Example sentences of "[adj] of [noun] [conj] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The kitchen was full of sunshine and faced across the water to Wycliffe 's hotel and the Yacht Club . |
| 32 | However , railways only made up 3 metres of every kilometre squared of territory as opposed to 200m/1km 2 in Britain . |
| 33 | He was small of stature but built like a miniature tank . |
| 34 | That is probably the worst one day figure which happened , as I say , combination of war and the snow , when the shops were pretty well closed off , and yes we certainly saw figures that , on a day for day basis to last year , they were seventy five per cent down , but cumulative I mean the position 's much better than that erm nowhere near that sort of figure , and erm we are very confident that the summer market for overseas holidays will recover steadily and we 'd be very surprised if , by the end of September , we 're more than five or six per cent down on summer holiday bookings compared to last year , and we 're confident enough to have brought back our campaigns and our advertising starts this week , and we 've even been confident enough to announce to our staff that their annual salary review will take place on the first of April as scheduled . |
| 35 | The main point to show is that the washers were not capable of cleaning as required . |
| 36 | Media products and gadgetry on the near-horizon are likely to shift the stance of the average individual from one of passivity before a television set to one of activity when faced with ‘ Total Vision ’ . |
| 37 | It is rugby 's version of the north-south divide , given further emphasis when last season 's England captains Will Carling and Rob Andrew , who play for Harlequins and Wasps respectively , decided they had had enough of travelling and declared for London . |
| 38 | In the past twenty years the planning , organization and equipment of order-maintenance has been steadily updated and centralized , so that the police now has the potential to mobilize thousands of riot-trained and equipped police officers . |
| 39 | A look at this shy and distinctive creature which has lived in Britain for thousands of years and featured in many favourite stories but is rarely seen in its natural habitat . |
| 40 | While it may be very pleasant to eat strawberries in December , it is perhaps worth remembering the energy used to transport these luxuries from abroad , the extra fungicides and pesticides used to ensure that during the journey they do not deteriorate , and the fact that though the strawberries may appear fresh , they have probably been shipped thousands of miles and kept in cold storage for months . |
| 41 | Nevertheless , now it has the necessary imprimatur from the Pope , the Catechism will be sent for translation into dozens of languages and prepared for dispatch around the world . |