Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] and [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , I have difficulty in getting the printer to reproduce the very fine hairlines characteristic of the sharp good quills I use for my writing ( Figure 9 ) , with the inside upside down and adjacent to the outside . |
| 2 | Today I drank tea alone and unarmed with the Emir as his honoured friend , and I know he is really glad to see me … ’ |
| 3 | The Pittsburgh experience with FK506 as the main immunosuppressive drug is now fifty cases ( fifteen small bowel alone and thirty-five with liver allografts ) . |
| 4 | His knowledge of , and contribution to , the arts benefited the college greatly and many of its finest paintings were collected by Tom Gibson , in particular a number of excellent examples of the work of Mary Armour and John Cunningham . |
| 5 | — holding this second baby Ellen puts me in mind more and more of Oreste and I grieve to have him . |
| 6 | Instead he lifted his hands and pushed them deep into her hair , and , before she had time to get herself together , he was kissing her , his mouth hard and brutal against hers . |
| 7 | Provisions listed in the second column below and those of regulations etc. made under them , remain in existence until replaced by regulations made under the Order . |
| 8 | Erm me , myself and Steve are currently working on er , health and safety for contractors coming on site purpose to work etcetera and one of reasons why well he than ever before on this , visi visitor 's information when they 're on site on the back of cars it would , it would have been a nice thing to do would have been to have joined the whole lot together . |
| 9 | The way to happiness then is the cultivation of thoughts that lead to contentment , joy and emotional warmth , and the habitual and increasing devotion to them , and the pruning out and burning of the thoughts that conduce to unhappiness . |
| 10 | Josie seemed to be pretty well organised , the work fast and precise without being pressured . |
| 11 | The Australian government announced they would not sign the Antarctic Minerals Convention , designed to control any mineral exploitation there and due to be signed by all nations claiming territory there . |
| 12 | And er she says like when I think of me keeping her child overnight and all before it 's in hospital and running down to hospital three or four times when he was in the hospital , and taking him sweets and all , and she says she 's treating me like shit . |
| 13 | I am left with the impression that the author has updated his work reluctantly and some of his text is misleading . |
| 14 | On the fellside above and left of mighty Dove Crag there is a prominent cracked wall of rock . |
| 15 | Good finishing would have seen Town home and dry by half-time . |
| 16 | Since the end of the last war more and more of our food has been subjected to factory processing , with the concomitant addition of more and more chemical additives to counteract the deterioration in taste , texture , colour and palatability which the processing of food brings about . |
| 17 | She shook her head slowly and tut-tutted to herself . |
| 18 | Prost did to Mansell what Piquet had done to him in 1983 , and in winning the title he became the first man since Jack Brabham ( Aus ) in 1960 to defend the title successfully and one of only four men to win it in successive years , joining two other greats , Alberto Ascari ( Ita ) and Juan Manuel Fangio ( Arg ) . |
| 19 | But they still did do a certain amount of er the stock in trade course the bins for g for transporting stuff in and all like that . |
| 20 | Her head burst the silver-bubble sea surface above and all at once her eyes stung with salt , her ears rang with the cold whisper of arctic winds cuffing the wavecaps . |
| 21 | Mrs White , who is originally from Edinburgh , but who has lived in Chester for six years , said the accolade for the hotel was given because it is a ‘ gorgeous place , ’ built in 1860 , with wood-panelling throughout and full of antiques . |
| 22 | Some time between quarter past and half past nine , I suppose . ’ |
| 23 | Well I 'd just got there , it was just between quarter past and ten past and twelve were there . |
| 24 | ‘ But more , I shall spread your name far and wide to all parts of the country , you will be as famous as any of the actors who have trod the boards at this theatre , that I promise you , Hari Morgan . ’ |
| 25 | Yet , without minimising the very real material and political benefits gained by ordinary working-class people in the 1940s , one must recognise the qualitatively ambiguous nature of these welfare innovations : a National Health Service which greatly benefited working-class women and children but also consolidated the power of an elite of consultants ; secondary education for all , but qualitatively differentiated , with selection by and large on grounds of social class , and the independent sector left intact ; a comprehensive social security system , but with benefit rates no higher in relation to average earnings than they had been in the 1930s . |
| 26 | The corollary of that is that there should n't be development by and large in the countryside . |
| 27 | But later he said : ‘ If the public thinks I deserve to fight for the title again and one of the champions would give me a title shot , I 'll come back . |
| 28 | Pull one part out and all of the others cease to function properly . |
| 29 | But the central argument on the industrial front is that if you bring a large number of extra jobs into an area where the unemployment is much below the national average , and much below the regional average , then you are going to bring people from the surrounding area in and many of those people we believe would far prefer to have found jobs nearer their existing homes . |
| 30 | However , it was agreed at the outset of this appeal by Mr. Leonard that these two latter matters would only arise for consideration in the event that his contentions upon his first and principal ground of appeal were upheld in this court ; and in the circumstances we heard argument from both sides upon that ground separately and distinct from the remainder of the matters raised in this appeal . |