Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Princess of Wales has seen some of Eygpts most important royal relics including the tomb of Tutankhamun . |
| 2 | This course consists of 6 or 8 hours daily individual one-to-one tuition . |
| 3 | Executive Course IV — 6 or 8 hours daily private specialised tuition in Business English ( 09.00-12.00 and either 13.00-16.00 or 13.00-18.00 daily ) . |
| 4 | But with the process of assembling Lebanon 's surviving deputies so difficult last time , a repeat performance seems impossible . |
| 5 | The snow continued for days , until the print had been worn off every ordnance survey map in the house by impatient fingers constantly tracking imaginary routes up Torridon 's thrilling peaks . |
| 6 | This is essentially a problem for historical research , in this case endlessly speculative historical debates . |
| 7 | With a difficult and at times exceedingly shallow 1992 drawing to a close — I think we need them now more than ever . |
| 8 | However , there is a distinct intensional structure underlying them ( again , the underlining is purely to indicate which P we are interested in , and is not part of our notational system ) : ( 47 ) That is , users of English interpret the relation between the property of the adjective and the word or phrase which instantiates the preceding entity in just the same way as they would interpret the relation between a predicative adjective and the subject in an explicit clause ; it therefore seems reasonable to call adjectives so used clausal adjectives . |
| 9 | Milan is usually still , the wind rarely sweeping full tilt across the Plain . |
| 10 | In contrast with the patient and virtuous English , the French were portrayed as , at best , dissembling , unscrupulous and bellicose ; in fact , the patriotic exuberance of some clergy so overwhelmed Christian charity that they had to be warned against making their prayers too bloodthirsty ! |
| 11 | But there has been a good deal less successful cross-border brand-building in the confectionery division . |
| 12 | At the age of 21 it may be attractive to work in an exotic location on an hourly paid basis with minimal regard for the niceties of work permits and income tax ; but it may be a great deal less attractive twenty years later . |
| 13 | In the case of hierarchies only general formal characteristics are discussed : specific types of hierarchy are treated in some detail in chapter 6 ( taxonomic hierarchies ) , chapter 7 ( part-whole hierarchies ) and chapter 8 ( non-branching hierarchies ) . |
| 14 | But the chances of Paris opening the decade with a momentous show were always dashed when the Germans held back the three most significant new cars still due this year — the new Audi 100 and BMW 3-series in a matter of weeks and the Mercedes S-Class by months . |
| 15 | If you feel this makes your first attempts at pressed flower pictures rather too complicated , you can begin working with a simple picture arranged on a plain cream card and make your designs more ambitious each time . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's absolutely right , and if we do n't get our act together he 's likely to be a great deal more forceful next time round ! ’ |
| 17 | Fossil glass sponge , Hydnoceras tuberosum from the Devonian of New York.This exceptionally large beautiful sponge is preserved in full relief in a fine sandstone . |
| 18 | David also imported Anglo-Norman acquaintances on whom he bestowed land and privileges . |
| 19 | Both Labour and Conservative Sun readers increasingly alleged pro-Conservative bias in the Sun as the campaign drew to a close . |
| 20 | 2 ripe avocados , peeled and sliced lemon juice 2 × 200g/7oz Mozzarella cheese , sliced 4 large flavoursome tomatoes , sliced 1 × 15ml/tbsp freshly chopped mixed herbs 12 smoked quails ' eggs 4 × 15ml/tbsp set natural yogurt salt and freshly ground black pepper 4 × 15ml/tbsp virgin olive oil crusty bread for serving |
| 21 | 2 pheasants , quartered or 675g/1½lb venison , diced 1 large onion , sliced 3 × 15ml/tbsp blackcurrant vinegar 3 × 15ml/tbsp olive oil 2 × 5ml/tsp pink peppercorns 1 × 15ml/tbsp freshly chopped mixed herbs or 1 × 5ml/tsp dried fines herbes 6 juniper berries pinch salt 2 bay leaves 250ml/10fl oz/1¼ cups red wine , approx |
| 22 | 1 × 400g/14oz can borlotti beans , drained and rinsed 1 × 400g/14oz can red kidney beans , drained and rinsed 6–8 small dill cucumber pickles , diced 175g/6oz cherry tomatoes 2 × 15ml/tbsp freshly chopped mixed herbs 6 × 15ml/tbsp vinaigrette dressing ( see p31 ) |
| 23 | After his release from jail Leese decided to challenge the validity of his imprisonment by publishing My Irrelevant Defence , a lengthy justification of his charge that the Jews ritually murdered Christian children for their blood at Passover . |
| 24 | A PLEA for renewed export attacks on the North American food market left at least two substantial sectors of the Scottish food industry relatively unmoved last week . |
| 25 | The ambivalences generated for many white youth by the attractions of Afro-Caribbean , Afro-American and African musical forms , and their admirations for some aggressive forms of Afro-Caribbean masculinity , have resulted in alliances in particular schools and neighbourhoods between white and Afro Caribbean youth against Asian youth , while in some schools where black white conflicts remain submerged the dominant form of racist insult occurs between different ethnic minority groups , for instance Asian and Afro-Caribbean or Cypriot and Vietnamese ( Cohen , 1987 ) . |
| 26 | New confusion swamped the prospects for resolving the row between the two government parties when Irish High Court president Mr Justice Liam Hamilton issued a statement highly critical of senior cabinet minister Des O'Malley . |
| 27 | Trainer Paul Cole had also been second in Ireland 's big race on Saturday when well-backed Bright Generation was outgunned by Clive Brittain 's flying filly Sayyedati at The Curragh . |
| 28 | Bill Naysmith commented that ‘ Her Majesty too great personal interest in the project and her understanding of design and colour made it a very rewarding and memorable experience . |
| 29 | 1964 , and Cliff wins NME Best Male Vocalist award . |
| 30 | Both groups thus experienced equivalent schedules of partial primary reinforcement . |