Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [prep] the [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And equally I disagree with the very poor performa poor sorry poor performance given er er in particular to the A nineteen north . |
| 2 | And here I apologise for the rather poor sound quality , but he refused to shut his parrot and dogs in another room during the interview . |
| 3 | It was designed to be used when knitting pile and drive lace — though I suspect from the almost total lack of drive lace and pile garments that I 've seen , or rather not seen , that is used at all it 's mainly with the rib transfer carriage ! |
| 4 | ‘ We 'll go out for a meal , to a quiet exclusive mirador I know with the most spectacular views across to Cabo de Formentor and then we 'll talk , really talk . ’ |
| 5 | I know of the most intellectual of men and women who are not ‘ earthed ’ and some of the humblest who are . |
| 6 | The reason why I think that there is a limit to our rational understanding of what is great art is quite simple : I believe in the fundamentally biological foundation of our reactions . |
| 7 | Like y'know we we 've mentioned organisational structure I think in the very first lecture er that idea , the idea that you 've got a kind of box at the top labelled president and you 've got two boxes underneath labelled vice president and you 've got y'know one box goes off to sales manager y'know the sort of thing I mean , okay ? |
| 8 | I remember when I started my training I work with this girl and I said where 'd you come from and she said I come from the most boring town in Britain , I says where Grantham ? , she says yeah , I says is it boring , she says yeah huh , it is |
| 9 | In concluding this chapter , I return to the more general theme of the balance in the last years of life between dependence and independence . |
| 10 | ‘ I work with the terminally ill . ’ |
| 11 | Erm well they 're colleagues of mine , I work at the so these are colleagues of mine who are coming around |
| 12 | It is these residual , archaic superego elements which combine with the more rational , mature ones in the comprehensive externalization of the superego which occurs in total societies . |
| 13 | Proposals for meeting the challenges posed by changes in the workforce and patterns of work include calls for the total elimination of mandatory retirement ages and changes to existing employment laws which discriminate against the over 60s . |
| 14 | The regard in which chiefs held their jade ornaments is shown by the way they stored them along with prized bird plumage in the elaborately carved wooden treasure boxes which rank among the most outstanding products of Maori art . |
| 15 | Some will frequent the hostels run by caring organisations which range from the most basic wooden bench with newspapers spread around . |
| 16 | None of the films are too long to outstay their welcome , but there are n't any real home runs in the batch , which range from the slickly professional ( Rosebud ) to the endearingly rough-and-ready ( Public Enemy/Private Friends ) . |
| 17 | Curvilinear designs are found in rugs produced throughout the entire oriental weaving area and usually employ naturalistic floral elements , which range from the essentially floral Shah Abbas , garden or vase compositions , to the incorporation of flower , leaf or stem motifs into the infill decorations or border arrangements of allover and medallion designs . |
| 18 | During his campaign , he promised not to raise taxes for the middle classes ; he is now faced with the realisation that if he is to cut the deficit and fulfil his promises to improve social welfare , education and training and to overhaul health provisions , then tax increases which extend beyond the seriously wealthy are unavoidable . |
| 19 | It is flanked to the north , west and south by the villages of Ulrome , Beeford and Atwick , which nestle under the wide open skies and clean air of this piece of East Yorkshire . |
| 20 | Sadly , the methods used in food processing to boost flavour and enhance colour and texture are all too often detrimental to the nutritional value of the product : natural vitamins , minerals and fibre may be removed , and salt , sugar and cheap fats are introduced , all of which contribute to the already high levels of heart disease prevalent in this country . |
| 21 | But difficulties of the same general type which spring from the apparently idiosyncratic behaviour of lexical items are reported in the United States also . |
| 22 | When you get a prognosis like that , trivial matters disappear and you concentrate on the really important things in life — home , family and caring . |
| 23 | The puzzles facing you range from the blatantly obvious to the hopelessly obscure : how , for example , can you pass the troll guarding the castle gate ? |
| 24 | Again it is fine to add such a trim but the fewer you put on the more attractive they look . |
| 25 | If you look at the very slow times , I think you 'll find it was pretty dead old ground . ’ |
| 26 | There are around 100 dry ski slopes throughout the country , some very short with a gentle gradient , some hundreds of metres long with moguls — the bumps you meet on the more difficult snow runs — and slalom courses . |
| 27 | Issue ( i ) turns on the difficult distinction between consideration and the performance of a condition precedent to a gratuitous promise , or if you like on the equally difficult question of intent to contract . |
| 28 | Er and also it 's not always easy , I mean there 's all this youth work business and sort of detached youth work and so on in erm er you know in the very underprivileged areas , but actually I , I think people say that the erm er the disaffected teenagers are actually some of the most difficult people to relate to at all . |
| 29 | You go to the most wonderful places , you STAND in Soweto outside Nelson Mandela 's little house and watch him come home for the first time in 25 years . |
| 30 | Now when you think of the comparatively small measurement of a single limb , the inch loss is truly amazing . |