Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The second question raised by the dual nature of disciplines — as bodies of knowledge and bodies of people — takes us back to the very distinction between ‘ academic ’ and ‘ professional ’ courses . |
| 32 | The answer to this question takes us back to the very origins of the town in the middle years of the twelfth century . |
| 33 | No one could see Old Town Street , at Plymouth , without beginning at once to speculate about the significance of a name like this : and in fact the name takes us back to the very beginnings , to the poverty-stricken little Saxon village of farmers and fishermen , well down behind the Hoe , out of which this great naval city has grown . |
| 34 | He likes to recall China 's ‘ 5,000 year-old tradition of history ’ ( which takes us back to the mythical Yellow Emperor ) and urges China 's battered intellectuals to revive their patriotic spirit . |
| 35 | None of the usual tricks for shutting off memory would work now ; whatever he did , whichever way he diverted his attention it would only come wandering back , like a man in a maze who continually finds himself back in the same spot . |
| 36 | ‘ As thou canst see , Rome sends them out by the dozen . |
| 37 | In the hall she wraps a long scarf round her neck and puts on a cream-coloured quilted cotton jacket , with wide shoulders and inset sleeves , and lets herself out by the front door . |
| 38 | Nigel Dennis helps her out after the photographic session . |
| 39 | The exigent journalist Lynn Barber , in her collection of interviews Mostly Men , singles him out as the sole male representative of a type she describes as ‘ nice , straightforward , feet on the ground ’ . |
| 40 | He lines it up on the shiny sideboard . |
| 41 | I think it opens up the child 's awareness to what 's available and what 's coming erm moves them on into the next century really . |
| 42 | Then the company puts them back on the same job and they further injure themselves . |
| 43 | Be prepared for a delay while the operator puts you through to the relevant extension . |
| 44 | ‘ Encountering an incompetent telephonist , who puts you through to the wrong extension and/or cuts you off , and/or is n't sufficiently clued-up about who 's who and where to reach them ’ . |
| 45 | After each call to a PI routine , simply pressing the Return key reverts you back to the main menu from which another PI routine may be called or you may exit by entering 0 . |
| 46 | ‘ I do n't think that quite sets it off to the best advantage , sir . ’ |
| 47 | And I think , I 'm not sure , I think it puts it back round the other way tut . |
| 48 | It was also a shot which sets us up for the glorious conclusion to the match in the Singles the following day . |
| 49 | He pops them in at the white |
| 50 | When Jesus receives news that Lazarus is ill , Thomas urges everyone back to the sick man 's home in Bethany , ‘ that we may die with him ’ . |
| 51 | Even if the snake is turned over again and again , it always flips itself back into the inverted posture , an over-eager dying act that completely gives the game away . |
| 52 | He said it does n't matter who does it on down the second time . |
| 53 | In a beautifully simple piece of writing Achebe transports us back to the earliest days of colonialism . |
| 54 | Paul Levy 's new television series and book looks at the culinary ghosts of Christmas past and brings them up to the present day |
| 55 | MTh students who have no previous knowledge of Hebrew do a special one-year course which brings them up to the level necessary for research in Old Testament Studies . |
| 56 | A modern Roman Catholic authority recounts a story which brings them up to the fourth century — the time of Constantine . |
| 57 | Which brings me on to the major bookshop sellers , led by two strong titles : |
| 58 | That brings me back to the earlier part of our debate , from which we now know that the Labour and the Liberal Democrat parties want absolutely no constraints on the ability of a local authority to raise whatever level of tax it decides . |
| 59 | and that brings you up onto the main Belfast road |
| 60 | Comparing your performance with other companies ' brings you back to the real world . |