Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A hypothetical situation or story used to illustrate the typical occurrence of a structural pattern . |
| 2 | The destruction of bridges across the Euphrates and Tigris rivers , together with the " extraordinary movement " of the XVIII Corps , he said , meant that " the door was shut " for any Iraqi armour or artillery attempting to leave the Kuwaiti theatre of operations . |
| 3 | I hope that by now you can begin to appreciate the delicacy of discrimination and the moral fervour which I have sought to bring to my work and that you will hold these qualities in your mind when the grossness , vulgarity and immorality of gossip or criticism begins to corrode the lucid purity of my text . |
| 4 | There is a clear need for any judge or court intending to exercise the wasted costs jurisdiction to formulate carefully and concisely the complaint and grounds upon which such an order may be sought . |
| 5 | None of them had a coherent programme , or strategy designed to bring the mass movement into power . |
| 6 | The reason why the House of Lords cut down the meaning of the phrase must have been because the House did not believe that Parliament intended to cover the particular situation . |
| 7 | We have studied the Labour party 's recent pronouncements and we now know that Labour proposes to renegotiate the whole deal . |
| 8 | No sketcher nor painter nor artist wanted to see the elastic weals on a model 's shoulders and chest and hips and thighs , every model left her underwear off for as many hours as possible before posing . |
| 9 | If such secret missives were sealed personally by him it might be only a matter of time before Wolsey 's enemies at court and parliament began to point the accusing finger in his direction . |
| 10 | This is because the time and preparation needed to achieve the perfect finish can not compete with the sophistication of modern moulding manufacturing processes , which have improved the standard of mass-produced leafing while keeping the cost of the finished mouldings at a realistic level . |
| 11 | To complete the process actual performance must be compared budgeted performance , any variations understood and action taken to bring the two into line . |
| 12 | While all this was going on , the police had made several arrests , and the Department of Trade and Industry decided to interview the 16 witnesses all over again . |
| 13 | The miners and their families were themselves implicated in the creation of their coalfield culture , through the operation of hegemonic processes by which relations of domination and subdomination came to imbue the entire lived experience — the social practices , relationships , expectations , and dominant values . |
| 14 | Two will carry rings on their other ends ; the other two must be fitted with wire or strong plastic ( GRP or CF rod ) pegs after trial and error fit to obtain the suggested bow . |
| 15 | It is now time for the Prince and Princess to learn to trust the British people by admitting the truth of their relationship . |
| 16 | The recent correspondence about traffic problems and congestion fails to address the basic cause of most of the present chaos , which is the lack of consultation and co-operation by those responsible for the development of industry , office space , housing and schools , and public transport during the last 45 years . |
| 17 | The Tudor Great Hall — the display of arms and armour brings to mind the Civil War when Rockingham was captured and occupied by the roundheads . |
| 18 | The stern words and punishment seemed to have the desired effect . |
| 19 | Man 's mind yearns for a rural existence — where 99.999% of his evolution occurred — but for many of us , mind and body have to take the daily buffets of urban , industrial civilization . |
| 20 | Inadequate as its arable was , Sussex managed to build a considerable eighteenth-century prosperity on stock- and sheep-breeding , with an intensive use of downland and marshland grazing to complement the smaller Wealden pastures ; the beasts were moved from one to another as seasons changed . |
| 21 | If DOS fails to match the first word of your input to its list of internal commands , it will start looking on the hard disk for a COM , EXE or BAT file with that name . |
| 22 | This year politics and economics conspired to make the first almost impossible . |
| 23 | Yet , despite this intimacy , the fact that they exist as a couple with a unique value in each other 's eyes ( a point marvellously grasped in Donne 's love-poetry ) , they remain separate , even when man and woman strive to overcome the fundamental dualism of life . |
| 24 | There was no flak or fighters and it was an easy trip , but on the return a diversion was made to Lyneham in Wiltshire , the crew and Sugar returning to base the following day , this flight lasting 45 minutes . |
| 25 | On Monday evening he gave fair warning of an increase in taxes , and spending cuts to reduce the expanding federal budget deficit . |
| 26 | In the UK , price increases for food , clothing and footwear , tobacco , alcohol and petrol helped to drive the retail price index 0.7 per cent higher in October , taking the retail price index ( January 1987=100 ) to 116.6 . |
| 27 | Such vigour and severity helped to relieve the financial problems created by Henry III 's improvidence , but it also increased the hostility of barons and people against the Forest system , and against the personal government of Henry III himself . |
| 28 | Because of its very soft surface , truing and conditioning of the lead lap must be done frequently , and care taken to exploit the whole surface to avoid worn spots and dishing . |
| 29 | Simplicity and ceremonial seem to express the changing pattern of Nonconformist worship but that worship was only part of a wider search for dignity , a dignity which was mainly realized in the new and improved buildings Nonconformity was erecting up and down the country . |
| 30 | If your ability to gain the skills and information needed to combat the many complex issues that you have to deal with is impaired , then the government and employers will have what they want . |