on early-formed low-Mg calcite cements and septarian vein fills in near-spherical concretions from the Chombe sequence and from equivalent sequences in southern Tanzania . |
| 18 | He claims his recovery plan kills off Labour claims that he is doing nothing to combat unemployment . |
| 19 | IN STITCHES A make-up girl conjures up false skin while above , the blood on the hunt saboteur in one episode is made from a food colouring mix |
| 20 | Degree opens up new life |
| 21 | And getting out : Forest freeminer quits over imported coal . |
| 22 | After a painstaking analysis of the data , Kepler arrived at his three laws of planetary motion , that planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun , that a line joining a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal times , and that the square of the period of a planet is proportional to the cube of its mean distance from the sun . |
| 23 | Boss quits over neo-Nazi flag |
| 24 | Section 10(9) of the Children Act lays down specific criteria which the court must apply when an applicant seeks leave to apply for a s8 order ( see pp171-172 ) . |
| 25 | Tory-controlled Westminster City Council lays down strict rules for elected persons . |
| 26 | Charge-capped council sends out new bills . |
| 27 | The National Resources Defense Council sends out fat paperbacks to schools and businesses , usually unsolicited . |
| 28 | All of us understand that the sun gives out ultraviolet rays and most traditional sunscreening products at least offer protection from those referred to as UVB , the rays that burn . |
| 29 | Walker 's symbolism runs along Swedenborgian lines to a certain extent . |
| 30 | Minister 's opt-out decision rules out council-backed CTC . |