Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darius stomps down the three steps without saying a word . |
| 2 | The force of repression is like a great dam that holds back the raging torrents of the instincts of the unconscious and allows er some of them through , but others break through in holes , and holes and cracks appear which are the unconscious returning as one |
| 3 | A look is created , forgotten and then reinvented years later as it hits a dead end and digs up the tried-and-tested looks of yesteryear . |
| 4 | The Waterline , then , returns to its origins , as the case study which is Billy 's life painfully dredges up the first scenes of his disorder . |
| 5 | A sound that conjures up the balmy shores of the Carribean . |
| 6 | However it is linked to these things because they and it are part of a complex whole , and this rules out the simple correlations between two elements which Engels sought to establish in his ‘ historical ’ discussion . |
| 7 | You suggest that Detroit should ‘ join its suburban neighbours in a regional government that does away with redundancies and evens out the huge inequities in school financing and municipal services ’ ( May 8th ) . |
| 8 | Sadly , the city can not do what is most needed : join its suburban neighbours in a regional government that does away with redundancies and evens out the huge inequities in school financing and municipal services . |
| 9 | However , by delegating authority to subordinates , the superior takes on the extra tasks of calling the subordinates to account for their decisions and performance , and also of coordinating the efforts of different subordinates . |
| 10 | The benefit of creating such groups is that it breaks down the multifarious functions of a branch committee into discreet areas , to which special attention can be given . |
| 11 | The kind of novel learning environment that is characteristic of the pilot CPVE schemes now being implemented , which breaks down the traditional barriers of subjects , compartmentalized lessons and didactic teaching , may well spread rapidly into other areas of the school 's work . |
| 12 | From the management 's point of view , any technology that breaks down the old lines of demarcation ( and reduces the number of employees ) is a good investment . |
| 13 | Bourgeois ideology takes over the legitimizing functions of traditional society and thereby keeps power relations inaccessible to analysis and public consciousness . |
| 14 | But the latter were clearly hopelessly reductionist in relation to a concept such as this which at once opens up the possible significances of what was once merely seen as the aesthetic . |
| 15 | She saw the only viable feminist film practice to be one that breaks up the familiar structures of visual pleasure , thus exposing and problematising the habitual violence which is the male gaze . |
| 16 | It is formed when the sun 's ultraviolet radiation breaks up the two atoms of oxygen molecules into single atoms . |
| 17 | In a rejoinder to Darling 's criticisms , Kirk ( 1978 ) , a member of the committee , points out the specific references in the report to the weakness of Hirst 's approach , and the addition of appeals to the social usefulness of educational activities ( something foreign to Hirst who was concerned primarily with intrinsic worth ) as evidence of an attempt to look beyond a cognitive based curriculum . |
| 18 | He 's extremely cheerful , if somewhat misguided , as he points out the many features of the room , and mentions that the public rooms in the Cottage will be opened at seven o'clock . |
| 19 | In a few places , as in the lower Neretva valley , a breach in the mountain wall permits a gulf of Mediterranean air to penetrate inland , but more commonly the unbroken barrier shuts out the ameliorating influences from the sea . |
| 20 | While this is fine for short items it misses out the real benefits of stylesheets . |
| 21 | He lays down the only terms on which it is possible for him to take up residence with his people . |
| 22 | 5.1 to also lays down the permitted hours for off-sale premises . |
| 23 | Society lays down the basic rules of the marriage contract . |
| 24 | Emma Pearce explores the creative options offered by oils , and weighs up the latest products on the market . |
| 25 | Emma Pearce explores the creative options offered by oils , and weighs up the latest products on the market . |
| 26 | Somehow that incident sums up the Corinthian surroundings of British rowing — the sport that won Great Britain two Olympic gold medals last summer . |
| 27 | The collection of mementos on her mantelpiece sums up the different strands of her life . |
| 28 | We were together all the time : played languid games of tennis on the court behind her house , swam , went on picnics , went for long walks up the lower slopes of Kinabalue , the mountain whose green and mauve shadowed mass loomed over Jesselton . |
| 29 | Article 2 , which sets out the general areas of workers ' rights , simply spells out many rights that already exist in law , or have been present in well-unionised work places for years before Thatcherism . |
| 30 | Table 5 — 23(4) ( a ) in the SFA Rulebook sets out the required contents of a two-way customer agreement . |