Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the State has already got a problem because in the next century , it will have insufficient people at work to pay for old age pensions we already know Mr Portillo is doing a pension review and is looking about only targeting it to the needy at the bottom well that means a lot of people like you and me will miss out on State pensions . |
| 2 | It was 'ard enough gettin' it in the first place . |
| 3 | These workers regarded themselves as temporarily relieving their parents of the burden of supporting them and perhaps contributing something to the overall family budget . |
| 4 | From that time on he improved in leaps and bounds and eventually , after about seven months , I started gingerly walking him around the small paddock next to his box with a bridle and a lunge rein threaded through his bit and over his head . |
| 5 | He had released her from his embrace , his hands merely holding her by the upper arms , and she sagged against him , trembling too violently to stand unaided , her knees buckling . |
| 6 | An election may also be a realigning one in that it produces a long-term shift in the balance of support between the parties , perhaps installing one as the new majority . |
| 7 | Over the next decade a succession of ‘ Aldwych farces ’ would run for at least 200 performances each , and some for many more : A Cuckoo in the Nest ( 1925 ) , Rookery Nook ( 1926 ) , Thark ( 1928 ) , and Plunder ( 1928 ) alone occupied the years from 1925 to 1929 , and to them all Lynn would bring his own unique brand of wistful stooging : essentially he was the Stan Laurel [ q.v. ] to the much more bluff Hardy of Tom Walls , but Lynn 's timing , notably on staircases and when suddenly finding himself in the wrong room with the wrong people and quite often the wrong name , was a lesson in comic technique for generations of stage actors . |
| 8 | ‘ Mortmain' , or dead hand , refers to the fact that the church was an undying institution so that any land which it held in fee ( or freehold ) was never vacated by the death of its owner or came into the possession of a minor or an heiress ; thus it would never revert ( or escheat ) to the chief lord for the duration of the vacancy or minority , so depriving him of the valuable rights of wardship and marriage appertaining to feudal tenure . |
| 9 | Moving to a different part of the country , for example , or even a chance meeting , may be the trigger to reactivate a relationship with someone in this outermost circle , thus drawing them into the second category . |
| 10 | Because , as I say , we 've got recycling credits on our side , we 've got the fact that we 've got this outlet in Exmouth which will take the paper , and that 's why we 're looking at producing this workshop area , so that a lot of this stuff that goes to landfill , I 'm talking about , fridges , tables , whichever else that can be repaired and reused er , I know this is only on a very small scale , but one of the things that I think is very important with is that we 're not purely a recycling centre , we also want to set an education project , to raise people 's awareness of what yo yet waste production is n't about recycling , it 's about not producing it in the first place , |
| 11 | Given then that all public sector organizations will keep meticulous records of debtors , it is hard to see that much effort is saved by not incorporating them in the double entry . |
| 12 | A positive attitude is and important asset when it comes to maintaining a workout regime , and that comes with knowing that you are not pitting yourself against the impossible . |
| 13 | You now , he , he 's had , I 'm just keeping him on the straight and narrow while he 's on remission . |
| 14 | He pounced on the Scottish selectors for not picking him for the 4 × 100 metres relay team for Edinburgh and , so it said in one of the tabloids , he was now ready to meet Linford Christie . |
| 15 | Luke covered the microphone with his hand and leant towards her , his lips just brushing hers in the tenderest of kisses before he whispered softly , ‘ I love you , Fran . |
| 16 | Taylor was upset with Platt before the Turkey game for not informing him of the serious nature of the injury but the player surprised him by playing at Wembley with his usual effectiveness . |
| 17 | The odds cited above would have given little comfort to the man in Kurunagala who , during a rash of cattle thefts , had to pay a ransom for the same animal seven times before finally selling it for the paltry sum of two rupees . |
| 18 | In non-metropolitan England and Wales and in Scotland , housing is allocated to the districts , thus separating it from the personal social services . |
| 19 | The films used in this study were , however , relatively short and it was clear that subjects were not describing anything like the total amount of information that was available . |
| 20 | The adoral shields are large , slightly convex and situated totally proximal to the oral shield not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 21 | The adoral shields are nearly rectangular and situated almost entirely proximal to the oral shield not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 22 | They lie proximal to the oral shield and not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 23 | The adoral shields are large and are restricted to the proximal sides of the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 24 | The adoral shields are short , slightly curved and situated proximal to the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 25 | The adoral shields are slightly convex occupy a large portion of the jaw proximal to the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 26 | The adoral shields are curved and situated proximal to the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 27 | The adoral shields are large , not particularly wing-like , restricted to the proximal sides of the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 28 | The adoral shields are convex , restricted to the proximal sides of the oral shield and not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 29 | The adoral shields are small slightly convex but not particularly wing-like , and restricted to the proximal edges of the oral shield , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 30 | The adoral shields are approximately triangular and restricted to the proximal sides of oral shields , not separating it from the first lateral arm plate ; they often do not meet in the midline proximal to the oral shields . |