Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A greenhouse offers an unparalleled opportunity to extend both the season of growing and variety of plants you can raise . |
| 2 | Three members of the Supreme Court , Justices Brennan , Marshall and Blackmun , joined in a concurring opinion , rejecting the view of the majority that each forum had , in effect , complete freedom to decide when the Convention should control ; it was ‘ implausible ’ that that represented the intention of the drafters of the Convention . |
| 3 | Last week the President instructed the Department of Commerce to seek firm proposals from private industry to take over the government 's remote-sensing satellites . |
| 4 | Made a vain attempt to tidy up the room , which was already looking like a heavy-metal combat zone , and took himself off for a shower . |
| 5 | Forgive my curiosity to see her : I prodded the ball of workers with a long stick , in a vain attempt to flush out the queen . |
| 6 | All this was particularly noticeable in the summer of 1992 when billions of pounds ( some say as much as £20 billion ) of foreign reserves ( £7.2 billion of which had been especially borrowed for the purpose ) were spent by the Bank of England in a vain attempt to prop up the exchange value of sterling . |
| 7 | People close their windows at night in a vain attempt to shut out the sound of sirens and gunfire . |
| 8 | MR SMITH savaged the Tories for wasting £1 billion in their failed bid to prop up the pound on Black Wednesday . |
| 9 | ‘ So , yes , I would be prepared to resist any kind of armed attempt to take away the liberty which I have to determine my own way in the future . ’ |
| 10 | An introductory programme to show how the service works and how to get the most from the accompanying training materials . |
| 11 | Mr Patten played Cinderella last night and cancelled a private engagement to carry on the polishing while Margaret went to the Blue Ball . |
| 12 | Some water companies might let you have a meter in kit form , but you will have to ask locally , because most prefer a professional contractor to carry out the installation in case of possible back-siphonage or other problems . , . |
| 13 | Mr Lamont 's squandering of £1 billion in his vain bid to prop up the pound has not helped . |
| 14 | At the same time , he was totally loyal to Franco and unlikely to seek Allied aid to bring back the monarchy . |
| 15 | Success came when he defeated the SDP in 1987 by a slim majority to take up the Stockton South seat . |
| 16 | Once it became clear that there was no possibility of raising the funds for the National Trust or English Heritage to take on the house , SAVE began to look at other options . |
| 17 | This gives adequate width to provide both the killing power and the necessary height . |
| 18 | Indeed , the other EC countries put little pressure on the British delegation to speed up the ERM process , concluding that the time for concessions to Mrs Thatcher 's doubts was now over . |
| 19 | Indeed , the other EC countries put little pressure on the British delegation to speed up the ERM process , concluding that the time for concessions to Mrs Thatcher 's doubts was now over . |
| 20 | It would require suicidal altruism to take up the cudgels for the Palestinians . |
| 21 | Furthermore Mr himself has said to me on more than one occasion that given the history of the situation it 's unlikely that we would get anybody of sane mind to take over the running of the two centres . |
| 22 | Can you really imagine anyone hatching a devious plot to take over the school at his age ? ’ |
| 23 | Poor Kitty , everyone said , when she did not conceive again ; thank goodness there 's a lesser Bainbridge to carry on the line . |
| 24 | The Minister 's attitude reveals a clear determination to break up the system of comprehensive education in this country and replace it with something different . |
| 25 | Dr Topping commented that : " So far we have largely been engaged in a scientific exercise to see how the world as a whole will be affected by global warming . |
| 26 | And usually a loaf of fresh bread to make up the weight . |
| 27 | By taking a four-month period to flatten out the effect of the usually low total in August and the correspondingly high one for September it calculates the increase on the previous four months was four per cent and the year on year growth at 11 per cent . |
| 28 | What he thought he needed was someone with the public fame to take over the leadership and to hold a candle to the great names of Lloyd George , Austen Chamberlain , Churchill , Birkenhead and Balfour . |
| 29 | If this official Labour council gave a clear commitment to write off the debts of those on benefit and income support , then those who could afford to pay would settle their debts . |
| 30 | Personalities , presentational skills , prejudices , and political dogmas all play their part , but the working of the market-place helps the coinage of sound argument to drive out the counterfeit of special pleading . |