Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Admiration for the strong can turn into an implicit condemnation of the weak . ) |
| 2 | Here , we see the state as an ardent suitor , suddenly aware of the rich dowry the multinational can bring to the national economy . |
| 3 | In pastoral sermons , the archbishop continued to oppose civil divorce , claiming that the weak would suffer as a consequence , along with the well-being of society . |
| 4 | Christian preachers could declare how wrong it was for an individual to be dominated by another so as to be his legal property , and to be bought for much less than the rich would give for a racehorse . |
| 5 | The unemployed would vie with the employed by offering their labour services at lower wages . |
| 6 | The ADATH policy of rejecting all non Jewish offers to help assumed that if the RCM took an equally hard line , the faithful would rise to the challenge . |
| 7 | ONCE upon a time , the British used to boast of the battles they had won — Agincourt , Trafalgar and Waterloo ( with less justice ) for example . |
| 8 | They agreed , however , that the British could collaborate in the Skybolt development and buy it on very favourable terms . |
| 9 | The British should adjust to the newly emerging regional political forces and interest groups . |
| 10 | A few years ago the French would come through the tunnel for an evening at Filippo 's , said Gioachino . |
| 11 | The Prince , momentarily forgetting his orders for Sharpe to change into Dutch uniform , dominated the luncheon conversation as he eagerly expressed his wish that the French would attack before the Duke returned from his meeting with the Prussians , for then the Prince could defeat the enemy with only the help of his faithful Dutch troops . |
| 12 | An opinion poll suggests that the French will vote against the Maastricht Treaty on closer European ties . |
| 13 | It is the problem of how the necessary support , in a physical and environmental sense , which in different circumstances the old would obtain in the setting of a family or a closely-knit village community , can be available to these millions of ageing individuals isolated in a modern industrial society . |
| 14 | A change for the better , for now the Japanese can concentrate on the new industries of Computers and Lasers where , because there is not yet the world competition as in radios and televisions , they can recover better margins making their industries more wealth-creating . |
| 15 | ‘ He has given himself a hard race , ’ said Josh Gifford , but if he recovers quickly the seven-year-old will go for the H and T Walker Chase at Ascot next weekend . |
| 16 | The first of these will probably lead to an increase in global temperature ; the second could lead to an increase in the amount of ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth 's surface ; and the third is already destroying vast areas of forest and lakes in northern Europe . |
| 17 | But this general rule is hedged about with various provisos , of which the following will serve as a specimen : |
| 18 | These criteria need careful elaboration , but the following will serve as a preliminary illustration of the points : |
| 19 | For those who have yet to take the plunge I hope the following will act as a series of checkpoints that you can apply to your own , unique situation . |
| 20 | Forensic scientists are examining banknotes the three used to pay for a meal at a restaurant just yards from the depot where Ashiq was killed . |
| 21 | If there were just two , as in the face-to-face dialogue , then the ethical would preside as the injunction of responsibility for the other . |
| 22 | The swelling may extend from the clitoris to the anus . |
| 23 | The poor will pay for the protection accorded to the better-off . |
| 24 | This month 's Full Moon on the 4th will pass through the Earth 's shadow and produce a splendid lunar eclipse . |
| 25 | Once again , the policy of using the law against those who indulge in sexual exploitation of the vulnerable may conflict with the ‘ logic ’ of overall consistency in age-limits , and this conflict must be acknowledged and confronted . |
| 26 | This significant difference arose because whereas the Concorde and the TU-144 would cruise at an altitude of 17 km , the Boeing 2707 would cruise at 20 km , and in addition the Concorde and TU-144 would consume only about one-third as much fuel as the larger , faster Boeing . |
| 27 | It seems doubtful that any strong moral reaction can now set in although some backlash is already evident ; a dissident minority and a good many of the elderly will continue for a long time to object to what they see as moral decay . |
| 28 | Since it was frequently predicted that the pressures of the latter would lead to an increase in whole-class teaching , it is useful to supplement our comments by reference to more recent data , gathered as part of another project based at Leeds University , the SEAC-funded evaluation of the 1991 Key Stage One National Curriculum Assessment directed by Diane Shorrocks and Robin Alexander . |
| 29 | The latter may depend upon the receptor switching from a low-affinity ( R L ) state , which can gate calcium , to an inactive high-affinity ( R H ) state . |
| 30 | But , alternatively , assuming that this was not so , and that the instrument did not cease to be a negotiable instrument , then , in my judgment , from the moment when the draft sent by Sir Richard Temple was cashed by the plaintiffs a trust was created as between Sir Richard Temple and the moneylenders in favour of the former , so that any money which the latter might receive upon the promissory note , if they did receive any , would be held by them in trust for him . … |