Example sentences of "a [noun] light " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two days before they struck , a sensor light set up outside the house was smashed . |
| 2 | So we 've provided a hotplate light as well as twin ovenlights with a viewing panel in the door . |
| 3 | Alternatively , you can opt for a strip light , and cut out any glare by concealing it with a baffle . |
| 4 | A full harvest moon bathed the sleeping countryside in a silver light , the night air was warm and the fields slept under clear autumn skies . |
| 5 | Under a microscope or with a side light we can see where the paint 's been lost . |
| 6 | Oh brakes wants seeing to , a side light , the shock rears want doing |
| 7 | Make sure there is adequate light ( take a wander light up if there is no loft light ) and use boards to stand on to avoid crashing through the ceiling . |
| 8 | The night raids with a few sporadic bangs and our own guns , and twice a silver Zeppelin picked out by a search light , seemed fun — because we all came downstairs and stayed up late and were n't expected to be bright at school next morning . |
| 9 | They , they used to build wings for the , they had er all pop riveters and they used to b build wings for the planes that finally came up to the airport down there and erm it was very much a structural set-up as I say I used to have to take plates down there from the airport to be normalized , it was er a sort of softening treatment for aluminium and made them easier to shape and rivet them onto the main fuselage , but they , they used to make Harvard wings and cowls , engine cowls , for the Bostons and Havocs they were n't the one type of Boston was a fighter bomber and another one it had the front navigator 's position cut out and they used to have a search light put in there which they used to call |
| 10 | He then picked up a stool and brought it down towards her but it smashed a ceiling light . |
| 11 | What it does is to turn the light it controls ( typically a hall light or an outside light ) on and off , according to how you set the timer , to give the impression ( to a potential burglar ) that the house is occupied . |
| 12 | The lamp has a colour rendering index of 82 Ra ( the colour rendering index is an accepted standard which compares the appearance of a colour under one light source with its appearance under a reference light , ) and a colour temperature of 2800 K. The lamp runs very cool ; it is not uncomfortable to hold one that is lit . |
| 13 | But the sight of a street-lamp or a window light that he can recognise hooks up memories like fish from a pool . |
| 14 | The lines are most visible on a clear night , in excess of about 25 metres from a sodium light , and are seen to radiate in planes parallel to the main axis of the lamp fitting . |
| 15 | A security light switch also replaces an existing light switch . |
| 16 | Prices range from £40.82 for an Automatic Porch Light to £81.69 for a Security Light Lantern . |
| 17 | LOOKING FOR A SECURITY LIGHT ? |
| 18 | All customers who accept our estimates for complete rewires will have the option to purchase a security light at just £9.95 , which represents a saving of over £50 on the normal retail price . |
| 19 | She watched and nothing moved : a landing light left on through forgetfulness or fear of the dark . |
| 20 | Then she apologises , draws hard on a Marlboro Light and says , ’ I 've never felt that I was extraordinary looking , just conventionally pretty . |
| 21 | Plug lights ( which simply slot straight into the socket and give a soft light at floor level ) are useful for landings at night ; or when kids want a room light left on . |
| 22 | Less hungry-sounding were a lazy Cuban shuffle and an exuberant conga — a neon light of a tune that spluttered dazzlingly above audience percussion . |
| 23 | The only the thing is there do , erm there 's a parking light on Brian 's |
| 24 | Old Fishfinger kept his first fish warm with a night light under a tin tray . |
| 25 | The whole thing is usually lit in some way , be it with a night light , small oil lamp or Christmas tree lights . |
| 26 | A night light was burning and the main light switched off . |
| 27 | Programmes were long over , but the white screen with the volume down served not badly as a night light ; any of the lamps in the shoebox room kept Sam awake , and total darkness made him frightened . |
| 28 | Small children may like a night light , while older ones will want a light to read by . |
| 29 | It happened when a Chipmunk light aircraft from RAF Benson in Oxfordshire hit the ground as it tried to make an emergency landing in Wales . |
| 30 | This matches the holes in a BESA box , so one way to fit a wall light is to bury a BESA box in the wall , and then to secure the light fitting to it ( the wiring connection is made via a terminal connector strip with three terminals ) . |