Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] [verb] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One part of a sentence may indicate what the second part is likely to be . |
| 2 | But a furlong out Mill Reef had sprinted clear , and only Pistol Packer could deny him the greatest moment of an outstanding racing career . |
| 3 | Joining our graduate training programme will give you the specialised skills and knowledge needed to work on such sophisticated design and operations . |
| 4 | Only such anthropology can give us the all-round vision of primitive man and primitive culture . ’ |
| 5 | Also , if two players are standing very close to each other , the computer might give you the wrong one — repeat until you get it right |
| 6 | One mother in Walton village said a parent must know who the two youths are from the pictures taken by security cameras . |
| 7 | She was shrewd enough to understand that the way he had been treated as a child would give him the added drive and determination to better himself . |
| 8 | Only trial and error will teach you the exact amount needed for the number of babies you have . |
| 9 | Oh , he said , I expect in a minute the door will be flung back and I 'll be dragged off to some sort of temple arena where I 'll fight maybe a couple of giant spiders and an eight-foot slave from the jungles of Klatch and then I 'll rescue some kind of a princess from the altar and then kill off a few guards or whatever and then this girl will show me the secret passage out of the place and we 'll liberate a couple of horses and escape with the treasure . ’ |
| 10 | I hope the Queen will send her the traditional telegram on her hundredth birthday . |
| 11 | The state of the microscopist 's art is now such that the choice of instrument to use depends largely on what he wants to see , and in some applications the acoustic microscope may give him the sharpest pictures ever . |
| 12 | Sport , erm , I remember when I learned badminton , that the teacher would show us the high smash shot down , until we saw it being done properly , if he told us the theory of it without showing us what it looked like when it was done properly , we would n't have known what we were aiming at . |
| 13 | But it will be enough for many people that the Poll Tax will cost her the next general election . |
| 14 | The hardened jumper-fiddler can do it the hard way , of course , but the software approach is by far the easiest — so you can plug it in and forget it , you wo n't need to whip it out and fiddle with it . |
| 15 | In those days Madame would never stop him from drinking , would never put her hand out over his glass like a good or responsible woman is supposed to in such scenes ; Madame would give him the whole bottle , and say , quietly and sincerely , I hope you know what you 're doing . |
| 16 | Its combined output will make it the second biggest in Britain . |
| 17 | No mechanical indicator can tell you the right time to strike , at least in this situation , but your sense of touch can , once you have enough experience to know what you are feeling for . |
| 18 | any new constitutional arrangement must provide what the 1920 Government of Ireland Act tragically failed to achieve : tough guarantees of basic rights for the minority as well as for the majority community , together with accessible and representative institutions to enforce them . |
| 19 | What looks like a fairly minor scrape would cost me the best part of a planned skiing trip at Christmas to repair if this was n't a company car . |
| 20 | To allow large numbers of Southerners into their highly regimented society could unravel everything the Stalinist regime there has created in the last forty years . |
| 21 | With the American Research and Development budget exceeding the whole of the British Defence vote , we had to become progressively more selective , concentrating on those projects in which success would give us the greatest measure of national independence . |
| 22 | The tour will show you the whole manufacturing process by following the progress of a pair of shoes from start to finish around the factory . |
| 23 | Everyone who has watched a loved one go through the experience of a major and dangerous operation will understand what the next few weeks were like . |
| 24 | But if you have the space the centre can sell you the largest tree in the world . |
| 25 | I hope your mistress will accord you the same privilege . ’ |
| 26 | He slammed a fist up at her as if the force of his gesture could throw her the last five feet , and screamed at her although he knew that she could n't hear . |
| 27 | A night spent gummed to the plane 's polyester would give me the full story either way . |
| 28 | A moist but well-drained fertile soil in a warm sheltered corner will give it the best chance , and even then only in the mildest areas — and do not forget the slugs ! |
| 29 | For Marx this historical work was also political , because he believed that understanding the workers ' condition through the study of history would enable them the better to fight it . |
| 30 | As Bertram is a visitor , the Trust will owe him the common duty of care under s. 2(2) of the 1957 Act . |