Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] the [adj] light " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul Aitken has always hankered after the bright lights , so at the age of forty-two he 's handing over his business to his staff while he goes on the road to promote his record . |
| 2 | I skipped across the baking flagstones , eyes clenched against the brutal light . |
| 3 | The sea was calm , and Oban , caught in the clear light of a summer morning , looked charming and toylike , as we sailed sedately out between the islets and castle crowned rocks , with sea-birds drifting in our wake , and everywhere , even over the smell of salt and wind , the scents of summer . |
| 4 | Standard & Poor 's has misgivings about this particular plank of the strategy : the company is moving into markets with entrenched competition and aggressive pricing , it says — perhaps a salutary warning all of those companies attracted by the bright light of Asynchronous Transfer Mode switching . |
| 5 | Perhaps it is an acknowledgement of the genuine complexity of the issue , likely to be deepened by the uncertain light cast on the future of the area team by the Griffiths recommendations ( Griffiths , 1988 ) for the development of the case-manager role and other significant changes in service delivery . |
| 6 | Bright flowers bloomed , were drowned with snow , then shoots of oak twisted into the new light , grew serenely upwards , fought each other like beasts , tentacles entwined , one overpowering its companions , crushing them , then looming large in Tallis 's view . |
| 7 | However , at this time of night most people would be asleep , and a response would only be felt in the cold light of day . |
| 8 | Silently , her fingers searched in the dim light , feeling her way , moving over the polished surface of the table , then , straightening , she went and stood by the side of the door , a slender , pale figure , waiting in the shadows of the night . |
| 9 | who have grown in the delicate light |
| 10 | Similarly , old people are seen in the same light , which explains their lack of employment or active leisure pursuits . |
| 11 | Homosexuality , which was invented in 1869 also from a Greek root ( homo , meaning ‘ same ’ ) , was seen in the same light and its male variety was banned in 1885 . |
| 12 | Although individual client executives tend to favour dealing with known consultants , if those consultants leave their firms , they are not necessarily then seen in the same light , or as having the same resources at their disposal . |
| 13 | In other words , action which is predetermined by some external constraints can not be seen in the same light as action which accords with some convention , though , on occasion , constrained action may be glossed as rule-governed in an associated account , particularly where the agency of a person is in doubt . |
| 14 | The book argues that the blitz should be seen in the same light as the Battle of the Atlantic , which aimed to inflict economic damage on Britain , rather than as a terror attack intended to undermine the morale of citizens . |
| 15 | Night-time madness is n't appealing , seen in the cold light of day . |
| 16 | The person in doubt can choose , but his choice must be made in the full light of knowing what he is doing — disbelieving , not doubting . |
| 17 | Tessa had turned on the little light on the bedside table , but otherwise the room was in darkness , and for some moments Bob stood by the door , twisting his head backwards and forwards , trying to take the situation in . |
| 18 | Beth stood there in the doorway , framed by the soft light of the living room behind her and to her left . |
| 19 | God of all love , give vision to those dazzled by the bright lights of Christmas so that they see into the dark cribs beyond the packed inns and be the shepherd or the person of wisdom to those who have nothing to celebrate . |
| 20 | It was quite dark when Breeze let herself into the house , and for a second she was dazzled by the electric light , and failed to see the suitcases in the hall . |
| 21 | A burglar would be able to avoid the trip beam of an intruder alarm system , and a factory or office would appear illuminated by the infra-red light used by security cameras . |
| 22 | As it walked forward Blake saw a hand illuminated by the pale lights . |
| 23 | And sitting on the edge of this stream , embraced by the mellow light , was a female creature , who could have been human or fairy or perhaps neither . |
| 24 | Her mouth felt as dry as a bone and her eyes were closed against the intrusive light . |
| 25 | Given our increasing economic problems , Gazza 's new position may soon be celebrated in the same light . |
| 26 | Mrs Browning was still pale and shaky as we settled ourselves by the fire ( and what the moon saw , or what it might have seen if its beams could have penetrated the closely-drawn curtains supplemented by plastic sheeting to foil the poison gas , might have seemed a little unusual ; but who can tell what strange sights are enclosed within the cheerful light of a curtained window ? ) . |
| 27 | The Archdeacon beamed in the unexpected light of the Canon 's approval . |
| 28 | He flung open a pair of doors she had not even noticed in the gloom and revealed the largest room she had ever seen , endlessly high , and filled with the grey light of the sea . |
| 29 | Outside the café the night sky was filled with the pale light of a ripening moon , invisible from here except as a shimmer on the quiet ocean . |
| 30 | If there is no preparedness to see extensive nationalization of the worst offending corporations and if there is no political or national will to place public officials on the boards of directors to guarantee that ‘ our ’ interests are given as much consideration as those of the corporation , then clearly the will to control corporations has atrophied in the withering light of pragmatism . |