Example sentences of "[adv] [noun prp] [noun] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Mr Bradley asked the managing director ( sic ) of Westminster , Bill Phillips : ‘ What am I to do ? ’ |
| 2 | Thus Washington State became the largest apple-producing area in the world . |
| 3 | Thus Hans Sloane began the thorough grounding on which he was to build his successful career . |
| 4 | Thus Northern Ireland enjoyed the same standard of services and endured no greater taxation than the rest of the UK . |
| 5 | At once Lord Boddy did the same , and one by one , as they listened and nodded , everyone else followed suit . |
| 6 | An agreement to extend commercial air travel between the two countries ( equivalent to a quadrupling of existing services ) added four US and six Soviet destinations to current airline routes and allowed one more Soviet and six more US airlines to fly the new routes . |
| 7 | Six years later Idi Amin expelled the whole Asian community . |
| 8 | Also Brent East has the highest concentration of immigrants of any parliamentary constituency in the country . |
| 9 | A hundred years later George Orwell described the stagnant pools of the Ince flashes at Wigan as ‘ covered with ice the colour of raw umber … nothing existed except smoke , shale , ice , mud , ashes and foul water . ’ |
| 10 | It was from a corner that Malcolm Allen headed the second after 18 minutes to claim his eighth of the season before Andy May volleyed the third from the edge of the box against his former club . |
| 11 | In the past levels around Stow on the Wold have climbed above that — now Thames Water belive the new supply is one of the cleanest in the world . |
| 12 | A hastily convened Central Committee meeting fudged the question of 1956 , but not before Mr Pozsgay extracted the greatest concession possible : the green light to the multi-party system . |
| 13 | Simultaneously Lloyd George tackled the pressing problem of government revenue . |
| 14 | Now Linford Christie holds the rare chance of a second gold — first in the 200 metres but , more promisingly , by beating the United States next Saturday evening in the 100-metres relay . |
| 15 | Now Bishop David wants the fullest participation in formulating the Leeds diocesan response . |
| 16 | Even Haverford Downs receives the occasional rejection slip ! |
| 17 | HEALEY : Even Mr Pym made the same wobble , yes . |
| 18 | But was n't Mrs Thatcher telling the Japanese to break down their trade barriers the other day ? |
| 19 | For FUCK 'S SAKE , not even Joe Jackson likes The Four Of Us . |
| 20 | Today Didcot magistrates fined the Atomic Energy Authority eight thousand pounds for breaking safety laws . |
| 21 | THREE years ago James Oberg won the New Scientist /Cutty Sark competition for his essay on unidentified flying objects . |
| 22 | The sergeant continued : ‘ But then Mr Hamilton found the valuable guns missing from Taigh na Tuir , and he reported that , with the story of your attempt to get into the house last Wednesday night . |
| 23 | We talked about how Morris Marinas make the wrong noises , Fiat Stradas make the right noises and Triumph Heralds that make no noise at all because the big end is buggered . |
| 24 | ‘ Hello , Stoddard Templeton , can I help ’ — This is how Phyllis McQMcQuire answers the many telephone calls from customers enquiring about fabrics at Sekers , Whitehaven factory . |
| 25 | There Gabriel Oak found the three men , completely drunk , two hours later . |
| 26 | But then Jimmy Magilton fired the United midfield machine and the match was back in the boiler when John Durnin scored a brilliant equaliser . |
| 27 | Ballymena led Striders in the early stages when Ian Neely won the 400 metres hurdles impressively in 54.9 and team-mate Douglas Thom took the ‘ B ’ event , but Annadale hit back with maximum points through Ian Craig ( 100m ‘ A ’ 10.8 ) , Johnny Anderson ( 100m ‘ B ’ 11.00 ) and Mike Atkinson ( discus 40.46 ) . |
| 28 | Akeman Street was the boundary between what is now Tackley Park and Whitehill Farm as early as the year 1004 when King Ethelred gave the small estate of Whitehill to St Frideswide 's monastery at Oxford , and it is still a boundary though the Roman road has vanished from sight . |
| 29 | Conductor and orchestra have had a long and fruitful association — starting in 1963 when David Atherton became the youngest ever conductor at the BBC Proms in London . |
| 30 | Trapped whales of Scapa Flow heading for the open sea again David Hartley records the successful end of Operation Gentle Shepherd |