Example sentences of "a [noun] [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During his cross examination on Wednesday Lord Silsoe reminded the hearing that the inspectors were at liberty to recommend a route other than the five put forward by the NGC . |
| 2 | Apart from the Garter , the Order of the Thistle , the Order of Merit , and the Royal Victorian Order , other decorations come not from the fount of honour but from the desk of a Whitehall functionary or the nudge of a political friend . |
| 3 | See , now I deliberately sit , when I 'm out in a Land Rover , with one arm up a bit higher than the other and one leg a bit higher . |
| 4 | Erm ah , now that erm I think I was reasonably happy most of the time , erm I know if I can sort of look at the other side of the coin erm , I became a bit apprehensive as the war went on and er , obviously it was n't going to last much longer . |
| 5 | In the early days I had been a bit disappointed that the NUJ had n't immediately leapt to John 's defence , but ever since I had first been to see the General Secretary , Harry Conroy , and his assistant , Tom Nash , the union had done what it could to respond to what was asked of them . |
| 6 | Given the possibilities that the current crop of Sega/Nintendo consoles offer , it does seem a bit worrying that the whole deal is such a male-orientated affair . |
| 7 | It 's also quite a bit heavier than a similar garment in , say , Polartek 300 . |
| 8 | And from Alan the new flats here , Norman helped by Dave and other members has been constructing substantial timber stroke hardboard flats although a bit heavier than the conventional canvas they will last for years and they really do provide superb sets as has been proved with all three plays presented this year . |
| 9 | I got a bit fed up after we 'd toured Britain once , it got a bit boring seeing the same places . ’ |
| 10 | They were a bit laxer but a lot of them were very very strict . |
| 11 | Clive , 28 , from Middlesbrough , Cleveland , said : ‘ I like a good sing-song when I 'm having a bath , but I do get a bit loud and the neighbours ca n't hear the telly . |
| 12 | They need to have somebody that 's a bit liberal and a bit open and that wo n't be available under a Conservative government will it ? |
| 13 | She published it entirely by herself so it is a bit makeshift but the advice more than makes up for that . |
| 14 | The jeans 'll be a bit long and the jacket 'll drown you , but at least you 'll be protected a bit if we come off — oh , and I 've got a lid for you to try . |
| 15 | It 's always a bit sad when a door closes — it seems so final . |
| 16 | I found it a bit odd that a sensible girl should write about them in that — that romantic way . ’ |
| 17 | But then you come to the problem , erm , because for ninety four five , erm , the formula suggests that we would need less staff , that might seem a bit odd but the , the reason is that if you do indeed bring your target times down , then the amount of work which your passing over into the next year is er considerably less , erm than the amount of work which you passed over into this year , |
| 18 | The use of the relay at this point may seem a bit odd as the switching could be electronically activated , but the use of a mechanical relay introduces a small but desirable time variation ( as well as possible bounce ! ) in the duration of the relays closure and so helps in enhancing the random operation of IC6 during the short time that the VCO is producing its high frequency output . |
| 19 | I was a bit shocked when a 60-year-old woman opened the door until I realized that she was the ‘ madam ’ who took the money . |
| 20 | ‘ We were a bit shocked when the fire brigade arrived to cover it in foam . ’ |
| 21 | Now his club 's tighthead , he has gone out of this way to improve his scrummaging technique with specialist advice from among others , his boss , Sandy Carmichael , the 50-times capped Scottish and Lions tighthead Iain Milne ( ‘ immensely helpful ’ ) and Jim Telfer ( ‘ he is just the kind of coach I need because I can be a bit lazy and the fact that he just keeps at you all the time was very good for me ’ ) . |
| 22 | You erm you 're , you 're a bit uncertain and a bit nervous all the way through it but I think it was , it was basically because you |
| 23 | But Rofe hit back : ‘ Reece 's challenge on Chris Short was a bit late but the ref was ten yards away while County 's manager was 55 yards away . ’ |
| 24 | It could 've varied , you know , any time if you like from , from March till May and without knowing the exact date you might be a bit late or a bit too early er for future business . |
| 25 | Obviously the City boys are a bit fussier than the country boys about when they play . |
| 26 | It 's a bit better than a hundred and one pound ninety two pence . |
| 27 | That 's a bit better because a gradient of one is forty five degrees and we s we said it should be more than that . |
| 28 | So again you have to be very careful , a bit tentative and the sort of sexual politics of it all , do you know what I mean ? |
| 29 | He 's just a bit cleverer than the rest , but willing to take advice with it , and is happy being the writer he always wanted to be . |
| 30 | Given these curious aspects , it is a bit surprising that a logical net 's learning process succeeds . |