Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb -s] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father loved old time Music Hall songs and hits from the Gay Nineties like ‘ Good-bye , Dolly Grey ’ , and ‘ Soldiers of the Queen ’ , and one of his favourites was ‘ Burlington Bertie ’ . |
| 2 | The channel of communication is the copper wire which carries the electrical signals and runs to the distant end . |
| 3 | It became clear that most investment and credits in the urban sector had been used to finance further mechanisation and capitalisation , creating limits to labour absorption of industrial sectors . |
| 4 | Jaye Davidson wanders into the Ground Floor Bar in Notting Hill and sniffs at the saloon-in-space restyle job with a languid disdain that is only mildly theatrical . |
| 5 | Its many alterations and additions reflect in stone and brick , the looms and busts at the woollen industry . |
| 6 | The major agreements are drawn up between a small number of tightly-controlled organisations and the outcome of their central negotiations sets guidelines and limits to the industry-wide negotiations which then subsequently take place . |
| 7 | The tour returns to the United States and continues to the thundering Niagara Falls , and then to Buffalo . |
| 8 | Denice lets out little yelps of laughter at the occasional humorous moments and squirms and groans during the gory bits . |
| 9 | Jump on the channel switch and the Atlantis drops a gear and transmutes into the meanest , screamiest Rick you 've ever heard . |
| 10 | The great landscape of lights glitters and shimmers in the warm evening air . |
| 11 | Between these two stable points the composition tilts and weaves through the various clustered groups and knots of interest , reaching its climax in the prostrate figure of Nelson . |
| 12 | It only starts counting from the first row of an entry and stops at the last . |
| 13 | On the same day a Shop Window 92 Shore Event will take place in front of Middlesbrough Civic Centre , including a march and displays by the Royal Marine Band of the Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland . |
| 14 | The archway itself is in fine condition and dates from the third century B.C. It forms part of the Etruscan walls to the city and is the best extant example of Etruscan masonry . |
| 15 | The Public Order Act of 1936 was passed by Parliament to control political rallies and marches by the British Union of Fascists and the counter-demonstrations which such rallies provoked . |
| 16 | The penicillium is often introduced to the cheeses by syringe and spreads through the tiny gaps between the lightly pressed curds . |
| 17 | The other player then picks up four beads from one hole on her side and plays in the same way . |
| 18 | Boli — Boom Boom to Marseille fans — was recently banned for four games after a fearsome tackle on Monaco 's Jurgen Klinsmann and goes into the European Cup tie talking more like a boxer than a footballer . |
| 19 | There are now several benefits — family credit , free school meals , housing benefit and grants from the Social Fund , for example — that can help families in financial need , but the processes of application and appeal for these are complex enough to warrant the assistance of social workers in many instances . |
| 20 | Detailed analysis of the local bond structure is required when defects are being considered , such as jogs , folds and kinks in the solid polymer . |
| 21 | After this recommended detour to Ru Stoer , the road to Lochinver is resumed as it turns south and passes between the scattered buildings of the village of Stoer , occupying a bleak area of the coastal belt and itself having no features of special interest to warrant a halt , but blessed with a lovely bay and sandy beaches nearby . |
| 22 | Everyone then gets out of the habit of going to the pub and goes to the ever-increasing competition such as McDonald 's or other fast food establishments . |
| 23 | This is on a square plan and dates from the ninth century . |
| 24 | My own favourite example concerns the determination of the atomic and molecular weights of naturally occurring elements and compounds in the nineteenth century . |
| 25 | The split could have gone in a different direction with different characterizations and emphases within the overall framework . |
| 26 | The needle on the linker moves forward towards the machine and slides down the left side of the machine needle and through the stitch . |
| 27 | I , Bella laughed , I 'm just the aunt , the one who sees lessons are done , the one who teaches and organizes and cooks and mends and deals with the practical side of life . |
| 28 | The use , as materials , of things that have been discarded , abandoned or neglected : from lost shoes and combs to the forgotten histories of women , characterises much of the best work . |
| 29 | item No 2 : is a candle snuffer of the type used with a candle dish and dates from the late 18th century . |
| 30 | The truncated RNA polymerase site is marked by a thick bracket and extends into the downstream region in the direction of the arrow . |