Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tempted the women by treats and presents , and when that failed by psychological means . |
| 2 | Dressed in a sea-blue gown with matching head-dress , each studded with small mother-of-pearls , she looked so beautiful ! |
| 3 | Ten people lived on ordinary wards at the beginning of the study , and eight lived in special units reserved for those with the most challenging behaviour . |
| 4 | But they have been infected by the dreaded Lousepedoodle , that flies in ever-decreasing circles through the Gunpat of the Cludge — a deadly virus — dear me , yes ! — isolated by the purple Avvago and maturing in the grey-green forests of the Okey Pokey . |
| 5 | The welfare hand-out that pains critics most is that given to poor , unmarried mothers : Aid to Families with Dependent Children ( AFDC ) . |
| 6 | A telephone call received by the Bogotá newspaper El Tiempo on Sept. 20 allegedly from the Medellín cartel had confirmed the kidnappings and included a demand that the government offer the cartel the same " political treatment " as that given to left-wing guerrillas in past peace agreements [ see below ] . |
| 7 | With each equation the average rank given to correct words is better than that given to incorrect words . |
| 8 | Because the film includes no genital close-ups or explicit sexual activity , it has played in many parts of the world , occasionally with a classification less restrictive than that given to so-called ‘ hardcore ’ sex films . |
| 9 | Commentators in Washington noted that Bush 's use of the word " irreversible " , to describe the process of change in South Africa , was a stronger form of recognition than that given by European Community member countries . |
| 10 | The new hearing will be at Manchester Crown Court , where the judge was already due to sit on other cases . |
| 11 | The view taken was that in order to get the best allocation of investible resources between public and private industries , the discount rate used in the public sector should be similar to the return which private firms would consider acceptable on new investment … it seemed sensible to set a rate for public enterprises which corresponds broadly with that sought by large private firms of good standing engaged in low-risk business . |
| 12 | ‘ I do not know how that fits into historical precedence . |
| 13 | And wh how did that compare with other lads of your age ? |
| 14 | Hence it is vain to go to historical consciousness for the truest meaning . |
| 15 | The dose of 40 mg omeprazole once daily is higher than that recommended for peptic ulcer therapy , but is regularly used in reflux oesophagitis , while a duration of five days was chosen because it has been shown that the effect of omeprazole on gastric acid and serum gastrin stabilises after three days of treatment . |
| 16 | It was the duty of the ruling sultan , at least in principle , to extend so far as he could the area controlled by true believers at the expense of that ruled by Christian infidels . |
| 17 | His eyes scanned the wounded propped against half-demolished walls , lying amidst smashed furniture , or sprawling on the floor , and those who lay with faces covered . |
| 18 | Vociferously opposed by both the profession and the pharmaceutical industry , compromises were made which both reduced the scope for potential savings and did little to impinge on clinical autonomy . |
| 19 | Students of human memory have long recognized that performance on a retrieval task tends to be superior when the test context is similar to that experienced during initial training . |
| 20 | We were aware that , because of the Woolf inquiry , it was not possible to go into great detail into what happpened at Strangeways . |
| 21 | It may be possible to claim on medical insurance if prescribed by a doctor/specialist . |
| 22 | To return to our earlier example , a consequence of this is that it will not be possible to claim on valid grounds that " Men exist " or rather " actually exist " , reduces to , and can be replaced tout court by " ( Ex ) x is a man . |
| 23 | Ideally , the boots should have a stiffened , cleated sole to cope with uneven ground , and good quality leather uppers to repel moisture and hold the foot firmly . |
| 24 | This approach moves away from the personal judgements of care givers towards an objective description of the present capacity of an elder to perform in certain physical , psychological and social ways . |
| 25 | However , a major fraction of that goes into military research . |
| 26 | No , that goes for tan colour course it does n't go |
| 27 | AND THAT GOES FOR BIG LAWRIE |
| 28 | First , where judgment was in a sum of money , it was possible to proceed against individual items of the debtor 's property . |
| 29 | Bisset , using a description of Taking the Side of the Other as a justification for the tactic , concluded that ‘ there are states of society in which it would be proper to contract the very opinions that it would be right to cherish in other circumstances ’ ( Bisset , 1800 : 269 ) . |
| 30 | To date over 200 SVQs have been accredited , with a further 500 expected by early 1993 . |