Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The logical conclusion of all this is that there can no longer be a justification for the massive nuclear arsenals held by both sides , that only the absolute minimum of nuclear defence is required and that , because President Yeltsin , too , now has his finger on the nuclear button , we should now be doing business with him on this issue as on so many others . |
| 32 | In their campaign speeches , the Republican candidates refrained from attacking one another and Reagan concentrated his fire on the incumbent Democratic governor , Pat Brown . |
| 33 | In his wisdom , Lord Mountbatten saw what was happening and , after his retirement in 1965 , concentrated his attention on the young Prince and became a vital figure in his life . |
| 34 | Beecham stopped the orchestra with a tap of his baton , fixed his eye on the red-faced tympany man and asked ‘ What is your name ’ ? in icy tones . |
| 35 | An army of Slaanesh worshippers would be available to impose his will on the leaderless Elves . |
| 36 | Kewenig has chosen to use his role in Berlin to impose his vision on the higher education — for example , he is refusing to allow the polytechnics to duplicate the work of the universities and lengthen their three year courses to compare with the universities . |
| 37 | The first part of the poem deals with Sir Walter 's attempts to impose his mastery on the natural environment . |
| 38 | Hardly had Muawad been elected than they detected signs that the Syrians were less than eager to give him the support he needed to impose his authority on the whole country . |
| 39 | Hardly had Muawad been elected than they detected signs that the Syrians were less than eager to give him the support he needed to impose his authority on the whole country . |
| 40 | The telephone was ringing as McLeish walked into his own flat , and he picked it up to find his Commander on the other end of the line . |
| 41 | It is generally assumed first , that this ‘ ceremonial recognition of his son as king in his own lifetime was something new ’ ( although Aethelred of Mercia , for example , is said to have appointed Coenred as his heir ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 57 ) , second , that it was the first royal anointing in England ( though reservations have been expressed as to whether Ecgfrith was anointed or , if he was , whether he was the first ) , and , third , that Offa was basing his action on the recent papal consecration in 781 of the Frankish princes , Pippin and Louis , sons of Charlemagne ( though Byzantine precedents are also possible ) . |
| 42 | Weber did qualify his emphasis on the coercive methods through which the state maintains order and compliance , ‘ force is certainly not the normal or only means of the state ’ ( Weber 1972 p.78 ) . |
| 43 | The prosecution had alleged that Mr Hatton used his influence on the two councillors — who chaired influential committees — to swing deals for his close friend Monk , 45 , without proper competition . |
| 44 | At one level , he finally found a spiritual home , a sanctuary from which he could vent his spleen on the oppressive bourgeois institutions which had duped him . |
| 45 | A pensioner walking his dog on the other side of the street quickened his pace , obviously not wanting to be there when the men in white coats came for me . |
| 46 | You want his summing-up on the human race , ten years before his death ? |
| 47 | Base your selection on the new symptoms that have appeared . |
| 48 | ‘ Between 150 and 200 prospective customers visited our stand on the first morning , ’ says Patrick Fitz-Gibbon , public affairs manager with Unipart , who organized the event . |
| 49 | We had cycled on the road from Bodø to Fauske and on the Sulitjelma ; pushed the bikes over to Sorjusjaure ; ridden and swum our way to Staloluokta within the Padjelanta National Park ; and then thrashed our way on the faster tracks through Arasluokuoktastugorna , Låddejåkkåstugana and Kisurisstugan to Akkastugorna and a ferry to Ritjemokk , before cycling by road to Vietas ; and gone by plane to Sitastugan at the north-west end of Sitasjaure . |
| 50 | Did you really expect to find your mother on the first day ? |
| 51 | Italians were now coming to the fore in car racing thanks to Alfa , and Nuvolari joined the team as the man to spearhead their attack on the German manufacturers . |
| 52 | The riverbank rushed towards her with dizzying speed as the stiffness in her legs caused her stumble and lose her balance on the uneven ground . |
| 53 | Nao Naomi realizes there 's no point talking about it now , the dye has been cast the decision has been made , the commitment has been entered into , whatever the cost she was going gods way , there was nothing more to be said about it we find that a de a decision made before god and we all make those decisions , means nothing at all unless were determined to carry it through , whatever the cost may be , three women here make their decisions before god , they make their choices , Naomi she chooses to return to Judah once again and enjoy the inheritance god has given her , Auper she chooses to return to her own country and her own god , as far as were concerned that 's the end of the story , but Ruth she chooses , she expresses her faith in the one true god , she turns her back on the old ways and decides to follow gods way , no matter what the cost , she would of said with Joshua , but as for me and my husband were gon na serve god , whatever the cost , I du n no what 'll be and she did n't know what she was letting herself in for , and the , I counted it , although I do n't know what it is , I counted that cost , I 'm willing to pay it and Jesus said that that is the acid test of disciples , said to count the cost and weigh it up and Ruth had done that , then to make their decision and because if we make a decision without counting the cost , without weighing it all up , like Auper you 'll go back , it wo n't last , there is that choice for every one of us day by day , who will we serve , not to be like Joshua , its for us , never for any body else , I will serve the lord because and this is the reason for it , not because you 've done nice things for me , I will be your saviour because he is god , that 's the reason for our serving god , not because he blesses us because he blesses people who do n't serve him , blessing is not exclusive to gods people , blessing , god blesses across the board , god is generous he 's gracious , he causes the rain and the sun to shine on the just and on the unjust , blessing is not the ground for serving god , but because he is god that 's sufficient reason for our committing ourselves to him . |
| 54 | Ecotopia turns its back on the capitalist treadmill of material progress-not by a return to pre-industrial forms and back to nature " but by developing a " high-tech " society that is designed to be compatible with the biosphere . |
| 55 | Mr Zacharopoulos , Documenta IX turns its back on the 1980s . |
| 56 | Burdened by hindsight , by a chronic fear of becoming bloated and self-indulgent , this indie generation tries to freeze-flame development at the point just before ‘ it all went wrong ’ , and so turns its back on the few things that went right . |
| 57 | Confronted with a bronze picture , we can locate its image on the relevant computer screen and , having read its precise history , proceed to learn about tableware in general , the social system of Pompeii , and even the precise recipes of the time . |
| 58 | As she laid her hand on the little mare 's neck , she quivered violently , but did n't move away . |
| 59 | In retaliation , Croatia reimposed its blockade on the Borongaj barracks in Zagreb . |
| 60 | Young Group , the open cast coal miner that is soon to lose its quote on the unlisted securities market , was a peculiar market . |