Example sentences of "brief but [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as a brief but final point on there , what language did we develop our product in ? |
| 2 | The taste of his mouth on hers had haunted her last night in bed ; the memory of that all too brief but heart-stopping kiss at the fountain all those weeks ago still burned into her , reminding , taunting her . |
| 3 | An accessible introduction is provided by Palmason ( 1982 ) ; this is an edited compilation containing a brief but stimulating review of continental rifts by Mohr ( 1982 ) . |
| 4 | Steady improvement seems to depend on careful monitoring of what is going on by those involved combined with brief but efficient recording of what has been tried and tested . |
| 5 | As usual , he was at his desk before she arrived at the office , and , as always , she felt that brief but undeniable shock of pleasure at seeing him . |
| 6 | Little remains to be said or sung after that — except for the brief but exquisite requiem with which Arkel brings the opera to an end . |
| 7 | Little remains to be said or sung after that — except for the brief but exquisite requiem with which Arkel brings the opera to an end . |
| 8 | It is important to note here that there is no single term which can accurately be used as a brief but comprehensive designation for all these heterogeneous groups . |
| 9 | Mr Garner joined TI in 1979 , after a brief but colourful climb up the industrial ladder and having discounted the idea of becoming a professional trumpeter — ‘ I do n't think I could have stood the strain ’ . |
| 10 | A more detailed treatment of epeirogenic uplift is to be found in McGetchin and Merrill ( 1979 ) ; in spite of its general title it is almost solely concerned with the Colorado Plateau , but it does contain a brief but wide-ranging review of uplift mechanisms . |
| 11 | I am 61 years of age and my only link with computers was a brief but satisfying fling with a Sinclair ZX81 some ten or eleven years ago ; it was , though , a 16K so I was upmarket ! |
| 12 | Leapor has , of course , received more valuable attention from local scholars , certainly from George Eland , who published a brief but informative article on Leapor in 1931 . |
| 13 | Striving for influence almost submerged the dialectic of influence and agitation except for the one brief but massive burst of petitioning in 1814 on suppression of the international slave trade . |
| 14 | making a brief but dazzling comeback before crashing on to the spikes of despair once more when John fell to his death from a lofty scaffold , and history repeated itself |
| 15 | We went round all the calves , removing the lethal crusts and scrubbing the buds clean , and when we finally drove away we knew that the brief but painful episode of the Billings calves was over . |
| 16 | There is a brief but pertinent section on materials and techniques , including some illustrated exercises . |
| 17 | We had a brief but promising exchange of letters in the autumn . |
| 18 | Reference must also be made to a brief but important statement by the Privy Council , in the course of an elaborate opinion , largely concerned with other matters , in Government of the United States of America v. Bowe [ 1990 ] 1 A.C. 500 . |
| 19 | Thornton had just left the Mirror Group after a brief but interesting spell in newspapers . |
| 20 | Command and Combat ( Tri-Service Magazines , 58pp , illus , sbk £3.00 ) edited by Paddy Porter , a regular contributor to the pages of FlyPast , gives a brief but interesting history of Headquarters , 1st Air Division of the Eighth USAAF ( Brampton ) , and the 457th Bomb Group , the Fireball Outfit , based at Glatton . |
| 21 | And among the usual ‘ Man U haters ’ songs was a brief but heartfelt tribute to Sydney . |