Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not regard money as the only measure of success . |
| 2 | Save the horses ! ’ , as the chief splashed across the creek to gather mounts for the fleeing families . |
| 3 | The first-generation immigrant , however zealously he or she tried to learn the techniques of the new life , lived in a self-imposed ghetto , drawing support from the old ways , the men of his kind , the memories of the old country which he had so readily abandoned . |
| 4 | The learner is enabled to edit and modify text in the same way , say , as an adult journalist would . |
| 5 | Grimsby frustrated Middlesbrough in the early stages with their sweeper system and repeated back passes to their goalkeeper . |
| 6 | Having settled the principle , the partners must make provision for the actual event . |
| 7 | The terms and conditions should make provision for the following items . |
| 8 | Only the later nineteenth-century works are a let-down ; Bonn at obviously lacked pull with the great Impressionists and bought generally insipid work . |
| 9 | Worldwide underwriting losses in Q3 down from $131m to $124.9m — despite losses on Hurricane Andrew' — produced deficit at the nine months down $71.4m from $419.9m ( representing 17.2% of premiums ) to $348.5m ( 13.3% of premiums ) . |
| 10 | In order to obtain more information about those RNA polymerase subunits which make contacts in the -40 region , we also carried out protein-DNA crosslinking experiments with both enzymes , using a UV laser ( Fig. 4 ) . |
| 11 | The narrator himself — the subject of his poem — joins in , and offers sympathy to the defeated party . |
| 12 | It was paid for by the county using money from the national Transport Road Research Laboratory . |
| 13 | Curial officials ensured conservative cardinals led discussions in the central commission , and that reports of commissions in the L'Osservatore Romano reflected conservative views . |
| 14 | Will the Minister confirm that at least one Government Minister receives money from the set-aside scheme ? |
| 15 | Other internal Scottish Region expresses to Aberdeen and Inverness also became part of the Provincial empire , even though their carriages were still branded ‘ InterCity ’ for many years after sectorisation . |
| 16 | The two most populous union territories , Pondicherry and Delhi , became part of the electoral college on May 7 by a unanimous decision of the Indian parliament ; elected members of the Pondicherry and the proposed Delhi legislative assemblies would thereby be able to participate in presidential elections . |
| 17 | On Oct. 3 the German Democratic Republic ( GDR or East Germany ) ceased to exist when the five Länder ( states ) which had been re-established on its territory in July 1990 [ see p. 37661 ] became part of the Federal Republic of Germany ( FRG , hitherto referred to as West Germany ) . |
| 18 | Fresh salmon and freshwater fish were not rationed but were price fixed and like game and poultry , usually became part of the black economy . |
| 19 | Again , despite widespread opposition from many sections of the community , the clause became part of the final legislation . |
| 20 | It was not until the French Revolution that democracy ceased to be a mere literary word , and became part of the political vocabulary . |
| 21 | This philosophy , which became known as the ‘ Carter doctrine ’ , persisted into the presidency of his successor and became part of the conditioning material at play in later Washington reflexes . |
| 22 | But 240–200 B.C. were exactly the years in which Greek epics , tragedy , comedy and historiography became part of the Roman way of life . |
| 23 | Greek philosophers and rhetoricians became part of the Roman establishment . |
| 24 | By the time that Israel became part of the Roman empire , the idea was already widespread among the various religious sects that the ‘ End of the World ’ was at hand , although it was only for the Essenes of Qumran that this belief assumed a definite form ; that , whereas the First Judgement at the time of Noah had been destruction by water , the Last Judgement would be destruction by fire . |
| 25 | After the first world war the line became part of the Southern Railway and on summer Saturdays special trains hauled by massive locomotives brought hundreds of holiday-makers from London and the North . |
| 26 | When , in 1975 , PNG won its independence from Australia ( which had been running the place since 1949 ) , Bougainville formally became part of the new country . |
| 27 | But when county boundaries were reorganised in nineteen seventy four it became part of the new county of avon . |
| 28 | On 1 January 1923 , the LNWR became part of the new LMSR Company . |
| 29 | Her resentment and disappointment became part of the awkward thrust she made to fasten Robert 's gardenia to her shoulder strap . |
| 30 | Situated at the head of the Cuckmere valley , on an impressive site in the heart of the Weald and protected by the great bend of the Cuckmere River , this site was chosen for an Augustinian priory in the 13th century and became part of the religious life of the time . |