Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was immediately dispatched to the scene , where his energy , intelligence and presence of mind made him the chief decision-taker in the first days after the explosion of reactor number four . |
| 2 | Now that you are completing the preliminary studies and will shortly be embarking on the more complicated part of the syllabus , I feel that , at this stage , it would be of benefit to give you the following lessons in an endeavour to press home to you the importance and value of your continued perseverance . |
| 3 | DEF is well known to us and would be a different sort of purchaser giving you the German influence . |
| 4 | To enable the House and the country to clear the matter up , will the Secretary of State tell us the correct figure ? |
| 5 | Can the Secretary of State tell us the real social cost to our country of the devastation of our manufacturing industry and our economy ? |
| 6 | MapInfo Inc , Troy , New York , is shipping its MapBasic Development Environment for Unix calling it the first programming language for GUI systems allowing corporate developers to customise desktop mapping applications for a given industry or department . |
| 7 | Captain America 's main man EUGENE KELLY got in touch to tell us the latest development , namely the withdrawing of the sleeve , and added : ‘ I have for a long time been a devoted customer of C&A and will only wear socks and pants with the C&A label . |
| 8 | Scenes are also still hand-coloured in order to give them the classic Disney feel , but developments in automatic colouring systems could well change this before too long . |
| 9 | Until early in the eighteenth century , moreover , foreign diplomats when given audience by the sultan were expected to wear a Turkish-style robe over their normal clothing in order to spare him the repellent sight of European dress . |
| 10 | With the upstart Parsons that margin was as wide as a motorway , of course , but even Thomas Carter , Nature 's gentleman , could n't help getting it ever so slightly wrong , in his case by bending over backwards to minimize his achievements and rubbish his accomplishments in order to spare you the painful comparison with your own lacklustre status . |
| 11 | Similarly , McDonald 's constantly reviews the recipes of its menu items and makes improvements to these recipes in order to bring you the highest quality , best-tasting food . |
| 12 | Because they are required by law to give you the best investment advice , and unless they find out your personal details they ca n't do that . |