Example sentences of "[adv] [pos pn] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Every time , therefore , they met together their aggregate expenses amounted to at least £12 to £15 , or even more " . |
| 32 | Apart , they could be breathtakingly sharp on the others ' shortcomings but together their individual selves gathered into something very close to a single presence . |
| 33 | Uses can also use the catalogue program to select their put together their own disks for £8.95 per compressed megabyte . |
| 34 | The numbers above have been made up by multiplying together their basic parts or prime factors . |
| 35 | So it is essential to memorise your line of ascent as far as is possible , piecing together its major features and landmarks , even the times taken for each section , so as to smooth your downward passage . |
| 36 | Hath kissed so long her painted shrines , |
| 37 | Only her bare feet are exposed , which somehow underlines her vulnerability . |
| 38 | It was like swimming in warm darkness , only her slender arms around his neck holding her upright as his hands caressed her body and moulded her against him . |
| 39 | Her own self-portrait is hilarious , albeit showing only her red-socked feet in front of a glowing gas fire . |
| 40 | If only her own emotions were so easily controlled ! |
| 41 | She was voicing not only her own views , but those of authority at Benedict 's . |
| 42 | ‘ It is only her own customs she respects . ’ |
| 43 | But Viola had reassumed all her wonted , iron-clad voluptuousness , and only her reddened eyes — had they , Greg wondered , been rubbed since she saw him coming up the path ? — suggested that she might have gone through a frightening or saddening time . |
| 44 | Though only its rough foundations survived , the west gate turned out to be an impressive and imposing structure , comprising two towers with semicircular fronts , flanking a dual carriageway . |
| 45 | But : ‘ Arbitrary as it seems when only its individual terms are considered , the system becomes coherent when it is seen as a whole set ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 46 | Medicine 's growing number of critics were given important empirical support by the work of Thomas McKeown , which exposed not only its present limitations but threw doubt on its past successes . |
| 47 | And it can fly supersonically using only its normal engines ; with no gas-guzzling afterburners to feed , it can go much farther at such speeds than any of today 's machines . |
| 48 | It is believed that Lady Thatcher is considering advising Philip Morris on only its non-tobacco interests after public outcry . |
| 49 | 9 A rectangle is another special type of quadrilateral. rectangle Only its opposite sides are equal . |
| 50 | Only its formal subdivisions are known , despite the fact that the press was admitted to its open sessions . |
| 51 | The view we took was , in a nutshell , that the volatile nature of the South African political arena outweighed not only its magnificent facilities , but also the anti-apartheid emotional legacy of welcoming back the Springboks . |
| 52 | In the 1960s , W. D. Hamilton suggested that an individual should sacrifice itself to help not only its own children , but also its close relatives that share many genes . |
| 53 | It is not only its intrinsic qualities which have guaranteed Umberto Eco 's novel its prominent position in the Italian literary scene . |
| 54 | In the health-conscious nineties , companies such as ICI , Shell , National Westminster Bank and Gestetner are closing down their in-house bars and applying a no-alcohol policy across the board , apparently with little resistance from staff . |
| 55 | This was a real lady The girls were suddenly self-conscious , smoothing down their tattered skirts and tucking their dirty feet out of sight . |
| 56 | A GANG of football fans burned down their arch rivals ' ground after watching their team lose , a court was told yesterday . |
| 57 | Wycliffe was always reminded of the hymn which sang of ‘ saints casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea ’ . |
| 58 | Grinding down their much-bigger crystals for suspension in the fluid can take months . |
| 59 | The England international has been mobbed by Lazio fans this week , all beseeching him to shoot down their hated rivals , but he has kept his cool . |
| 60 | Legions of lost souls have taken to congregating at a popular local hostelry , the Throat and Razor , repeating those very words over and over again , till the tears run down their sunburned legs . |