Example sentences of "[adj] across the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fine moondust billowed high across the ancient plains of the moon 's dark crescent , expanding in boiling clouds that went high enough to catch the rays of the sun . |
| 2 | An island divides the canal as it prepared to turn onto its most dramatic section , the kilometre long embankment which runs high across the Tame Valley , now accompanied by the Midland Links motorway , the triangle where the end of the M5 meets the M6 , a unique canal environment . |
| 3 | Two bridges pass high across the cutting . |
| 4 | One horse died instantly , its guts flung red and wet across the road . |
| 5 | Since 7 January the 2nd Shock Army , the southernmost element of the Front , had been playing its part in the general Soviet counter-offensive by pushing northwards north-east of Novgorod , trying to pinch off the deep German salient across the Lovat River between Lake Ladoga and Lake Ilmen , and thus to help relieve Leningrad . |
| 6 | The sea was emerald green , crested snow-white , and the water was myriad-coloured ; reflecting golden sandy shallows , with shades from green hills and blue skies shimmering across the surface . |
| 7 | It must have been lucky to escape the sickles , he mused , as he watched its clumsy struggling across the cut stalks . |
| 8 | system is constantly being updated and is available on-line across the University 's own computer network as well as via JANET and the national and international networks ; the Main Library 's older guard-book catalogue , which also contains many entries for material in the Faculty Libraries , is available on microfiche . |
| 9 | The low angle means that all shadows — ours , the dogs ' , the trees ' — are long and ghostly across the ice , and the orange light wraps itself around everything so that all things seem to be part of one thing . |
| 10 | Originally the Galloway type was dominant in southwest Scotland ; the breed was formed more specifically towards the end of the sixteenth century and was already popular across the border in the seventeenth century for fattening in large numbers . |
| 11 | It remains quite clear across the years , the topography absolutely plain , so precise in details of dress that I can use them to place the dream in historical time . |
| 12 | She could see clear across the water to the smashed dome of the Pleasure Gardens at New Brighton . |
| 13 | Then , in an industry that considers two-colour calling cards flashy , it was hard not to notice the earnest young men and women with the L Ron Hubbard given mission to evangelise about Dianetics , or stunt rider Eddie Kidd , who is carrying self-confidence to the point of leap-frogging his motor cycle clear across the Great Wall of China . |
| 14 | Soon the sun would blaze white and clear across the grey sea and splash it into colour . |
| 15 | He had heard Augustus 's voice , speaking clearly in his head , as if direct across the years . |
| 16 | frigida are species prevalent across the central and northern zones of the Southern Ocean ; smaller E . |
| 17 | For 24 years the barbarity of cold-blooded terrorism — so prevalent across the province — had seemed ‘ a world away ’ . |
| 18 | They switched on the car 's headlights as a beacon ; but , all of a sudden , as the Prince and his companions were half-way across the water , the lights swung round and moved away as the vehicle set off down the glen . |
| 19 | He was half-way across the next field when they caught sight of him . |
| 20 | When he was half-way across the field , Hazel became aware of a hrududu approaching very fast on the other side of the further hedge . |
| 21 | He wished he 'd hung from the rail and reduced the distance , but that would have taken several seconds to set up and his pursuer had already been half-way across the room . |
| 22 | He was only half-way across the room when the sound came again , louder this time . |
| 23 | No one model of primary and community health services will be appropriate across the whole city . |
| 24 | The air was so full of flying stones , pieces of metal , swirling dust , that it was impossible to make out the markings on the car which had ended up skewed across the track , but it looked very much like a Dalgety . |
| 25 | An important rule when beating into a current flowing across the upwind leg is always to sail the tack that takes you uptide of the mark first . |
| 26 | On sale now , the £11,998 car gets more power and side-impact door bars , which are now standard across the rest of the Lantra range . |
| 27 | They passed a great dark wood that grew southwards from the road and , quite suddenly , the pale strip of the paved high road stretched stark across the landscape ahead . |
| 28 | It was on the top floor and its two large windows looked out across St. Stephen 's Green and the College of Surgeons was clearly visible across the tops of the bare trees . |
| 29 | Usually , if only one loop or bump is visible across the warp where the knot has been tied , then the Persian knot has been employed . |
| 30 | If two loops or mumps are visible across the warp on which the knot has been tied , the Turkish knot has probably been employed . |