Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leicestershire finished on 289 for 9 … quite a total for Buckinghamshire to chase in sixty overs , , their start was slow but sure … |
| 2 | I assess the annual mileage as six thousand which then gives a total for running costs of five hundred and sixty eight pounds eighty pence . |
| 3 | I do n't give damn about building contractors not being paid . |
| 4 | All shafts , levels , adits , watercourses and works to be kept open or upstanding for present or future working , and to yield up these at the end of the term , with the bottoms clear of all dross and rubbish ; and the drifts , cross-cuts , sumps , pits , buddles , water-courses , dwelling houses , cabins , smelting houses , store houses , bingsteads , smithies , forges , workshops , etc . |
| 5 | But he can be sloppy about detail . |
| 6 | She 's moody for ages . |
| 7 | Though literary festivals could be immensely enjoyable , especially if they took you to some pleasant distant city , like Toronto or Adelaide , there was something absurd about writers gathering together in this way . |
| 8 | They were all the kind of diplomatic event which in normal times Mr Heath would much enjoy and at which he would perform very well . |
| 9 | However , another officer was not so polite about Scotland , particularly its whisky . |
| 10 | With the traditional rivalry which exists between Berlin and Vienna , such a tournament would be especially enthralling for spectators of the international music chess board . |
| 11 | As an entree to the main Flight hall , visitors will come through FlightLab , the excellent inter-active area devoted to the mechanics and science of flight — designed for kids , but equally enthralling for kids of bygone times ! |
| 12 | The Group says , production , home sales and exports have all been outstanding for Austin Rover and Landrover vehicles . |
| 13 | I said I 've got an invoice outstanding for October , and I said I ca n't afford to do that ! |
| 14 | These exposure drafts , which are still outstanding for comment , are : E 41 , Revenue Recognition ; E 42 , Construction Contracts ; E 43 , Property , Plant and Equipment ; E 44 , The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates ; E 45 , Business Combinations ; and E 46 , Extraordinary Items , Fundamental Errors and Changes in Accounting Policies ( see also ACCOUNTANCY , July , p 95 , and September , p 106 ) . |
| 15 | The amount of credit outstanding for fuel is now approaching £1,000 million ; that is to say , for every £1 that consumers owe for other purchases they owe perhaps 10p for fuel . |
| 16 | The government also made efforts to persuade Saudi Arabia to resume oil supplies , including making a payment of US$6,000,000 outstanding for June oil bills . |
| 17 | Cuervo is the Spanish for crow , which is the Celtic bird sent in by the Gods on the eve of battle . |
| 18 | His account of the conflict , titled One Hundred Days , is to be translated into Spanish for publication in Argentina . |
| 19 | SPANISH FOR BEGINNERS |
| 20 | My mule was a 17-year-old snow-white gelding called Vaquero — Spanish for cowboy . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've taught myself to speak French , German and Spanish for shows I have done on the continent . |
| 22 | spell erm spell the word and things but erm write down the words in Spanish for ham or |
| 23 | These islands have been Spanish for centuries . |
| 24 | Available in the Bar is a selection of Tapas ( Spanish for snacks and savories ) as well as an interesting bar lunch menu . |
| 25 | You will hear from us again if you are short-listed for interview . |
| 26 | This last aspect has yet to be fully developed but training agencies have been short-listed for courses scheduled for later this year . |
| 27 | I understand names like Paraguay 's Juan Carlos Giminez , who had to pull out of a previous challenge with a damaged hand , Americans Darrin Van Horn and Lindell Holmes plus Italian Vicenzo Nardiello have already been short-listed for November . |
| 28 | THEY call it ‘ the greatest free show on earth ’ — but then there has never been anything modest or half-hearted about Blackpool and its Illuminations . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't know where my next penny is coming from , I really do n't , ’ she would breathe in her flat , light voice , as she sat hunched on the river bank , too hapless for despair , while our children played together among the drifting garbage at the water 's edge . |
| 30 | Next year he was due for promotion at the insurance office . |