Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This in effect led to a situation where the commercial energy input became about equal to the equivalent energy output of edible grains . |
| 2 | I would think for some of the younger ones who have n't seen or read a lot in the papers of where , what 's going on |
| 3 | By 1913 the United States was producing about one-third of the total manufacturing output of the whole world : this was as much as Great Britain , France and Germany together . |
| 4 | A ‘ standard ’ drink is calculated as one of the following : |
| 5 | He led for most of the first 60 laps but was forced to make a tyre change . |
| 6 | The interatomic distance ( A ) is given for one of the five contacts . |
| 7 | Consequently the predisposition is sustained as one of the epigenetic rules . |
| 8 | Sectarianism and intimidation in the workplace have not been taken into account either , when we asked about this at the same meeting we were told you had to prove you were being intimidated . |
| 9 | The buildings date from the 1870s and are recognized as one of the best , if not the best , surviving groups of commercial buildings of that time . |
| 10 | One of Britain 's top jump jockeys , he had ridden the winners of over 350 races in his career and was recognized as one of the toughest of a tough breed . |
| 11 | William Gilkison is remembered still in the history of Ontario and is listed as one of the founding fathers of the province . |
| 12 | An internal inquiry has been carried out by Ealing social services , in whose area Christopher lived for most of the last weeks of his life , but no serious professional errors were found . |
| 13 | At the Lefevre there were only four oils , including Fishing Canoe ( Colour Plate XVII ) and Banana Plantation ( Colour Plate XVI ) , both priced at forty guineas , twice the sum asked for most of the thirty-eight watercolours . |
| 14 | For both parts of the experiment , for each trial ( represented by columns 1 to 12 in each word list ) , the experimenter simply ticked each word correctly recalled and totalled the number of words recalled for each of the 20 serial positions . |
| 15 | We rode under another arch , guarded by serjeants-at-arms wearing the royal arms of England ; great iron gates were flung open and we passed through these into the inner bailey , stopping before the great four-towered keep which soared up to the skies . |
| 16 | I was beginning to become impatient as we lay about on the sand for several hours waiting our turn to go aboard one of the tank-landing craft , after it had discharged its cargo . |
| 17 | Sometimes old Betsy would wander the parks , as hungry for bread as the pigeons and larks , she 's scavenge through each of the large litter bins , or anything left in packets or tins . |
| 18 | MAI Systems Corp , the Irvine , California maker of small business computers that just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection ( CI No 2,147 ) , listed $26.1m in assets and $145.0m in liabilities ; Brooke Group Ltd , which is controlled by MAI chairman Bennett LeBow , owns 82.3% of MAI 's voting securities ; the largest unsecured creditor listed in the filing was Chemical Trust Co. of California , trustee for $40m of 11.75% senior subordinated debentures ; the obligations listed for most of the other creditors were mostly for $4m or less . |
| 19 | Group and subgroup means ( SEM ) were calculated for all of the proliferative data . |
| 20 | YOUR ACCOMMODATION — prices are calculated for one of the following arrangements and this is indicated at the foot of each Club description . |
| 21 | SA , dismissed for 130 in the first innings , reached their target from the fourth ball of the final over , when Peter Sleep , in his testimonial season , inside-edged the winning single towards wicketkeeper Ian Healy off Queensland captain Carl Rackemann . |
| 22 | Salim Malik , dismissed for 99 in the 1987 Headingley Test , was Pakistan 's saviour in each innings five years later , compiling 82 and 84 , both not out |
| 23 | Hundreds of gypsies are gathering for one of the biggest horse fairs of the year . |
| 24 | A formidable businesswoman , Rebuck says she got as one of the original shareholders of Century , a ‘ substantial amount ’ . |
| 25 | A high score in a series of heats had to be accumulated to guarantee a good semi-final position , and qualify for one of the six places in the final . |
| 26 | He had done a reasonable amount of pilot work , firing for some of the older shunt link drivers and had also fired on the local ‘ pick-up ’ , but this at last was the real thing . |
| 27 | Travel Delay — If your arrival in the resort on the outward journey , or at your UK destination on the return journey , is delayed for any of the specified reasons for more than 8 hours , you may claim £30 plus £15 for each subsequent completed 8 hour period up to a maximum of £105 in all . |
| 28 | Tonight we 'll devote all our time to the National as here in Central South we have eleven horses running at Aintree , in what 's regarded as one of the greatest horse races in the world . |
| 29 | The locks were built in 2 staircases of 5 , and were regarded as one of the great engineering achievements of the age . |
| 30 | There were also suggestions that Telefunken is already going cool on the terms of the compromise because they would not allow the West German group a large enough share of work on what is regarded as one of the key military avionics technologies . |