Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [vb base] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only did the fragrances of the essences cover up the putrid smells of gangrenous wounds , they also suppressed them by retarding putrefaction . |
| 2 | 10 Contractual rights The courts adopt substantially the same rules when implying an obligation of confidence into a contract and when finding an equitable obligation of confidence . |
| 3 | Notwithstanding the former grandeur of the Cathedral , Johnson wrote no more than a page on Elgin , concluding with an attractive clue to a traveller in his wake : ‘ In the chief street of Elgin , the houses jut over the lowest story , like the old buildings of timber in London , but with greater prominence : so that there is sometimes a walk for a considerable length under a cloister , or portico . ’ |
| 4 | Some streets are dimly lit by smoking torches , but the houses have only the shadowy light of candles and oil-lamps . |
| 5 | She holds clinics in the areas in and around Cape Town — the shanty towns begin a few miles outside the city and the houses improve markedly the nearer the centre you get — and Rose believes that the fruits of her success will start to become evident in two or three years . |
| 6 | During which the authorities relax even the few laws and rules that normally exist . |
| 7 | Astronomers tend to always think the probability is high because they think there are so many sites on which life could develop , but the biologists take completely the opposite view , that there are so many evolutionary pathways that lead to biological dead ends , that this outweighs the number of sites on which life could develop . |
| 8 | All the leaves that fall into the pond congregate around the loosened wire for me to collect up in a simple once daily netting session . |
| 9 | There are often three related questions : do recipient governments really want the project ? do the target beneficiaries ( such as smallholders ) within the country really want the project ? do the donor(s) , the recipient government and the beneficiaries expect roughly the same from the project ? |
| 10 | Crosby is determined to buy this week to halt the Roker slide down the First Division table . |
| 11 | Swales , the target for much of the fans anger over the past few weeks , is likely to resist Lee 's offer . |
| 12 | Overwhelmingly , the data show how the general moves towards liberalisation , described in earlier chapters , can be seen in individual policies ( Contractor , 1990b ) . |
| 13 | as well if you want The Express and The Mail have much the same pictures Got a football magazine and a Woman you can have a football , I ca n't u look |
| 14 | As all the voices hammer out the same syllables together , the accentuation is at its sharpest ( Example 64 , overleaf ) . |
| 15 | I kept on down to the river and stood for a while to watch the coal-barges slide along the black , shiny water . |
| 16 | The words indicate clearly the virginal conception of Jesus ( Luke 1:34–35 ) . |
| 17 | At first the belts slip round the flat pulleys — they 're meant to — but as soon as I squirt the gum they grab and the shafts pick up speed real fast , and the spokes on the pulleys blur and disappear . |
| 18 | English China Clays has been so successful at reclaiming the visitors notice only the unreclaimed sites |
| 19 | Legends of the birth of the Buddha describe how the Great Being , the disincarnate Buddha , surveyed the ranks of living women to find one perfect enough to be his mother . |
| 20 | The headlights pick up the shiny worn sleepers . |
| 21 | Establish the Barril Measure over the whole Island of Islay . " |
| 22 | Not only that , but continuous 124 mph winds surging around the planet whip up the ochre soil high into the atmosphere , turning the sky pink , virtually obscuring the already wan sunlight . |
| 23 | What with these little niggling worries you 've had about the size of the crowd at Ayresome Park , coupled with some very obvious annoyance at Newcastle and Sunderland grabbing all the attention while the Boro do all the winning … |
| 24 | Watching the traffic and the rain swallow up the departing taxi , the Captain wondered how the man stayed so thin if he ate that way every day . |
| 25 | The patron let out the long slow whistle of a kettle coming to the boil . |
| 26 | Active code page not available from CON device as long as you have a standard UK keyboard , with the pounds sign over the 3 key , then ‘ Current Keyboard code : UK ’ is what you are looking for . |
| 27 | Craig Maskell scored his second goal , and when the 21-year-old striker helped Mike Cecere to bring the teams level even the deserted Cowshed , with its condemned roof , seemed to shake with emotion . |
| 28 | This is , of course , a time of smokescreens so far as the Masters is concerned and to hear some of the Europeans talk over the last few days , they appear to be in need of the psychiatrist 's couch as much as anything . |
| 29 | If decisions are made by a committee , and they are wrong , they can blame one another , and the people suffer just the same . ’ |
| 30 | Canvassers who normally get the forms back after a maximum of four visits to any household are now having to return seven or more times before the people hand back the completed form . |