Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got one back on us at the 15th to put him three shots behind again , so the 17th was going to be a crucial hole . |
| 2 | A cold wind blew and the rain fell in torrents as the Spanish launched their first IACC boat . |
| 3 | St. Saviour 's Church for the Deaf owed its new electric lighting and heating system to his generosity , and he contributed to many deaf charities . |
| 4 | An austere Maronite Christian who commanded the loyalty of both Christian and Muslim brigades in the US-trained and equipped Lebanese Army , Aoun had many friends in the Pentagon but none in the State Department , which saw his ambition to let the Lebanese choose their own government without foreign interference as a threat to America 's interests . |
| 5 | Wales halved 7–7 with Scotland yesterday and need to beat the English to record their first ever home international win . |
| 6 | The argument , however , forced the English to justify their national identity , and the arguments employed give some idea of how men thought at the time . |
| 7 | It was with this kind of experience of rapidly changing war behind them that the English began their long conflict against France . |
| 8 | Also in 1948 , a State of Emergency was declared in Malaya , but here the British made it clear that they would stand and fight . |
| 9 | Thereafter , as the British recognised their predominant position in the world , antislavery laid claim to putting moral fibre into the exercise of international power and in doing so promised to help sustain that predominance by prescribing as fundamental features of other societies forms of commerce and labour in accord with British values . |
| 10 | In Europe , the British mounted their first opposed raid against Vaagsö Island ( central Norway ) that December . |
| 11 | In the 1970s it used to be said that the British paid themselves more than they really earned . |
| 12 | Macmillan , however , was confident that the Americans would provide Polaris , at a price , if the British needed it later were the Skybolt project to fail . |
| 13 | The French had their own name for it — chaudepisse . |
| 14 | She was not unaware that Therese disapproved of the use of her mother 's Christian name — the French had it all straight , about the family , about death , and how to talk about it ; and they did talk : familiar with death . |
| 15 | The French make their main rotors turn clockwise when viewed from above . |
| 16 | To this the French contributed their own mistakes which soon lost them any advantage they may have enjoyed . |
| 17 | The Germans and the French consider it impossible to have a central bank in the EC without binding rules , sanctions and other instruments for imposing economic policy , since ‘ even an independent central bank can not ensure price stability alone , as monetary policy does not operate in a vacuum , but rather has close links with other fields ’ . |
| 18 | Lindsey celebrated the tenth anniversary of owning this large aircraft in August and on December 14 the F4U-7 celebrated its 40th birthday . |
| 19 | However , the steadily increasing weight of express trains in the 1890s made it obvious that more powerful locomotives would be required . |
| 20 | US President George Bush on July 31 , 1989 , vetoed a bill passed by Congress which would have set restrictions on the joint development of the FSX fighter , Japan 's next generation of attack aircraft [ see p. 36619 ; 36651 ] , on the grounds that joint development would have enabled the Japanese to overtake US technological superiority in aerospace and would have provided the means whereby Japan could develop its own commercial aircraft . |
| 21 | Captain R.R. ( Bill ) Baldwin 's platoon had a patrol out under Corporal Palmer when the Japanese launched their first attack ( see map p. 77 ) and the platoons withdrew through enemy patrolled country , laying ambushes in the scrub . |
| 22 | The Japanese have their own version of English . |
| 23 | December that year , they were able to launch a counter attack , the very day chosen by the Japanese to launch their infamous aerial attack on the United States of American naval forces at Pearl Harbour . |
| 24 | Fifty years ago , the Japanese undertook their devastating attack on Pearl Harbor and World War Two took on a new dimension . |
| 25 | Peter King 's band leading role continues in the 1990's extending his 1980 's achievements , his numerous club appearances , acclaimed albums and regular poll winning triumphs . |
| 26 | The first accords qualified privilege unconditionally ; the second grants it subject to the condition that a reasonable right of reply must have been afforded to victims of privileged defamations . |
| 27 | Welcome relief Sadly , while we have plots focusing on homelessness , drug abuse and adultery in the 90s dominating our regular visits to soap land it would be a welcome relief to have the odd outburst of laughter . |
| 28 | Cattle and pigs , sheep and deer , fowl of all kinds both tame and wild were roasted by the dozen to feed them all with a generous hand , as Maclean honour required . |
| 29 | The swelling made it impossible to discern his expression , but it was easy to see that the lower half of his face would always be grotesquely twisted . |
| 30 | Cassowary lumbered up on to a branch and began to squawk , screwing his eyes tight shut , the better to appreciate his own performance . |