Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I fall asleep hours later to the sound of their engrossed murmuring on the night air . |
| 2 | The Persian empire made and used coins only in the part of its territory which adjoined the coin-using lands of Greece . |
| 3 | Most direct-dialled calls anywhere within the UK will be charged at local rates from 3pm to midnight . |
| 4 | No , I think erm , in the , certainly in the consumer area which affects both Penguin and to some extent Royal Doulton , there are definite signs now of the U S economy turning around and that is likely to continue as , as the year goes on . |
| 5 | The formation of planetary systems and the size and chemical composition of each member are , then , remarkably regular : given a sun-sized star a computer generally comes up with a similar range of planets to that in the solar system , with small rocky planets closest to the star and the large gaseous ones further out ( due to the effects of gravity , orbits would later space themselves out along the lines of our own solar system ) . |
| 6 | They are particularly prominent in the early stages of development at Godmanchester where , following the demise of the fort , a system of regular plots was apparently laid out , extending as a series of broad strips well into the territory surrounding the settlement . |
| 7 | Anti-communism thus united the interests of the US Occupation , the Japanese state and private employers especially in the face of a united front of public and private sector workers . |
| 8 | He enclosed a list of the 28 political prisoners still at the prison . |
| 9 | She savoured the prospect with a tiny smile — half rueful , half triumphant — which widened into greeting as Sam introduced his wife , Anna , and Merrill put her private plans firmly into the background . |
| 10 | Perhaps a stake in a popular club would give profitable returns indirectly through the sale of drink . |
| 11 | And we 've tried to get something for everyone , we 've got 2 classical music concerts , for instance , the Johannis Piano Trio , and then a specially sort of brought together rainforest orchestra , where professional musicians all over the county can come together to create a programme . |
| 12 | Mr Rushdie said that leaders of Labour parties elsewhere in the world had declared overt passionate support for this issue . |
| 13 | It had a strange and thrilling resonance , as if the singer were standing in a large room or a courtyard built of stone in one of the ancient palaces left by the Mogul emperors further to the west . |
| 14 | They bloody speakers all over the place . |
| 15 | He also wanted voters to have the right to cast their ballots anywhere in Namibia , rather than in towns and villages where voters can be recognised , and to keep the tallymen from Namibia 's political parties away from the polling stations and from places where votes would be counted . |
| 16 | Greenpeace is an international environmental pressure group which maintains complete independence from all political parties anywhere in the world . |
| 17 | Not only is the snow cover likely to remain comfortable in the high resorts right into the start of May , but the lower the temperature , the safer the snow . |
| 18 | But the Germans admired them for their toughness and energy and in 1898 persuaded Britain , which then ran Bougainville , to swap the island for some German possessions elsewhere in the Pacific . |
| 19 | You could begin your essay by acknowledging this and continue to work with the definitions throughout the essay , relating the different definitions together in the conclusion . |
| 20 | No.4 Troop had caught a section of German defenders early in the battle as they ran to their alarm posts , but other Germans , many of whom had seen action in Norway in 1940 , tenaciously defended the strongpoints including the improvised fortifications of the Ulvesund Hotel . |
| 21 | During James V 's personal rule , however , two new factors came into play , which shifted Scottish attitudes further along the road towards friendship with England rather than automatic hostility . |
| 22 | Most rooms , have interesting views either of the square or hills and vineyards that produce the local ‘ Vernaccia ’ . |
| 23 | And a remote controlled ‘ plane , shaped like a falcon , shooed lesser birds away from the runways of Vancouver International Airport . |
| 24 | Thru models many of its narrative strategies directly on the writings of Julia Kristeva and Luce Irigaray , and more indirectly on those of Jacques Lacan and Jacques Derrida . |
| 25 | She heard the click of the gate ; then nothing , except the crickets rubbing their back legs together in the grass . |
| 26 | There is a danger that , once hooked , one uses electronic methods just for the sake of it , rather than to bring measurable benefits . |
| 27 | Everybody had gone and , judging by the French voices outside in the farmyard , they were preparing to move off . |
| 28 | Cervical papillae occur anteriorly in the oesophageal region , and caudal papillae posteriorly at the tail . |
| 29 | Amass of red hair is pinned up and left to fall in wayward waves high on the head . |
| 30 | They formed a strand in the cultural tradition which drew the different peoples together in the formation of the Yugoslav Movement of the early nineteenth century . |