Example sentences of "[adj] face [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I rose , broke my fast and slipped the landlord some pieces of silver which made his vinegarish face look more congenial and subservient . |
| 2 | Or , if you prefer to go without foundation , try Clinique 's new light City Block Oil-Free Daily Face Protector SPF13 ( £9.50 ) . |
| 3 | Finally , as in the discussion of reading , I could point to other patients who have a wide variety of different face processing problems . |
| 4 | Out of 329 parrot species , 30 face extinction . |
| 5 | Daffodil with enthusiasm was telling a cool Bambi that she should try some face cream or other that helped with wrinkles . |
| 6 | The psychologists attempted to polarise various issues such as massed versus spaced learning , whole versus part learning and transfer of training which had some face validity in appearing to identify general principles , but in practice it always seemed that the generalities vanished into the enormous variety of specific issues . |
| 7 | Limiting the studies included to those that use the same measure of quality of life might lend a table some face validity . |
| 8 | This face lift jobby . |
| 9 | From beautiful alpaca wool jumpers to a handcrafted rocking chair — from puzzles that 'll confound to a traditional tribal face mask … |
| 10 | From beautiful alpaca wool jumpers to a handcrafted rocking chair — from puzzles that 'll confound to a traditional tribal face mask … |
| 11 | Eliminate this with an application of Sensiq 's Translucent Face Powder ( £3.49 ) , which contains exceptionally fine jet-milled powders to give your skin a super-smooth , almost creamy texture . |
| 12 | That part of a social policy course that is concerned with describing policies and the institutions responsible for them has a clear face value to the social policy ‘ practitioner ’ . |
| 13 | She watched the old face overspread with brightness , began to listen to the clearly-presented , carefully-recalled recital of the past . |
| 14 | When tests are given to adults , it may increase co-operation if a test has high face validity . |
| 15 | While many tests may have high face validity — that is , they may look as if they measure a particular linguistic ability — this is not a sufficient justification for using test data as a basis for clinical or educational decision-making . |
| 16 | Although Hogarth called Ramsay ‘ Phizmongers ’ and ‘ another face painter from abroad ’ , there seems to have been a genuine mutual regard between them , and their combined efforts literally changed the face of British portraiture . |
| 17 | ‘ At one point things got out of hand and we had to organise a group of MPs a Make-up Patrol crew to follow the actors around to see that they did n't eat anything or do anything that would affect the prosthetic face gear . ’ |
| 18 | These terms will be included in the list , but are shown in light face type and the indexer is directed towards the preferred heading . |
| 19 | She raised her arm and flung it hard at him , not caring where it hit him , wanting only to hurt him as the whole world had hurt her ; wanting to see his cold , impassive face break with ordinary human emotion . |
| 20 | Sorry , my my my other point is about about Ryedale , and and and its its and its its unde its relationship to Southern Ryedale , and erm Mr Smith said that erm as far as Ryedale Council are concerned they ca n't identify any more land within Southern Ryedale , well of course they would say that because was there position at the Southern Ryedale plan , but the fact of the matter is that there was a great dispute at the York greenbelt Southern Ryedale plan enquiry , revol resolving around the issue of what were the bits of the greenbelt which made up the historic character and thereby what were you left with that potentially could be developed , albeit it might be reserved as white land in the first place , but could potentially be developed , and a great deal of this land on the disputed side lay in Southern Ryedale , that in that in fact there was a view around the table not only sh not only shared by by the developers side , but erm that large parts of Osbaldwick and Huntingdon did n't fall within the definition of greenbelt as as set out by by the County Council in their N Y Two Two document , now that matter clearly has got to be something left to the Inspector and the Greenbelt Inquiry , but I think it 's fair to point out that there is actually a difference of view , so it 's not an absolute position , that you ca n't identify more land within within Southern Ryedale , and indeed , erm , not that I want to raise the Local Government Commission 's head again , but of course the Local Government Commission is proposing that York be a unitary authority expanded , and once Yor , if York does become a unitary authority expanded then some of these areas will fall within their area , and they may have a different view than er the Ryedale current Ryedale district council does , and therefore I think it is a little unsafe to take just at pure se pure face value , that there is no more land within Southern Ryedale that could be developed . |
| 21 | Tweedsdale , a 50% wool 50% polypropylene twist pile range is now joined by Super Tweedsdale with a considerably heavier face weight and superior quality . |
| 22 | ‘ Chilling legends , ’ Mandeville interrupted , his dark face damp with snow . |
| 23 | Lily was holding forth , her pinched face sallow with indignation . |
| 24 | Wear a simple face mask , and tuck sleeves into protective gloves |
| 25 | Wear old clothes — and a simple face mask — if the loft is very dirty . |
| 26 | If successful , it will produce a deeper understanding of the human face recognition system . |
| 27 | A simple model of human face recognition based on work by the grant holders and other British groups is being employed as a framework within which to design and interpret experiments . |
| 28 | The baby was sleeping , its lids tightly closed and its little face red and perfect at the same time . |
| 29 | The Polar Pacer 's large face display is worn on the wrist like a watch . |
| 30 | Its aggressive display , with its head pushed forward to emphasise the white face shield , is accompanied by a ringing call , similar to metal striking metal . |