Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tonight he holds back the ill-concealed shudders and caresses the swelling head , he bends and kisses the skin exposed . |
| 2 | He cuts out the middle men and women — the dreaded parents — and goes straight for the hearts and minds of kids . |
| 3 | When the character of Harlequin , the Comic Lover , had become familiar in England he was quickly promoted to lead the pantomimes ; nowhere in ballet does he rise to more commanding heights than as Captain Belaye in Cranko , s Pineapple Poll , where he takes on the superior airs and manners of the British Navy and becomes the apple of every girl 's eye . |
| 4 | If the moral ground changes , then the Kwikbuk plc PR division quickly maps out the new features and adapts accordingly . |
| 5 | The effect is the opposite to taking logs : squaring stretches out the upper values and compresses the lower ones , and cubing does so even more powerfully . |
| 6 | The vicar takes out the four balls and the waxman , Mr Tommy Temple , who has had the job since 1940 , carefully cuts away the wax and the names are read out . |
| 7 | The microphone picks up the surrounding sounds and feeds them to the amplifier . |
| 8 | Table 11.7 lays out the main elements and their likely proportional magnitude . |
| 9 | A subjective camera , filming through goggles , picks out the inane faces and soundless mouths of his elders as he descends to the bottom of the pool where he stands silently and alone , away from the pestering people above . |
| 10 | This budget is extremely useful for management as it clearly sets out the short-term objectives and targets for the forthcoming budget period and is in a form that is easy to comprehend . |
| 11 | The report comes on a pre-printed form , which sets out the various exclusions and caveats in the margin of each page . |
| 12 | The procedure is first for the Pastoral Committee of the Diocese to consult the Council for Places of Worship , receiving from it a report which sets out the architectural qualities and historic interest of the building . |
| 13 | But it does provide a framework to which we are all working , spreads out the major publications and pieces of campaigning work , and allows all those in the organisation to know the overall timetable being pursued . |
| 14 | ‘ I believe that the real difference between success and failure in a corporation can very often be traced to the question of how well the organisation brings out the great energies and talents of its people . |