Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps this is the reason for the bashfully truncated picture of the F/A-18 which , although admittedly showing the aircraft 's refined canopy shape successfully developed from the grasshopper 's eye concept , plays down the disappointing lack of progress in the other aspects mentioned . |
| 2 | Unstable rock , high on the left flank , periodically cascades down the lower section of the route . |
| 3 | She was afraid then , rather as a skier might feel when he looks down the steep whiteness of a dangerous slope , or a high diver who seems far above the water , but the sensation was so unusual to her that she could n't be sure that it was entirely unpleasant still strongly mixed , as it was , with curiosity . |
| 4 | Filigree Street crosses its turnwise end in the manner of the crosspiece of a T , and the Broken Drum is so placed that it looks down the full length of the street . |
| 5 | Galerie St Etienne starts off the new year on a somewhat lugubrious note with a show called ‘ The Dance of Death : Images of Mortality in German Art ’ . |
| 6 | The top riders never appear to be hurrying — in fact Mark Todd often appears to be quite casual as he clocks up the fastest time of the day . |
| 7 | But Andebraham Giorgis , who heads up the educational division of the EPLF , is as interested in talking about the achievements and challenges of education as about the difficulties resulting from the war . |
| 8 | And the next morning when they get up Ruth makes his way into the town , and he goes to where all the , the men sit and they talk , the city gate , and there he he searches out the nearer relative of Ruth 's . |
| 9 | And while the performance of the Alpine is in the supercar league , the cost of using it , in terms of comfort , running costs and fuel economy , is definitely not — which holds out the enticing prospect of accomplishing long , fast continental journeys in great comfort and 25 mpg economy . |
| 10 | Far from being outdated , this old and broad conception of democracy holds out the only hope of compensating for the weaknesses of elected representative assemblies , dwarfed as they presently are by the bureaucratic and monopolistic structures of power which surround them . |
| 11 | The hot rocks technique holds out the best hope for exploitation of geothermal energy . |
| 12 | He digs up the bloody garden round the |
| 13 | OLYMPIC hero Seb Coe shows off the new girl in his life … and reveals that he 's just Maddy about her . |
| 14 | Nice control on the ball by Gemmell Rozario shakes off the first challenge from Whitlow and feeds Black . |
| 15 | The provision of council housing therefore links up the second basis of local — newcomer conflict , which relates to broadly environmental issues . |
| 16 | Of these the most useful is Magnify which blows up the selected area by up to eight times . |
| 17 | Woods ' concepts of reality and illusion become blurred and he ends up the living incarnation of the television lie , developing a slit in his stomach that can accept video cassettes , guns , hands — anything . |
| 18 | Nothing about what conjures up the distinctive perfume of a bookshop , however . |
| 19 | It conjures up the bad image about opiates on a general scale , y'know . |
| 20 | The requirement for long-term robustness rules out the general use of dowels but the thought of complex , angled mortise and tenon joints is intimidating . |
| 21 | Furthermore , it is said , a defensive strategy based on such weapons effectively rules out the actual use of nuclear weapons . |
| 22 | Stencil , in short , pursues a quest the absurdity of which rules out the modernist option of structuring by myth . |
| 23 | Despite some early lows ( ‘ Coming On Strong ’ ) , The Shamen string together a powerful set which plays up the rockier side of their pop equation . |
| 24 | When he wins he turns up the next week as if nothing 's happened — and as if he has n't got a penny to his name , that 's the difference between Seve and others — what sets him apart a bit , I suppose . |
| 25 | The new law increases fines for shopworkers found guilty of selling cigarettes to children to £2,500 and tightens up the previous legislation in a number of other ways . |
| 26 | Richardson is not uncritical of his subject or the paintings , particularly the blue period works , and certainly points up the variable quality of the paintings of the earliest years , where fully-fledged masterpieces were mixed in with hastily produced or rather gauchly sentimental pieces . |
| 27 | Consistently good water quality and a stress-free environment builds up the natural resistance of your fish , so they can shrug off minor ailments . |
| 28 | An Austerity 2–8–0 grinds up the final couple of miles towards Woodhead , seen approaching Crowden in 1951 . |
| 29 | Ideally , the community physiotherapist takes on the wider responsibility of not only teaching the carers , but also assessing and treating the patient 's particular problems through a progressive rehabilitation programme . |
| 30 | As Wilfred Owen moves into the second stanza he takes on the bigger issue of what he is really trying to say . |