Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether by some trick of the Mercator Projection , or due simply to the natural chauvinism of cartographers , Indonesia seldom reveals her true proportions , or even her whereabouts . |
| 2 | But although it had now been raining for several hours , there was not the least damp or cold either in the deep runs or in the many burrows that they passed . |
| 3 | In truth it drags along far to slowly and is never quite interesting or gripping enough in the right places despite the considerable efforts of the players . |
| 4 | In all cases , remember that the information you find is interesting or valuable only to the extent that you can put it to relevant use in your essay ; facts do not come with fixed , off-the-peg significance . |
| 5 | The Bournemouth International Centre is not really extensive or flexible enough for a modern Conservative Party Conference . |
| 6 | Cherry reds polish — brown , tan or red all over the boot , then black smeared in the creases — to antique it up ! |
| 7 | or sprawling lumpily beside the road |
| 8 | ‘ a condition contained in debentures … is not invalid by reason only that the debentures are thereby made irredeemable or redeemable only on the happening of a contingency ( however remote ) or on the expiration of a period ( however long ) any rule of equity to the contrary notwithstanding . ’ |
| 9 | Virtues are essentially qualities of character which are useful or agreeable either to the agent or others . |
| 10 | All the time , the gun was in his hand or close by on the floor . |
| 11 | While Frank was ‘ climbing , fighting , playing , & robbing orchards ’ , Coleridge was more likely to be found in the meadows by the River Otter — first of those rivers , brooks and springs that were to work so powerfully on his mind — or close by at the sandstone cavern known as Pixies ' Parlour , where with the ‘ hand of … childhood ’ he carved his initials in the rock . |
| 12 | Town planning was neither strong nor coherent enough as a discipline and profession for it to stake a claim and take over other intellectual territory ; as a movement it was too inwardly diverse to be sufficiently self-willed to embark on aggrandizement in its remit . |
| 13 | He is neither comic nor romantic enough for the role . |
| 14 | It was not fun enough for the fans , nor artistic enough for the art loving public ( or so it seemed from the vulgar poster and catalogue ; actually , it contained some wonderful and rarely seen pieces of silver ) . |
| 15 | He crossed the corridor in two strides and sat in a small room that was used for counselling or small case conferences , leaving the door open and flipping impatiently through the file . |
| 16 | The sensual Margaret Tudor very quickly stirred up trouble by taking a second husband , the sixth Earl of Angus — a Red Douglas , who proved to be a greedy bully and unsuitable either as a husband or a stepfather . |
| 17 | The project will comprise a review of pertinent research findings--notably from the study of small businesses , urban geography and regional economics--together with an investigation of specific practical initiatives in the area of local business development . |
| 18 | Wipe the interior of the machine and dry thoroughly with a disinfectant impregnated cloth or disposable paper towel . |
| 19 | In the back , squashed in beside two hot and complaining children , Molly tried her best to restrain the youngest on her lap from wrenching open the door and free-falling out towards the autostrada . |
| 20 | Where such detailed studies have been made they tend towards the typological and shy away from the technological aspects . |
| 21 | She had undergone a sea-change into something rich and strange down in the depths of Lucifer . |
| 22 | Once , a bat whirred inside his chamber , invisible and apprehensible only from the eerie displacement of the air , the frenzy of wings on a high note . |
| 23 | In recent months , the physical condition of equipment and buildings has deteriorated alarmingly , due to lack of maintenance , and due also to the lack of basic expenditure on light , water , security guards , chalk , stationery , publications and books … |
| 24 | The fire effects were awful , very embarrassing , and due entirely to a lack of money . ’ |
| 25 | Well , I had been in bed and asleep earlier in the night . |
| 26 | Coupled with the Phantom 's one-piece maple neck , with the same radius as the Teardrop and a low action with wide string spacing , the feel is comfortable and friendly right up the neck , and barre chords above the twelfth fret are no trouble at all . |
| 27 | It is equally important to ensure that all joints and connections between the wires , uprights , and anchorages are properly made and strong enough for the job ( see Figure 13 ) . |
| 28 | And Chain isolated substances which could be recognized as novel and peculiar only with a considerable knowledge of chemistry . |
| 29 | The sounds and scents of the morning were keen and exciting yet at the centre of those sensations she was filled with a curious sort of quiet . |
| 30 | The dorsal arm plates are fan shaped and contiguous only on the first 2–3 arm segments , the plates in profile appear to be slightly swollen . |