Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] with [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few birds with long beaks were poking around by the water : how come they stay so clean when they 're always delving in the mud ? |
| 2 | erm Right on the last few minutes with five minutes to go erm the erm Steven was again through and Leach had to go full length to save . |
| 3 | The catalogue amusingly contains some entries with such comments as ‘ Compare and contrast this painting with two works of the ‘ analytical phase ’ . |
| 4 | When they reach the borders of their territory , they take a few steps with lowered hindquarters so that long grass passing between their back legs rubs against this gland and acquires a smell that even a human nose can easily detect . |
| 5 | We have seen already that the small heads of some dinosaurs with elongated torsos were no doubt a built-in safety factor against crippling head injuries , while naturally restricting at the same time the development of intelligence . |
| 6 | He had waited until the sentry reached the tower at the end of his beat , knowing , after watching the man from the bailey , that the guard would pause to exchange a few words with another man-at-arms before they separated to retrace their steps . |
| 7 | So too , if we consult the Report of Her Majesty 's Chief Inspector of Constabulary , 1975 ( or almost any other year for that matter ) we find ourselves assailed within the space of only a few paragraphs with repeated references to The report was generous enough to remind us that the personal violence over which so much ink had been spilled amounted to less than 4 per cent of known serious crime . |
| 8 | Yeah well we we thought we would erm erm try and get the Asian community involved and we included some sequences with Asian clothes with Asian music an tha that was all very impressing for for the white people as well as the Asian people in the audience . |
| 9 | The pristine white walls were relieved every few feet with original prints of tropical flowers , their colours toning perfectly with the Mexican rug and quilted comforter tucked over coral-coloured bed-linen . |
| 10 | Subjects came up with well-organized fantasy sequences after being roused from some periods with high levels of EEG alpha and saccadic eye movements consistent with relaxed wakefulness . |
| 11 | Table 5.6 reveals that some countries with small resources in conventional energy sources , including Belgium , Bulgaria , Finland , France , Korea , Sweden , Switzerland and Taiwan , rely heavily on nuclear energy . |
| 12 | There is also a life-size mask of similar appearance , together with some sculptures of royal figures and some staffs with human heads . |
| 13 | The researchers will read and analyse the written material and will follow up some responses with face-to-face interviews . |
| 14 | Recently , John Braithwaite ( 1999 ) has put forward a general theory of crime and punishment which has some affinities with these notions of disqualification and requalification . |
| 15 | It was noticed , too , that he had taken the precaution of having some shoes with built-up heels made , so that when the ceremony was over and he took his wife 's arm to move slowly down the aisle , he appeared to be the same height as her , or very nearly . |
| 16 | Although these spiders are rarely aggressive and generally bite humans only in self-defence , farm workers are particularly at risk ; and in some areas with outside lavatories , such spiders are known to lurk under the seats . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd settle for a few years with four legs like a cheetah and be able to go at forty miles an hour , ’ Otley declared . |
| 18 | ‘ You get some bands with 101 roadies . |
| 19 | I spend part of the afternoon in the refreshment tent , enjoying a few reminiscences with some mates I have n't seen since Moses 's big match against Pharaoh 's magicians . |
| 20 | When it has done this , it replaces the worst few strings with new strings , formed by randomly blending a random selection of the best strings . |
| 21 | There might be , he concedes , a few problems with small firms with inadequate or non-existent treatment facilities on site . |
| 22 | Each had some dealings with black clients , though few had a caseload of more than 25 per cent . |
| 23 | Some goods with external benefits , from which it is difficult to exclude people , possess a further characteristic : the consumption of their benefits by one person does not reduce the amount available for others . |
| 24 | In some families with aggressive children the boundaries and limits on the child 's behaviour may not be clear and a struggle for power can take place between the parents and child which rapidly escalates into violence . |
| 25 | Until the 1950s there were few tournaments with substantial amounts of prize-money . |
| 26 | A few bookcases with glazed doors were arranged around the walls leaving a central space for a table and chairs . |
| 27 | The field was empty except for a few ewes with young lambs . |
| 28 | Some pupils with physical disabilities may require the writing attainment targets to be modified . |
| 29 | The Academy has developed some links with foreign companies to make up for the cash shortfall ; most notably , it has recently sold software to analyse gas distribution in pipelines to Ruhrgas in Germany . |
| 30 | Some boys with white trainers on , I thought it was a cat ! |