Example sentences of "[coord] [vb -s] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inflation of the theatricality of the social drama leads detectives to lay emphasis on ‘ the big job ’ and the arrest of the professional ‘ prig ’ who commits the big burglary or pulls off a daring robbery . |
| 2 | With every move the visitor transfers from one ear to another , steps over the roughed out eye-socket of a sleeping figure , or dodges round a protruding nose . |
| 3 | ‘ Or does even a temporary steward open no chests ; fold no linen away ? ’ |
| 4 | When we get up , the weight of our bodies compresses these discs and squeezes out the extra fluid . |
| 5 | A computer chip checks voltage levels within the battery , and slows down the recharging process if this increases too rapidly , thereby , according to Innovations , avoiding the danger of explosive gases building up . |
| 6 | The new law increases fines for shopworkers found guilty of selling cigarettes to children to £2,500 and tightens up the previous legislation in a number of other ways . |
| 7 | Paid-in capital by member countries amounts to about 10 per cent of subscribed capital and represents only a small part of the total funds obtained by the EIB . |
| 8 | So Summerchild locks up his office and goes down the narrow staircase . |
| 9 | The smoothing recipe described below generally gives satisfactory results and involves only a limited amount of computational effort . |
| 10 | The beauty of working on location is that so much is experienced , there is the constant interaction with the people and environment , and a constant stream of information filters into the subconscious and builds up an intuitive feeling and empathy for the country , culture and language , which ultimately influenced my drawings . |
| 11 | Noel Bridgeman 's piano accordion takes over where Dooley Wilson 's piano left off , and adds just the right ingredient . |
| 12 | He stands over 13.2hh now and has just the right mixture of quality and substance . |
| 13 | ‘ What you can be sure of , ’ said Thorfinn , eluding the question , ‘ is that the Pope and the Emperor Henry both know , and that one is dying while the other enjoys indifferent health and has only a three-year-old son to succeed him . |
| 14 | But at that time the plaintiff had no actual existence ; was not a human being ; and was not a passenger — in fact , as Lord Coke says , the plaintiff was then pars viscerum matris , and we have not been referred to any authority or principle to show that a legal duty has ever been held to arise towards that which is not in esse in fact and has only a fictitious existence in law , so as to render a negligent act a breach of that duty . |
| 15 | The amazing naked cat — the Canadian Sphynx — lacks both guard and awn hairs and has only a soft fuzz of down hairs on its extremities . |
| 16 | But even with or maybe because of the structure put in place so far ( UX No 418 ) , its still getting that taste of an old-boys network up yonder and wonders where the key visionary , operations , financial analysis and strategy talent is going to come from , or when DEC 's youngbloods are going to get their chance . |
| 17 | The basic Wealden house structure is rectangular and joins together the central hall , which is open through its two storeys , and the cross wings , whose upper floors are ‘ jettied ’ ( meaning that they oversail the floor below ) . |
| 18 | The flask is guaranteed unbreakable and contains absolutely no fragile glass . |
| 19 | This new construction can be cultured and develops quite a nice tooth , but now the sheet of cells that would have become the skin of the foot is induced to make enamel . |
| 20 | Charles Higson King of the Ants ( Penguin ) Because it is tough and nasty , and heads up a brilliant first novel promotion from Penguin and the Observer called Beginnings . |
| 21 | The interior is in a poor state but much of the four tiers of the exterior arcade walling is intact and illustrates clearly the Roman building method of using arch and order , with the entablatures continuing in unbroken horizontal bands round the whole amphitheatre and the columns lined up one above the other . |
| 22 | After a week , Shaun calls back for the full container and drops off a new one . |
| 23 | Dietary fibre is a sponge-like material which absorbs and holds water as it is chewed in the mouth and passes down the gastro-intestinal tract . |
| 24 | The penalty is that you have to decide what sizes you want and prepare them in advance , a process that can take quite a time and uses up a considerable amount of disk space . |
| 25 | My own approach is not biographical , and assumes neither a clear-cut persona nor a narrative sequence . |
| 26 | Looking at those lists provides interesting reading and bears out the used-car trade 's view that having a lead-only car could prove to be a liability . |
| 27 | A look is created , forgotten and then reinvented years later as it hits a dead end and digs up the tried-and-tested looks of yesteryear . |
| 28 | IT WAS once said of Peter Shilton , by a frustrated forward who had failed to beat him in a one-on-one situation , that ‘ he just spreads his arms and fills up the whole bloody goal ’ . |
| 29 | Yeah , but what I 'm saying is that , yeah , but what I 'm saying is when the parent comes to you and says well the primary school said they were you can say well well yes but by by our standards and our assessment when they arrived here |
| 30 | Chapter 8 examines the selection , acquisition and organization of computer software in school libraries and shows how the traditional working together by school librarians and teachers can be harnessed to these new sources of information and learning . |