Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [prep] the light " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first in the shadow of the wall it seemed pitch black , but his eyes rapidly adjusted to the light , or lack of it . |
| 2 | for subjects subsequently presented with the light in A , the suppression controlled by this CS at the end of conditioning in C was much attenuated . |
| 3 | Not that their slightly geekish demeanour really matters in the light of much of tonight 's set . |
| 4 | There was one member whose sight was so bad that when she read she not only had to prop a second pair of spectacles on top of the pair already resting on her nose , but also had to stand under the standard lamp almost pressed against the light bulb . |
| 5 | Afterwards they drank coffee on the terrace , Antonio admiring the garden and pointing out to Susanna a cannonball tree , its cream- and pink-coloured blossoms softly illuminated in the light from a carefully concealed spotlight . |
| 6 | With respect , I find this comment hard to follow in the light of the first of the questions asked in Reg. v. Lawrence and the answer to it , the passages from Viscount Dilhorne 's speech already cited , the fact that it was specifically argued ‘ appropriates is meant in a pejorative , rather than a neutral , sense in that the appropriation is against the will of the owner , ’ and finally that dishonesty was common ground . |
| 7 | With respect , I find this comment hard to follow in the light of the first of the questions asked in Reg. v. Lawrence and the answer to it , the passages from Viscount Dilhorne 's speech already cited , the fact that it was specifically argued ‘ appropriates is meant in a pejorative , rather than a neutral , sense in that the appropriation is against the will of the owner , ’ and finally that dishonesty was common ground . |