Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [noun] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be that one day we shall discover a complete unified theory that predicts them all , but it is also possible that some or all of them vary from universe to universe or within a single universe . |
| 2 | Chapter One begins with allegations printed in one of the more respectable weekly magazines that do their best to ruin the reputation of everyone in the public eye . |
| 3 | Although all this assured him a footnote in the history of British science , it was his intimate association with one of the most celebrated scientific forgeries that rescued him from relative obscurity . |
| 4 | As the tale is told , it was our historical imperial taste that set us up for our indulgent role in the money boom of the last 30 years . |
| 5 | It must be his over-sensitive suspicious mind that made him see a relieved relaxing of those muscled shoulders . |
| 6 | He 's wearing a crisp white shirt that makes him look tanned . |
| 7 | On a deeper level , an actor is someone who remembers the primitive primordial impulses that inhabited his body before he was ‘ civilized ’ and ‘ educated ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ I think people get even angrier if they think about this precise thing that was done in their so-called formative years that made them the way they are . |
| 9 | Below : Amblestone is a charming Victorian-style conservatory that offers plenty of space and light . |
| 10 | Chronically dry soils lack organic buffers and are often strongly sodic , saline , acid or alkaline , with free soluble salts that make them unattractive for plant colonization . |
| 11 | Previous in vitro attempts to investigate the role of thymic stromal cells in T-cell development have been hampered by the limited ability of monolayer cultures to support a full programme of T-cell maturation and by the difficulty of obtaining cultures of thymic epithelial cells that maintain their in vivo phenotype . |
| 12 | It was foolish hurt pride that made me behave so coldly towards you . |
| 13 | She tossed her head , sending the silky swath of hair tumbling over her shoulders , and sensed rather than saw the sudden shift of emotion away from anger to a raw wild passion that stole her breath and made her legs go weak . |
| 14 | In a world of single parents , almost all of them female , it is the relationship that the young man has with a solid male figure that gives him an edge and keeps him on the straight and narrow . |
| 15 | No longer the excuse of keeping low profile actions , hoping for a Labour government because if we have n't got the guts to stand up and fight the government that made these laws , then we 've got no right to challenge a future Labour government that inherits 'em . |
| 16 | She wore a belted Japanese kimono that emphasised her cottage-loaf figure and had a warm , rumpled , half-awake look that made Maxim just want to curl up beside her and sleep for a week . |
| 17 | Then he was up and levering the round boulder free , not listening to it crash down the mountain , doubting if the attackers would hear or see — and , if they did , whether they would be persuaded that it was his own body tumbling — but it was one extra little chance that cost him only a few seconds . |
| 18 | She collapsed on the chesterfield and tried to bury her face in one of the stony little cushions that decorated it . |
| 19 | And the explanation , according to his interpretation of his experience of his world lies in the extra human agencies that surround him . |
| 20 | Wearing — always — dead simple casual clothes that flatter his lightly-tanned complexion , pale silver hair and famous aquamarine eyes , he dines on spartan , spiceless fare in his minimalist palazzo on Via Borgonuovo , where blank corridors link white-walled offices with the plain , pictureless apartment where he lives alone while a bodyguard sleeps below . |
| 21 | The only way to prevent further developments would be a global totalitarian state that suppressed anything new , and human initiative and ingenuity are such that even this would n't succeed . |
| 22 | There was nothing green there , only a high concrete wall , and beyond it a huge stretch of agitated grey water that frightened me . |
| 23 | The dark grey eyes that glanced her way just before they moved across the chaotic intersection seemed to mirror that hatred , and she recoiled slightly . |
| 24 | Everything is beautifully played and there is no real lack of vitality , but even the glorious floating ‘ Panorama ’ just lacks that extra imaginative touch that makes it unforgettable . |
| 25 | But what are the organisational and personal defensive routines that prevented them from talking to customers in the first place ? |
| 26 | By challenging the right of Parliament to agree to the social chapter against the wishes of the Government and proposing that the treaty will be ratified without the decisions of Parliament , it has underlined the very reasons why there is a need for referendums on the crucial constitutional questions that face us . |
| 27 | She pulled the hat from her head and the shining mahogany hair flowed to her shoulders in a stream of dark red beauty that changed her appearance totally . |
| 28 | She wore a black dress reaching to just above her knees , suspended from her shoulders by straps no thicker than shoe laces ; black stockings , encasing surprisingly slim legs , and very high-heeled red shoes that elevated her an inch or so above Morse as he stood up and offered her his stool . |
| 29 | In these the water flow is from end to end or from middle to side , respectively , the clear water leaving by weirs or troughs , and the sludge on the bottom being removed by mechanical scraping gear that carries it to a sump from which it can be pumped away . |
| 30 | She was about his age , and in the chronic torpid state that overcame him daily as he faced work , he could not make his embarrassment at her gesture connect with his limbs . |