Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dublin may have a healthy homegrown vibe , but it wo n't produce a hybrid post-dance noise to compare with the messed up trance of , say , Happy Mondays . |
| 2 | LENNIE Lawrence has promised to be ruthless in his Middlesbrough team selection in a bid to live with the best in the Premier League next season . |
| 3 | Discussion revealed that women 's interests lay very much with lambing , first aid , dairy husbandry and financial management although quite a few were doubtful about their capacity to cope with the last of these subjects . |
| 4 | The debts arose out of a ten million pound plan to build a village to care for the elderly in the grounds of the convent . |
| 5 | The debts arose out of a ten million pound plan to build a village to care for the elderly in the grounds of the convent . |
| 6 | Back in the 10th century they would scoop out holes in the sand to get at the crude for medicinal purposes . |
| 7 | Such judgements were based upon a willingness to comply to the full with the turning of sports into a ‘ media event ’ . |
| 8 | And finally , social citizenship rights , on a range from ‘ the right to a modicum of economic wealth and security ’ to ‘ the right to share to the full in the social heritage and to live the life of a civilized being according to the standards prevailing in society ’ were won in the twentieth century , especially in the post-war period when the welfare state was extended so that all were guaranteed education , health care and a ‘ safety net ’ of financial provision through what was then ‘ national assistance ’ . |
| 9 | It was just coming up to three o'clock when the taxi dropped them off in the old town square and Ven guided her to the old town hall where , with barely a minute to go before the run-through of the astronomical clock , Fabia stood in rapt attention . |
| 10 | All of a day to wait for the skilful of ecstasy … she sighed . |
| 11 | Owen cursed and tried to wriggle his way round , failed and had to cut across in front of the donkeys laden with bread and water to give to the poor at the tomb . |
| 12 | Experience has shown that the 1110st suitable basis for comparison in this detection scheme is the current rise time ( the time taken for the current to rise from the lower to the upper limit of the chopping excursion ) , because this time is relatively immune to the influence of motional voltage , as illustrated by the Example at the end of this Section . |
| 13 | Boxing : Colchester Boxing Club 's Andy Farrow showed his versatility when faced by a tricky opponent as he moved into the national schoolboys under-42 kilos semi-finals.Up against a spoiling boxer in the shape of Greg Algar of Eltham BC at Sandwich , Farrow persevered and kept himself out of trouble to win by the narrowest of points decisions.The judges awarded the fight to the 14-year-old Alderman Blaxill pupil 60–58 , 59–58 , 58–60 . |
| 14 | It must have been hard for a short , drunken man to do at the dead of night . ’ |
| 15 | If the British were indeed talking about principles , it was a mistake ; it is a mistake to negotiate with the Chinese about generalities . |
| 16 | His total of 275 was 13 under par , four outside the record , and he also failed narrowly to become the first man to score in the 60s in every round . |
| 17 | No matter what your business commitments , it is far more sensible to have one day at home in bed to recover from the worst of the virus than to struggle in to work , extending the recuperation period enormously and giving the virus to everyone else . |
| 18 | We give children the opportunity to develop to the best of their potential . |
| 19 | Davide recognised his own people in the mourners of the tomb wall-paintings , women who strode forward in sandals , arms linked in a chorus line to send off the dead with exuberant and noisy rites . |
| 20 | It is difficult to believe that a religion so strongly anti-idolatory would allow such an image to exist in the holiest of shrines . |
| 21 | Paul Bedworth , 19 , allegedly found a way to pay for the thousands of hours he spent connected to transatlantic computer networks . |
| 22 | If the thought of a lengthy moorland return is unappealing , an alternative way to get to the best of the escarpment in a shorter time is to start from a parking area near a prominent standing stone on the unclassified road to Trecastle . |
| 23 | This , in all probability , was approximately the state of man 's physical development when he first became aware that he had the power to partake to the full of the golden opportunities before him , and increase the richness of life by gradually controlling the residual violence which was an unavoidable by-product of his evolution . |
| 24 | ‘ If the author be a wealthy man ’ , said a reviewer in 1799 , ‘ he ought not to have suffered the poor peasant to part with the last of the flock ’ . |
| 25 | This requires choosing the time to switch from the near to the next near contract , and how to adjust for any differences in price level between the near and the next near contracts . |
| 26 | Speed ( 10 credits ) : If you want a player to move like the proverbial off a shovel , this is the power-up for you . |