Example sentences of "[unc] [adj] [noun] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Joe 's watery eyes opened and he smiled , displaying discoloured teeth . |
| 32 | A further example of Herbert 's tolerant disposition came when John found , as he grew up , that his sexual interests were exclusively homosexual . |
| 33 | Their own experience tends to make most of today 's British voters assume that government means government by a single party . |
| 34 | The woman 's high colour deepened and she fumbled with the up of wine . |
| 35 | BRITAIN 'S Johnny Herbert goes into the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend wondering if he can earn a place on the podium for the first time in 37 formula one races . |
| 36 | The actor 's crowning glory came when he was presented with Variety 's London Theatre Critics ’ Award for Most Promising Newcomer of 1963 . |
| 37 | But , as a general principle , Northern Ireland 's social divisions ensure that police management prefer neighbourhood police to be on the street , as is their purpose , and in practice about three-quarters of the normal shift is taken up with beat duty , which is much higher than in Great Britain . |
| 38 | The reports prepared by the local authority 's social workers indicate that initially all the children made good progress with the foster mother and at one time their adoption by her was contemplated . |
| 39 | I read on , and find that Bryan Gould , the ‘ modern ’ candidate , is sniping at John Smith 's redistributive budget , one of Labour 's few election promises that offered real benefits to the people of Tottenham . |
| 40 | And at least Micky 's deaf-aid thing guarantees that he does actually say the lines you wrote . ’ |
| 41 | The Vietnamese themselves do not accept Cam Ranh Bay as a Soviet ‘ base ’ , although in 1982 Vietnam 's Foreign Minister claimed that Vietnam was ‘ leaving the door open ’ to the possibility of Soviet bases on its territory if China continued to confront Vietnam . |
| 42 | Lynne Dawson 's clear voice soared and trilled through ‘ The Birds ’ number , while Wilson-Johnson 's worm was creepily sinuous . |
| 43 | The deposit of a variety of jade amulets for ensuring good fortune and warding off ill-luck among Fu Hao 's grave goods shows that jade had already begun to be directed to individual needs as early as the Shang dynasty , at least for one at the peak of the social system . |
| 44 | In a report presented to its 43rd annual meeting [ see above ] , the International Whaling Commission 's scientific committee warned that dolphins , porpoises and other members of the 66 species of small cetaceans are facing extinction in parts of the world , as a result of both deliberate hunting and accidental killing by fishermen , especially those using long drift nets . |
| 45 | They met in her lounge , and Maria 's tilted smile faltered and then faded as she saw Luke 's expression , the glittering hostility with which the dark grey eyes swept the vivid marigold colour of her short tight skirt and her creamy blouse trimmed with handmade lace . |
| 46 | A revaluation of the brewer 's 1,600 pubs showed that they are now worth £255million more than their book value . |
| 47 | However , spies continued to attend Richard Baxter 's preaching services to try and gain evidence against him . |
| 48 | Nevertheless , in the wake of last week 's one-point hike in interest rates , Friday 's Daily Mail commented that Mr Lawson had had little choice but to follow the West German increase . |
| 49 | The first part of Heisenberg 's concluding sentence shows that he felt that such a view fell short of attributing reality to elementary particles . |
| 50 | Here and elsewhere , the police also came in for a fair amount of criticism — Punch portrayed London 's genial giants Gog and Magog dressed as policeman , defending themselves from the wrath of the respectable populace — and there were perfectly sound reasons for such discontent . |
| 51 | In the magnificent setting of the Park 's mansion house , the region 's top chefs prepared and presented an eight course banquet for 40 served on Wedgwood fine bone china tableware complemented by Waterford crystal stemware . |
| 52 | The City 's top gurus reckon that the new package will certainly set shares alight when the stock market opens this morning but there are doubts as to whether it will continue to keep share prices riding high . |
| 53 | Lewis 's fireworks merely served to emphasise just how inadequately England 's top order played when the follow-on began 274 runs behind . |
| 54 | ( In this particular case Hertz was testing Maxwell 's electromagnetic theory to see if he could produce the radio waves predicted by that theory . ) |
| 55 | You ca n't start like that , I 'm prepared to consider the matters which have been suggested by your Lordships th this afternoon to see if there is a way in which we can er meet that point . |
| 56 | I mean I 've heard representatives for County Council th this week saying that er as far as they were concerned th the standards were n't sufficiently low yet for them t to take action . |
| 57 | Whatever the impact of the Gulf , America 's deteriorating economy suggests that the dollar could fall further in the short run . |
| 58 | An Edinburgh postman 's second wife protested when a cousin congratulated her on the birth of her first step-grandchild , ‘ You 'll be a granny now . ’ |
| 59 | United 's second goal came when Connolly chased a hopeful punt down the left . |
| 60 | However , we are concerned that the comments of the Heritage Secretary , Peter Brooke , during the bill 's second reading suggested that the allocation to the commission would be deducted from the share to be made available to sport in the home countries . |