Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] the [adj] [noun sg] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simon Pepper of the WWF said : ‘ We have had to recognise that having spent a considerable time on this project and having devoted considerable resources by our organisations , it has not been possible to secure the overall package which we considered necessary for going ahead . |
| 2 | Mammals keep track of this using the pineal gland which also regulates their bodies ' circadian rhythm . |
| 3 | The farm worker , in many respects , has yet to achieve his place in the sun , but he is also less willing to accept the low status which the rest of society seems to offer him . |
| 4 | This dissolves the central paradox which is of the very essence of faith , and turns faith itself into an inheritance rather than a permanent passion of risk , commitment and obedience . |
| 5 | This prevented the through draught which was valued for winnowing and meant that carts had to back out , so it was a less popular arrangement . |
| 6 | All of this creates the fractured rivalry which has existed during the whole of my service and which has survived attempts by management to ‘ weld the uniform and C.I.D . |
| 7 | This reflects the multiple pathology which is often a feature of older people presenting with specific medical conditions . |
| 8 | I use this to excuse the possible ignorance which my question may make apparent ! |
| 9 | This replaced the original plan whose severity had sparked off street protests in February and March and which had been abandoned in mid-April . |
| 10 | This poses the interesting question which only the future can resolve : how long can values survive without the beliefs which sustain them ? |
| 11 | This makes the total deflection which for light just grazing the Sun 's limb ( ) is 1.750 arcsec . |
| 12 | Even the least sophisticated found it easy to blame the chronic unemployment which afflicted Britain on the war . |
| 13 | On other occasions they occupy respective quarters of a pavement ( in which case there will be not one but four pairs ) each surrounding the central medallion which is then subsidiary . |
| 14 | Ministers are also likely to emphasise the industrial muscle which will be created by the merger of three public sector unions — Nupe , Nalgo and Cohse . |
| 15 | Mr Wood commented : ‘ After many months of being in one of the lower positions it is gratifying to see the improved collection which , I hope , will be continued in both the old and new taxes . ’ |
| 16 | Opponents of the party leader say his criticism of the pre-meeting comments to the press as disloyal increased the political temperature which exploded when he pointed out to three executive members that collective responsibility had worked in their favour in past occasions and any comments should be made in private . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , representatives of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature , the World Wildlife Fund and the International Council for Bird Preservation have been quick to oppose the whole scheme which , they argue , would irreparably damage the island 's fragile ecology . |
| 18 | She threw herself out and was killed , and is supposed to haunt the little lan which runs alongside . |
| 19 | However , we have not been persuaded that it would be right to extend the special provision which has been made for the infected haemophiliacs . |
| 20 | Section 40(1) permits the court only to award compensation on an application made by the employee which inter alia establishes that the latter made the patented invention which is of outstanding benefit to the employer and that ‘ by reason of those facts it is just that the employee should be awarded compensation ’ . |
| 21 | We all accept the physical free-for-all which passes for the January sales . |
| 22 | 17 Find the smallest number which can be divided by 12 and 16 leaving the remainder 3 in each case . |
| 23 | Each resort has its own character , from romantic Playa Blanca to lively Puerto del Carmen or sophisticated Costa Teguise , and yet they all share the traditional friendliness which visitors find so appealing . |
| 24 | It is helpful to approach the spiritual continuum which in fact unites them by way of the teaching of the thirteenth-century Franciscan Bonaventura 's description of the light of God as the sun of his divinity and the moon of his humanity . |
| 25 | Paragraph 8 provides that , when an applicant is part of a group of individuals all making the same claim which is clearly unconnected with United Nations convention criteria , the group may be refused collectively . |
| 26 | The new men and women all reflect the brisk style which characterises the approach of John Major . |
| 27 | The former view tends to ignore the fact that the Labour Party was deeply-rooted in trade-union politics before 1914 , while the latter overlooks the great potential which the war had for destroying old values and arrangements . |
| 28 | In terms of sustainability , we we have done underdone undertaken the same exercise which Barton Willmore have done , and looked at all the various sources , I mean from there you should be including those published by the rural development corporation , commission I should say . |
| 29 | Concern for the safety of the remaining masterpieces makes it unlikely that future visitors will be able to enjoy the relaxed atmosphere which was one of the museum 's greatest charms . |
| 30 | In truth , the task was less daunting than it could have been , partly because a considerable number of our sportspersons did not ( Gasp ! ) regularly purchase the magazine and were therefore unlikely to spot the odd line which might interest m'learned friends . |