Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is my tape ready at the right place for the hymn ? |
| 2 | Madeleine , however , had insisted he bring along a girl to make up a foursome and Primrose was the only girl available at the last minute . |
| 3 | This clever idea allows the pit to be shut away when not in use , making it look attractive while keeping the sand clean at the same time . |
| 4 | Bovis host , Bovis North Managing Director , Dennis Bate , with the Princess Royal at the Olympic Arena site |
| 5 | It was supremely indifferent , but , even as it burned into her like acid , her fingers were plunging into the midnight darkness of his hair as she invited his kiss again , the tumult of his mouth on hers and in it already a necessity , wildness running in her veins , the heavy aching beat of desire unchecked at the deep core of her womanhood . |
| 6 | The Director General at the French Foreign Office , Francois Scheer , held talks with government officials in Tehran on July 9-10 , and said that an agreement was expected within " a couple of weeks " ; he denied reports of disagreements over Iran 's access to uranium supplies and stressed that the difficulties been " technical " . |
| 7 | He flicked the file open at the last letter . |
| 8 | And that gets you admission the firework spectacular at the Great Central Railway and that 's at the Quorn Station this Friday seven thirty . |
| 9 | Comparable irregularity also appears to be the rule at Ashton in the area west of the modern Oundle to Peterborough road , though the excavated area is dominated by a single main road with several side-lanes , and in the evidence visible at the problematical sites of Dragonby and Kirmington . |
| 10 | It 's not as huge as a Jeff Beck model , being just under an inch deep at the 12th fret , nor is it anywhere near as vee-shaped as a Clapton Strat , but it 's still a sizeable handful , except down by the first couple of frets where it 's a fair bit shallower , in good ‘ 59 fashion . |
| 11 | His shirtsleeves were rolled , his tie askew at the open collar of his shirt . |
| 12 | Here the failure may occur despite the fact that the episode in question has been adequately stored and is potentially retrievable ( if actually asked at the time the drivers could have probably correctly retrieved the information that they were uninsured / driving on full beam / on the wrong route ) , the problem is instead that the driver fails to use the knowledge available at the correct time . |
| 13 | Participating as a group delegate and individual member in the vigorous AGM at Liverpool , I was surprised to see a religious service on the printed agenda , with the order of service available at the official information counter . |
| 14 | There was a newspaper open at the local pages on top of the freezer , and as he munched the roll Zen read an article describing the life and times of the late head of the Miletti family in such exorbitantly fulsome terms that Zen wondered in his dour Venetian way whether such a paragon would find Paradise quite good enough for him . |
| 15 | The sensitivity of training regimes to external pressures is demonstrated by the erratic interest and activity in this area observable at the national level . |
| 16 | On examination there was a thick discharge visible at the urethral meatus . |
| 17 | Sandwiches are often the easiest and most varied choice available at the local snack bar Gone are the days when a British sandwich meant two dried and curled slices of white bread with an indeterminate piece of pinkish meat lost somewhere in between . |
| 18 | Could my night-time visitor have called in here to pick up the key he had shown me , and left the back door open at the same time ? |
| 19 | They can be a bit thick at the best of times , ; you know that amphora you sent me ? well my lot only went and peed in it — I have to go now , Tony 's coming for his Osso Buco . |
| 20 | Did Destiny shy at the double Turkish towel , |
| 21 | Section 16(1) in the unamended form applicable at the relevant time stated : ‘ Where a term of a contract purports to exclude or restrict liability for breach of duty arising in the course of any business or from the occupation of any premises used for business premises of the occupier that term … ( b ) shall … have no effect if it was not fair and reasonable to incorporate the term in the contract . ’ |
| 22 | I love you … ’ she heard herself whispering , one detached part of her intellect aghast at the vulnerable openness of her confession , surprising her at the same time with the shocking truth . |
| 23 | Those who saw the 30 yard putt she holed stone dead at the eighth , or her playing of the 18th , where she hit a glorious seven iron to ten feet before holing for her birdie , could be forgiven for wondering what on earth she was talking about . |
| 24 | ‘ Equally , a school might decide not to enter people who are a bit dodgy at the other end of the scale . |
| 25 | Dread of failure , as much as positive enthusiasm for Labour 's change of direction , was a driving motivation for offering the most appealing face possible at the next election . |
| 26 | The prime minister 's fourth-term vision failed to excite the party faithful at the Conservative Central Council meeting in Southport . |
| 27 | The three cases of misclassification of delirium were due to the time delay between the team and research assessments ; by the time of the second assessment , the delirium apparent at the first had substantially resolved to reveal an underlying depression or dementia , or both . |