Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Souvenir hunters revived the centuries-old tradition after a huge tanker washed up on the rocks below East Prawle , Devon . |
| 2 | In 1971 Oleg Lyalin , a KGB officer working at the Russian trade mission in London , defected to MI6 and gave enough information about Russian espionage activities to justify the prime minister , Edward Heath , expelling an unprecedented 105 Russian diplomats from Britain . |
| 3 | Recognising his own inadequacy as a general , he appointed a succession of brilliant field commanders to lead the High Elf armies . |
| 4 | Branch roads linked the main mining centres , enabling the lead , silver , iron and copper products of the interior to be brought to the coast for export across the Adriatic or , in the case of the Serbian and north Bosnian mines , to be transported to the Danube . |
| 5 | Will Westerners find the old rhyme easier to learn than the equally , euphonious ‘ control ’ rhymes , since the Japanese have already learnt it ? |
| 6 | The list referred only briefly and somewhat obliquely to classroom practice , recommending ( but not defining ) : a stimulating and challenging learning environment ; flexible teaching strategies to meet the identified needs of individual pupils ; and specific practical help for individuals and small groups . |
| 7 | The Town Trail attempts to link the long history of Northampton and present you , the visitor , with a taste of the heritage which belongs to this handsome town . . |
| 8 | Multiples and variety chains have the following advantages and disadvantages : |
| 9 | In August 1858 , Nez Perce scouts accompanied the punitive expedition of General George Wright , who ruthlessly subdued the tribes of the upper Columbia , hanging prisoners on the spot . |
| 10 | Will employers prefer the new graduates to the A level employees , and , where will the graduates with their already developed learning skills obtain their building surveyor education ? |
| 11 | P PROJECTS RECEIVE THE ROYAL SEAL OF APPROVAL |
| 12 | Using some scraps of board , it is worth experimenting with exposure times to optimise the UV time period . |
| 13 | In addition , the basic design of all prayer rugs reproduces the physical area of the mosque . |
| 14 | This family of intracellular calcium channels displays the regenerative process of calcium-induced calcium release responsible for the complex spatiotemporal patterns of calcium waves and oscillations . |
| 15 | Landing on various board squares has the following consequences : |
| 16 | Stocks of petrol were low , and late one afternoon cars passing the orderly room were stopped by an irate major-general , who berated us for using valuable petrol at such a time of crisis . |
| 17 | There are many excellent , authoritative text books covering the differing disciplines which make up Cosmetic Science . |
| 18 | This does not mean that the timetable disappears , although in the smaller primary schools operating the integrated day it does so to a very great extent , leaving only such activities as physical education and music needing some organized attention . |
| 19 | She had spread a newspaper on the chancel steps to receive the discarded items and next to it , arranged neatly side by side , were her handbag , a pair of scissors and a flat basket containing some sprays of foliage and white carnations . |
| 20 | AEA has been working closely with the air transport industry throughout Europe and the US to develop rapid , reliable and cost effective inspection methods to ensure the continued airworthiness of commercial and military aircraft . |
| 21 | The observed slight decrease in faecal bile acid concentration with increasing dietary calcium concentrations reflects the concomitant increase in faecal mass ( Table I ) . |
| 22 | Descent : Either walk left across the top of the quarry f aces to take the descending incline of the approach or find an in situ abseil bolt roughly in the centre of the wall . |
| 23 | Each theory in effect attempts to draw the following distinction . |
| 24 | The patients with adenomatous polyps were assigned to one of four study groups using the random sampling quota technique allowing for 10 subjects in each study group . |
| 25 | Norway 's Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland has called for tough carbon taxes to protect the global environment at the biennial Offshore Northern Seas oil and gas conference in Stavanger . |
| 26 | The School possesses a number of specialist farms on the Bush Estate , where ten different research institutions share the unique facilities of the Edinburgh Centre of Rural Economy , a 1,000 hectare ‘ agricultural science park ’ just south of Edinburgh . |
| 27 | Discussions are continuing with LCD regarding long term proposals to improve the legal aid system and the best methods of remuneration for the Bar . |
| 28 | Briefing completed , pilots head for the aircraft While aircraft commanders complete the last-minute documentation . |
| 29 | Then the payments made in the new year in respect of these accrued amounts would be debited against the individual expense accounts making the net effect zero in the new year . |
| 30 | Opposition groups dismissed the constitutional changes as a device to gain Western aid and approval at a time of economic crisis . |