Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb -s] [adj] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If concessions are n't made for those who live in the desert , the results would be economically disastrous ’ , says US Representative Jerry Lewis ( Republican , California ) , who represents most of the rural Mojave . |
| 2 | After three ballots , the new president of the Senate , who ranks third in the French political hierarchy , was … |
| 3 | They have been likened ( Rutherford , 1996a ) to a series of filters which between them determine who gets embroiled in the criminal justice system , and for how long . |
| 4 | A bowler who strays wide of the off or leg stumps gives the batsman ‘ width ’ and enables him to glance , cut , and deflect , opening up scoring opportunities in a 360 degree circle around the bat . |
| 5 | ‘ Mozart , ’ said Lucenzo drily , ‘ is a cantankerous old man who owns one of the best restaurants in Venice . ’ |
| 6 | There are very real sanctions against the professional who falls short in the three fundamental qualities . |
| 7 | His affinity with these older ‘ funny ’ men ( using the word very loosely ) would not , one suspects , be so readily achieved by Ben Elton , Lenny Henry or even Harry Enfield ( who shares much of the same loutish ‘ man of the people ’ charm as Merton ) . |
| 8 | But Hill is a fighter , a man who knows all about the inner trauma of rejection and who overcame the stigma of being stripped of the England captaincy and banned . |