Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] fish " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There was no doubt in Matilda 's mind that this latest display of foulness by her father deserved severe punishment , and as she sat eating her awful fried fish and fried chips and ignoring the television , her brain went to work on various possibilities . |
| 2 | Gutted raw fish are smoked slowly over wood chips and it is generally agreed that oak gives the best flavour , although other woods are preferred in some part of the world . |
| 3 | When the National Rivers Authority heard of the Gold Line product they asked for samples , and so impressed were they that Steve now supplies exclusively to the Thames and Severn/Trent divisions , which both have extensive coarse fish breeding stations . |
| 4 | The bichir and other primitive freshwater fish have a pouch opening from the gut to enable them to breathe air . |
| 5 | It does not seem unreasonable to suggest that Graham Gooch would never have got any further than being Ted Dexter 's favourite wet fish had it not been for Fletcher 's overwhelming if understated influence . |
| 6 | I say , Tish and Tosh , and old wet fish ! |
| 7 | Part of a set of 20 in all , this month 's cards represent the first of four instalments , covering popular tropical fish . |
| 8 | The full set builds to an invaluable reference collection of the most popular tropical fish . |
| 9 | There are few other freshwater tropical fish which have such diversity of colour than the Killifish or egg-laying toothcarp . |
| 10 | Interpet 's Encyclopedia of the Coral Reef ; Guide to Fancy Goldfishes & figs : ; or stocking-filling Freshwater Tropical Fish Chart . |
| 11 | Corydoras still top the charts as one of the UK 's favourite tropical fish . |
| 12 | They forecast that the Scottish white fish fleet of more than 600 boats will have little choice but to continue fishing for species such as cod and whiting , even though haddock will also be caught . |
| 13 | Skippers in the Scottish white fish fleet , which accounts for most of the UK 's North Sea haddock catch , are particularly aggrieved at the EC 's ‘ swingeing ’ cut in quota this year . |
| 14 | George Sutherland , chairman of the Scottish White Fish Producers Association , said skippers could not afford to remain in harbour , and would have to continue fishing . |
| 15 | 450g/1lb fresh white fish fillets , eg cod , haddock , plaice , etc juice of 6 limes , or 4 limes and 2 lemons 1 jar mild taco tomato sauce salt and pepper ½ × 5ml/tsp dried oregano 2 × 15ml/tbsp olive oil rice salad or warmed pitta bread for serving |
| 16 | Pulse-generating species emit such short and irregular clicks that they rarely jam each other and most gregarious electric fish are of this type . |
| 17 | One of the aims of our study will be to determine how old these fish are when caught and how sustainable a commercial fishery could be . ’ |
| 18 | But an effective biological weapon — in the shape of a rather peculiar Chinese fish — may be near at hand . |
| 19 | He holds up a wooden multi-coloured fish . |
| 20 | This is a slim bodied fish of an orange-gold colour , often with black markings on its head . |
| 21 | It is not particularly surprising that Coleman , a redoubtable big fish in a very small pond , although giving great attention to his early cases , later assumed a sometimes unjustified confidence , and came to believe , or at least teach , that the diseases of the horse were few as compared to those of man , and that he could carry all the drugs necessary for veterinary practice in his waistcoat pocket . |
| 22 | Along the coast look for ‘ capesante ’ — similar to scallops — and ‘ pesce — azzurro ’ — the Adriatic 's tasty blue fish . |
| 23 | An agreement was reached in early October between British canned fish companies and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society to introduce a " dolphin friendly " labelling system . |
| 24 | Such fins are similar , in principle , to those of a whole group of primitive bony fish that were living in that remote period when the move to land was first made . |
| 25 | On our last night we dined on fresh local fish in the Club taverna sitting at a table close to the water 's edge . |
| 26 | Other delicious lunch time meals included seafood salad , a selection of fresh local fish , scallops , prawns and lobster with salad and dressing and lobster salad , a fresh Anguillan spiny lobster with a spicy sauce , garnished with lettuce , tomato and egg . |
| 27 | Lively active fish , well but not overfed contrast strongly in their deportment with both overfed , fat and sluggish fish and emaciated starved fish . |
| 28 | A row of tiny feeding fish hug the rock surface like hunched-over telephonists . |
| 29 | The early jawed fish , Cheiracanthus murchisoni , from the Devonian . |
| 30 | Cold water fish and then er what are generally known as tropical fish which are basically fresh water tropical fish , and maybe this last fifteen years or so , er a step up from that they 've gone onto tropical marine fish . |