Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I wanted to satisfy my client , and if possible pick up the five G's on the way . |
2 | For this reason , it is not always possible to carry out the preferred size or type of investigation until certain data or resources become available . |
3 | Difficult to move , hideous to breathe in the shuttered carriage . |
4 | The employer , or the architect on his behalf , for certain sections of a contract may provide a list , in or attached to the contract bills , of at least three sub-contractors from which the builder must select one able and willing to carry out the respective work . |
5 | This points out the bridging nature of WordStar for Windows — it really is an amalgam of word processing and DTP concepts , and is likely to develop further towards the DTP arena as subsequent versions are released . |
6 | On 5 June one of two Iranian F-4s that had come over from Bushehr , looking for another kill off the Saudi coast , was shot down by the Saudis ' more advanced F-15s , armed with the Raytheon Sparrow missile and guided on to their targets by AWACS surveillance craft . |
7 | Bott was given huge amounts of space on the inside pages of Ink in December 1971 and January 1972 to set out the scrambled views on life which he was culling from a variety of standard left-wing and anarchist gurus . |
8 | This drove out the tawny owls . |
9 | However it is linked to these things because they and it are part of a complex whole , and this rules out the simple correlations between two elements which Engels sought to establish in his ‘ historical ’ discussion . |
10 | She very much doubted Madeleine would be prepared to give up the good time she was having to settle down in the country on Harry 's salary . |
11 | However , doubt arose over whether Kazakhstan was prepared to give up the nuclear weapons on its territory , as it had earlier stated and as Yeltsin was assuring it would . |
12 | The conclusion must be that neither side of industry was prepared to give up the old ways of doing things to achieve full employment . |
13 | This breaks up the upper crust of the snow and produces , in the long run , a piste which is firmer , and therefore better able to withstand 140 racers . |
14 | I walked the 30 paces down the narrow alley to the very spot where the paper girl first heard the running steps of her assailant before she was knocked senseless . |
15 | Perhaps now we 'll see a happier Oval under a manager who 's prepared to clear out the old guard from ex-stalwarts down to assistant kitman . |
16 | And he half hopped and half flew up the rough beach , stopping frequently to see that she was following , until with a final struggle they got back to safe rocks along the cliffs over the tideline . |
17 | 2 Find out the main factors on your surgical ward which help or hinder patient comfort . |
18 | I usually start at the walls because I find it easier to think up the general colour scheme first , but many people prefer to start with the floor because they automatically think of carpet and presume that this will be the most expensive item . |
19 | Children 's bedrooms are usually small areas with light-coloured walls , so there should be enough reflected light to lighten up the main scene of action , but if you do bring in any additional low-level lighting , take care to position it where it will not get in the way of the camera or shine into the lens . |
20 | This sets out the basic principles upon which courts must decide issues relating to the upbringing of children . |
21 | This sets out the fundamental principles which should inform good social work practice and explains how local authorities should translate legal requirements into practice . |
22 | In desperation the British gave up the Palestinian mandate in May 1948 , while trying to rescue what they could of their relationship with the Arabs . |
23 | Part II to Schedule 12 sets out the prescribed matters of complaint . |
24 | Some carrying on the narrow canals continued until the early 1960s . |
25 | Paragraph 2 sets out the permissible exclusions from investigation , and paragraphs 3 to 5 set out the functions of the adjudicator . |
26 | It would be wrong to add back the extra depreciation charge that Shaw plc has borne . |
27 | But it is uncertain how far Mr Rafsanjani is willing to roll back the Islamic revolution . |
28 | Their spokesman said that the men were prepared to close down the generating plant immediately , but it would mean that the grid would go and that factories and hospitals would be without power for an indefinite time . |
29 | It is understood that Sock Shop directors were in the US yesterday trying to find someone who might be prepared to take over the American end of the operation and continue to run it under the Sock Shop name . |
30 | One correspondent asserts that whilst there is no shortage of organists , there is a dearth of those who are prepared to take on the regular commitment of parish church music . |