Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main route goes along a narrow elevated ridge from Gray Crag to Thornthwaite Crag where you 'll find the tallest cairn in the Lake District at around 20ft high . |
| 2 | Even if the pilot is fully aware of being close to the stall , he will instinctively hold off until the glider stalls down the last few feet rather than fly into obstructions at speed . |
| 3 | writes down the immediate short term objective which has to be achieved ; |
| 4 | A different approach is to inhibit the hormone which starts off the female sexual cycle . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Today , Doddy heads up the 400-strong PTGI company , an agency which makes available Guinness throughout the country , from small road-side stalls to large supermarkets , from luxury hotels to more downmarket bars . |
| 7 | He holds up a wooden multi-coloured fish . |
| 8 | The bass cut which this control provides has the effect of removing some of the boxiness that clutters up the lower mid-range at high volumes . |
| 9 | The scale of the potential danger emerged when it was revealed that the dam holds back an estimated 3.5 million tons of toxic sludge from a now-closed lead and zinc mine nearby , containing harmful levels of these and other metals . |
| 10 | The intro locks with the kick , adding subtle fills in the first four bars . |
| 11 | Such overly anxious and insecure horses are usually found amongst the Thoroughbred population , where speed is of such importance that it predominates over every other desirable characteristic . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | The annual report artificially parcels up the underlying economic trends into years . |
| 14 | This , and the presence in the manuscript of works by Dufay , Josquin , and Flemish-school compositions of the late fifteenth century , bears out a discernible continental influence on Carver 's style ; he may even have studied at Louvain . |
| 15 | IBM Corp is to supply the Norwegian government 's Supercomputing Committee with two RS/6000 PowerServer 980s and 12 Model 580 workstations linked as a cluster : hosted by the University of Oslo , the installation kicks off a three-year joint venture project between IBM and Norway 's supercomputing centre . |
| 16 | Impressively placed and considerably exposed , it hangs on the vertical right wall of the corner with a straight drop to North-West Gully , an uninterrupted 150ft ( 45m ) below . |
| 17 | You lay the Axminster carpet on top of the cable , trampling all over it , over a number of years and again the old thing happens , it wears down the outer protective cabling , it breaks down the insulation and then you get a fire situation burning away , smouldering away underneath your carpet because while ever your er electrical appliance is switched on heat is being generated . |
| 18 | It is augmented by tributaries and the magnificent waterfall of Steall and then plunges down a rocky wooded gorge , finally to travel on a more tranquil course to its destiny in Loch Linnhe . |
| 19 | England captain Will Carling , the honorary president of the Young England Club , shows off the new national kit at the club 's launch at Twickenham . |
| 20 | Each of the four poems has five sections , and each of the sections reflects upon its counterparts in the other poems ; just as each poem develops and resolves its theme , so " Little Gidding " gathers up the three preceding ones in a magisterial synthesis . |
| 21 | Brett of the extra-long floppy limbs churns out a second easy classic . |
| 22 | It revolves around a single simple question : how many men came to arrest Jesus in the Garden ? |
| 23 | Searching the cloaks turns up a few loose buttons and an Imperial silver shilling . |
| 24 | Irresistible charm is brought to bear again as she butters up a worthy old bag ( ‘ unpleasant ’ ) who has a few tedious objections to our Hildamay waltzing off with her granddaughter . |
| 25 | This high level is a primary risk in heart disease , since excess cholesterol builds up a sticky silt-like deposit in the arteries , impeding the passage of blood and increasing the pressure on the heart . |
| 26 | From experience and familiarity he or she builds up a mental pictorial encyclopaedia based on study of museum collections , information from archaeological research and accumulated knowledge from books and papers describing objects of particular periods and cultures . |
| 27 | Calcite with 5–8% MgCO 3 takes on a pink to pale red colour , and ‘ high-Mg ’ calcite takes on a deep red colour . |
| 28 | With the Black & Decker Proline PL28 Rotary Hammer Drill , drilling holes in masonry and concrete takes on a whole new meaning . |
| 29 | A willow green wicker armchair takes on a whole new look when a collection of pretty floral covered cushions and a deep frill are added . |
| 30 | As you pull out of Thingley station this otherwise boring train ride takes on a whole new significance . |