Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] and [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came in an open-necked shirt and walked to the makeshift podium without a very obvious security presence . |
| 2 | Another important purpose was to use the village Soviets as gates through which peasants would enter into wider administrative experience and escape from the stifling parochialism of the mir and the skhod . |
| 3 | Some further evidence of the complexities involved in handling the problems of the relationship between social and economic change and change in the family comes from accounts of the way in which families handle problems of migration in societies undergoing processes of urbanization and industrialization . |
| 4 | It leads unerringly over an intervening ridge and descends to the A.82 at the head of Glen Coe , providing excellent views throughout . |
| 5 | Seminar participants agreed that communication — including the ability to listen and hear , as well as to inform — is a key element in the struggle to overcome political apathy and to advance on the road to democracy . |
| 6 | I should have realised that from the fact that Micky said ‘ Oh Lord ’ — an expression , incidentally , that was n't in the script of the play and that he had never used in his life — before he turned round from the Hooded Owl and looked into the wings . |
| 7 | Trent walked round through the lean-to kitchen and stood in the doorway , from where he could see into the restaurant . |
| 8 | I have complete faith and trust in the universe . |
| 9 | Although broader than the days when Lord Rothschild described it as populated entirely by men who ‘ are aged fifty-three , live in the South East , have the right accent and belong to the Reform Club ’ , it is hardly representative of the population as a whole . |
| 10 | A project on technical change and subcontracting in the UK and Japan has started . |
| 11 | Suddenly a Hurricane came down in a screaming dive and splashed into the sea . |
| 12 | No more than a couple of good songs and much sub-Jagger ligging and leering with the Rats ; Do They Know It 's Christmas ? ; a mediocre first solo album ; and there the list peters out . |
| 13 | This is followed by a summer vacation course , after which the students can normally join the second-year course and graduate in the usual way at the end of four years . |
| 14 | Markets intensify economic inequality and add to the numbers of the poor . |
| 15 | Since 1990 , the proposal has been reviewed by the European Parliament and returned to the Commission for re-drafting . |
| 16 | Sigua said that he was hoping for economic aid and credits from the USA and Iran and for bilateral trade agreements with Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) countries to relieve the situation . |
| 17 | The seminar is being organised by WACC 's North American regional association and hosted by The United Church of Canada under the theme ‘ Legacy : 500 Years of Evangelization in the Americas ’ . |
| 18 | Under sail the yacht can be enjoyed from behind the wheel in the spacious cockpit , or when the weather gets nasty there is a second steering station with complete instrumentation and controls under the dodger . |
| 19 | He had two political advisers : Harold Macmillan , the British Resident Minister in the Mediterranean ( holding Cabinet rank ) , whose role was to act as British political adviser and to liaise with the British Government . |
| 20 | The seasoned rockers and cabaret bores at the local pub would appreciate the fact they have travelled up and down the country , playing every decrepit club and hovel on the way . |
| 21 | I knew where he kept a spare back-door key and walked round the side of the house . |
| 22 | Because of the outbreak of war he abandoned plans to do research and took an industrial job , but in September 1915 he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps as a private soldier and served with the British Expeditionary Force . |
| 23 | He built up a complete instrument and travelled round the Dales on a horse and cart playing it . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , place the sauce ingredients in a heavy-based saucepan and bring to the boil . |
| 25 | Fasten the two ends with sticky tape and push against the fold lines to make a fish shape . |
| 26 | The issue of measurement and control presupposes a clear differentiation and distancing between the controller and the object of control . |
| 27 | On Jan. 16 Khaled was arrested by police , who found him walking in Brussels , but was released on instruction from the Foreign Ministry and expelled from the country on Jan. 23 . |
| 28 | He would catch the bus to Piccadilly Circus — he sat on the top deck and worked on the crossword before turning to the company reports in The Times . |
| 29 | Pile the melon balls , orange and kiwi fruit into the empty shell and decorate with the grapes . |
| 30 | She also suffered a broken jaw and cheekbone in the attack in her room at the home where she was the eldest resident . |