Example sentences of "the [adj] [n mass] [vb pp] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These qualities are revealed in the tree-like species grown principally for the striped markings on the trunk , the so-called snakebark type . |
| 2 | He enjoyed not being known as Inspector Rose , he enjoyed the sausages from Spratling 's Colonial Butchers , he enjoyed kedgeree , and most of all he enjoyed the fresh fish brought in by the landlady 's schoolboy son . |
| 3 | It is similar in type to the Simmental , though more elegantly built and the coat colour bright red rather than yellowish tan , and it shares the same origins in the old Bernese brought in by Mennonites during the eighteenth century ( see Alpine section ) . |
| 4 | MAPLE trees , just now unfurling their leaves , are one of the few species known not by their common name but the official botanical one . |
| 5 | Chen says he is still looking for new sources of finance that would enable the company to re-hire the 320 people thrown out of work by the closure , but does not hold out much hope . |
| 6 | We pray for your guidance on leaders , and your hand of comfort on the innocent people caught up in conflict . |
| 7 | We pray for your guidance on leaders , and your hand of comfort on the innocent people caught up in conflict . |
| 8 | As a result of the major works carried out in 1853 , supplemented by later improvements , the principal areas of the palace were now lit by gas , though this was augmented in the state apartments by huge crystal chandeliers . |
| 9 | He said the 51 people flown back from Hong Kong early yesterday had been removed ‘ in line with procedures used worldwide to remove people refused permission to remain in a territory . |
| 10 | The project required one full-time worker and administrative assistance and aimed to provide a welfare , advice and referral service for the 98 people detained there under Immigration Act powers . |
| 11 | The Central North Side as a whole was , by the 1980s , represented by the Central North Side Neighborhood Council ( CNSNC ) but there was evidence of tension between the young people brought up in the area for whom there were slim prospects of employment ( levels of unemployment consistently outstripped the city average ) and householders involved in revitalisation . |
| 12 | They fed on the flying fish thrown up by pirate ships and whalers — then perched on the rigging , only to be removed at leisure for the cooking pot ! |