Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The peasants were authorized to parcel out the private estates while legal ownership of all land was vested in the State ; factory committees were given broad powers to vet the actions of management ; the minorities were granted the right of self-determination ; each regiment was authorized to negotiate armistice terms . |
| 2 | She had helped enthusiastically with the costumes , making for Mary a trailing blue robe of cornflower taffeta , her own Cambridge May Ball dress sheared apart at the seams , lending or donating bright belts and beads to deck out the three kings , one of whom wore a peacock-feathered turban made of the shot-silk stole she had worn with that dance dress . |
| 3 | Many different lines of evidence may be used to flesh out the bare bones of the fossils . |
| 4 | Anecdotes like this help to flesh out the inanimate objects we sell . |
| 5 | Gradually you should be able to phase out the tangible reinforcers when tantrums are no longer a major part of her repertoire . |
| 6 | Meanwhile farmers have no option but to fork out the ever-increasing premiums that insurers are demanding . |