Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cities are the inverse , containing individual blocks , streets but few voids , lungs : an excessive impression of solid mass and a zero expression of space . |
| 2 | There were footsteps outside the door , and a trilling laugh that Paige recognised the merest instant before the door was thrust open and Drew came in , a giggling Lori attached to his arm . |
| 3 | It 's the very essence of human beings to call in question every form of life , every form of thought , and to raise the possibility of thinking and living in some other way , and perhaps just for this very reason , some final and definitive formulation of the , of human nature , of human knowledge , of human conduct , is in principle unobtainable , and that the best that the philosopher can ever hope to do , is to show that this formulation , that formulation or the other wo n't work . |
| 4 | In mid-turn all the weight will be on the inside foot whilst the other remains in the strap . |
| 5 | I packed the Scandinavian jersey I 'd worn at Woodbine into the suitcase just in case it jogged anyone 's memory , and got dressed in dark trousers , open-necked shirt and a short zipped navy jacket with lighter blue bands round waist and wrists . |
| 6 | He had the unfinished nocturne and the portrait . |
| 7 | Land has both an economic function and a function in terms of personal and social esteem : |
| 8 | So Intelsat 6 is stuck in a uselessly low orbit until a space shuttle can be persuaded to collect it , or until it falls down . |
| 9 | A consequence of this decision could have been the creation of evidence that the project was merely an exercise in ‘ façadism ’ — the policy of retaining only the external skin of a building as a ‘ screen wall ’ to new accommodation , which often creates a disagreeable distinction between the ‘ stage set ’ of the preserved shell and the entirely rebuilt interior . |
| 10 | To obtain additional internal volume and a satisfactory relationship between new floor levels and existing or modified window openings , the original ground floor , which consisted of two panels of suspended timber construction under the areas formerly accommodating pews , separated and flanked by strips of tiled floor on a solid base where the gangways ran , was removed to give a further 400mm ( 16in ) of height . |
| 11 | An embryological study of Carausius by Scholl ( 1969 ) confirms this , suggesting that the neck includes a dorsal labial component and a ventral prothoracic part , though Wada ( 1966 ) regards the neck of Tachycines as entirely labial in origin . |
| 12 | POLICIES for agricultural support and the environment need to work together to the mutual benefit of farming and the countryside . |
| 13 | POLICIES for agricultural support and the environment need to work together to the mutual benefit of farming and the countryside . |
| 14 | Claiming that the landscape was created by farmers and can only be maintained by farming , she added : ‘ Our policies for agricultural support and the environment need to work together , to the mutual benefit of our farming industry and of our countryside . ’ |
| 15 | The power station is also a matter of miles from the Lilstock bombing range in the Bristol Channel , where aircraft can be watched from the coast as they wheel and circle in the sky before a fiery flash and a splash of water shows that they have hit their ‘ target ’ . |
| 16 | Registration can be confidently expected to occur in due course unless the company 's articles impose restrictions on the transferability of its shares . |
| 17 | This situation will change in due course as the younger generation becomes less and less involved in traditional family businesses and educational standards continue to improve , but for the foreseeable future job opportunities will exist for most nationalities in those parts of the Middle East where local populations are insufficient to meet the labour requirements of commerce and industry . |
| 18 | It is hoped to submit a formal planning application in due course when a further public exhibition will be held showing the final layout of the road and the public will again have an opportunity to comment on the scheme at this time . |
| 19 | She had n't needed to offer such a weak plea as a scratched finger after all , Isabel remembered . |
| 20 | For example , it has been held that an arrangement void for contravention of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956 constitutes unlawful means but this is hard to reconcile with the clear decision in the Mogul case that an agreement in restraint of trade at common law did not . |
| 21 | In the event that no single party enjoys an overall majority in the Commons then the issue of sending for the Prime Minister and refusing a dissolution become matters so charged with political manoeuvring that the Crown would be drawn into politics in a public way that would be bound to invite a keener scrutiny as to what should be her proper role within the British constitution . |
| 22 | Thus , the NSC had before it the State Department 's political assessment that the area was , to repeat , ‘ the target of a co-ordinated offensive plainly directed by the Kremlin' . |
| 23 | In Western cooking such a mixture can add zing to almost anything from scrambled eggs to vegetables , soups , stews and sauces and poached or baked fruits , with the grateful advantage that the result will not taste as though you have succumbed to panic and thrown in a spoonful of curry powder . |
| 24 | It was on a lower level than the rest of the works and was lit by windows which ran the length of the wall facing the doorway . |
| 25 | Again the forecast shows cycles , but this time the worst-case curve shows that each successive peak is at a lower level than the one before and each successive trough is deeper . |
| 26 | The aisle is roofed at a lower level than the nave and the triforia have the function of masking the lean-to roofs which cover these vaults . |
| 27 | Pots will be attractive here and the pool acts as a real focal point , set within a brick circle at a slightly lower level than the patio . |
| 28 | That was a case in which the house had a path running to the steps which went up to the road , the house being at a lower level than the road , and the plaintiff met with an accident on those steps … |
| 29 | The flow of information between a lower level and a higher level can be handled in a number of different ways which will have markedly different consequences for the speech recognition task . |
| 30 | They took the escalator down to the lower level and the Grillapolis café . |