Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in 1986 Virani sold the little beer-maker for £25 million — only to buy it back again in 1988 for £8 million less . |
| 2 | Considering each member of the series of hypothetical Ks connecting the human eye to no eye at all , is it plausible that every one of them was made available by random mutation of its predecessor ? |
| 3 | You can see the one that Scott done the other day . |
| 4 | In 1935 Humphrys left the public service and embarked on a career in the City . |
| 5 | Public NME had the good sense to decline an invitation to a party for FLOWERED UP and their short film Weekender . |
| 6 | Top Texas exiles The Rolling Stones parked up their private jet for a hands across the water-style ambassadorial piss-stop at Davy Crockett 's old gaff The Alamo on their '75 US tour . |
| 7 | In an address to foreign ambassadors at the end of 1985 Gorbachev underlined the Soviet readiness to search for ‘ just solutions jointly with other countries ’ to conflicts in various regions and ‘ to participate where necessary , in respective guarantees ’ . |
| 8 | And for the youngsters , the Old Swan makes the old village hall seem like a hangover . |
| 9 | The journalists from France 's national sporting daily L'Equipe picked the whole front five and all the threequarters , with two Scotsmen and two Frenchmen making up their imaginary side . |
| 10 | The 1st oboe plays the top line in the preceding four bars , and gives place to the 1st clarinet on reaching the aforesaid high F. Note the smooth movement of the horns in the chord-passage , and the introduction of the 2nd clarinet on the low E to complete the harmony at the sixth bar from the end . |
| 11 | The Foreign Affairs Committee statement on 2 December gave the initial response from the European Community . |
| 12 | British Telecom said the digital exchange would help nearly 500 phone-users make faster and better-quality calls . |
| 13 | SURVEY FOR BRITISH TELECOM UNCOVERS THE CHANGING FACE OF COMPUTING IN WORLD OF FINANCE |
| 14 | Banks were closed on Jan. 29-30 , but on Jan. 30 Cavallo ordered the financial markets to be reopened , with the austral to be restricted within a fixed fluctuation band of between 8,000 and 10,000 to the dollar , backed up by Central Bank reserves . |
| 15 | This Dickens had the right idea after all , no matter who his anonymous friend might be . |
| 16 | Pakistan objected to his remarks about ‘ cheating ’ , made at the height of the Mike Gatting/Shakoor Rana affair five years ago and ICC secretary Colonel John Stephenson said : ‘ I 'm afraid Tom pressed the self-destruction button by making those comments . |
| 17 | Everyone agrees , however , that a few TNCs control the global trade in grain , as well as the trade in other basic commodities . |
| 18 | In 1879 Crookes sold the Quarterly Journal ; it lived on until 1885 , becoming in its last years a monthly-but it had never been a leading journal , and general scientific reviewing never caught on . |
| 19 | In The Times ’ 1991 league of top names for children , favourite Emily knocked the previous year 's Charlotte into second place , followed by Olivia , Sophie , Lucy and Emma . |
| 20 | In order to show this Marx explains the simultaneous growth of both the ideology and the social system of capitalism . |
| 21 | While people were dreaming dreams and singing songs , and the Evil One and his angels strutted their mastery over the world like cocks in a barnyard , the omnipotent God made the decisive move that was to win the Great Battle for the world . |
| 22 | Curt Fredrikson founded the Swedish Debt Surveillance operation , and has been Managing Director of the Swedish wing of Justitia since 1985 . |
| 23 | The British pointedly refused to endorse the two major conditions that de Gaulle placed on an armistice with the local authorities : an opportunity for Free France to administer the mandated territories and recruit soldiers and civilians from them ; and a guarantee that the British would respect all of France 's rights in the region . |
| 24 | This mighty High Mage bound the fearsome dragons to his will , using harnesses of enchanted truesteel smelted in the fiery heart of Vaul 's Anvil . |
| 25 | Imagine , in some generation in the past , that a species contains N individuals , and hence 2 N copies of some particular gene , say the gene for cytochrome C. Let the total mutation rate per gene be m ( that is , the chance of a mutation of some kind occurring somewhere in the gene in a given sperm or egg ) . |
| 26 | Wedding Daze Bridal Shoppe stocks the full range of Romantica of Devon bridal gowns and bridesmaids ' attire , and will also offer a hand design service . |
| 27 | Nearby Carthage contains the intriguing ruins of that once prestigious Phoenician and Roman city . |
| 28 | Despite the evidence put forward by Soviet historians to assert a Marxist tradition in Latin America antedating the Russian revolution , it is difficult to draw any conclusion other than that Marxism as a basis for worker organisation became a significant force in the region , with few exceptions , in the wake of the Bolshevik triumph . |
| 29 | Promotional tools used by Historic Scotland include the Scottish Explorer Ticket , which allows visitors to see as many properties as they can within either 7 or 14 days . |
| 30 | Whether it is a personal celebration such as a wedding or a family party , or an important corporate event such as the launch of a new product , Historic Scotland has the perfect venue . |