Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [adv] [v-ing] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The high forward paddling style is appropriate for a touring boat but not for a WW playboat . |
| 2 | There is always a first sentence in which the first phrase demands continuity , the second then providing repose . |
| 3 | The jaw muscles turn out to have been placed to generate the most powerful bite possible , especially when Diatryma brought into play the powerful downwards hingeing action of the upper beak on the skull . |
| 4 | All this , supported by literary evidence , suggests deterioration : bleaker diets ( but with the poor still demanding wheat ) , a decline in non-food purchasing , with standards probably lower than at any other time since the wars at the beginning of the eighteenth century . |
| 5 | The bank is also considering a rolling settlement period to replace the current fortnightly accounting system , as well as ‘ delivery versus payment ’ , the automatic exchange of shares for cash after a stock market transaction has taken place . |
| 6 | When they hatch they will try to follow and come close to the first slowly moving object they see which is the right sort of colour and more or less chicken-sized . |
| 7 | Well WE 'RE not … were going to leave it to the strong men … something different too … the first ever weightlifting world cup for the disabled . |
| 8 | His eyes were hard now , glaring at d'Aubigny with the occasional sideways knowing glance at the sulky Angus . |
| 9 | We were told that a recurrent illness had made him in his earlier days an abrasive and difficult colleague but when we knew him , the right pill had been found and the former angrily flashing eye and rasping voice of which people spoke had mellowed to a genial twinkle and an infectious chuckle . |
| 10 | The only slightly unnerving experience for any Titford mourners attending a funeral there would be the prominent sign dominating the entrance which read : ‘ Titford and Co . |
| 11 | There were murmurs too that other constraints to a small family norm had been grossly neglected , particularly the only slowly falling rate of infant and child mortality in many backward areas . |
| 12 | They were in awe of him because you would never have guessed from meeting him how immensely wealthy he was , and because you would never have guessed from knowing how immensely wealthy he was how immensely clever he was as well , and because he was called Freddie when his initials were A. P. J. You 'd catch a glimpse of this tall , stooped figure crossing Trinity Great Court , with one shoulder held slightly higher than the other , and you 'd know you were watching one of the world 's great fortunes walking about , plus , on the same two lanky legs , behind the same untidily dangling forelock , one of the world 's great instruments of serious scholarship . |
| 13 | There is the same Air for me to breathe in , and the same all chearing Sun . |
| 14 | Leading cross-Channel competitors will join the top names in Ireland and the championships will be the biggest ever sailing event on Lough Erne with the 100-strong expected entry beating the previous record of 80 Mirror class dinghies in 1983 . |
| 15 | In October 1989 the British government introduced the new actively seeking work legislation . |
| 16 | The stick is the new actively seeking work legislation . |
| 17 | The next lowest stepping rate corresponds to a delay number of and is therefore steps per second . |
| 18 | He moved away , and I put on my strained smile again for the next patiently waiting customer . |
| 19 | Well , there must be those who are genuinely squeezed by operating from high-cost locations ; some who are , and some who think they are , providing a higher-quality service ; some simply over-priced due to inefficiencies ; and a few possibly making hay while the sun shines but who are ignoring the storm clouds of the recession . |
| 20 | With enough chips and a large enough training set , it could in principle recognise any class of retinal images with absolute confidence . |
| 21 | An analogy can be drawn to a human-being continually expending energy yet simultaneously absorbing life-force energy from the environment , which offsets the amount expended . |
| 22 | The classic jigsaw puzzle never goes out of favour with kids , and Paul Lamond 's Travelling Giant Floor Puzzles — in a neat little carrying case with handle are sure to be a big hit . |
| 23 | No sooner had IBM Corp announced a grotesque $5,463m net loss for the fourth quarter , which included a first ever operating loss of $45m or eight cents a share , than IBM UK Ltd chipped in with figures that were relatively even worse than those of its parent . |
| 24 | Those of you familiar with car radios where you press ‘ vol ’ ‘ treble ’ ‘ bass ’ ‘ bal ’ or ‘ fade ’ and then use a single infinitely rotating knob to set the required levels , will know exactly how to operate the JMP-1 . |
| 25 | Frisch is not exactly an existentialist , but his book is shot through with a certain emotionally short-circuiting ennui , a weary horror that life is nothing but a random yet poignant series of coincidences . |
| 26 | We now have premises which are both smart and functional and in keeping with our image as a modern forward looking profession . |
| 27 | He spoke in a sympathetic yet cheering voice . |
| 28 | In an entertaining yet moving ceremony , seven nuns exorcised the pain of the last year and the demon of censorship from the office , presented us with a certificate , and sang their hymn ‘ Amazing Pride ’ , as well as turning at least one staff member 's face a fetching shade of red with some well-placed innuendo . |
| 29 | Alternatively , an ordinary forward facing child car seat can be used which must conform to either BS 3254 or ECE 44 . |