Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv] [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could hear the younger dog in the distance , his bark muffled now by the rapidly descending cloud . |
| 2 | In endeavouring to meet this need numerous problems are encountered , notably how to find enough money to provide adequately for the increasingly large proportion of the population who are in retirement , and therefore by and large non-productive , and how to define ‘ adequate ’ in this context . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , the use of this vague and undefinable term fits neatly into the all too German habit of using vague absolutes as political watchwords . |
| 4 | It can be a pig to set up in the most efficient way as regards memory , because it can use a tremendous amount of the base 640k of a PC . |
| 5 | A SURVEY by the St John Ambulance Brigade came up with the remarkably interesting finding that the man most women would prefer to give them the kiss of life , assuming it was necessary or even if it was n't , would be TV doctor Hilary Jones . |
| 6 | To Pamela 's surprise , the corners of Jan 's pretty mouth lifted fractionally in the very early stages of a smile . |
| 7 | They also resisted Winter 's efforts to reduce labour costs both through the more efficient deployment of staff and the consideration of new technology . |
| 8 | A police car streaked by on the relatively traffic-free side of the M4 , its siren 's wail mournful , and the flashing light replaced the sodium yellow filling the car taking my mind to another time . |
| 9 | This chapter draws heavily on the best known and most detailed model of cohesion available . |
| 10 | There was a loud crunching of gears as she forced it into reverse again , then sent the car hurtling again into the now stationary Audi , shunting it several yards further back . |
| 11 | The defeat brought home in the most devastating fashion just how far the Empire 's development had fallen behind that of her Great Power rivals in the West . |
| 12 | So , Jess was chauffeur driven to The Belfry while his girlfriend went home with the very nice man from the AA in the recovery truck . |
| 13 | It is true that Eliot went through all the ritual gestures with almost perfect precision ; and his impeccably-dressed figure stood out among the rather battered brethren stationed in front of us . |
| 14 | Tense thriller concocted out of the most unpromising elements : three characters , two boats , and a lot of water . |
| 15 | On her next outing Dawn Run came down at the very first fence at Liverpool , giving Jonjo O'Neill a terrible fall . |
| 16 | The old guard hit back at the newly formed , broad-based Union of Democratic Forces , which is organising tomorrow 's demonstrations . |
| 17 | This of course harks back to the much older debate about whether memories can be localized — something I 'll come back to later , ; much of the next two chapters will be taken up with the question of the localization of memory in space and time . |
| 18 | In 1965 the young Cooder teamed up with the equally young Taj Mahal in a band called The Rising Sons . |
| 19 | In England and Wales the regional initiative passed partly to the newly established Regional Economic Planning Councils . |
| 20 | One of these is simply to reduce the 240 volt mains supply down to the much lower voltage required by the circuit . |
| 21 | And this venue worked wonderfully for the most successful part of this concert the Poulenc Organ Concerto . |
| 22 | And all the while the shadow of the Bomb grew longer as the most powerful nations on earth stockpiled enough megatonnes to blow up the world fifty times over . |
| 23 | Nadel , an Austrian-Jewish emigre , viewed the British colonial administrators with a sometimes caustic eye , and the journal contrasts sharply with the relatively diplomatic comments made in his published work . |
| 24 | Innately more conservative than its urban counterpart , the rural community had not for the most part engaged in widespread and overt political protest in response to the strains that were placed upon it . |
| 25 | JOE STRUMMER Last summer the former Clash singer set out on the fairly unequivocal ‘ Rock Against The Rich ’ tour , where he sounded pretty fed up about everything . |
| 26 | General Midwinter was in front of the band smiling benignly at the closely packed guests and holding his gloved hand high as if he was auctioning it . |
| 27 | But British Rail compares favourably with the less reliable Czech rail . |
| 28 | The day progressed and temperatures and humidity rose along with the fiercely contested matches . |
| 29 | But if predictability broke down in the very strong gravitational fields in the big bang , it could also break down whenever a star collapsed . |
| 30 | Sitting with the curtains open and the moon shining in on the barely begun big glass , he wrote , sitting keeping vigil with it all night after my walk with Paz , I was afraid . |