Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [verb] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From ancient times , the significance of particular dates has survived centuries of attempts to stamp out the old pagan customs , and they are still popularly practised in many parts of the country . |
| 2 | With rucksacks on their shoulders and clutching their weapons , the group of desperadoes trudged up the main coast road , clearly silhouetted by the headlamps of passing enemy traffic . |
| 3 | He had called in a local firm of builders to carry out the essential brickwork , plastering and re-tiling on the roof ; after that , he took a hand in the redecoration personally , splashing on new paint and putting up wallpaper . |
| 4 | Unlike the mornings , the number of titles remained much the same , but total circulation fell . |
| 5 | Page 's choice of motets illustrated how the different texts could be closely interrelated — as in Par un matinct l'autrier / He bergier / He sire / Eius , which could be summarised as ‘ aspects of pastoral love ’ — or how each might furnish a satirical commentary on the other — as in Ypocrite pseudopontifices / O quam sancta / Et gaudebit , with its antithetical opinions of the high clergy . |
| 6 | And somehow the regret in Friend 's banner of meanings cancelled out the bitter mould-taste of failure that the garden-master had cultured inside her . |
| 7 | Lastly , there are a number of differences between groups of institutions making up the monetary sector . |
| 8 | I heard the sound of voices carried on the thin air . |
| 9 | of cocks sucked down the deep end 's outlet hole , |
| 10 | However , there is also in English a more substantial effect on linguistic form for all the separatives ; they are ungrammatical in predicative position , even when qualifying the same nouns that they can accompany fully acceptably in attributive position : ( 47 ) the king is/will be future fortunately , Dostoievsky 's execution was mock Likewise , in the attributive phrases in ( 48 ) , possible and occasional are separative , qualifying the relationship between the entity of the noun phrase and the descriptions RIVAL and SAILORS respectively , rather than directly qualifying the entity itself : ( 48 ) a possible rival now came on the scene Wilkes and Andersen are occasional sailors ( the last pair of words has much the same meaning as the phrase week-end sailors ) . |
| 11 | The presence of neutrons explains why the atomic weights of elements do not correspond with their atomic numbers . |
| 12 | For all countries the ten-year difference in the two sets of pyramids demonstrates how the excess births of one generation moves through the population , creating a successive need for new schools , jobs , houses and , ultimately , pensions . |
| 13 | Forest want an answer from Keane by the end of this week and he has asked for an extra couple of days to iron out the finer details . |
| 14 | In 1985 , the advertising agency Foote , Cone & Belding conducted a series of surveys to discover how the younger sector viewed these ‘ little nuggets of sunshine ’ . |
| 15 | But on one side there is a greenhouse and vegetables , and on the other side an army of chickens peck over the brown dirt . |
| 16 | They heard the horn again , the sound of hounds carried on the still air . |
| 17 | It is an impossibly restricted view , therefore , to imagine a universal approach to landform study being based only upon consideration of historical development … the physical and the resulting psychological , inability of geographers to handle successfully the simultaneous operation of a number of causes contributing to a given effect has been one of the greatest impediments to the advancement of their discipline . |
| 18 | A new team of managers took over the semi-state-owned bank on May 13th . |
| 19 | The iridescent films of oil on top of puddles provide perhaps the best analogies . |
| 20 | He is the proud holder of the Gold P.O.W.N. medal ( Polish Fighting Organisation for Independence ) after blowing up railway bridges , cutting down telephone lines and destroying all forms of communications to hold back the German advance . |
| 21 | Roy 's string of hits included Only The Lonely and Pretty Woman in a 25-year career . |
| 22 | By 1988 , total US aid since 1981 had risen to some US$3 billion , with the pattern of allocations remaining much the same . |
| 23 | The one case where a contested trial was covered by a range of newspapers indicated how the popular press focus on the potential fall of the near-famous and the introduction of gratuitous detail to titillate . |
| 24 | Then there were truly new beginnings , a hated Poor Law , dead and buried ; a single , uncluttered task — to improve the quality of public care ; and a specially recruited ( and largely newly trained ) new band of professionals to take on the exciting role of pioneers . |
| 25 | There was enough in the way of threats to drive even the strongest , bravest man . |
| 26 | The tendency of historians to play down the general effect of the Combination Laws seems rather insensitive to the feeling of oppression widely found in these manufacturing districts . |
| 27 | Publication of the standards is part of a series of initiatives taken over the last few years , including production of the ‘ Best Practice ’ management kit in 1985 , The Society 's model ‘ Office Manual ’ [ 1987 ] , the development of management training , and publication of the ‘ Quality Briefing ’ and ‘ Client Care Guide . ’ |
| 28 | He said the case was a one-off , but he 's writing to a Government committee on the safety of medicines pointing out the potential dangers . |
| 29 | To win Test matches , one has to take wickets consistently , and a high proportion of chances come off the outside edge of the bat . |
| 30 | The two types of engines occupy roughly the same space but it would be no mean feat , particularly now , to make the major alterations necessary to fit other than Rolls-Royce engines and the integrated British-built train . |