Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ships laden with nutmeg or cinnamon , cloves or coriander once battled the Seven Seas to bring home their precious cargo . |
| 2 | On all copies of the Work rendered into bilingual editions , or adapted specially to suit the educational requirements and syllabus of particular countries a royalty to be negotiated and based on the Publisher 's net receipts |
| 3 | Even grains which are badly weathered or altered still register the typical emission . |
| 4 | She had a fistful of tiny flowers , and made me wait patiently while she described them all , making up her own names when she forgot or had never learned the real ones . |
| 5 | Where lighting consistently exceeds the recommended level for a particular area certain tubes could be removed , but in the case of switch start light circuits , the starter must also be removed otherwise this will continue to use power . |
| 6 | This is analogous to the claim Gandhi makes in an address he gave to Christian missionaries , namely , that ‘ many men who have never heard the name of Jesus Christ or have even rejected the official interpretation of Christianity would probably , if Jesus came into our midst today … be owned by him more than many of us … ’ |
| 7 | Will the Secretary of State explain to the House the confusion that arose yesterday following the Prime Minister 's statement on the United Nations meeting ? |
| 8 | Paradoxically , ‘ people 's capitalism ’ has been ushered in at a time when the long-term trend towards a greater equality in wealth may have been reversed , and in a manner that has firmly excluded the poorest from acquiring capital assets themselves . |
| 9 | What to do — of anything — about the Italian Connection is a problem that has long perplexed the top administrators : some see it as a cancer at the heart of rugby ; others as a storm in a teacup of no consequence to what they see as larger and more insidious threat to amateurism in England and the rest of the ‘ Big Eight ’ . |
| 10 | The sigh of the waves sounding up that chute only emphasised the genial security of the chamber . |
| 11 | Donaldson was not , however , quite correct in stating that Burn always followed the Vitruvian principle of waiting to be sought . |
| 12 | This process implies that forecasts effectively became the annual budgets . |
| 13 | The Pacific Basin became the world 's key trading arena — and as a result the world was forced to take much more notice of Pacific Island groupings that had barely made the global news since World War Two . |
| 14 | It was a good start to a day that had already seen the Liberal Democrats improve by two points in the latest opinion polls . |
| 15 | Buxom cows , creamy-white and clean , with proper horns that had somehow escaped the French passion for pruning . |
| 16 | The new two-part report in February 1983 avoided direct reference to the Committee constitution that had so bedevilled the 1982 Extraordinary General Meeting , and it restricted its recommendation to clubhouse alterations , and to raising finance by a new bond issue which simultaneously meant redeeming the foundation bonds . |
| 17 | He was also a builder and developer of culture , and worked endlessly to set Germany upon a firm governmental and financial footing after the internal struggles that had long divided the German territories against one another . |
| 18 | But it was surely natural for it to feel a flutter of impatience with a fading tradition of Edwardian Modernism that had once invited the educated reader to find metaphysical foundations to his faith before he could believe life meant anything or was worth living . |
| 19 | It was ‘ How Soon Is Now ’ that had initially made the serious inroads into a vast American audience . |
| 20 | One problem that had consistently undermined the Urban Programme was its lack of objective definition ( National Audit Office , 1986 ) . |
| 21 | So much for Barry boasting at school that Rebel only ate the best . |
| 22 | It is not possible here to attempt to unravel the many strands of thought and practice that have historically influenced the contemporary curriculum in this way , but it may be useful to refer briefly to some of them before going on to consider the current pattern . |
| 23 | the sort of metal tables that have just got the four legs |
| 24 | Since these reports on the aged poor were first published in the 1960s , two changes have occurred that have radically changed the financial position of many of those who have retired . |
| 25 | If you increase the amount of reward the rats run faster than rats that have always received the large reward and if you decrease it the reverse happens ; the rats run more slowly than those that have always had the small reward . |
| 26 | If you increase the amount of reward the rats run faster than rats that have always received the large reward and if you decrease it the reverse happens ; the rats run more slowly than those that have always had the small reward . |
| 27 | On the other hand I do favour a greater amount of ‘ non-scientific ’ components — e.g. philosophy , history of science — which if taught well put the practical science into proper context . |
| 28 | Downes thumped the table with both fists with such ferocity that WPC Wright transferred her shorthand-book to her black-stockinged knee , and failed completely to register the next three words that Downes had thundered . |
| 29 | Most other delegates dismissed this as quite unrealistic and agreed merely to encourage the International Socialist Bureau to continue seeking opportunities for a peaceful settlement , ‘ without annexations or indemnities ’ . |
| 30 | This is almost obligatory , because it takes a bit of practise before you become dexterous enough to become adept with the net and experienced enough to discover the hiding places of the various fish and other interesting creatures . |