Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb base] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Any schemes which promote the arts and lead to a wider understanding are obviously most welcome .
2 It would be great to bounce back from a temporary aberration and get into the Third Division .
3 Moisten the chicken using the reduced stock and garnish with the cooked vegetables from the stock , but discard the bouquet garni .
4 JUNE 30 : At the EGM , the BRDC members vote down a resolution by directors to ratify the deal and vote for a special resolution to have it unwound .
5 The boys play the role of husbands and behave in the same way as they see their fathers do in their respective homesteads .
6 Objective investigation of phenomena formed only one aspect of a far wider approach , the greatest emphasis being centred consciousness and mind as the underlying reality .
7 Even at four in the morning , if he woke during a rare , sleepless night , Dexter liked to brush back the curtains of his bedroom and marvel at the twinkling lights .
8 Coming up in a little while we 'll be talking greyhounds , but for now we 'll go back to football and deal with the local classified results with all the local leagues .
9 Now those companies that have built their own operating system ( and around 60% or more do in the real-time area ) can retain their investment and buy into the new operating system as the company reckons it can emulate any existing operating system .
10 The extension provided Rabbani with more time to form a consultative assembly , the Council of Resolution and Settlement ( Hal wa Aqd Shura ) , which would elect a permanent president and prepare for a general election .
11 The opening of the session , called for under the terms of the April 1992 Peshawar Accords in order to elect a permanent President and prepare for a general election , had been repeatedly postponed .
12 The fellow looked furtively round , licked his lips , and beckoned Corbett and Ranulf into a shadowy window recess .
13 The constellation has a distinctive shape , and there are lines of stars extending from Castor and Pollux in the general direction of Betelgeux .
14 Fighting around Monrovia intensified between the NPFL and ECOMOG in the ensuing 48 hours .
15 This decision was received with disappointment and regret by the Roman Catholic Church .
16 Close your eyes and lie in a comfortable position .
17 Anyone who thinks owning a diesel spells the end of driving fun , should park their backside in the AX 's comfortable , supportive driver 's seat and go for a quick ride .
18 Forget about all your worries and concentrate on the bright and dazzling prospects that lie ahead for someone as ingenious , industrious and invitingly delicious as you !
19 President Babangida of Nigeria , assuming the chair of the organization for the coming year in succession to Ugandan President Museveni , said that his major tasks would be " to dismantle apartheid , restore peace in the troubled parts of the continent and work towards the smooth take-off of the African Economic Community ( AEC ) " .
20 Ferguson , for his part , can now look any supporter of his club in the eye and say that Gough having to commit the foul that debarred him from a Cup-tie verified the youngster 's ability to put an awkward pre-match situation out of his mind and play in a determined way that suggested his temperament was on the mend .
21 Most importantly , its key objective was to promote openness and trust at the top level , a refreshing contract to the dog-eat-dog approach being bred into far too many managers in this sado-masochistic age .
22 You start with a lucky break and end with a major breakthrough !
23 London has seen the disappearance of more than three quarters of a million manufacturing jobs in 20 years : an aggregate figure masking stagnation and decline in an inner south-east zone , and growth in the west , in part related to Heathrow Airport , as a ‘ high-tech ’ crescent ( Hall et al . ,
24 At home the sudden switch from inflation and boom to stagnation and slump in a few months made changes in policy inevitable .
25 After Ibn Tulun 's death there was a period of confusion and decay before a new conquest by the Fatimids from north-west Africa in 969 .
26 On the other side were many who voiced optimism and trust in the Holy Spirit rather than defensiveness , saw more need for encouragement than for condemnations , and were convinced that there was a new opportunity for liturgical and pastoral use of the Bible which must not be missed .
27 For thousands of years a few men have searched for these human fruits ; they have filled their minds with the lovely ideas and have taken up their long search and watch on the lonely shore of the other world .
28 Swing from 41 through Beta and continue in a direct line until you come to M3 , which is just out of the × 7 field with Beta Comæ but which has a fairly obvious star close to it .
29 In a daze of fear and dread at the vast sky that hung above him Creggan looked around at the Cages .
30 Therefore , a very important part of the treatment programme must be helping the client to face up to their fear and stay in the difficult situation learning that they can control their anxiety .
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