Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | When I took over , it was evident that the need for new roads vastly outstripped the likely supply . |
2 | Reception under conditions of distraction is taken to its extreme in television , which is half watched in the course of pursuing other activities and in which very often , especially among children , entire programmes are not viewed at all ; instead , fingers rarely leave the remote control device as there is a constant change of channels ( Ellis 1982 , p. 137 ) . |
3 | The peace-keepers successfully tame the roaring lion . |
4 | The peace-keepers successfully tame the roaring lion . |
5 | By their greater numbers in this sector — seven divisions to half that number of German — the Russians slowly drove the German centre back . |
6 | Unfortunately , Doane 's conclusion was no less pessimistic than Mulvey 's as to the radical potential of this gaze , since she argued that the film narrative in these cases effectively forced the female spectator into a masochistic identification with the female protagonist . |
7 | That finding effectively determines the agreed figures on which damages relating to the provision of suitable accommodation in turn , it is agreed that if two carers are to live in the household , that suitable new accommodation for the plaintiff can be acquired for two hundred and seventeen thousand , five hundred pounds , the house in which he at present lives will fe fetch eighty two thousand , five hundred pounds , a difference of a hundred and thirty five thousand pounds . |
8 | But Kelly only completed the seventh three-timer of his career after a battle with Gavin Peacock , Newcastle 's regular penalty-taker . |
9 | Morley 's hypothesis obviously worried the anti-drug establishment . |
10 | In fact as discount factors tend to unity so does the temporary reputation become permanent . |
11 | What these sewers carried was not sanitary ordure — that continued to be collected or even — illegally — dumped in cesspits : for the cost of separating out the effluent so frightened the Municipal Council of the city that even by 1870 nothing much had been done . |
12 | ‘ Many farmers think it saves money only to treat the best cows in the herd — those which have had clinical mastitis or those with a known high cell-count . |
13 | The buyer naturally has the opposite concern and , in the absence of a formal back to back contract , when one is dealing with standard conditions of purchase the best that can be accomplished is to incorporate a provision like cl 1.3 of Precedent 2 , which notifies the seller of the possibility of prime contracts , and attempts to impose their terms upon the seller , coupled with an opportunity for the seller to examine them and a warning that they will apply , even if not examined . |
14 | It was made tiny by the three men standing around the bed , but Patrick only recognized the bearded Dan Brady . |
15 | Encouraged , David pushed aside the flimsy bra , and his sensitive fingers gently kneaded the soft flesh that swelled under his touch . |
16 | The buyer only becomes the legal owner of registered land when the transfer is received by the Land Registry ( see Chapter 10 ) . |
17 | More than once Lina arranged the time and place of an interview , booked the plane , agreed the meals , models , set stylists and hairdressers only to find the whole thing suddenly cancelled . |
18 | Davidson rightly enjoins the radical interpreter to be nasty in thinking up as many competing interpretations of observed behaviour as possible . |
19 | The Germans naturally played the major role in shaping the CIVC and its undoubted success , both immediate and since , must to some extent be credited to the Germans ' reputation for organisation , efficiency and detail . |
20 | But when the First Test came the tour selectors , with Stewart naturally taking the dominant role , decided that Mains was suspect because he did not have the speed to cover the hard South African grounds when the ball was loose . |
21 | None the less , as has been argued , the Hundred Years War would never be settled by a major engagement in which the cavalry alone played the decisive role . |
22 | In fact , a number of political parties and movements have been operating in Lithuania for some time , as in Estonia and Latvia ; the constitutional change merely recognises the existing situation . |
23 | The organization chart below illustrates the principal divisions of labour within the function and provides an example of the structural relationships between the different departments or sub-units . |
24 | The chart below shows the average percentage increase in the FT-SE 100 Index over 5 years periods ( commencing 1 January ) from 1 January 1979 to 1 January 1992 in comparison to a higher rate Building Society investment and the rate of inflation over the same periods . |
25 | His fingers idly stroked the oiled metal of his exposed weapon . |
26 | Quite apart from the threat of legal proceedings from sect appointed lawyers , he also had Deputy Commissioner Elrick eagerly awaiting the slightest slip on his part , to pounce and nail his ass to the wall with a disciplinary hearing . |
27 | The daily dose of 20 mg was chosen on the basis of volunteer studies , where doses of 10 mg and 20 mg four times daily suppressed the hypothalamicpituitary axis , whereas 5 mg four times a day did not ( Glaxo Group Research Ltd , unpublished data ) . |
28 | Fry deliberately wrote the next part of his essay in a railway refreshment room ( ‘ One must remember that public places of this kind merely reflect the average citizen 's soul , as expressed in his home ’ ) . |
29 | Every legitimate group secures its fair share and the equilibrium of interest-group interaction provides for public policy that is a reasonable approximation of society 's preferences so securing the general interest at the same time as the overall system is rendered stable and legitimate . |
30 | You will be aware that Nancy Brown and Reception staff have been considering a staggered approach to Reception staff hours especially given the computerised directory system currently being introduced . |