Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beautifully decorated inside and out , the Maria offers a good standard of accommodation and traditional family hospitality at a reasonable price . |
| 2 | ‘ The death of Marcos offers a momentous opportunity for the Aquino government to rally the people behind the ideals which swept it to power : freedom and democracy , bread and justice . |
| 3 | It has become more sensitive , as indeed makes sense , for if an Aplysia receives a dangerous stimulus naturally , it probably means some hazardous entity is nearby , and it will pay to be careful . |
| 4 | In this the University of Nottingham Union plays a central role , either running or being connected with almost all of students ' extra curricular activities . |
| 5 | The Belmore Centre in Stoke Mandeville offers a bewildering combination of alternative treatments for the body , mind and soul . |
| 6 | Shamir receives a frosty reception from US President Bush during a Washington meeting . |
| 7 | From a crazy catholic mixture of grape varieties ( Cabernet Sauvignon , Malbec , Merlot , Syrah , Cabernet Franc , Pinot Noir and Tannat are all in the '90 ) , Guibert of Mas de Daumas Gassac produces a spectacular red that needs at least 10 years ' cellaring . |
| 8 | Plymouth reader JOHN RUNDLE offers a step-by-step guide to breeding Neon Tetras . |
| 9 | Once the world 's largest woollen mill , now a working museum , Armley Mills offers a realistic glimpse into Yorkshire 's industrial heritage . |
| 10 | TOP CLASS : Eton offers a good education — for those who can afford it |
| 11 | Mrs Bloggs plays a passive role , adjusting to the situation . |
| 12 | Lavant plays a vagrant waif , Binoche a runaway painter . |
| 13 | The recently published book Collecting Lustreware goes a long way to correct such assumptions , for it gives a comprehensive account of all British pottery and porcelain manufacturers who are known to have made and/or decorated lustreware — and there was no shortage of them . |
| 14 | Little was known about the products of many of these areas , and much research still needs to be done but Collecting Lustreware goes a long way to redressing the balance . |
| 15 | At one point in Maus II , Vladek 's wife Anja plays a murderous game of hide-and-seek , chased up and down the bunk beds of a vast , empty Auschwitz barracks by a guard reduced in close-up to a pair of vicious piggy eyes above a snarling snout ( Poles are pigs in a world where Jews are mice efficiently exterminated by German cats ) . |
| 16 | EMBL offers a competitive salary and some help with moving expenses ( where applicable ) . |
| 17 | Pachystomias produces a red beam , which is just as effective . |
| 18 | I was particularly taken by Debra Gillett as the likeable innocent who takes some hard knocks before the night is out , while Danny Webb offers a memorable portrait of the sharpest and most driven of the salesmen , cruelly torn between elation at his own success and a growing awareness of just how grubby the whole operation is . |
| 19 | Kunz 's Kunsthalle represents a novel art business foray in New York . |
| 20 | When Isabella wins a military victory she celebrates it with eleven days of psalms and the sonorous severities of priests . |
| 21 | WCJ 's Pyscho Buttress has a new line between Sunrise and Early One Morning . |
| 22 | The Corrado also has a multi-function computer , while the Calibra has a no-cost option of metallic paint . |
| 23 | You speak like a lady , everyone says so , and your uncle at Weatherbury has a large farm , I 've heard . |
| 24 | The Berceuse in Stravinsky 's Firebird has a one-bar ostinato which creates a beautifully tender atmosphere throughout . |
| 25 | Goulding has a wild streak in him which has got him sent off twice and sin-binned four times . |
| 26 | Alfieri has a good job ; he is a lawyer . |
| 27 | Sea-lion Island has a tremendous wealth of wildlife within a comparatively small area ( the island is less than eight kilometres long by three across ) and has all of the five penguin species regularly nesting in the Falklands . |
| 28 | Easter Island has a temperate climate , and only two tiny beaches far from the sole settlement of Hangaroa , There is but one small hotel ; our preference was for a guest house where we could meet a local family . |
| 29 | ( The field of Waterloo has a special significance for the regiment ) . |
| 30 | Alba Adriatica has a long beach of fine , golden sand where holiday life is taken at a relaxed unhurried pace . |