Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adj] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The much vaunted privatization of state companies , scheduled to begin in July , was repeatedly postponed due to legal and technical difficulties , and the promised cut of 360,000 civil service posts failed to materialize due to the constitutional safeguards protecting their employment . |
| 2 | Bob Collicutt acknowledges that he is presiding over a mature , commodity business with limited growth opportunities , but sees the free-standing role as an opportunity for it to remain profitable in the longer term . |
| 3 | What would it be like to fall asleep in the protecting shelter of his arms ? |
| 4 | One way of comparing the expected yield of an investment to its cost is to calculate the present value of the investment and to compare that with the present cost . |
| 5 | They were haunted by the fear of another Dunkirk and were anxious to remain strong in the Middle East . |
| 6 | This is more prominent in the early stages of the diarrhoeal illness , and returns to near normal by the fourth day , by which time the faecal weights are coming down . |
| 7 | The RTO therefore felt it ‘ necessary to re-examine some of the basic premises , [ and ] to explore further the underlying assumptions before formulating specific policy proposals ’ . |
| 8 | Depressing because here was an opportunity in a mainstream publishing venture to include some of the new writing on the arts by black women in Britain . |
| 9 | Before handing over to Frank , I 'd like to emphasise some of the key points of nineteen ninety one . |
| 10 | Avoid Blackgang Chine which is over-commercialised and continue on to see some of the other chines — dramatic fissures in the cliff faces — such as Whale , Walpen and Shepherd 's Chine . |
| 11 | I 'd have liked to see some of the famous places , like Rome and Paris and Moscow and South Sea islands and Jamaica and New York . |
| 12 | Here 's your chance to see some of the best dairy cattle in the world while taking in the sights on our coast-to-coast autumn tour of the USA . |
| 13 | If you 'd care to see some of the early results , Marjorie , I could explain them . ’ |
| 14 | The Doctor had offered her a journey to see some of the beautiful sights of the universe . |
| 15 | They drove silently to Busacher 's house and Willi helped him indoors , relieved to see some of the old vigour returning . |
| 16 | Their presence has done much to inhibit some of the wilder excesses on both sides . |
| 17 | We had arranged to meet Mrs Newton at her home at ten o'clock and I left my flat earlier than necessary to try to miss some of the rush-hour traffic , though how you avoid a rush hour which lasts from around seven in the morning to nine o'clock at night , I do not know . |
| 18 | A second way of comparing the expected yield of an investment to its cost is to calculate the investment 's expected rate of return and to compare this with the prevailing rate of interest . |
| 19 | 1984 — DIANA is pregnant with Prince Harry , and during the summer before his birth the royal couple are said to enjoy some of the happiest times of their marriage . |
| 20 | It is important to try to preserve some of the old pedestrian routes through the new precinct . |
| 21 | The four-bed unit at pioneering Addenbrooke 's Hospital , Cambridge , was set up to treat some of the worst brain-damaged and head injury cases in the country . |
| 22 | It is tempting to see this as the first occasion when the judges insisted on independence on this principle . |
| 23 | This did not mean that unity was ruled out however , for the Americans , far from opposing European economic unity , began to see this as the only way to create a firm barrier to communist expansion . |
| 24 | It is easy to see this in the nineteenth century because the development of local government reflected economic organization and the political processes which derived from it . |
| 25 | It is possible , in certain circumstances , again if leave is obtained , to appeal direct from the High Court to the House of Lords , leapfrogging the Court of Appeal . |
| 26 | His bid started to go wrong at the 12th hole and spluttered out at the 17th , the Road Hole , where many an aspiration had been snuffed out in the past . |
| 27 | Sir : Clive Fewins 's article ( Weekend , 7 October ) rightly praised the excellent work of the Redundant Churches Fund , but it should also serve as a reminder that there is still no Redundant Chapels Fund to conserve some of the best examples of Non-Conformist buildings , many of which are in imminent danger of demolition or drastic alteration . |
| 28 | ‘ Mine has been buried beneath your determination to remain free of the female species . ’ |
| 29 | For example , the tribunal may have been motivated by resentment at a particular member 's share of the market , or have suspended the member , not for bona fide reasons , but because of the opportunity it gave their firms to acquire some of the suspended member 's customers . |
| 30 | The plot spins endlessly but few people are going to have the stamina to remain interested in the final turns . |