Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Voltage and current signals can be used to pre-set speed or to call up the actual values for speed and torque , and the start/stop functions can be activated using the same method . |
| 2 | ‘ What is true , ’ writes mason investigator Stephen Knight , ‘ is that the philosophic , religious and ritualistic concoction that makes up the speculative element in freemasonry is drawn from many sources — some of them , like the Isis-Osiris myth , dating back to the dawn of history . |
| 3 | * I always think that it is better to make a fresh pot of tea than to top up the old pot . |
| 4 | What is it about kitchens at parties that brings out the homing pigeon in everybody ? |
| 5 | Others , such as the fault that let down the great thickness of Mesozoic in Cardigan Bay ( to the west of Wales ) must have been much later , though they served to define basins that were presumably already there . |
| 6 | What the strategy does do , is to formalize and focus the analysis in a way that gives everybody concerned the essential basis for developing and judging good advertising — the two aspects that take up the next two chapters . |
| 7 | Good examples of this are the genes that give rise to the histones ( proteins that make up the chromosomal superstructure ) , the ribosomal RNA , the immunoglobulins and many others . |
| 8 | Rick Bateysifts through the veritable medley of classic influences that make up the latest sepia-tinted offering from Chandler in San Francisco … |
| 9 | The need in the case of the Oedipus myth to resolve the contradiction between two pieces of knowledge that are in conflict can be comfortably taken as the signified that lies behind the significations that make up the various versions of the myth . |
| 10 | There are many different types of institution that make up the financial sector , from banks to building societies to various institutions in the City of London . |
| 11 | However , it can be used if you can ‘ read ’ your card and work out the maximum number of tucks or loops you will be collecting . |
| 12 | So much for security , Ruth mused as she leapt back into the jeep and drove up the long gravelly drive ; I could be a burglar for all he knew . |
| 13 | Manolo flicked a switch and brought up the other figure . |
| 14 | Maggie looked at him ironically and the dark eyes were turned fully on her , inspecting her face until she had the mad urge to shut her eyes and block out the intent gaze . |
| 15 | ‘ We 're hoping to get some sort of fail-safe mechanism written in so we can take control of the club and sort out the legal matters after that , ’ he said . |
| 16 | Her aim was simple ; to head up the coast under cover of the bushes and seek out the first help she could . |
| 17 | General practitioners are well placed to diagnose effusion and carry out the necessary surveillance . |
| 18 | Having collected the mail and picked up the following day 's patrol tasks , the vehicles arrive and we return to Rosemount for lunch . |
| 19 | The pellet went right through the cat 's neck and came out the other side , leaving a gaping wound . |
| 20 | You 'd do something more likely to reap a financial return , such as throw it off the top of Blackpool Tower in a Force Nine gale and run down the 763 steps to see if you could catch any of it before it blew away . |
| 21 | Dietary fibre is a sponge-like material which absorbs and holds water as it is chewed in the mouth and passes down the gastro-intestinal tract . |
| 22 | Even the rain no longer seemed fresh : it congealed in the sullied air , splattering into filthy stinking puddles , hammering the roof and churning up the packed mud until it was slushy and loose . |
| 23 | Does my hon. Friend think that the Labour party was acting in the best interests of Britain and of our Baltic friends when , in 1969 , it did a deal with Brezhnev and handed over the Baltic gold ? |
| 24 | The presence of ice withdraws water in vapour form from distal cells , concentrating their solutions and building up the extra-cellular crystals . |
| 25 | The two Senussi soldiers were sent off on a recce and reported back the following day that there was no checkpoint on the road leading into the town . |
| 26 | Can he raise the profile of good research and weed out the poorest work ? |
| 27 | Look at figure 1 at the end of this chapter and cover up the last column . |
| 28 | His talents were demonstrated through a system that gave him opportunities and brought out the best in him . |
| 29 | It came like throwing paint over the car and paint up the front door and stuff like that , which really annoyed me . |
| 30 | After gobbling up whatever I could find in the house , I crept into bed and pulled the blankets over my head in a vain attempt to stifle the mocking voices and shut out the ugly visions . |