Example sentences of "[noun] [det] [vb base] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women who have organized around their specific demands all support the political opposition arguing that their oppression as women can only be substantially altered with the overthrow of the present regime . |
| 2 | Out of the indefinitely large number of possible examples in English , we might suggest : Although the adjectives differ in many ways , which will be examined in the next nine chapters , these phrases all exemplify the qualifying structure of ( 1 ) ; the noun alone is not sufficient to identify the entity under consideration by the speaker so the adjective is introduced to aid the process . |
| 3 | It is important for anyone trying to interpret the rules to read the notes as in many cases these extend the apparent application of particular rules . |
| 4 | Of all lights in the room these make the biggest difference and are a blessing since you can plug them in and put them behind plants , or in corners , or behind large pieces of furniture to give a beautiful , dramatic accent light , creating mood and interest that could never be imagined by day . |
| 5 | The waiting rooms , the ticket office , the refreshment rooms , and the book-stalls all breathe the same atmosphere . |
| 6 | Access to information on paper tapes , punch cards , and magnetic tapes all require the continuing availability of suitable devices and for some media this is already no longer possible . |
| 7 | The antibody surface concentration , orientation and surrounding microenvironment all dictate the immunosensing performance . |
| 8 | unc Consider as partitioned , the solution is ( see ( 2 ) ) unc and unc so that the equations are consistent ; if they are taken any two at a time , the three cases all yield the same answer . |
| 9 | He , his assistant managers and chefs all hold the Basic Food Hygiene Certificate . |
| 10 | The temptation to equate the two positions relies apparently on two things : on the fact that in each case we have an adjective and a noun or noun phrase , and on the supposition that attributive adjectives and predicative adjectives all share the referential locus of the head noun to which they are related . |
| 11 | ‘ Barbed wire , chemicals , heavy machinery and busy roads all mean the rapid disappearance of natural play areas . ’ |
| 12 | The reports of the Bavarian Government Presidents all record the resounding impact of the speech — one called it ‘ mighty ’ , another ‘ epoch-making ’ — but interpreted this solely in terms of anxiety about an imminent war being eased by Hitler 's emphasis on his desire for peace . |
| 13 | As well as Germany , Japan , Switzerland , Sweden , Spain , Canada , Italy and Holland all dump the deadly stuff here to be converted back into more nuclear fuel . |
| 14 | The examples all have the same structure : a well-defined quantity is recorded at successive equally-spaced time points over a specific period . |
| 15 | If the pizzas all have the same thickness , which size will give the most pizza per person ? |
| 16 | Inspector 's investigations represent the mainline activity of AIB , and their reports all follow the same pattern specified by ICAO so that air safety researchers know exactly where to find particular information . |
| 17 | At the flops , the bums all eat the same thing . |
| 18 | The new men and women all reflect the brisk style which characterises the approach of John Major . |