Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [vb base] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The different definitions open up the possibility of divergent interpretations . |
| 2 | Dr Fitzhugh admits that the prices he pays for commissioned prices are well below market value ; but few artists turn down the opportunity for such excellent exposure . |
| 3 | In both cases too , those private choices in some cases bring about the tragedy of the commons ( Hardin 1972 ) . |
| 4 | Old voices echo down the hall , |
| 5 | Some schools auction off the gifts at the end of the service but if the bid for the produce does n't equal the cost price parents can become upset when other , possibly more prosperous , families are buying their gifts at a discount ! |
| 6 | Settlement on time , with the right monies , is another area in which licensed dealers let down the clients , but retain the advantage of having the use of the clients ' money . |
| 7 | The tiny scullion squealed and the bucket clattered to the floor , staying upright but letting some of its glutinous contents slop over the side . |
| 8 | This area was once the site of a Gunpowder Mill and a lot of the old ruined buildings remain around the river including the Weir and the Old Mill Lade . |
| 9 | French retailers hike up the prices of their mature stocks with even more frequency and gusto than their British counterparts , and this can make ready-to-drink claret and burgundy très cher indeed . |
| 10 | The British Isles linger off the shores of continental Europe , uncertain whether to be apart or a part , and their cattle have developed to some degree in isolation but also with many strong two-way links with the cattle of the Continent . |
| 11 | Instead of a see-saw process as different regions take over the running , a vicious circle sets in — a process of cumulative causation — by which the places which initially take the lead generate , by that very fact , all kinds of other advantages which make their position unassailable . |
| 12 | Implied terms fill in the gaps between them . |
| 13 | To help you get to know the local wines we recommend a special tasting at the Wine Forum , just a few yards walk down the promenade ( book on arrival — M9 per person ) . |
| 14 | Although some doctors carry on the tradition of the medical profession in refusing to accept these ‘ outsiders ’ , more are now realising that osteopaths and chiropractors can relieve pain . |
| 15 | If we did not have certain terms , for instance if we did not have a word ‘ orange ’ as well as a word ‘ yellow ’ , it is easy to imagine that we would not have a concept of the corresponding colours ; indeed the fact that there is nothing natural or necessary about colour terms is proved , as one of Saussure 's successors argued ( Hjelmslev 1961 : 52ff. ) by the fact that different languages divide up the colour spectrum differently . |
| 16 | Some travellers take up the challenge of lone journeys : a test of endurance in Arctic conditions . |
| 17 | And not a snigger is heard as a group of teenage boys sit around the table talking about sex . |
| 18 | Periodically , groups of East German soldiers cross over the Wire , laden with cameras to watch and photograph British soldiers shooting on the ranges . |
| 19 | Local Friendship Centres offering various social events exist around the country . |
| 20 | Colour touched her cheeks but she looked him straight in the eyes and was just about to reply when the kitchen door opened and Gerard 's solid footsteps sound along the hall . |
| 21 | This is because the dark scales soak up the sunlight , to warm the butterfly . |
| 22 | Through the network of INSET courses , inspectors , advisory teachers and personal contacts hunt out the names of schools where outstanding work is taking place or schools that have a reputation for being generally good . |
| 23 | Augmented by informal photographs , the contemporary words conjure up the feel of life in the 1930s , when cricket seems somehow to have been more wholesome and felicitous . |
| 24 | It is believed that similar reserves exist along the coast . |
| 25 | Such combinations make up the particles known as mesons , which are unstable because the quark and antiquark can annihilate each other , producing electrons and other particles . |
| 26 | The following paragraphs set out the response of the University of Oxford to the HEFCE 's invitation in circular letter 17/93 to submit information on its strategic plans and financial forecasts up to 1996–7 . |
| 27 | In Guyana 's interior , forest-dwelling Indians make up the majority of the population . |
| 28 | From your time sheet covering three typical days add up the amount of time you 've spent on all these activities/jobs . |
| 29 | Colourful sprites zip around the screen at warp speed . |
| 30 | Such questions point up the importance of recognizing how the reality principles of power are reworked ‘ intra-discursively ’ . |