Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the circle is turned from the frontal plane 75° , 60° , 45° etc to the CVR so the minor axis becomes shorter . |
| 2 | he said in spite of the fact that I 've been in parliament for longer than he has , which surprised me cos I would n't have thought so this is the young Winston Churchill of course so the Chinese man said to him erm oh well the reason for that was that he had a famous grandfather |
| 3 | I slipped an old Eurythmics tape into the cassette deck I have installed where Armstrong 's meter used to be and adjusted the speakers so the full effect came in the front rather than the back . |
| 4 | Six months later the Great War had broken out and she had found a new cause . |
| 5 | Two months ago the British government took out advertisements in regional newspapers in Germany encouraging business to come to Britain to take advantage of low labour costs compared to elsewhere in the E C. The advertisement proudly noted that the labour cost index for Britain is one hundred , compared to one seventy eight in Germany . |
| 6 | if you prefer the romantic side then the cheap version seems to be the best . |
| 7 | But if airships were the last word in luxury then the penultimate word belonged to the flying boat . |
| 8 | We would not necessarily seek a contribution from the previous insurers where the remedial work required to rectify the damage occurring whilst we are on cover has swamped any pre-existing damage . |
| 9 | In percutaneous infection , larvae migrate via the blood stream to the lungs where they moult to L4 in the bronchi and trachea , and are then swallowed and pass to the small intestine where the final moult occurs . |
| 10 | What about a movie where the main character ends up in Auschwitz ? |
| 11 | ‘ As the fakes wear out twice as fast as proper pads , the driver could hit his brakes one day and the car would swerve violently to the side where the real pad has been fitted , ’ he said . |
| 12 | It has therefore been decided to use the excellent facilities afforded us at Guildford to run a Music Teachers Training Course for selected Q.T.s so that these teachers can be used to assist the Trainers when the new course begins in September 1983 . |
| 13 | Mrs Topliff has a cat of her own , which was shut in one of the bedrooms when the wild animal went in . |
| 14 | Barrister David Ashton , acting for the liquidators of the Isle of Man Savings and Investment Bank , told the court that good news was on the way for the mostly small depositors , many of whom lost their life savings when the Douglas-based bank collapsed seven years ago . |
| 15 | Of course , rumours abounded about what went on behind the barriers which prevented the common people from entering the districts where the Communist élite lived , but no one knew for sure . |
| 16 | I live in a neighbourhood where the only thing left on your doorstep in the morning is secondhand lager , and thus appreciate the difference . |
| 17 | The FA will also investigate Dunstable 's bizarre exit from the FA Cup on Saturday when the entire team walked off in their second-round qualifying tie at Staines after having three players sent off in the first 38 minutes . |
| 18 | A line once appeared in Dublin in cine-variety Afterwards the Head Girl reported back to her : ‘ It went very well , Mrs Tiller , better than ‘ Ben Hur ! ’ |
| 19 | The material is presented at the undergraduate level thus the simplified approach adopted is commendable . |
| 20 | Getting the paper work right the first time saves the customer being bothered with further questions . |
| 21 | There are currently 27 county teams in England so the logical thing to do would be to divide the counties into three divisions of nine . |
| 22 | They 're not terribly interested in the depressed South so the depressed South gets more depressed . |
| 23 | Now , what we 've got here is a lump of wood roughly the same shape trying to be a cricket bat , and if you hit a ball with it , the ball will travel about ten feet and you will drop the bat and dance about shouting ‘ Ouch ! ’ with your hands stuck into your armpits . |
| 24 | The principle of ‘ rolling readjustment ’ is simply one of adjustment whereby the actual amount spent by an authority is checked a number of times in the course of the year against the claim made by the authority and its funding amended accordingly . |
| 25 | If we use a log plot then the shifting procedure becomes clear , namely ( The origin of the correction factor for vertical shifting now becomes clear . |
| 26 | Mary described to Mick how the young girl had stood in the hall , her face cupped between her palms , and gazed about her , while the tears ran down her face and she kept muttering , ‘ Oh Martin ! |
| 27 | ‘ If she is not prepared to play with another German player sometimes on the circuit then the German team has no chance in the future to win the Cup , ’ Hofsaess added . |
| 28 | Some very good examples of solution effects may be observed on the coast of Glamorgan where the Carboniferous Limestone emerges as the wavecut platform from beneath Liassic cliffs , for example near Nash Point . |
| 29 | By virtue of the existence of Israel , the threatened or endangered Russian and Ethiopian Jew can find a home , as did the 800,000 Jews who were expelled from Iraq and other Arab countries when the Jewish State came into being . |
| 30 | In companies where the post-audit process works most effectively , a post-audit is planned in advance . |