Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [v-ing] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was met by a slow but very solid resistance moving down the far bank . |
| 2 | As early as July 1728 Wade was able to report : ‘ I am now with all possible diligence carrying on the new road for wheel-carriages between Dunkeld and Inverness , of about 80 English measured miles [ 128 km ] ’ , but it was 1731 which saw the creation of his masterpiece , the road from Dalwhinnie to Fort Augustus , in the middle of the Great Glen . |
| 3 | The oddly named My Father 's Vertigo , a near narrative piece bringing out the best in LCDT , set the programme on its right tracks and proved that dance can contain wit . |
| 4 | The second , in 1552 , saw the publication of Hamilton 's Catechism , a vernacular work setting out the basic tenets of Catholic belief . |
| 5 | Its beauty lies not in its architecture , but in the magnificence of its views as it sits in splendid isolation on top of a steep hill looking down the unencumbered views across fields , moors and woodland to the river valleys of the Wye and Elan . |
| 6 | It is basic AIB practice that the investigating team carrying out the original field investigation follows the work right through all the stages of testing and researches to the ultimate production of the report , thus ensuring complete continuity throughout . |
| 7 | Such a compelling clash would also put the gloss on the remarkable atmosphere which was generated during Saturday 's Royal Bank international with Wales , Scotland 's 20-0 victory setting up the tantalising finale to the season . |
| 8 | The working groups will look at particular topics , consider the existing legislation and help prepare a discussion document for wider public consultation setting out the various options for reform . |
| 9 | Brewery bosses say that every British couple bringing back the new full drink and tobacco allowance would save almost £1,000 in import duty . |
| 10 | The other end was already harnessed to a team of horses , so it was easy work pulling off the entire roof in one smack . |
| 11 | The neck is ( you guessed it ) mahogany , again of reasonable quality , and all of one piece , save for an extra block making up the traditionally-pointed heel . |
| 12 | A Dwarf sees an extra Elf sitting up the same tree , about to fire an Elf Bow and strike down his rockbrother . |
| 13 | The containment of public spending has won out over local choice ; reducing the state in this area has meant central government rolling back the local state . |
| 14 | In order to monitor the sources of recruitment on the programme HCIMA will require centres to complete , for each cohort of students , a standard form setting out the prior qualifications/learning experience for the student group . |
| 15 | In order to monitor the sources of recruitment on the programme HCIMA will require centres to complete , for each cohort of students , a standard form setting out the prior qualifications/learning experience for the student group . |
| 16 | The two major forms of housing tenure in Britain are owner-occupation , which accounts for 51.5 per cent of the population , and local authority ( or council ) housing , which accounts for 33.4 per cent of the population , with housing associations , co-operatives and the private rented sector making up the remaining 15 per cent ( CSO , 1979 , p. 146 ) . |
| 17 | It 's hard work pumping up the inflatable with a foot pump , so why not use someone 's drysuit inflator instead ? |
| 18 | Odinga , who resigned as Kenya 's Vice-President in 1966 , told a press conference that the NDP would seek formal registration and the repeal of provisions in the national Constitution setting up the single party state . |
| 19 | The evidence from the Leicestershire textile village of Shepshed , as he puts it , ‘ supports the argument that the acceleration of economic activity after 1750 was the prime agent breaking down the traditional social controls that previously maintained a demographic equilibrium in which population size was kept in line with resources . ’ |
| 20 | It is just as well , in view of the profusion of black ink blotting out the salient points in Goya 's Maja Desnuda ( ‘ Homeless masterpieces ’ , May 1st ) , that there are no plans to publicly exhibit this or other similarly rude paintings in Indonesia . |
| 21 | This will help prevent freezing air blowing up the open ends of the waste pipes . |
| 22 | The full ten marks were awarded to Peter Talbot 's The First Ironbridge ’ , a fine view of the bridge with good lighting picking out the structural detail . |
| 23 | With help from master decorator Renzo Mongiardino , who is known to have helped him in the past , Ortiz-Patiño should have little trouble showing off the rare editions , manuscripts and fine bindings first collected by his father ; his own Dutch and Spanish Old Master paintings ; English silver by Paul de Lamerie and the gold snuff boxes he has been collecting since 1956 . |
| 24 | In fact I have just received a copy of ‘ Transport in the 1990s ’ , which is an information pamphlet from the European Commission setting out the European Community 's strategy for transport . |
| 25 | Some of us remember the old days when the NI was gloriously unpredictable — one month a short story taking up the whole magazine , the next a cartoon issue and then a bit later a fold-out world map . |
| 26 | Then there 's er the door the door at forty feet and there 's er a gunmetal ladder going up the forty feet you 've got to climb up to get into the door . |
| 27 | He continued : ‘ I am looking forward to the next Labour government throwing out the Tory anti-union laws and giving working people the protection that they need to conduct legitimate industrial action . |
| 28 | He is referring to France as this is where the poem is set as it combines the rest of the world in with this one man , the sun being the common factor , France , I think , represent the rest of the world and since it is a funny thought this single object waking up the whole population , Owen uses the words ‘ even in ’ . |
| 29 | That was bad enough but Italian Constantino Rocca , who had been five shots behind the 39-year-old Scot coming up the last , sank a six feet putt for a birdie three to close the gap by two . |
| 30 | The Ministry of Labour and Government Administration , previously held by Tove Strand Gerhardsen , was split into two , with Gunnar Berge taking over the new Ministry of Local Government and Labour and Oddny Alexandersen the Ministry of Government Administration . |