Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [art] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the content of silver reaches a half the metal is generally referred to as electrum . |
| 2 | Looking at the yield curve graphically , Fig. 17.2(a) shows the ‘ normal ’ yield curve we would expect to find , with yields rising the longer the bond ( gilt ) has to go to maturity . |
| 3 | Its aim was to provide a convivial meeting place where the enlightened could help formulate a programme to teach the uninitiated the nature of the enemy which was undermining the country . |
| 4 | Accordingly the older the child concerned the greater the weight the court should give to its wishes , certainly in the field of medical treatment . |
| 5 | The longer this salad chills the better the flavour . |
| 6 | Carnival gives the poor a chance to mingle with the rich . |
| 7 | Eighty five of you said yes your parents did a good a job , now , I do n't know who your parents were or what you mean by your parents or indeed how many you have , so let's ask , simply an informational question , were you brought up by a mother and a father ? |
| 8 | Delegation of authority thus refers to the process by which a superior gives a subordinate the authority to carry out an aspect of the superior 's job . |
| 9 | First , the Freedom of Information Acts give an individual a right to information possessed by the government about him or her and the government may have to justify non-disclosure in court . |
| 10 | This was that women became subordinated economically because the men gained control of the means of production , and so ‘ while the husband became the bourgeois the wife represented the proletariat ’ [ p. 137 ] . |
| 11 | With increasing thermal energy the chain ends will be able to rotate more readily than the rest of the chain and the more chain ends a sample has the greater the contribution to the free volume when these begin moving , consequently the glass transition temperature is lowered . |
| 12 | However , in some LEAs , schools are being encouraged to form ‘ clusters ’ to combine their efforts and resources to meet a wide a range of special educational needs . |
| 13 | Statistics show the younger a wife is when she marries , the more likely the chance of it all ending in the divorce courts . |
| 14 | The idea of the challenge , conceived by Chay Blyth , was to give anyone aged between 20 and 60 the chance to buy a round the world adventure for £14 , 850 , subject to convincing Blyth of their suitability and enthusiasm . |
| 15 | This year 's 30th Anniversary could be our chance to make the 90s the decade in which groups shoot ahead . |
| 16 | In general , the higher the proportion of unexpected local price movements attributed to aggregate demand shocks the smaller the effect on real output of any aggregate demand shock . |
| 17 | The subject and verb stay the same the object |
| 18 | In the long run , the obvious consequence of this is that the more frequently a word occurs the lower the threshold of its logogen will be , and hence the less activation of the logogen needed for it to reach threshold . |
| 19 | He claimed that if the state neglected the poor the public had a Christian duty to fill the gap . |
| 20 | Moreover , the farther from shore a duck sleeps the greater the distance a cat must cover in its final uncovered dash . |
| 21 | But if your item weighs a half a kilo , we 'll round it up to the first kilo so that 's any valid for fifteen pounds . |
| 22 | This involves increasingly elaborate camera moves the longer the shot is held or else relies heavily on the interest of dialogue if the camera is not moving significantly . |
| 23 | Although IBM , Apple and Motorola have a forged an agreement for the duration of their project , there remain obvious legal implications for a vendor who might want to stick say Sun Sparc and MIPS RISC instruction sets on to a single piece of silicon . |
| 24 | The richer the content of the problem solved the happier the child . |
| 25 | In late October 1990 Namaliu adjourned parliament early in order to avoid a planned no confidence motion ( over the Bougainville situation — see above ) , and in November he announced that the legislature would remain adjourned until July 1 , 1991 . |
| 26 | At this moment d'Argenlieu was in Paris , and he persuaded Bidault to teach the Vietnamese a lesson . |
| 27 | Turnell rates the seven-year-old the sort to make up into Hennessy Gold Cup material next year . |
| 28 | The ends of cylinder boxes carried the nearest the cylinder format ever got to labels . |
| 29 | The advantage of this is that since the signal position remains the same the signal too is unchanged . |
| 30 | A report on the tourist industry and the environment has urged operators to make a greater a contribution to schemes which help protect the environment from excessive numbers of tourists and developments . |