Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Baldwin 's declaration for Protection had the immediate effect of reuniting the two sections of the Liberal Party around the historic cause of Free Trade , and Asquith and Lloyd George came together at public meetings to exchange insincere pleasantries . |
2 | It was hard for Sophie to face the kindly accusation in the two pairs of eyes gazing at her . |
3 | Other symptoms frequently seen in the sentence production of Broca 's aphasics would need to be explained as due to additional deficits in the sentence-production system ( e.g. if there is a specific problem with prefixes and suffixes , that would be seen as arising during attempts to construct the positional-level representation ) . |
4 | Dexter had seen it happen many times before : the moment when a human being slips from conversation into confession , the moment when what seemed like a universal desire to atone for wickedness overwhelmed the conflicting wish for self-preservation . |
5 | Although the confusion of shifts in allegiance within the various loyalist groupings made it difficult for contemporaries to see the underlying direction of change , with hindsight we can see a simplification of unionist politics . |
6 | This appears , sadly , to be the situation in many countries , and suggestions like the one from the WHO document Social and health aspects of sexually transmitted disease ( 1977 ) that ‘ it is essential for clinics to have the basic equipment required for making rapid diagnosis : the darkfield examination , a quick micro-flocculation test for syphilis , and smear and culture of specimens for gonorrhoea ’ are not much use to a health worker in a village in India , who , far from considering buying a microscope , can not obtain the antibiotics needed to cure gonorrhoea had he the facilities for diagnosing it . |
7 | Bukharin and his associates used Rosa and Ernst Meyer 's hotel room in Moscow for meetings to discuss the mounting struggle inside the Bolshevik Party , meetings at which they ridiculed the ever higher figures being propounded for the drafts of the First Five Year Plan . |
8 | I was most impressed by the effective way in which my hon. Friend the Member for Chelmsford destroyed the hon. Gentleman 's case during a short intervention . |
9 | It would not be absurd , nor contrary to the rule of law , for Parliament to prefer the precise construction adopted by the tribunal to that given by the courts . |
10 | New users of water or those who require more than the maximum amount scheduled in an existing licence have to apply for permission to take the estimated quantity to the water authority in the area in which the works is situated , which will then decide whether sufficient water is available for the new abstraction . |
11 | We thank the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys ( OPCS ) for their support and for permission to use the General Household Survey , and the ESRC Data Archive for their continuing help . |
12 | They applied to the Japanese for permission to fly the national flag and sing the national song , Indonesia Raya . |
13 | Robin Chambers , the principal of Stoke-Newington school in South London , where the programme has been used for two months , says : ‘ We are ironing out a few difficulties , for instance getting the individual answer sheet completed in the correct way and working out who has the time to do it . |
14 | The next stage is to translate this into actual artwork , ready for exposure using the ultra-violet system . |
15 | Or unc In equilibrium , the nominal demand for money equals the nominal money supply so that : unc ( 1 ) Now any increase in the nominal money supply will create an excess supply of money which will lead to an adjustment of portfolios as people attempt to spend their excess money holdings . |
16 | Richmond councillors are worried about plans to turn the old cinema on the Ryders Wynd/Queens Road junction into a DIY shop . |
17 | The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts , Manufactures and Commerce ( RSA ) has outlined new plans for its Better Environment Awards for Industry following the prime minister 's announcement that there will be a new Queen 's Award for Environmental Achievement . |
18 | Occasionally also gold was moulded and for complex forms the cire-perdue method was used . |
19 | A few weeks later when the Prime Minister informed the House of the name of the chairman and the terms of reference , it became clear that the remit to consider ways of ‘ limiting ’ or ‘ modifying ’ capital punishment for murder excluded the outright abolition of the death penalty . |
20 | Other fields for study include the proliferative response in healing gastric ulcers and the changes which may contribute to the clinicopathological diagnosis of Barrett 's oesophagus . |
21 | In Northumberland , half the farmers are tenant farmers and we need a greater supply of land for rent to ensure the continued prosperity of the tenanted sector , with new entrants being able to come into agriculture . |
22 | The Association is paying for the work , expected to cost in the region of £5,500 ( $9,600 ) from donations worldwide and has also launched an appeal for funds to restore the whole altar . |
23 | The Commissioners had a discretion as to the levying of the money , but the court struck their decision down : the discretion was to be exercised according to reason and law and it was unreasonable for R to bear the whole burden . |
24 | Time enough later for Lucy to know the sheer delight of making love to her . |
25 | Murray said : ‘ We have been trying for months to sign the right sort of player to replace Joe Allon . |
26 | Here the writer gropes for words to describe the indescribable communion which followed the sacrifice and fulfilled the covenant . |
27 | My father went to a police station that evening after work to report the threatening telephone call and the fact that his son was being threatened with extreme violence . |
28 | ‘ I have a feeling they will react to the big occasion at Ibrox and they are bound to be on a high after Denmark winning the European title in Sweden . ’ |
29 | The crossing will be manned for two weeks after commissioning to monitor the safe use by drivers . |
30 | The other side to the critique , again a common one in the UK , is that public agencies by no means serve the public interest alone but instead indulge in many other activities which appear to benefit the regulators ' Interests rather more . |