Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [adv] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not surprisingly , for a country which is second only to Russia for the scale of its distances ( and second to no country but Norway on a per capita energy consumption basis ) motor fuels make up the largest element of oil consumption . |
| 2 | Notwithstanding the former grandeur of the Cathedral , Johnson wrote no more than a page on Elgin , concluding with an attractive clue to a traveller in his wake : ‘ In the chief street of Elgin , the houses jut over the lowest story , like the old buildings of timber in London , but with greater prominence : so that there is sometimes a walk for a considerable length under a cloister , or portico . ’ |
| 3 | All the leaves that fall into the pond congregate around the loosened wire for me to collect up in a simple once daily netting session . |
| 4 | Mr Ishaq has also been at work on the Sindh assembly , in which Miss Bhutto 's supporters make up the biggest group . |
| 5 | Inside , the great piers curve up the interior space and emphasise the verticality of the design . |
| 6 | Six staff and one agent make up the full complement which , as Anders Falkman said , ‘ has strength in a team approach , it is all hands on deck and a good atmosphere ’ . |
| 7 | Kids bring out the natural father in me and I get a crinkly mouth every time I look at an ankle snapper . |
| 8 | SCOTLAND FANS SWARM ROUND THE WEE MAN |
| 9 | These honours subjects range over the whole field of legal interest . |
| 10 | Winners Bitch Exactly the same procedure is followed as for Winners Dog . |
| 11 | Reserve Winners Bitch Exactly the same procedure is followed as for Reserve Winners Dog . |
| 12 | Confrontation with the United States was followed by the more dramatic confrontations with the French at Moruroa atoll where the goaded French beat up Greenpeace 's skipper , McTaggart , rammed a protest boat and eventually murdered a photographer who went down with the sabotaged Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour in July 1985 . |
| 13 | But nearly 3 million people already come to the city every year and some argue traditional images attract only the short-term visitor , who spends little and uses Oxford as a colourful bus-stop . |
| 14 | Their eyes open around the ninth day . |
| 15 | LMS delegates to schools control over the major part of their budgets . |
| 16 | The means given beside each item are taken from Reason , Manstead , Stradling , Baxter & Campbell ( 1988 ) who had 520 drivers fill in the 50 item questionnaire . |
| 17 | The words indicate clearly the virginal conception of Jesus ( Luke 1:34–35 ) . |
| 18 | Five-foot sash cramps sort out the main frame ; the brackets need special treatment . |
| 19 | But would the United States go over the nuclear brink to save Britain , France , Germany or any other NATO member from a conventional attack ? |
| 20 | Ganguly ( 1982 ) attempted to disaggregate the manufacturing totals and although his criterion for a small firm was 20–199 employees , his data illustrate well the higher employment share taken by small firms even in industries like metal goods , vehicles and electrical or mechanical engineering . |
| 21 | Crosby is determined to buy this week to halt the Roker slide down the First Division table . |
| 22 | Tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano ( b. 1952 ) has in some respects come up the hard way ; passing the 40-year mark last year , he 's nevertheless a craftsman often overlooked in the public eye in favour of younger more ‘ marketable ’ musicians . |
| 23 | These words are of significance as they tie in with the title ‘ Futility ’ because all three words have basically the same meaning and their use enhances this feeling of futility throughout the poem for the reader . |
| 24 | The musical setting is carefully selected too to remove him from the tawdry everyday fray of the pop marketplace : violas , accordions , pennywhistles and assorted kitchen utensils conjure up the timeless integrity of Irish folk music ( or ‘ roots ’ in 1990-speak ) . |
| 25 | The 1980 Survey 's section on the elderly was asked only of those aged 65 and over , and therefore tables in this chapter which are based on the 1980 data include only the sub sample in this age band . |
| 26 | Over a lifetime these two strategies yield almost the same number of offspring but an older male clearly needs the quicker success and he takes the greater risk . |
| 27 | These projects range over the entire field of the life of the Church : the establishment of new dioceses ; the training of catechists , lay leaders , nuns , priests ; the building of churches , parochial centres , school centres ; preaching the Gospel by press , television and radio ; hospitals , clinics , leprosaria , disaster relief , medicines , transport and other miscellaneous works . |
| 28 | Only Forster and Silk followed , Lawton staying to assist Nell bring up the extra combat kit that they would now recover from the assault boat . |
| 29 | It is also known that whilst some companies provide only the minimum information required by law , other companies provide additional information voluntarily . |
| 30 | Nationalists in Scotland say much the same thing about being part of the UK . |