Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Abolitionists did not expect immediate conversion by slaveholders ; it was not necessary in so far as they were sure planters could not for long resist the economic imperatives . |
| 2 | A case has to be made , therefore , for seasonally adjusting the monthly figures and for excluding school-leavers . |
| 3 | Carson concludes , after carefully researching the individual incidents which constituted this high rate of fatality ( as well as those involving serious injuries ) that the majority could have been avoided if the ‘ political economy of speed ’ had not been allowed to supersede the ‘ political economy of employees lives and limbs ’ . |
| 4 | A company seeking to recruit in this specialty area would , if they used a search consultant , immediately reveal themselves as not having the right contacts in the market . |
| 5 | There she bargained with the Queen , and in return for not harrying the English ships that were pursuing the Spanish Armada , O'Malley was allowed a free hand in Connaught . |
| 6 | We can blame the schools for not providing the right conditions , we can blame the government and local education authorities for not giving sufficient attention to in-service training , but I think the buck must rest with people like me who had by that date been employed in teacher-training for just over ten years . |
| 7 | She provided the most lively moment in a barnstorming speech ( reminiscent of another female leader recently toppled ) lambasting the people for not recognising the true benefits of communism — tidy streets , punctual trains and predictable politics . |
| 8 | The concluding ruse of the tale , the wife 's excuse for not returning the hundred francs to her husband , is not particularly novel or surprising . |
| 9 | She told herself off for not being attentive enough , for not finding the right words to encourage him to go on . |
| 10 | We planted the major part of the scheme in three rows with the intention of eventually coppicing the smaller varieties but it very soon became obvious that the grass cutting was too big a job for our ancient mower . |
| 11 | What the agency does need is a politically astute and highly articulate spokesman , capable of effectively rebuking the relentless attacks of the far Right with sane and moderate reason . |
| 12 | This undoubtedly reflects the complexity and breadth of the Government 's spending , but for the accounts to be of much use the disaggregated figures have to be used . |
| 13 | But the reports still fell short of conclusively identifying the ultimate recipients of the money . |
| 14 | If a break does occur the wire tends to coil up , and it is easy to make the mistake of just tying the broken ends together and towing it straight back to the launch point for the next launch . |
| 15 | Themes for fairs are often chosen well in advance of opening dates , so they run the danger of not reflecting the subsequent realities of the marketplace . |
| 16 | As it settles down and the chances of ever attaining the radical goals become ever more remote , members begin to shift their attention to the routine satisfactions of just ‘ being a member ’ . |
| 17 | After an abortive attempt to force Shamil into the open in 1845 , Vorontsov combined a policy of gradually strangling the rebellious highlanders with an approach to civil administration which allowed natives a little room for manoeuvre . |
| 18 | Bernard , by now spokesman for the local race relations committee , accused the Christabel Focus of racism : of wilfully offending the religious sensibilities of a minority group . |
| 19 | It was n't a question of singing flat , he decided , but of simply singing the wrong notes . |
| 20 | Plan of how to implement the key parts of the plan during the next two to three years . |
| 21 | This is important if you are to gain a proper understanding of how to obtain the best results from your new machine , and it also contains some cautionary notes to help you avoid accidentally damaging it through misuse . |
| 22 | Thereafter it was just a case of hard riding the thirty miles through green Lothian , by Hailes and Haddington and Musselburgh , for Edinburgh , which he reached before nightfall . |
| 23 | It should now be apparent that for any rights theory to be capable of satisfactorily addressing the broader problems which now confront our traditional representative institutions it will need to transcend the essentially liberal principles which lie at the heart of Dworkin 's thesis . |
| 24 | The long-running recession has meant that interest in these properties is low , but if they can be sold the cash raised will be put back into further improving the remaining operations . |
| 25 | EAST GERMANY : Parliament dropped the party 's constitutional right to rule last month after sudden revolution from below swept the old leaders aside . |
| 26 | Mrs St Albyn had before long heard the unpleasant rumours concerning the new tenants at Alfoxden , and ordered , in spite of Tom Poole 's intercession , that on no account should they remain at the mansion beyond the following midsummer . |
| 27 | There is a real danger in only doing the classical things — you 're OK with it for a time , but then you 're left high and dry when fashion moves on . ’ |
| 28 | While there have been papers and reviews aplenty , no single book has been available until now to embrace the microbial populations which flourish and decline , evolve and stagnate , as co-terrestrials with man and the other animals . |
| 29 | From here follow the red markers to sign for Moor Edge and go left to cross Shooter 's Clough Brook . |
| 30 | Sometimes the newcomers have settled in without doing the original inhabitants any great harm — and so it is that the rabbit and the fallow deer have become accepted additions to Britain 's fauna . |