Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [conj] [v-ing] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can look on stressed syllables as occurring against a ‘ background ’ of these weak syllables , so that their prominence is increased by contrast with these background qualities . |
| 2 | The arguments for a common currency , common defence and foreign policies and moving towards a united Europe have hardly started to be made . |
| 3 | The truth is that C is a convenient scapegoat for those upset by The Shamen 's commercial ambitions and looking for a way to convince themselves that , underneath it all , Colin 's still credible . |
| 4 | Many visitors naturally come to walk part of the 180-mile coast path which meanders around the peninsula , threading past high clifftops and dropping into a succession of sandy beaches , rocky coves and inlets . |
| 5 | Well , when it , when it is irrational it is operating either under the influence of the id or it 's overwhelmed by some external circumstances that it just ca n't understand the controls , therefore making all the wrong decisions and acting in a completely inadequate manner . |
| 6 | After that race his family remembers him coming home with badly bruised and torn feet and looking like a skeleton . |
| 7 | Rita , beautifully and accurately played by Judy Holt , fulfils her personal goals and craving for a knowledge-filled , disciplined mind . |
| 8 | These included a computer programming course and an Open-Access course ( aimed at ethnic minorities and acting as a bridge into higher education ) . |
| 9 | It seemed curious to be describing such ice-cold seas while sitting in a palm-thatched Bahamian beach café that looked on to a shoreline where pelicans perched under the diamond-hard sun . |
| 10 | Over the last few laps of the race , with all the cars on wet-weather tyres and racing in a steady drizzle , Bailey lost more ground to both the Mercedes . |
| 11 | But having identified his natural enemies and spoiling for a fight , his resolve was not to be undermined by the moderation of others . |
| 12 | A smaller building company may be asked to provide more detailed financial information than is contained in the modified company accounts when applying to join a list of approved contractors or applying for a tenancy of , say , a builder 's yard or offices . |
| 13 | Frost — White spots or frosting on a dark background . |
| 14 | This ungainly fellow , dressed in dishevelled robes and dancing with a curiously lopsided but fetching clumsiness , somehow managed to touch thousands . |
| 15 | Mounted on fine horses and riding at a gallop , two abreast , naked to the breech-clout , their faces covered with white , red and yellow paint in fanciful designs , and decked with plumes and feathers and trinkets fluttering in the sunshine . |
| 16 | She remembered making the right sounds and moving like a puppet as the party began . |
| 17 | To her annoyance , Ronni found herself watching the long tanned fingers and remembering with a start how they had felt against her flesh . |
| 18 | All I 'm saying is , I doubt if there are men practising the Black Arts and meeting on a regular basis for drunken orgies the way Parsons ’ and Dashwood 's men did . |
| 19 | It is well known that they always develop their more satisfying choreographic ideas when working with a group of dancers whose abilities they know . |
| 20 | For Jack , time seemed to stand still as he sat at his stepfather 's bedside , gazing down into the inanimate features and waiting for a miracle . |
| 21 | According to the round-table agreement with the now defunct communist party , Mr Mazowiecki 's government , containing communist interior , defence and foreign-trade ministers and working under a communist president , was to last until 1993 . |
| 22 | It was still fulfilling its traditional functions of looking after overseas governments and acting as a purchasing agency for them — and indeed it did administer World Bank and British Government overseas development loans . |
| 23 | It is in the outpatient department that many people feel particularly vulnerable as they wait in a cubicle , wearing paper gowns with no idea of what is happening , as staff rush around self-consciously doing more important things than talking to a patient . |
| 24 | The Defence Ministry was ordered to submit proposals for military reform , including reducing the strength of the armed forces and moving from a conscript to a professional army . |
| 25 | The junior will observe an experienced nurse explaining investigations , comforting bereaved relatives or communicating with a deaf patient . |
| 26 | It became an extremely successful series , done with Professor Chris Kiernan , with a special agenda for mentally-handicapped children but appearing like a rather glossy children 's comic . |
| 27 | This view of advanced economies as moving into a service-dominated phase , and the recent theoretical arguments about it , will be examined in Chapter 3 . |
| 28 | Once again raising the issue of Clinton 's avoidance of service in the Vietnam war , Bush denounced him for having participated in anti-war demonstrations while residing as a student in the UK , and also questioned the nature of a European holiday in 1969 in which Clinton had visited Moscow . |
| 29 | In a more localized example , a county planning department would need to consider a wide range of environmental , economic , political , social and spatial factors when deciding on a site for a public service utility such as a thermal electricity generating station . |
| 30 | This project worked with existing community groups in the area , helping to set up new groups and acting as a resource for community action . |