Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bearing in mind that it will be mostly hidden by the curtain that will fall around it , and that it may also have to support a wire umbrella frame , a 3 inch ( 7.5cm ) diameter or square stake is not too big . |
| 2 | That is indeed part of their strategy but the fact of the matter is that the county council is wholly implicated in the efforts that have been made in this erm county over the last couple of years to get large scale inward investment . |
| 3 | The most economically prosperous parts of the UK at the present time are widely regarded as the towns and cities located on a broad axis extending from Cambridgeshire to Dorset and Avon . |
| 4 | Although attention was naturally directed towards improving the ‘ dirty ’ areas , the Sierra Club successfully pressed through the courts that the EPA should ensure that ‘ clean ’ or attainment areas should not suffer further degradation ( Stern , 1977 ) . |
| 5 | The invasion , additionally justified by the US as necessary to defend the Panama Canal , was showing signs of turning into an occupation — and , what was more , an occupation facing potential guerrilla resistance . |
| 6 | Copernicus had shown that the apparent movements of the planets as observed from the earth can not be satisfactorily or coherently explained on the assumption that the earth itself lies immobile at the centre of the universe . |
| 7 | Self 's victory was bitterly resented by the engineers and , on his return , Pask tried ( unsuccessfully ) to overturn it . |
| 8 | They said they had not been properly consulted about the venue and formed a rival organisation , the Professional Chess Association , to manage the championship . |
| 9 | A rumour has since flown around the circuit that poor Jimbob 's bruises are not particularly pretty . |
| 10 | They are mostly limited to the accident and emergency department , the coronary care unit , and the intensive care unit ; results from general wards are depressingly poor . |
| 11 | Detectives say the young woman was left badly shaken after the assault and have warned that the incident might have become more serious if it had gone on any longer . |
| 12 | Both of the men were quite badly shaken by the incident and understandably do n't want their names to be released . ’ |
| 13 | The lime kilns were later mostly situated alongside the wharf but the original kilns were sited next to the quarry . |
| 14 | Such a system was effectively harnessed by the energy and skill of Thomas Cromwell ; but deprived of his control after 1540 it became corrupt , inefficient , and unpopular . |
| 15 | Mr Kinnock is not obliged to include Mr McNamara in his first Cabinet but it is widely expected in the province that the Liverpool-born Roman Catholic would assume the portfolio that he has shadowed for more than five years . |
| 16 | There were but six people on board , all of whom were killed and although the event was duly reported in the press and other media as one might expect , the world proceeded with its normal business and within a few days the matter had receded into the background . |
| 17 | It was alleged that Khashoggi , who had been extradited from Switzerland in April 1989 , had purchased four Manhattan properties secretly owned by the Marcoses and had backdated the sale documents to evade a New York court order which had frozen the assets of the former dictator and his wife . |
| 18 | The three volcanoes concerned are about as widely scattered around the world as possible — Vesuvius in the Mediterranean , Krakatoa in Indonesia , and Mt Pelee in the Caribbean . |
| 19 | Harry walked on , his face like thunder , his fists still clenched , his self-esteem badly bruised from the catcalls and laughter of the village . |
| 20 | In accordance with section 67 the item was properly included in the bill but the bill should have stated that this item had not yet been paid . |
| 21 | Do you regard that land as being within properly included in the inset or not ? |
| 22 | ‘ In approaching the wife 's defence I have regretfully come to the conclusion that the judge has overlooked two critical points of distinction between her case and that of the husband . |
| 23 | However , most boards tended to extract material when it suited them and rarely adhered to the time-scale or suggestions for different kinds of activity . |
| 24 | We all agree to the need for more rational use of insecticides than hitherto , especially in agriculture ; yet insecticides to control mosquitoes are normally applied to the inside walls and roofs of buildings so that , unlike agricultural pesticides , they are not widely dispersed over the landscape but confined within houses . |
| 25 | The irony is only compounded by the fact that in retrospect those trade figures turned out to be misleading and only a statistical ‘ blip ’ . |
| 26 | He has told April that I am insanely in love with him , and now they both hate me : he , because I have made it plain this is not the case , and she for much the same reason , only compounded by the fact that since he has raised the subject , and in view of his demeanour towards me … |
| 27 | The rest of the interior had been very much altered over the years and little original work of consequence remained visible . |
| 28 | The chill of fear and loneliness that had penetrated her very bones was suddenly consumed by the fury that engulfed her like a wave . |
| 29 | As she made for the doors she was suddenly halted by the realization that she had no money with her . |
| 30 | The range of chest exercises is really only limited by the equipment that is available . |