Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this to take the appropriate forms in the particular cases of longitudinal and lateral correlations , |
| 2 | After that come the Notorious Bits . |
| 3 | A score of 11–12 suggests the relevant parts only need be revised . |
| 4 | On top of this came the sundry depredations of military and civilian authorities desperate to feed the armed forces and urban population in the face of totally inadequate harvests . |
| 5 | One of the most interesting examples of this concerns the electronic arms race , as shown in the brain sizes of fossil animals . |
| 6 | Naturally enough , all of this placed the working-class organisations in a cruel dilemma . |
| 7 | The Delft Cycle Plan of 1979 recognised the deteriorating conditions for many cycle trips within the city and designated four criteria for plan development : quality of facilities , quantity of provision , continuity of the network and comfort in its use . |
| 8 | The Housing Act of 1924 restored the local authorities to their former role as house builders , gave higher subsidies and promised a long-term housing programme . |
| 9 | The first of these had the following names for horses : Boxer , Matchet , Dapper , Scot ( a name with a lineage at least as old as Chaucer ) , Diamond , Darby , Sharper , Captain , Proctor , Briton , Smiler , Dragon , Doughty , Gyp , Moggy . |
| 10 | Only four of these followed the standard guidelines of WHO , and the prescribed regimens cost three times as much as the standard protocols . |
| 11 | One of these became the General Forces Programme , which soon provided the light entertainment and relaxation which the Forces clearly wanted and which were easily justified by their importance to morale . |
| 12 | Also recommended were : the establishment of the Council for National Academic Awards ( CNAA ) to grant degrees to students in non-university establishments [ this happened the following year ] ; the raising of the status of teacher training colleges to colleges of education offering BEd degrees , and their integration into universities [ the former has happened , but not the latter ] ; the granting of university status to the ten colleges of advanced technology [ this was accepted ] , and in due course to other colleges [ this did not happen ; instead , from 1966 many of these became the new polytechnics ] ; and the establishment of special institutions for scientific and technological education and research ( SISTERS ) [ this has not been implemented ] . |
| 13 | Despite such setbacks , the Germans continued their infantry frontal attacks with supporting parachute infantry outflanking Allied positions , and after nearly a month of confused fighting the Independent Companies were withdrawn through Bodö along with elements of the 24th Guards Brigade and Norwegian troops . |
| 14 | January of 1824 found the two cross-cuts to the Bonsor Vein being driven in very hard ground . |
| 15 | The LEA must first of all determine the General Schools Budget . |
| 16 | Before any system redesign is undertaken , we must first of all address the conceptual issues common to the different IR systems and focus on the user 's information needs and searching behaviour . |
| 17 | Few people know that this great pioneer was born in 1837 and at the age of 11 walked the 165 miles from Yorkshire to London in search of work . |
| 18 | The open arable fields of the village had been enclosed by the agreement of the twenty-three owners of the strips in 1696 , but 7,740 acres of common pastures and rough moorland wastes remained undivided until the enclosure award of 1816 created the rectangular fields and straight lanes that are now such a prominent feature of the landscape . |
| 19 | By far the greatest proportion of those joining the new congregations were Presbyterians and they were mostly from rural areas . |
| 20 | The procedure thus adopted is one of first checking the spatial relationships in the orthogonal reference space and , if not as desired , moving down to a local containing domain before the uncertainty is reported . |
| 21 | The ‘ oil crisis ’ of winter 1973–4 and an international crash in the summer of 1974 brought the golden years to an abrupt and painful halt . |
| 22 | The aircraft was one of a fleet of 14 purchased the previous years from its European manufacturers , Airbus Industrie , at a cost of US$38,000,000 each . |
| 23 | Expressions used in this subsection and in the said Act of 1959 have the same meanings in this subsection as they have in that Act . |
| 24 | For the space of two heartbeats the two protagonists , hunter and quarry , glared at each other across the intervening gap of a few feet , while hurtling through the night at better than 80 m.p.h . |
| 25 | The applicants in the main proceedings considered that the Act of 1988 infringed the general principles of protection of acquired rights and legitimate expectations . |
| 26 | Of the half million tests carried out for regulatory purposes in the year up to June 30 , 1989 , we are pleased to report that 998 out of 1,000 met the strict specifications of the European Community Directive . |
| 27 | The Derby Scheme of 1915 allowed the local parties to mount a full-scale exercise in canvassing and knocking-up . |
| 28 | I have represented both approaches simplistically , to draw out the contrast specifically because it seems that Howard favoured both approaches , but did not have the experience of both to see the contradictory implications . |
| 29 | Views such as these highlight the fundamental mechanics of Nizan 's political psychology : a willingness to accept expedient political tactics provided that a justifiable link could be established between the tactics themselves and the long term " moral " strategy ; a consequent unwillingness to accept expedient political tactics relayed unthinkingly by leading party officials whose only concern was the efficient management of the current party line . |
| 30 | Well that 's a picture you build up by doing things like appraisals , assessments , things like that using the other skills . |