Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [vb base] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These far-reaching discussions recognise both the child 's right to autonomous parents and family privacy , but also the parents ' rights . |
| 2 | One might prefer a priest or minister and sometimes retired clergy have both the experience and time for this sort of ministry . |
| 3 | The different definitions open up the possibility of divergent interpretations . |
| 4 | Old voices echo down the hall , |
| 5 | How many English readers know even the title of anything he wrote ? |
| 6 | Settlement on time , with the right monies , is another area in which licensed dealers let down the clients , but retain the advantage of having the use of the clients ' money . |
| 7 | The tiny scullion squealed and the bucket clattered to the floor , staying upright but letting some of its glutinous contents slop over the side . |
| 8 | This area was once the site of a Gunpowder Mill and a lot of the old ruined buildings remain around the river including the Weir and the Old Mill Lade . |
| 9 | French retailers hike up the prices of their mature stocks with even more frequency and gusto than their British counterparts , and this can make ready-to-drink claret and burgundy très cher indeed . |
| 10 | The British Isles linger off the shores of continental Europe , uncertain whether to be apart or a part , and their cattle have developed to some degree in isolation but also with many strong two-way links with the cattle of the Continent . |
| 11 | Instead of a see-saw process as different regions take over the running , a vicious circle sets in — a process of cumulative causation — by which the places which initially take the lead generate , by that very fact , all kinds of other advantages which make their position unassailable . |
| 12 | Implied terms fill in the gaps between them . |
| 13 | My hon. Friends know where the money is spent . |
| 14 | If we did not have certain terms , for instance if we did not have a word ‘ orange ’ as well as a word ‘ yellow ’ , it is easy to imagine that we would not have a concept of the corresponding colours ; indeed the fact that there is nothing natural or necessary about colour terms is proved , as one of Saussure 's successors argued ( Hjelmslev 1961 : 52ff. ) by the fact that different languages divide up the colour spectrum differently . |
| 15 | And not a snigger is heard as a group of teenage boys sit around the table talking about sex . |
| 16 | Periodically , groups of East German soldiers cross over the Wire , laden with cameras to watch and photograph British soldiers shooting on the ranges . |
| 17 | Thus , even if we assume that a significant proportion are well supported either by relatives or by services purchased with their own money , it is highly probable that personal social services see only the tip of an iceberg of unmet needs . |
| 18 | Local Friendship Centres offering various social events exist around the country . |
| 19 | Colour touched her cheeks but she looked him straight in the eyes and was just about to reply when the kitchen door opened and Gerard 's solid footsteps sound along the hall . |
| 20 | This is because the dark scales soak up the sunlight , to warm the butterfly . |
| 21 | Through the network of INSET courses , inspectors , advisory teachers and personal contacts hunt out the names of schools where outstanding work is taking place or schools that have a reputation for being generally good . |
| 22 | Augmented by informal photographs , the contemporary words conjure up the feel of life in the 1930s , when cricket seems somehow to have been more wholesome and felicitous . |
| 23 | It is believed that similar reserves exist along the coast . |
| 24 | The following paragraphs set out the response of the University of Oxford to the HEFCE 's invitation in circular letter 17/93 to submit information on its strategic plans and financial forecasts up to 1996–7 . |
| 25 | In the area of child care policy , juvenile crime is the prime example where figures based on actual offences overlook both the discretion applied by law enforcement agencies and the effects of detection efficiency . |
| 26 | If all these separate grams occur then the candidate string can be said to be allowable . |
| 27 | In Guyana 's interior , forest-dwelling Indians make up the majority of the population . |
| 28 | From your time sheet covering three typical days add up the amount of time you 've spent on all these activities/jobs . |
| 29 | Small dark lesions appear where the Argulus was attached , which may become infected with fungus . |
| 30 | Colourful sprites zip around the screen at warp speed . |