Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he declined to strike out paragraphs 11 and 13 of the prayer or to make the alternative orders that were sought . |
| 2 | Even if they evict us , or break up the camp or deliver the fucking things — it 'll go on . |
| 3 | Whether he was meeting Wacko Jacko in LA or reviewing the latest Lurkers 45 , Baker had perspective . |
| 4 | However , they did not always have control over the money or make the key decisions over how it was spent and distributed . |
| 5 | For example , in the case of BP , LASMO or Shell the expected changes in the price of crude oil can play an important part in determining market prices for options . |
| 6 | In the Fourth Duma ( 1912–17 ) the government showed little concern to defuse opposition or to exploit the deep divisions between its more moderate critics and the small minority of radical Left deputies . |
| 7 | The lessor is usually further protected by a proviso allowing him to re-enter and put an end to the lease in the event of the tenant 's failure to pay rent or observe the other covenants . |
| 8 | ‘ Because it gives us time to stall them , ’ Roquelaure came back sharply , ‘ until we track down that Arab cartel or locate the missing arms shipment . ’ |
| 9 | Soldering was valuable for such purposes as attaching handles to vessels or closing the final links of chains . |
| 10 | Are we better off searching for the hidden opportunities or spotting the obvious ones early enough ? |
| 11 | He flicks the wheel and slides the front wheels . |
| 12 | Brian Laban dons his chest wig and flexes the huge muscles of Britain 's ultimate sports cars |
| 13 | As a patient bandaged from head to foot , Crawford had to deliver only one line , but he forgot it , lifted the bed sheet to look down at a prompt card and uttered the immortal words , ‘ Have you seen this , nurse ? ’ |
| 14 | The MP added : ‘ I 'm calling on Saville 's to withdraw as quickly as possible from the deal and allow the local authorities to acquire the land . |
| 15 | The front driver 's side of the bus was driven back twelve feet amputating Mr Wright 's legs and killing the three students . |
| 16 | In the political sphere , some embraced accidentalism and employed the social organizations of Catholicism in order to defend themselves . |
| 17 | One way to discourage such demands was secretly to salt a shallow anchorage with a bag of rotted chicken heads which would quickly draw a sinuous and evil-looking pack of otherwise harmless sand sharks that would twist menacingly under our keel and persuade the paying customers to seek the deeper darker waters offshore . |
| 18 | If a landlord who owns a three-bedroom flat enters into three separate independent tenancies with three independent tenants each of whom is entitled to one bedroom and to share the common parts , then the three do not enjoy exclusive occupation of the flat jointly under the terms of their tenancies . |
| 19 | It depends on an understanding by the man of the horse 's natural reactions , knowing that if he recognises the horse 's signals and makes the right moves , the horse will treat him — and trust him — as he would another horse . |
| 20 | This led to the Little Vestry where she would hang up her coat and to the kitchen where she would wash out the vases and arrange the fresh flowers . |
| 21 | The fighting between the UVF and UDA , and the struggles for power within the UDA , did much to damage the reputation of the working-class loyalist organizations and to permit the professional politicians to regain control after the UWC strike . |
| 22 | There are also the ubiquitous activities of the Audit Commission especially their growing requirements to establish performance indicators and publish the statistical results of these exercises . |
| 23 | They fill concert halls and attract the top conductors . |
| 24 | The development plan therefore should contain partnership goals and reflect the local priorities , as well as include key programme goals of the service . |
| 25 | My back was to the wind which whistled coldly in the wire frame of my spectacles and cracked the loose folds of my robe . |
| 26 | They squatted in the bushes and watched the doubled guards patrolling up and down . |
| 27 | Would the right hon. Gentleman prefer to do what Labour last did — cut the hospital building programme and cut the other programmes ? |
| 28 | For it is the clearest signal yet of how political reform in eastern Europe could redraw the contours of European industry , extend the geographic and political boundaries of the EC 's 1992 programme and alter the global strategies of such companies as GE . ’ |
| 29 | SOLUTION ( a ) We must first write the equation for the complete combustion of ethanol : Applying equation ( 12 ) to this reaction and remembering that the standard molar enthalpy of formation of elements in their standard states is zero we obtain By rearranging this equation and substituting the above values for the standard molar enthalpies , we obtain ( b ) The enthalpy diagram will show two routes to the formation of the combustion products of ethanol from the elements in their standard states : route A is the overall reaction : route B is divided into two steps , B1 — the formation of from its elements in their standard states , and B2 — the combustion of . |
| 30 | What had been intended as a warning shot across the government 's bows has sunk a government that had given Poland a year of political continuity , maintained budgetary austerity against populist opposition and taken the first steps on two essential reforms that now go into limbo . |