Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] the [adj] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The right-angled Swastika symbolizes the centrifugal force which strives to release all things from the gravitational pull and propels us towards mental activity , growth and evolution . |
| 2 | In Kilronan churchyard lies the blind harper who , it is said , wrote the music for the tune that became ‘ The Star-Spangled Banner ’ — Turlough O'Carolan , led across Ireland on a white horse by his servant , and sleeping with his harp in the bed so as not to let the instrument 's wood warp in damp rooms . |
| 3 | He spends the day with the shepherd and helps him milk his ewes , and at the end of the day he sees that the shepherd puts the best milk he has in a wooden bowl , which he places on a flat stone some distance away . |
| 4 | This chapter demonstrates the important role which demographic data and projections play in planning education provision . |
| 5 | Gadamer has claimed that ‘ it is not until the Enlightenment that the concept of prejudice acquires the negative aspect we are all familiar with ’ ( 1979 : 240 ) . |
| 6 | This type of issue involves the issuing company itself offering the shares to the public . |
| 7 | A parent can grant an additional privilege ( provided the parent has the additional privilege themself ) or rescind a privilege previously granted to a descendant at any time . |
| 8 | But Raskolnikov 's nightmare calls to mind one that did , namely The Possessed , while the specific link between ‘ as men possessed ’ ( besnovatimi ) and The Possessed ( Besi , literally The Devils ) is inescapably obvious — just as the word ‘ Socialism ’ which Dostoevsky has written against the beast in Revelation coming out of the earth with horns like a lamb and speech like a dragon shows the general way his thoughts are tending . |
| 9 | The second issue concerns the art-science relationship which Kemp analyses through the history of perspective and of colour . |
| 10 | When the child takes the occasional mouthful she can smile and praise but otherwise no attention should be given to the food refusal . |
| 11 | The Council assists the Chief Administrator who is appointed by the French government . |
| 12 | ‘ The elderly parent reflects the very fear which the midlife person feels . |
| 13 | Yes , I hope so too , but , I have the feeling that the next , the next time we looked I do n't remember it having green peddles the first time you found it |
| 14 | As the machine enters the twentieth century we notice that it is more streamlined . |
| 15 | Somewhat paradoxically , however , the Committee deplores the actual gulf which separates education from life . |
| 16 | This passage identifies the basic concept which makes the difference between the secular philosophy of sex in marriage and the Christian outlook . |
| 17 | So , too , the Chancellor tries the whole case himself ; he does not — as must be done in Common Law cases — send it to be tried by a jury . |
| 18 | Randa Haines 's direction shows the TV-movie-of-the-week competence she showed in her debut , Children of a Lesser God . |
| 19 | Desire directed across sexual difference , towards the other gender , elicits not its simulacrum ( as in homosexuality ) but its complement : ‘ Male desire evokes the loyalty which neutralises its vagrant impulses ; female desire evokes the conquering urge which overcomes its hesitations ’ ( p. 309 ) . |
| 20 | The finest work of the Victorian architect C. E. Buckeridge , the church 's picturesque medieval appearance reflects the earlier church it replaced in 1868 . |
| 21 | The author remembers the first time he was left with his first , brand-new child . |
| 22 | Once the product hits the real world it has to cope with users who are not so well behaved or gentle — hence the totally new crop of errors . |
| 23 | Hence , the cancellation price represents the minimum price which the management must offer to repurchase the units . |
| 24 | By contrast , general purposive browsing describes the academic researcher who indulges in a similar activity of looking over books but with a serious purpose in mind , such as keeping up to date in his field or looking for new ideas . |
| 25 | As a constitutional monarch the King appoints the Prime Minister who selects a Council of Ministers responsible to the bicameral National Assembly ( consisting of a 30-member Senate or House of Notables , and an 80-member House of Representatives ) . |
| 26 | If the draftsman chooses the latter course it is suggested that the tenant be permitted to display any advertisement permitted by the Town and Country Planning ( Control of Advertisements ) Regulations 1992 ( SI No 666 ) . |
| 27 | When the sun slides across the sky from right to left and the new moon faces the wrong way you are ready to bet the stripes of the rainbow are inside out , yet curiously unprepared to find the Plough fallen from its high point in the heavens and collapsed face down on the night horizon . |
| 28 | On the contrary , for teachers to be grappling individually and collectively with the deepest and knottiest problems in education provides the only hope they have of recapturing their equanimity and satisfaction . |
| 29 | That comment under-estimates the growing interest which shareholders are beginning to take in the wider responsibilities of the companies they invest in ( eg , support for arts , education , health , environment or indeed anything which contributes to an increase in the quality of life ) , and its cynicism can only alienate the executives whose involvement in their companies ' patronage we so badly need to encourage and applaud . |
| 30 | At one extreme lies the Soviet Union which has over 100 national air quality standards and few emission standards . |