Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For our part , we have learnt a considerable amount about the world beyond school , made many friends , and seen our school and its curriculum develop in a positive healthy way . |
| 2 | The whole station was like some vast and awkward school dance , where need and constraint mingle in a heady , violent ferment of suppression . |
| 3 | Significantly , the statutorily required information compilations emanating from these bodies for the most part appear in a defined physical format : |
| 4 | Guarded by a collective representation in which theft and violence reside in a dangerous class , morally elevated by its correctional quest , the state achieves the legitimacy of its pacific intention and the acceptance of legality — even when it goes to war and massively perpetuates activities it has allegedly banned from the world . |
| 5 | Hendrique 's head was tilted back , his mouth open in a silent scream . |
| 6 | Details of the tax deal emerge in a confidential letter from Peat Marwick Mitchell , BAe 's tax advisers , showing that the company could offset Rover 's losses for tax purposes for three years without fear of a challenge from tax officials . |
| 7 | And Rome insisted that the ritual occur in a consecrated church — which , given the relatively few churches in the country at the time and their tendency to be congregated in certain areas , was not always possible in Ireland . |
| 8 | Even the tail is carefully protected , fitting snugly into a deep groove on the animal 's rump , where two sheets of armour meet in a vertical cleft . |
| 9 | In the name of keeping the community secure in a hostile world , those leaders gag dissidents , suppress what they define as ‘ deviant ’ behaviour , and commandeer community resources . |
| 10 | The companies which make up the P&O Group operate in a wide variety of fields on a world-wide basis . |
| 11 | Why should a public body operate in a secret way . |
| 12 | — As Israel 's freedom has been purchased by the death of the firstborn of Egypt , the nation 's firstborn belong in a special sense to God and are to be " bought back " from him . |
| 13 | each the same sort of components , the same components are each colour say in a red individual they 'd all be pinky red colours and in a blue individual they 'd all be a blue colour |
| 14 | Nicolas , 32 , and his 31-year-old wife live in a modest apartment and friends say pride stopped them getting in touch with her . |
| 15 | One loosened , the rest follow in a steady stream , wrestling bitterly for freedom . |
| 16 | The cellular and molecular events of pre-implantation development occur in a precise sequence . |
| 17 | What should quality mean in a public health service like the NHS ? |
| 18 | People must have the right not to belong to a union , but where more than half the workforce demonstrate in a postal ballot that they want to belong , they should be allowed bargaining rights . ’ |
| 19 | The Act also contains guidance for the courts as to the factors which they should take into account in deciding whether any of the statutory exceptions to the presumption in favour of bail apply in a particular case . |
| 20 | While Lady Chatterley outrages viewers on BBC1 , and Carlton Television invest in a major three-part drama called A Woman 's Guide to Adultery ( to be screened in the autumn ) Ray has pulled off a major scoop now . |
| 21 | That 's not the children 's mistake , that 's ours , because we could n't actually for the best part respond in a meaningful way . |
| 22 | That 's not the children 's mistake , that 's ours , because we could n't actually for the best part respond in a meaningful way . |
| 23 | The pair had met two years ago when Hardy scored a convincing 10-round win in a non-title bout . |
| 24 | As the last extracts indicate , schools and teaching exist in a social framework . |
| 25 | Will the legal system react in a similar way ? |
| 26 | The happy couple live in a cosy house overlooking the sea in the posh Los Angeles suburb of Pacific Palisades . |
| 27 | The incidence rate measures how many new cases of a disease appear in a given period , whereas the prevalence rate measures how many cases in total exist , either at one point of time ( the point prevalence rate ) , or in a fixed period ( the period prevalence rate ) . |
| 28 | Romantic dresses with a French feel in a wide range of styles on show are Pronuptia de Paris & Youngs with dashing suits for the groom to hire . |
| 29 | A My husband 's family live in a remote part of the Isle of Arran in Scotland , so we go there and do lots of walking . |