Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] the [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An account he submitted for payment covering the period 9 December 1541 to 12 June 1543 ( Arber II.50–60 ) is admirably detailed , concerning not only quantities and costs of proclamations but also special purchases of books for the king , with the style and price of binding . |
| 2 | Certainly , it is sometimes said that a claim for conspiracy gives the plaintiff procedural advantages , but the reality of this may turn on how far it is to be held on ordinary principles that instigation or procurement suffices to make a person who does not participate in the act a joint tortfeasor . |
| 3 | Erm but er that was this boy 's job and then he used to er you know , scrub the tables in the rest room and of course boil the water first thing in the morning . |
| 4 | The existence of money gives the consumer greater freedom of choice than could ever exist under a barter system . |
| 5 | When the factory was occupied in protest , the Ministry of Labour declared the strike illegal and the occupation was forcibly broken up a week later . |
| 6 | Measurement of the relative abundance of carbon-14 in both pre- and post-bomb soil samples and in the atmosphere gives us an estimate of the amount of carbon entering the soil each year as a result of photosynthesis by both higher plants and microorganisms . |
| 7 | Far from explaining how judgement arises out of experience , the holder of the impression theory of perception makes the connection inexplicable , whether we speak of the visual experience of a globe , a duck-rabbit , or a Constable painting of a cornfield . |
| 8 | Although it was the end of March , a swift late fall of snow made the theatre icy . |
| 9 | Use scrap pieces of wood to hold the gap open while you work . |
| 10 | An example showing that such categorizations and generalizations are perhaps unwise is that of Inga vera var spuria ( Leguminosae ) , which is first visited by moths and humming birds ( high sucrose ) , but 4 hours later produces a sour odour attractive to bats , perhaps due to fermentation by micro-organisms , the resultant diminution of sucrose making the ratio suitable for the bats . |
| 11 | in the Centre for Criminology and the Social and Philosophical Study of Law includes the course Social Inquiry : Method and Philosophy . |
| 12 | the decision will depend on the availability of manpower , willingness of security to keep the office open , and the nature of the consultation exercise . |
| 13 | The acceleration of transit shortens the time available for the bacteria to split the azo-bond . |
| 14 | It was worth a looksee anyway and there was bound to be somebody around to ask ; a poacher or an itinerant hop-picker or whatever sort of person wandered the countryside these days . |
| 15 | The sound of choking woke the boy next to him out of dreams of home , shocking him into knowing the hideous rocking hole where they lay . |
| 16 | I had always put my hand on that attenuated strip of iron to push the gate open . |
| 17 | Asda in Bedminster , Bristol , sold 60 extra cases of alcohol using the loophole last week . |
| 18 | The first Book of Flesh contains the Battle Magic spells Dispirit , Strength of Combat , Mental Duel , Smash , Animate Sword , Cloak of Darkness , Corrode , and Foetid Cloud . |
| 19 | The election to the office of councillor gives the councillor great responsibilities towards his electors . |
| 20 | Surely it is a kind of blasphemy to hold the church responsible for the cruelty and degradation going on around its blackened doors ? |
| 21 | Some of the nicer touches are lent to the machine by the inclusion of a pretty hairy caching IDE hard disk controller , which , in the review machine , is complete with 4MB of RAM to cache the IDE hard drive . |
| 22 | Our first degree of specialisation to make the notion useful is to restrict ourselves to linear operators . |
| 23 | Some courses have to be rejected because the cost of travelling makes the course uneconomic even though the course content may be very appropriate ’ … |
| 24 | In the celebrated case Wilson v Rickett Cockerell and Co Ltd [ 1954 ] 1 QB 598 , the Court of Appeal held the seller liable for damage to property caused by a detonator which was included in a consignment of Coalite . |
| 25 | It should be remembered that an offer may be withdrawn any time before acceptance , unless the person making the offer receives something of value to keep the offer open or the offer is made under seal . |
| 26 | For Kate , the passing of time made the silence chillier , until it felt like an icy shroud around her . |
| 27 | If the nut is really tight , a metal bar can be used to increase the twisting force on the spanner , but there is a considerable risk of cracking ceramic basins by doing this ; try the gentle application of heat to loosen the nut first . |
| 28 | Such whistles were blown only during war to offer the warrior supernatural protection . |
| 29 | But his parents are faced with a desperate race against time to raise the money necessary for his treatment . |
| 30 | But his parents are faced with a desperate race against time to raise the money necessary for his treatment . |