Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The EC defines people in poverty as those whose ‘ resources are so small as to exclude them from the minimum acceptable way of life of the member state in which they live ’ . |
| 2 | A similar reason was given for refusing the remedy to a convicted prisoner who brought an action against the Home Secretary and the prison governor requiring them to provide him with the necessary medical treatment in accordance with the Prison Rules . |
| 3 | He has felt the presaging shadow of death , and he goes to meet it in the old unchanging way of the wild — alone . |
| 4 | Wrangham 's work goes far to provide us with the essential spatial structuring that underlies this flexibility . |
| 5 | If he wants anybody to lead him to the so-called English plotters , it 's the very best possible way to go about it . |
| 6 | You 'd be well advised not to overdo it on the old liquid refreshment , however , as the return leg beside the river involves crossing an awful lot of stiles . |
| 7 | Alfred McTear , 48 , has contracted pneumonia and was unable to start giving evidence yesterday to the commission appointed to hear him before the full legal hearing , which may be two years away . |
| 8 | I am going to play him in the remaining reserve games so that I can get a good look at him . |
| 9 | Mr Jim Woolsey , a member of Scowcroft commission and one of the Democrats ' leading missile experts , says it makes much more sense to put them on the vast military bases of Nevada and California , where they could be continually on the move . |
| 10 | Complete your visit with a leisurely stroll around Cardiff Bay with a lavishly illustrated broadsheet to guide you around the remarkable historic buildings and structures which are part of this fascinating environment . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've decided to give it to the Royal Horticultural Society as an eastern centre . |
| 12 | Very significant was the movement by ecologists towards trophic-dynamic ecology which was developed by Lindeman in a classic paper published in 1942 which built upon earlier conceptual frameworks and treated natural ecosystems on the basis of the capacity of their primary producers ( photosynthetic plants ) to capture part of the incident solar and atmospheric energy , and to incorporate it into the dry organic matter that would subsequently yield it to the grazing and decay food webs . |
| 13 | The hairs are long to protect it against the bitter alpine nights . |
| 14 | The plan is to convert it into the ultimate upmarket hotel and haute cuisine restaurant . |
| 15 | She could not but be gratified and relieved at the possibility of a small sum to see her through the likely lean period before she could get another post . |
| 16 | I had a thought for no-one 's but your ears , That you were beautiful and that I strove To love you in the old high way of love , That it had all seemed happy … |
| 17 | One lady , daughter of the proprietor of Jura said to the Captain — " Captain , do you mean to say you are going to turn us off the only nice place in the steamer and put sheep in it ? " |
| 18 | It may take several releases and many months before the company starts to see a return on its investments , so it is essential for an indie to have a relatively solid financial base to see it through the difficult early stages and to sustain the levels of promotion until an act on the label breaks . |
| 19 | The sovereignty of Parliament has been the linchpin of our unwritten and flexible constitution ; it can be traced back in our political practice and constitutional theory for almost three centuries ; and yet the constitutional authorities have come to see it as the fundamental constitutional problem needing challenge and change . |
| 20 | We found the nest with two brown spotted eggs , and the pair hovered overhead as we took a quick look , giving me a chance to photograph them against the blue Arctic sky . |
| 21 | It gave an opportunity for entrepreneurs to acquire the lands , workshops , fishponds and mines which the monks had worked , and to integrate them into the developing secular economy . |
| 22 | An influence strong enough to rob her of the natural exuberant self-confidence that had always been a central , unthinking part of her personality . |
| 23 | The musical setting is carefully selected too to remove him from the tawdry everyday fray of the pop marketplace : violas , accordions , pennywhistles and assorted kitchen utensils conjure up the timeless integrity of Irish folk music ( or ‘ roots ’ in 1990-speak ) . |
| 24 | The passers by stopped to admire her from the large wrought iron gates at the bottom of the drive . |
| 25 | His refusal to grant extra funding on the grounds of ‘ basic need ’ at the two schools in his own constituency created a political storm which threatened to deprive him of the Roman Catholic vote in the general election . |
| 26 | Do they still own the name or do we have to change ours to The Screaming Yellow Cassettedecks ? |
| 27 | To get us to the sustainable financial position I have just referred to , we have accelerated the pace of implementing our strategy of focusing our assets , increasing our cost-efficiency and improving our performance . |
| 28 | part of her expected to find them laughing at his wild reaction beyond all sense and to return her to the blessed normal but when she looked around only Maggie stood in the room . |
| 29 | Dorothy 's Wrinkled Stocking tearoom — named after broom-wielding battleaxe Norah Batty — has been overrun with trippers since BBC chiefs chose to feature it in the evergreen Pennine series . |
| 30 | Surkov signed the bill for our teas , and it was time to board the coach to take us to the late-afternoon theatrical performance . |