Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the naked [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DNase I cleavage of the naked DNA is poor within the A n . |
| 2 | One consequence of the exclusive pursuit of the selfish and self-indulgent ethos of the naked fabliau is that the Shipman 's Tale , unlike the majority of the French fabliaux , contains no concluding moral , ending instead on the selfish prayer : The failure of a moral to appear here is emphasized by the fact that the Host immediately tries to draw a moral from the tale — an appropriately pragmatic one : It could and has been held that the Shipman 's Tale is thereby amoral . |
| 3 | With the comic appearance of this modern barbarian the resolutely physical takes over ; we move back to the level of the naked man with no interest in the ‘ polymath ’ . |
| 4 | The dark tenement block loomed up on her left and through the broken windows she could see the reflection of the naked gas jets that burned on each landing . |
| 5 | Onlookers admitted to me that they had come simply to see the tragic spectacle of the naked bodies — some of which were badly burned . |
| 6 | I turned away from the scars near Warrendale Knots and dropped down by Middle High Hill to Settle and lunch at the Naked Man where the nicest ladies you could ever wish to meet serve real Yorkshire food , and plenty of it . |
| 7 | She wanted to cry his name aloud again , but his mouth was against hers , his hair-roughened chest against the naked globes of her breasts , and she loved him , wanted him , needed him and , as he moved her until her back was on her mattress , she had no objection to make when he removed her only covering from her altogether . |
| 8 | He examined the pieces with the naked eye , then with his glass , while behind him Isobel held her breath . |
| 9 | Number one husband saw my fainted state and raced to Film Knights for the antidote — Leslie Neilson in The Naked Gun . |
| 10 | At public baptism the head of the naked infant was anointed , immediately after immersion had taken place , with the chrysom oil , a mixture of olive oil and balsam . |
| 11 | They are beyond the visible spectrum but we do not have to make our observations with the naked eye and there are ways in which y-rays can be detected to form an image pattern . |
| 12 | There are several Cepheids well within binocular range , and some can be followed throughout their variations with the naked eye : Eta Aquilæ , Zeta Geminorum and Beta Doradûs , for example . |
| 13 | Later , when Aurangzeb ordered the decapitation of the naked fakir Sarmad , an Armenian Jew who had converted to Islam , the sage allegedly picked up his head and walked up the steps of the Jama Masjid . |
| 14 | After all , there are eleven million people in the Naked City and only some of them are honest . |
| 15 | The interesting point is that the Greeks were certainly able to see Merope with the naked eye , whereas today this is virtually impossible . |
| 16 | He had frozen against the touch of the naked blade , but even so there was a line of broken skin which showed red , then was hidden by a wreath of mist . |
| 17 | Polished metal looks as smooth and featureless as glass to the naked eye but , unlike glass , it is a crystalline material ; it solidifies as a network of tiny grains which can be seen if the metal is etched with a dilute acid and examined under a microscope ( fig. 5.11a ) . |
| 18 | None are so efficient in obtaining specimens as the naked black , whose noiseless and gliding steps enable him to steel upon it unheard and unperceived , and with a gun in his hand he rarely allows it to escape , and in many instances , he will even kill it with his own weapons . ’ |
| 19 | Since the evening of the reception at the governor 's palais when she had turned her head to find him looking at her , the memory of the naked desire she had seen in Jacques Devraux 's eyes had smouldered in her mind . |
| 20 | Picasso later explained , in 1939 , that the man seated in the centre of the composition was a sailor enjoying the company of the naked women . |
| 21 | The courtly ceremonial acted as a veil around the naked reality of Mughal politics ; it was a mask which deliberately disguised the brutality and coarseness that lay hidden beneath . |
| 22 | The green sweep of the wooded hills on Morven and Mull gave us an impression of verdant lushness after the naked rock and brown moors of the Outer Isles . |
| 23 | It was easy to see the place was cool , thought Miles , there was always a copy of The Naked Lunch on the table . |