Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [vb base] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What 's this I hear about the dreaded Wullie ? ’ |
| 2 | By this I refer to the acknowledged limitations on the ability to infer the contents of consciousness from any number of behavioural or physiological observations . |
| 3 | As life speeds up like this I move among the urban people , in the urban setting , the city 's metal and mortar , its sharper interactions , with more grit and bite in the gears . |
| 4 | All this I learn from the official match programme , price sixpence and now something of a collector 's item . |
| 5 | The result is a ludic collapsing of autonomous theoretical systems on the basis of structural similarities or ‘ slips ’ from one to another which point to the common ‘ story ’ underlying them . |
| 6 | As we progress up the scale of profit-taking , we find others who sell at small craft fairs and those who find an outlet through local shops , until we come at last to the favoured few who sell at the prestigious crafts fairs which Hugh prefers . |
| 7 | As was pointed out in the previous chapter , the plan of the Victorian house and the Victorian city have this in common : that both are so designed that the few who live on the privileged side of the divide need know nothing of the many who are crowded beyond it into a fraction of the space . |
| 8 | In Section 7.4 we look at the special case of inherently restrictive adjectives . |
| 9 | In Fig. 2 we show at the upper right a typical fragment of foveal retina from one of our preparations . |
| 10 | How much you pay for the eurocheque service depends on the number of cheques you issue , but there is an annual fee of £5 for your eurocheque card . |
| 11 | In moments of crisis like that you reach for the old dependables . |
| 12 | The director may be trying to demonstrate the situation as it was then , but in not offering the viewer some entree into the little we see of the Black peoples interaction with each other , she colludes with it . |
| 13 | Structures where economic relationships are primary we call class societies , and in these we refer to the different unequal groups as classes . |
| 14 | But fortunately his own cast have not taken such advice and under the musical direction of Marius Constant they soar above the lugubrious libretto based on Maeterlinck 's play . |
| 15 | ‘ And , ’ continued the badger ceremoniously , ‘ I am sure I speak for the entire population in wishing you all the very best in driving away this menace in our midst . |
| 16 | 'You want to make sure I look like the guilty party if anything goes wrong . |
| 17 | By " beneficial " I mean those summarized in Chapter 12 on page 176 which accord with the five-fold quality of respect outlined in Chapter 1 as basic to education as to civilized living . |
| 18 | After the strange events of The Haunting Horror , the adventurers could find some books in room 11 which refer to the Great Enchanter , and possibly some letters implying that Ludovicus Hanike was involved with Drachenfels in some way . |
| 19 | Make sure you return to the lying position each time after touching the knee . |
| 20 | Make sure you refer to the correct table : weekly or monthly . |
| 21 | ( But do n't forget that you still need to make sure you start with the right sum insured and to tell us if you improve your home or add to your possessions . ) |
| 22 | Many children , it was said , ‘ actually begin their downward course of crime by reason of the burglary and pickpocket scenes they have witnessed ’ : ‘ All who care for the moral well-being and education of the child will set their faces like flint against this new form of excitement . ’ |
| 23 | A calculation can be made to pass such costs ( or benefits ) onto all who enter into the forward contracts by an adjustment to the prevailing spot rate to give a forward rate . |
| 24 | Behind the scenes , many who sit on the Conservative Benches are betraying their concern even before the Bill has received its Second Reading . |
| 25 | You see , in spite of all you read About the nasty banks , We ‘ re mostly very nice indeed But seldom get the thanks . |
| 26 | The form is all you have in the initial stages , and if you do n't erm fill it out sensibly then you do n't get as far as the interview , when of course your individual personality can start to come through . |
| 27 | In the former we look for the objectionable and unacceptable features in the book and use these as the basis of rejection , and in the latter we look for the meritorious and desirable features in the book and use these as the basis of selection . |
| 28 | All we have in the General Secretary 's report is one page . |
| 29 | In chapters 15 to 17 we apply to the individual profile components the principles set out in chapter 14 . |
| 30 | The strengths of the present one lie in the male singers : Markus Schäfer is a lightish Acis , who knows how to shade such a piece as ‘ Love in her eyes sits playing ’ , while Wilfried Jochens makes an exceptionally graceful and fluent Damon ( my apologies if I have these two the wrong way round ; the box and booklet are not explicit ) ; while Peter Like , with his light staccato , his controlled pianissimo and his splendidly rotund tone , makes as good a Polyphemus as any I recall . |