Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His father was a farmer with advanced agricultural views who lived until the age of 88 , so that his son , who farmed with him , had ample time and restless energy to travel the country and buy pigs , sheep , horses and cattle with the aim of deliberately improving them . |
| 2 | Although from our experience of just a while ago I would say that , undoubtedly , beneath that frigid exterior there lurks an inferno of quite gigantic proportions . ’ |
| 3 | The bubble , that frail bubble which had seemed to float above us , invisible symbol of the understanding and trust which was to have helped us to live together , shuddered and sank ; then bravely rose again into the air , though not now quite as high as before . |
| 4 | There is a pretty conservatory where meals are served , a large , colourful garden and several interesting outbuildings such as the 17th-century half-timbered stable block which has been converted to provide four bedrooms , and the cellar , bread oven and fishpond dug by the monks from Bordesley Abbey . |
| 5 | And erm then the next day they came over and David was laughing , he said , do you , do you know the alley way down between he said , well it blew it her up right against that bloody wall he said ! |
| 6 | cos she keeps saying to me oh when you have that bloody tank she keeps nagging and nagging to have it . |
| 7 | Now in that room at Fontainebleau so many years ago , I studied Francis but my eyes were drawn to that bloody ring which sparkled on the fourth finger of his left hand . |
| 8 | All that bloody crap I 've had . |
| 9 | This choice will be subject to prevailing economic conditions which have a profound impact on the availability and viability of sites suitable for development . |
| 10 | In response to the prevailing economic conditions it has withdrawn from peripheral businesses and has focused on the core activities represented by its silver products . |
| 11 | What is remarkable is how little political opposition there has been to the programme to date . |
| 12 | Because I love you , and I want what little private life I have to be steady and permanent , ’ Scott said . |
| 13 | Capt. Valentine E. M. Strasser , the 27-year-old junior officer who had become chairman of the National Provisional Ruling Council ( NPRC ) after leading an April coup [ see pp. 38853-4 ; 38900 ] , made a series of changes in July to both the composition and structure of the government . |
| 14 | fucking er it was like that but they ai n't just do n't go and get very close to the like that So I 've gone up under arch of the wheel got my like that right state I got in ! |
| 15 | The connection between them and Douglas Reyburn lies in the fact that Gavin Hanna , Assistant Technical Manager who joined the company three years ' ago , is now an acknowledged expert with a scientific paper published last January by the Company of Biologists . |
| 16 | It has been our purpose here to indicate what has been successful in the past , and the strong technical basis which underpins success . |
| 17 | If children have had a long period without normal feeding experiences they find difficulty in accepting oral food , chewing , and swallowing . |
| 18 | As a revolutionary writer Nizan was confronted by what he perceived as a series of particularly acute technical problems which had their origin in the specific historical situation of post-First World War France . |
| 19 | Webb took the ball in his stride , cut inside , and Sharpe finished off with a low angled shot which gave Pears no chance . |
| 20 | He egged on — and his interior minister armed — the Serb politicians of Croatia and Bosnia , small-town professional men who fancied a chance of fame as Serb patriots . |
| 21 | That Labour amendment I read out mentioned the airport money . |
| 22 | ‘ That half-hearted performance you put on back at the police station wo n't be enough to convince her , not after what she witnessed last night … all your near-hysterical ramblings ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Yes , it 's that fabulous putter we sorted out for him . ’ |
| 24 | He told John Colville , one of the junior private secretaries he inherited from Churchill , ‘ that in his most optimistic dreams he had reckoned that there might , with luck , be a Conservative majority of only some forty seats ’ . |
| 25 | But at the heart of that issue I you know that specific issue I think is a good example of the of of the problem which I see you facing is that I think it 's more not so much about the noise but about the fact that we have a relatively privileged few people who are enjoying going to these May Balls I mean and enjoying the end of their exams , staying up all night , and I wonder in fact if it 's more a matter of sour grapes rather than environmental health . |
| 26 | That absurd prejudice which implied that a girl lacked authority for a news programme was reluctant to go away . |
| 27 | Martinho had lost no time in recounting the true details of Osvaldo 's moment of weakness , the point at which he 'd flipped his lid for the first and last time in his career , that murderous aberration which had been the doom of old friend and new foe alike . |
| 28 | Again we were confronted by that vengeful force which stood in the way of same-sex lovers in Spain — especially if one was a foreigner , and one a Spaniard . |
| 29 | It was prompt corrective action which prevented accidents . |
| 30 | Invoking Pythagoras applied to the right angled triangle we have : — |