Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 A good hash function will distribute values uniformly throughout a waiting array ( used for access ) called the hash table .
2 Her red lipstick was smudged and she had n't bothered to pin up her hair properly at the sides .
3 Hence , the person who used the sulk response successfully in the past will continue to use it , because it worked .
4 The driver sat drumming his fingers nervously on the steering wheel while the attendant busied himself filling the tank , checking the oil and radiator , and wiping the windscreen .
5 Mrs Sutcliffe , wearing dark tinted glasses , listened carefully in the packed public benches as Mr Lightman read out an affidavit by Oliver Duke , once the boyfriend of Mail on Sunday reporter Barbara Jones , in which he admitted taking part in a scheme to get the money secretly from the newspaper to Mrs Sutcliffe .
6 Breathe in from the diaphragm slowly through the chest to the mouth counting 1-2-3-4 then blow it back to the diaphragm with another 1-2-3-4 .
7 To promote OTC products successfully through the high street chains nowadays , you have to have a substantial turnover ( £10–15m or so ) to be able to afford the TV advertising .
8 In other countries too , inflation will be a worry right at the start of the coming upswing .
9 Trim away excess and place the base on to the cake drum .
10 The Trust 's management is aware of the dangers , and seeks constantly to ensure that growth is matched by clear , flexible procedures which promote vitality and experimentation , by a healthy eagerness on the part of the managers to manage , and above all , by the delegation of responsibility right through the organisation .
11 So there was that allocation of system design responsibility right at the outset and that determined who would write the specification for what .
12 So erm you see that 's , that 's why when we had this we paid somebody to put this in cos the gas company would n't put my my boiler right out the back .
13 The simplest method would have been for a French submarine to wait for the Rainbow Warrior somewhere on the high seas and sink it with a torpedo but that posed the problem of what to do with any survivors .
14 In a remarkable inversion of Soviet vocabulary , he accused radicals of pressing for power using the " neo-Bolshevik tactic " of taking the political struggle on to the streets .
15 She must have made a huge error in giving change somewhere along the line and she felt defeated .
16 ‘ There is a change somewhere in the east .
17 Indeed , the JMU will automatically consider adding an investment business inspection on to an audit monitoring visit to an authorised firm .
18 ( Let's face it , when was the last time you heard references to ‘ Cliff Richard 's lip ’ , Iggy Pop and the annual ceremony marking the opening of the Houses of Parliament side-by-side in a song ? ) ; indecision and apathy are confronted in ‘ Not Superstitious ’ ; ‘ Dead Industrial Atmosphere ’ details the decline of the North-East as an economic force and the subsequent social fall-out and , of course , we get a few long songs thrown in to spice things up , or down , as is more often than not the case .
19 Er where we 'd inter-coopt er Colin on to the F and G P for that so you get the opportunity , thank you very much , you get the opportunity of reporting to us what , what you 've done .
20 This was no kind of place to be caught reading in : a macho gay bar in a five-fathom basement somewhere beneath the charred East Twenties .
21 Once past her garden , Clare turned off the narrow lane on to a path hedged high with hawthorn , which led up the gently rising hill behind the cottage to the wood .
22 But Norman 's wholly unflustered , plots his way from hold to hold , from rest to rest , occasionally commenting on the way the knee-pads disconcertingly twist ; sometimes whopping with delight as he gets a foot on to a substantial hold .
23 But Norman 's wholly unflustered , plots his way from hold to hold , from rest to rest , occasionally commenting on the way the knee-pads disconcertingly twist , sometimes whooping with delight as he gets a foot on to a substantial hold . ’
24 Since I am perfectly fit myself I had to consider Miller 's tribulation with some care , for I am here putting a foot on to an unknown terrain — always an exhilarating experience for a writer .
25 Delaney swung a foot on to the ladder .
26 He gripped it with his hands , got his foot on to the latch , heaved up and rolled over the top .
27 With a bit of practice , you can learn to put a condom on without the punter knowing you 've done it !
28 Prolonged frost will drive these birds on to the sea , but many return inland immediately there is a thaw .
29 One by one , he put the drowsy birds on to the top perch .
30 Therefore for these people it may be sensible to attend both Fellowships right from the start .
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