Example sentences of "[adv] and the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole horse militia of Westmorland and northern Lancashire , and all the militia of Cumberland , were drawn up in front of the little Lake District town , under the chief local landowner , Lord Lonsdale , and with 10,000 men they easily outnumbered the rebels , but a mere sight of Forster 's advance guard was enough and the whole body fled in terror , leaving the field littered with horses and arms . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , the chair he was sitting in was soft enough and the recorded harpsichord music sufficiently soporific to calm the anxieties and lower the defences of most people . |
| 3 | Aunt Sophie embraced her warmly and the soft scent of lavender rose from the pleated bodice of her gown . |
| 4 | However it seems that the Flat continues endlessly and the main race is the £10,000 Tolka Handicap which should see yet another onslaught from the highly successful Dermot Weld stable . |
| 5 | He pursed his lips thoughtfully and the hidden laughter in his eyes warned her that she might not like his answer . |
| 6 | It was open and I could see inside and the closed loo door took on the semblance of the Berlin Wall . |
| 7 | The Chaconne for a Chinese Man and woman … is written at the other end of the volume … no music has been found for the ‘ Grand Dance of Twenty-four Persons ’ at the end of the [ Fifth ] Act ) ; in [ the ] MS there is no break between Hymen 's solo ‘ Love ne'er had yet– and the short Trio ‘ They shall be [ as ] happy ’ ( where , according to the Libretto , the Dance should take place ) , and it seems therefore possible that it was omitted in performance . |
| 8 | It had been built in the late eighteenth century , two storeys high , shallow slate roof , red brick , seven windows set in ashlar along the upper floor , six below and the front door set centrally under a portico and pillared porch . |
| 9 | It rises high above the loch and its fringe of woodlands , and at its highest point is provided with car parks giving a magnificent view of Loch Torridon below and the exciting range of mountains beyond . |
| 10 | It was smaller , buried much deeper and the later town of Resina is built partly on top . |
| 11 | All persons privy to confidential , and particularly price-sensitive , information concerning an offer or proposed offer must treat that information as secret and may pass it to another person only if it is necessary to do so and the other person is made aware of the need for secrecy . |
| 12 | A subfamily of the Ophiacanthidae with a sack-like disk covered with thickened skin or thin scales which often carry spinelets or granules ; radial shields variable in shape , either rib-like with only the distal ends not covered by scales or short with most of the plate visible ; the jaws distinctly longer than broad ; one or sometimes as many as three large blunt apical papillae flanked on each side by three to many oral papillae ; in most genera the second oral tentacle pore arising superficially or nearly so and the associated tentacle scales often forming a continuous series with the oral papillae ; the oral tentacle scales often spine-like and larger than the oral papillae , except in Ophiolimna where the second oral tentacle pore is obscured by a large opercular distal oral papillae ; nearly all genera with well developed elongated adoral shields and a large oral shield ; the tentacle pores of the arm mostly large and often with small spine-like tentacle scales although some genera with smaller pores armed with well developed tentacle scales ; the arm spines relatively short usually only slightly longer than one arm segment . |
| 13 | The settlement is for next year only and the three-year planning system is discontinued ; from now on figures for future years will only be indicative . |
| 14 | Gunzenhauser makes the very best of the repetitive rhythmic ideas of the outer movements and although he is perhaps a share more rhythmically plainspun than Kertész , in the first movement he eases the second subject in very nicely and the lolloping theme of the third movement Allegretto has much folksy charm . |
| 15 | At home the children all slept together and the new baby with its parents till it came off the breast . |
| 16 | Even though the continuous assessment , course-work elements will have been graded during the preceding two years , the marks will be put together and the final grade awarded at this one time . |
| 17 | And he stuck them all together and the damn thing ran . |
| 18 | The trees were too close together and the snow-covered gorse seemed to have a life of its own , blocking our passage with its thick stems . |
| 19 | The crane , for moving the ramps which connected the rigs together and the inshore rig to the beach , was tested for free operation . |
| 20 | He remembered their talk together and the bleak picture she had painted for him of her life . |
| 21 | The next thing was one of lift , right , her shirt right up , she had a black , like silk bra on and pushes her tits together and the next thing was waves her bra about ! |
| 22 | The standard of care was to be judged objectively and the prudent man would wear a seat belt unless there were exceptional circumstances . |
| 23 | Easily Accessible : The nearest bus stop is l mile away and the nearest train station is in Stoke-on-Trent , 12 miles away . |
| 24 | And at Wyvis Hall , below the woods and above the river , with the nearest road half a mile away and the nearest house twice as far as that , total silence prevailed . |
| 25 | However , it appears that , if the ice motion is slowed or temporarily halted against a barrier , the snow will be stripped away and the bare ice rippled and eroded by dry winds that continually course down the ice cap . |
| 26 | If you feel like taking a day trip to the coast , Portsmouth with its naval heritage is only 25 miles away and the pleasant seaside resort of Brighton only 20 miles away . |
| 27 | rack for fucking plates , so I put them away and the best way to do it is if sit at the table , you wash and I 'll dry or I 'll dr you er dry and I 'll wash , well what |
| 28 | However , wind and storms might also upset Re 's boat , so having fulfilled his purpose Seth chased away and the solar barque sailed majestically onwards . |
| 29 | Despite there being no grand passion , I 'd been faithful ; but take the faithfulness away and the whole thing crumbled into dust . ’ |
| 30 | One song will blow your head away and the next song will mellow out . |