Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inability to carry out an agreed suggestion may indicate that neither the follower nor the leader had really understood the problem when the objective was set . |
| 2 | Those attending were given the opportunity to carry out the mock validation of a course which was defended by a very experienced course team . |
| 3 | Diana not only ostentatiously wore outfits that she had been seen in before — to knock a few criticisms on the head about the money she spent on her wardrobe — but she also seized the opportunity to kill off a few more misconceptions . |
| 4 | As the paint bleeds onto the damp paper , I take the opportunity to blot out a central area along the line of the steps onto which the bulk of the light falls . |
| 5 | As the paint bleeds onto the damp paper , I take the opportunity to blot out a central area along the line of the steps onto which the bulk of the light falls . |
| 6 | A telephone conversation allows the opportunity to build up a personal relationship . |
| 7 | Producer Michael Mills saw the opportunity to team up a new writer with an actor new to television comedy . |
| 8 | Bide your time , be patient and take the opportunity to think through an ambitious aim . |
| 9 | It was a day to remember ; we were all quite taken by Fair Isle and I took the opportunity to dig out a few facts and figures about this remote island . |
| 10 | For the next half hour the rehearsals took on a sudden lift and everyone began to dare to try things out without feeling foolish . |
| 11 | The Acts lay down a minimum standard for air quality , and impose pollution emission controls to particular polluters . |
| 12 | All the sounds are bright and punchy , the humbucker dishing out the appropriate amount of clean chunk or coil-tapped crunch when desired . |
| 13 | It was for the juy to tie up the loose ends , unemotionally . |
| 14 | The ARC/INFO ERASE command ( the Boolean equivalent of NOT ) is used to remove the constrained areas from the coverage to build up a composite coverage . |
| 15 | If the retailer builds up a good relationship with his customers they will keep coming back — and maybe tell their friends . |
| 16 | ‘ The accounts go out every six months , ’ he reminded her with a frown . |
| 17 | He watched in horrified fascination as the lieutenant took out a single match and poised it over the striking strip . |
| 18 | The Board took over the legal aid scheme 's administrative structure and most of the staff . |
| 19 | Not only did the fragrances of the essences cover up the putrid smells of gangrenous wounds , they also suppressed them by retarding putrefaction . |
| 20 | With the RAF closing down the adjacent airfield and it going on the market next year , YAM ‘ hope to expand and seek to continue to expand ’ , remarked Ian . |
| 21 | They could see a man with a ladder up against the cinema putting up the new poster , and the small round figure of Peggy Pine coming out of her dress shop to stand and look admiringly at her window display . |
| 22 | The ignition electrodes are hidden beneath the burners and stay clean and reliable so even if the milk boils over a quick wipe is all that 's needed . |
| 23 | He made little attempt at conversation and showed no surprise that he should be asked to drive to Boulogne in the middle of the afternoon to pick up a well-dressed but grubby Englishman . |
| 24 | Charlie has taken a street sweeper 's job to earn the money to pay off the cruel landlord who would otherwise put a blind girl and her mother out onto the streets . |
| 25 | The first is more intense , with the buck putting up a spirited resistance ; in the second its lolling tongue and gentler stance suggest that it is about to succumb . |
| 26 | The pilot light burns continuously on most boilers , and lights the main burners when the programmer switches on the main gas supply . |
| 27 | I could give examples of how people have been pursued beyond the grave to pull back a few miserly pounds of poll tax payment . |
| 28 | Heaven help them all when the dailies came out the next day . |
| 29 | This is a problem from which the ordinary courts are not immune , but it is true that this type of uncertainty is absent from the rival schemes because there the courts lay down the precise meaning which a term should bear . |
| 30 | No clear principles determine the allocation of disputes to these bodies although the greater the element of discretion and the more important the policy considerations , the less likely it is for the courts to take on the new area of responsibility . |