Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " 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 | Many people also complain that our present hierarchies bring out the nastier aspects of human behavior , like greed , insensitivity , careerism and self-importance . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Mr Ishaq has also been at work on the Sindh assembly , in which Miss Bhutto 's supporters make up the biggest group . |
| 6 | Inside , the great piers curve up the interior space and emphasise the verticality of the design . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | Kids bring out the natural father in me and I get a crinkly mouth every time I look at an ankle snapper . |
| 9 | SCOTLAND FANS SWARM ROUND THE WEE MAN |
| 10 | Pesticides kill off the beneficial insects as well as the destructive ones creating an imbalance in nature and wasting valuable assets . |
| 11 | If he can look that prospect squarely in the eye and both parties cut out the cheap jibes , they will see that they are talking the same language . |
| 12 | These honours subjects range over the whole field of legal interest . |
| 13 | Their eyes open around the ninth day . |
| 14 | LMS delegates to schools control over the major part of their budgets . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Five-foot sash cramps sort out the main frame ; the brackets need special treatment . |
| 17 | But would the United States go over the nuclear brink to save Britain , France , Germany or any other NATO member from a conventional attack ? |
| 18 | Crosby is determined to buy this week to halt the Roker slide down the First Division table . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | As all the voices hammer out the same syllables together , the accentuation is at its sharpest ( Example 64 , overleaf ) . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | Because of the delay and police inquiries , we were unable t o walk round the ancient ruins of Jericho , said to be the world 's oldest city and I am pleased to confirm the walls are not standing ! |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Not only did the fragrances of the essences cover up the putrid smells of gangrenous wounds , they also suppressed them by retarding putrefaction . |
| 25 | This is , however , a revealing case study in that disagreements show up the different modes of explanation clearly . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Thus , whilst Wallis and Gusfield disagree over the likely causes of resentment , both appear to be identifying ‘ status groups ’ as central to moral campaigns . |
| 28 | At first the belts slip round the flat pulleys — they 're meant to — but as soon as I squirt the gum they grab and the shafts pick up speed real fast , and the spokes on the pulleys blur and disappear . |
| 29 | Three of a kind … models show off the latest range of styles which will be on display at the Tesco and RSCPA Cruelty Free show at London 's Regents College in London this weekend Picture : DAVID GILES |
| 30 | Composed of military commanders , political officers and Party officials , their concerns range over the entire panoply of administrative and disciplinary functions , as well as troop control and civil-military relations in the USSR 's 16 Military Districts . |