Example sentences of "the silver [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ella noticed , with some alarm , that their eyes were fixed upon the silver basket which Dimity was proffering . |
| 2 | The silver basket has holders for three candles to surround a floral arrangement , £128 , Kenneth Turner . |
| 3 | Robert , on her right , cleared his throat and thought for a moment before , looking from the silver basket of white flowers in the middle of the table , he said : " Your Christmas roses are wonderful . |
| 4 | His nephew Edgar gave Ely a cross with a gold front containing three golden images and precious stones , the rest being of silver gilt ; the silver base was in three parts with gilt embellishment . |
| 5 | The devaluation of the inti for the month of October was restricted to 6 per cent overall ; exporters were to receive 10 per cent of the value of their exports in foreign currency and 45 per cent in freely redeemable US dollar certificates , while the remaining 45 per cent would be paid in intis at the single exchange market rate ; import restrictions were eased ; to protect the silver sector against the continuing slump in prices since 1989 on the world market , the Central Reserve Bank was to buy silver at 5 per cent over the current market price ; fuel prices would rise by only 5 per cent in October , and public utility rates by less than the percentage rise in salaries , which themselves would be increased in accordance with inflation . |
| 6 | On the live Bishop the silver pectoral cross rose and fell on the purple cassock . |
| 7 | He opened a white smile in his dark sun-bronzed face and tapped a knife against the silver champagne bucket in time to the music . |
| 8 | The silver sun has takin' well to yer visitin' . ’ |
| 9 | In 1859 , the number of winners ' medals had become too great to be attached to the silver arrow and the trophy was re-modelled in its present form , in which the original arrow is supported by a silver bow and crossed bolts , all standing on an ebony and silver plinth . |
| 10 | With its efficient sights , this became so popular that it soon almost ousted the longbow ; in fact this was the last meeting at which the silver arrow was won by an archer using a longbow . |
| 11 | To their amazement , his arrow was the first to pierce the inner gold circle , winning him the silver arrow . |
| 12 | It was also agreed at the meeting that , as the greater accuracy of the steel bows was enabling more archers to hit the nine inch diameter gold , an inner gold in the form of a three inch diameter black spot would be added , and the first arrow to pierce this would win the silver arrow . |
| 13 | Peter Davies , the 1988 winner of the silver arrow , was using a composite bow in order to have a better chance of winning , but next year he intended to shoot longbow for he thought this was really a longbow tournament . |
| 14 | Through the window Dexter saw the silver arrow of a jet flare in the sun as it turned to make its descent to Heathrow . |
| 15 | I suspect he gave the comfits and marchpane to children in the village , sold the silver dish for alms and drank the wine himself . |
| 16 | He remembered the tall thin red ones Zoe used to put in the silver candelabra when she was entertaining . |
| 17 | Inside Newark 's award-winning display hangar , Prentice T.1 VR249 is receiving a repaint , the silver finish achieved being all the more remarkable because it has been rollered on , not sprayed . |
| 18 | The silver chandelier is a copy of one at Knole , home of the Sackville-West family , and the tapestry fire screen is worked with the traditional vase of flowers on a marble pedestal that was the badge of the weavers of the royal wardrobe in the eighteenth century . |
| 19 | With reference to the thought that this button might be the last relic surviving from this unit , I have in my collection the silver shoulder belt plate of Joseph Bennett ( of Chaxhill House , Westbury-on-Severn ) hall marked 1803/04 and probably handed on from his brother Daniel . |
| 20 | Slowly , he put down the silver pen he had been toying with and stood up , walking to her at the windows . |
| 21 | Detectives have appealed for anyone who saw the silver Cavalier , registration number WIJ 3762 , to phone 650222 and ask for the incident room at Woodbourne RUC station . |
| 22 | The silver guardian angel at the foot of the cradle . |
| 23 | Trout sent ripples over the silver surface ; we cracked up a Steinlager , then joined them . |
| 24 | In one of his hands chamois gloves were loosely bouqueted with the silver head of a cane ; in the other a thick slab-sided cheroot , topped by an inch and a half of whitened ash , protruded from his knuckles . |
| 25 | The silver content of the ore was also high . |
| 26 | The silver content of the galena is generally low but ranges from 10g/t in the Southern Pennines up to 550 g/t in North Wales . |
| 27 | The silver service came from the Paris Embassy in the 18th century . |
| 28 | She folded the silver square of wrapping paper in half and made it into a little boat . |
| 29 | The silver cylinder and cone worked wonders , and I 'd be interested to try some of the other shapes . |
| 30 | He saw the silver throne , the burning candles of coral , and the sea-people blowing on trumpets of pearl . |