Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] the [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Motorists with private transport who have come over the Klausen Pass road may wish to return by the same route to see the opposite angles of view . |
| 2 | In recent years , the school has seen major changes with the enlargement and modernisation of the building to accommodate the extra children from nearby Froyle , following the closure of the school there in 1986 . |
| 3 | Co-ordination , if it is to take place at all , is also most likely to be instigated by the clearinghouses ; but ideally it ought to take place between the library associations , if for no other reason than that they can provide financial support to arrange the necessary meetings of coordinating committees . |
| 4 | This is only the second time that the House has been given an opportunity to debate the momentous consequences of the closure of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International . |
| 5 | It 's a striking contrast to see the sullen faces in our streets . |
| 6 | The Committee intends through the broadening of controlling person civil penalty liability to increase the economic incentives for such persons to supervise vigorously their employees . |
| 7 | There is now some provision to meet the extra costs of the disability itself . |
| 8 | The alternative of higher personal subscriptions does not , I believe , hold out the likelihood of sufficient income to meet the mounting costs of protecting yachtsmen and their rights . |
| 9 | The lack of ambition in the output of slapstick comedies , innocuous romances and bland dramas from BIP demonstrated Maxwell 's willingness to accept the economic constraints of British film production , while doing little to encourage new approaches to low-budget filmmaking . |
| 10 | But I do know that in s in the sort of southern southern Ryedale area , the support was definitely for a new settlement to meet the assessed needs of the Greater York area . |
| 11 | In a report to the committee , Roy MacIver , secretary general , suggests that the Government may use the opportunity to delineate the respective responsibilities of councils and the local enterprise companies ( LECs ) . |
| 12 | Ironically she rarely used much make-up herself , but right now she could have done with a cover-up stick to hide the dark shadows beneath her eyes and some blusher to conceal at least a little of her pallor . |
| 13 | It is an attempt to preserve the special protections for public bodies contained in Order 53 while at the same time limiting the application of those protections to cases where they are necessary and suitable . |
| 14 | Nowadays record collectors have accepted this process , and only complain if they hear an imperfect edit , while record producers exercise their skills in an attempt to preserve the spontaneous qualities of a performance as well as the note-perfect quality . |
| 15 | Even more surprising is Glenny 's attempt to fudge the fundamental issues of the Balkan conflict . |
| 16 | In response to our telephone conversation on Friday , I write to confirm that we are willing to make available two copies of the tape to support the joint responses at Vassar and CNRS Marseille . |
| 17 | The funerary ceremonies , in particular the mummification and the ritual of the Opening of the Mouth to restore the living senses to the body , were designed to relink the man with his Ka . |
| 18 | Cadfael had been awake and afield more than an hour by then , for want of a quiet mind , and had filled in the time by ranging along the bushy edges of his peasefields and the shore of the mill pond to gather the white blossoms of the blackthorn , just out of the bud and at their best for infusing , to make a gentle purge for the old men in the infirmary , who could no longer take the strenuous exercise that had formerly kept their bodies in good trim . |
| 19 | And it may be noted that Holman draws on psychological research to emphasise the adverse effects on children of separation from their parents , of the failure to develop relationships at all , and of disruptive family relationships . |
| 20 | A 300-yard tunnel is being drilled through the mountainside to connect the two halves of the severed road again . |
| 21 | He was breathing the words against her skin , his voice muffled by the folds of cotton he had pushed aside to enable his mouth to cherish the tender apices of her pale breasts . |
| 22 | Given that for every person who attends live opera , at least 1,000 more buy and enjoy reading poetry , will the Minister change his priorities and become the first legislator to acknowledge the unacknowledged legislators of the world ? |
| 23 | Greece thus offers not only the first instance of this change but also the essential one for any attempt to isolate the cultural consequences of alphabetic literacy ’ ( ibid. p. 42 ) . |
| 24 | That effort frustrated the Russian attempt to isolate the three Allies from Berlin and normal road and rail links were re-established in May 1949 . |
| 25 | DALLAS lawyer Bryan Garner has started a contest to find the worst examples of legal writing in Texas . |
| 26 | Remember when cutting the stock material that it must be turned over after each cut to obtain the correct angles on each segment . |
| 27 | The emergency declaration was affirmed by 22 of the 23 members of the Senate in an apparent attempt to consolidate the various branches of government for what President Aquino said would be ‘ the final blow in the final confrontation ’ against the rebels . |
| 28 | ‘ With these capital infusions , we offer our customers added assurance of Blyth 's long term capability to meet the growing needs for product and market development , ’ the company commented on the placing . |
| 29 | The total storage available at Imperial Dock to meet the increasing demands of the Distillers now amounted to 55,000 tons . |
| 30 | For Gladstone it was entirely consistent with his ambition to abolish income tax , which he declared to be immoral , that Consumers ' Co-operation should be endorsed as an instrument to encourage the working classes to frugality . |