Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb -s] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exhibition-train revenue makes up the final 4 per cent . |
| 2 | Before detailing the two main components of LMS , this introductory chapter sets out the general framework of change . |
| 3 | The surface of a warm , damp body takes up the wet-bulb temperature of the air around it . |
| 4 | Many will see this paper as a fundamental attack on the NHS , a means by which a free service slides down the slippery slope of privatisation . |
| 5 | In a few places , as in the lower Neretva valley , a breach in the mountain wall permits a gulf of Mediterranean air to penetrate inland , but more commonly the unbroken barrier shuts out the ameliorating influences from the sea . |
| 6 | I thrive on the role as extra pressure brings out the best out in me . |
| 7 | A similar tiny gesture takes on the same value when Alain rubs one foot up and down the other leg when the girls tickle him . |
| 8 | The lateral membrane takes up the entire length of one side of the chamber , pushing the grapes against the other side . |
| 9 | I believe that Bourdieu 's conceptual framework opens up the social-scientific study of postmodernism in several ways . |
| 10 | Bourgeois ideology takes over the legitimizing functions of traditional society and thereby keeps power relations inaccessible to analysis and public consciousness . |
| 11 | The requirement for long-term robustness rules out the general use of dowels but the thought of complex , angled mortise and tenon joints is intimidating . |
| 12 | Unlike Lukács ' insignificant event from which the universal is precariously drawn out through the narrative , Sartre 's singularity works synecdochally in a conventional antinomy with the universal , the relation between the two structured according to the familiar nineteenth-century model of organic growth or process in which each singular event makes up the whole while , as he puts it , ‘ the whole is entirely present in the part as its present meaning and as its destiny ’ . |
| 13 | Consistently good water quality and a stress-free environment builds up the natural resistance of your fish , so they can shrug off minor ailments . |
| 14 | A charming children 's story in which a small helicopter takes on the biggest financial brains in Europe and the USA , and loses badly . |
| 15 | The use of a shifting viewpoint spreads out the seated figure with the result that the genital area is prominently positioned at the centre of the canvas . |
| 16 | ‘ The enclosed photo sums up the general verdict of our recent holiday to Zakopane . |
| 17 | To lend naive party cheer , the young American DJ whacks up the dry ice machine which spurts more of its obnoxious fumes into the heart of the room . |
| 18 | ‘ A friend of mine , ’ he said , ‘ an American , sometimes travels on the top of a double-decker bus and in a very loud American voice points out the national monuments . |
| 19 | His view of the American situation follows out the formal consequences of earlier complaints by such writers as Nathanael West and Philip Roth , that the American novel can no longer keep up with contemporary reality . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's low land brings out the real farmer , ’ he said . |
| 21 | Article 10(1) of the European Convention sets out the basic principle which the makers of common and statute law in Britain have never quite mustered the courage to adopt : " Everyone has the right to freedom of expression . |
| 22 | Back to form Sandy Cottage takes on the classy Lovely Charlott in the 6th Year Marathon . |
| 23 | An opening chapter on silk fragments from China , Persia and the Middle East brings in the central theme of her narrative the passage of materials and techniques from one area to another . |
| 24 | It is formed when the sun 's ultraviolet radiation breaks up the two atoms of oxygen molecules into single atoms . |
| 25 | In the case of the 4 , a lightly flame-patterned section makes up the main body , with a strip of darker walnut separating this from the attractively-grained birdseye on the front . |
| 26 | Open daily C6 S8 V7 £39 ( set three-course lunch £12.50 , three-course dinner £15.25 ) Castle Hotel ( 0823 272671 ) Taunton , Somerset Stylish cooking of outstanding local produce brings out the best of British classics in this smart , smoothly-run hotel . |