Example sentences of "[art] [adv] [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | P. tomentosa is the commonly grown because it 's hardy . |
| 32 | Those members of the public who have not had an opportunity to experience contact with the mentally handicapped except in the most superficial way inevitably draw their opinions from the concepts portrayed in the mass media and , above all , from what they see on television . |
| 33 | They find it harder to appreciate the successes of the mentally handicapped because they do not conform to their concept of success . |
| 34 | Compounding these fears , based on little but public ignorance , is the concept of mental handicap conveyed through the mass media , with such films as ‘ Walter ’ portraying the lives of the mentally handicapped as being harrowing and filled with despair . |
| 35 | Keith takes this further : ‘ We were a little limited when we were recording the guitars , limited by the size of the room and the fact that some of the gear was n't working properly , so obstructive forces were at work and this is where compromise comes in ; you 're spending all this time when you know it could be a lot better . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ I want to be measured for some more boots , ’ Edward said , ‘ but you look a little shaken so I 'm sure it can wait until another day . ’ |
| 37 | Her tone was a little agitated for she had also just seen Faustina mount the refreshment table and pick her way delicately among the dishes of the cakes and savouries , sniffing the air , ready to pause and pounce when she came upon something that took her fancy . |
| 38 | Would she — in Mrs Moon 's place — a little saddened if he did ? |
| 39 | She grew a little confused as to which was day and which was night , and increasingly wanted Alexandra there , calling for her in her faint cracked voice , if she woke and found her customary chair empty . |
| 40 | ‘ Hello , Margaret , ’ said Juliet , a little disconcerted when the woman lifted the colander and held it before her . |
| 41 | So she was relieved , but at the same time a little chagrined when he did n't stop the car at all but drove her to the bottom of the footpath that led up to the Hoflin farm . |
| 42 | Charity was quite accustomed to her cousin 's eliciting rather dramatic responses from the male population , but was a little discomfited when Nelson , a tall , rangy boy with sandy hair and nice looks , seemed to have eyes only for her . |
| 43 | Patrick looked a little intoxicated as he made his way towards the Missile . |
| 44 | Deee-Lite seem a little offended when I ask whether they were n't worried whether the DJs would n't like their new songs . |
| 45 | She looked a little discomposed as she spoke , as though guilty about this laissez-faire attitude , but she went on , ‘ If her family are worried , they 'll do something . ’ |
| 46 | The breach of the special trust that exists between a child and a parent is no less violated where sexual acts other than vaginal penetration are induced or performed . |
| 47 | They were no less enthused when Mr Rice put up some film of seriously ordinary people , the sort of folk the average celebrity sees across a crash barrier . |
| 48 | Names were noted down and there was a long wait before blankets could be located . |
| 49 | The film crew and myself were left scratching our heads , accepting that we had a long wait before we could even contemplate some kind of interview . |
| 50 | Customers face a long wait before they have a chance of getting any money back . |
| 51 | Meanwhile judging from the way today 's auction went , the breweries and banks could have a long wait before they get their money back from pubs that close . |
| 52 | There was usually a long wait while the gas was invisibly introduced by the ventilation grilles . |
| 53 | At the 15th he knocked it on to the green comfortably , but we had a long wait because poor old Tommy was in trouble again . |
| 54 | Little rivulets of water were running down her neck , and she gave a long shiver when , with a gentle finger , he halted their progress . |
| 55 | These skills are perhaps no better illustrated than by the finds from the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo . |
| 56 | The winner of this year 's Avia Foursomes and the amateur medal at the British Women 's Open at Ferndown , the undeniably gifted Cheshire golfer was distressed to find that she was no better placed than second reserve for England in the Home Internationals and , further , that she was not given a place on the " B " team sent to Italy . |
| 57 | ‘ Far from pretending that wives are in general no better treated than slaves … no slave is a slave to the same lengths and in so full a sense of the word as a wife is [ for her husband ] can claim from her and enforce the lowest degradation of a human being , that of being made the instrument of an animal function contrary to her inclinations . ’ |
| 58 | This was no better reflected than in his creation of A Distant Drummer with its horrific theme of man 's inhumanity to man , where ritual warlike movements were applied to the jack-booted soldiers of Nazi Germany . |
| 59 | After Melanie shopped , she helped her aunt , either serving in their own shop or writing out price tags or performing the endless task of polishing the woodwork of counter and drawers , a Forth Bridge of polishing that was no sooner completed than the messy fingers of small customers meant it must be started again . |
| 60 | He is no sooner seen than lost . ’ |