Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb -s] [adv prt] the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Such an approach 's insistence on dealing with non-traditional , non-objective methods points up the ambiguities which characterize psychological methods , in a persistent and useful way .
2 The Old Testament lays down the fundamentals of a Christian social ethic in three major ways .
3 My hon. Friend sets out the reasons why I wish we were negotiating in Europe , not the Government .
4 They have a resemblance to the image of Jesus on the cross , and skilful painting brings out the details of this ‘ sculpture ’ .
5 In New York , the visitor is drawn time and time again to the Frick Collection , where the opulent yet relaxed setting shows off the objects so much more sympathetically than the Disneyland-style ‘ period rooms ’ across the other side of Fifth Avenue .
6 The White Paper sets out the details of the formula ( DSS , 1990a ; see also Millar and Whiteford , 1991 for further details and a comparison with the recently introduced Australian scheme ) .
7 The hard left points out the parallels between colonial district commissioners and the district auditor .
8 The General Secretariat carries out the decisions of the Council and provides financial and administrative services for the personnel of the League .
9 Hot weather brings out the pests
10 She implored : ‘ If the immediate family breaks up the problems created can still be resolved but only if the children have been brought up from the very start with the feeling that they are wanted , loved and valued . ’
11 A curved position-sensitive detector picks up the X-rays diffracted by the sample while its transmission spectrum is recorded by a photodiode array .
12 New chairman takes up the reins
13 Laura Davies , Sue Strudwick , Trish Johnson and Nicholas yesterday all spoke as one on the subject of how , but for the support they had had from certain European sponsors down the years , they would all be thinking in terms of pulling out of playing in Europe altogether .
14 Straight and narrow Part one of David Stevens ' new series sets out the plans for his transformation of a long , narrow garden .
15 The low intensity of these rural idylls shows up the problems created by the failure of the commercially-minded companies to generate anything other than fusty , studio-bound melodramas , as unsuccessful in their way as the airy , de-sensationalized productions of their more creative competitors .
16 The traditional ceremony by which candidates must stand and face the music as the returning officer reads out the results presents the moment of truth for all to see .
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