Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb -s] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Kilronan churchyard lies the blind harper who , it is said , wrote the music for the tune that became ‘ The Star-Spangled Banner ’ — Turlough O'Carolan , led across Ireland on a white horse by his servant , and sleeping with his harp in the bed so as not to let the instrument 's wood warp in damp rooms . |
| 2 | Finally , the amount by which the total award exceeds the prescribed element must also be specified . |
| 3 | An intact skin protects the internal structures from water loss and assists in temperature regulation . |
| 4 | Carbon dioxide generation for the Tertiary coals follows the same trend as that for the Palaeozoic coals , though the yield is only about half . |
| 5 | Now , as from the times of childhood , she rode Fenna , seated in the deep hollow of the meeting place of scaled neck , veined wing and rising battlement of spine ; a throne protected from the great gale of his flight , as safe as the rocky cradle secures the foetal child , leaning back towards the bumpy spine as she had leant before , she gave herself over to their journey . |
| 6 | He 's now heavy on the front brake , while his right foot strokes the rear brake lever . |
| 7 | In our relations with the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe as well as with the poverty-stricken peoples of the South , we will work from the principle that political freedom needs the sure foundation of economic security . |
| 8 | It turns out that a great deal of our conversational interaction involves the repetitious use of structure . |
| 9 | The fact that both these forms of aphasia are frequently observed suggests that there are separate systems for perceiving and producing speech ; and we have already seen in Chapter 6 that research on normal subjects suggests the same conclusion . |
| 10 | When a total loss arises the following formula can be used to establish the written down value . |
| 11 | Chapter 3 : Nature conservation : economic aspects considers the economic aspects of nature protection , and stresses that scientific and technological progress can be achieved and can and must reduce the cost of the recovery and that these costs are borne in mind at the planning stage . |
| 12 | In this tranquil setting stands the distinctive form of Holme Castle , an impressive Victorian stone house built in 1820 . |
| 13 | Although the specific dictionary out-performs the general dictionary for Banking text , for the Estate Agents ' text the general dictionary out-performs the domain dictionary . |
| 14 | Hard , dry cough racks the whole chest . |
| 15 | Do-it-yourself practice compares the visible differences in sentences which are spoken naturally at normal speech but not exaggerated . |
| 16 | This London-based institution undertakes the major responsibility of projecting a public image of solicitors based upon client service overriding the baser desires of self-interest . |
| 17 | ( i ) Full modernity or complete modernism presupposes the absolute autonomy of fields . |
| 18 | The normal entry links the highest key at present on the prime data track with the address of the track . |
| 19 | No actress alive better captures the ferocious pathos of the little heartbreak writ large , and although her immaculate comic technique sustains whole passages of visual lunacy , she has in addition the much rarer theatrical gift of being able to transmit emotion in its purest form . |
| 20 | Although the domain-specific dictionary outperforms the general dictionary on average , there are good reasons why the general dictionary would still be preferred in the majority of situations . |
| 21 | The classic bob gets the sixties treatment with a centre parting from Scissors of Cheshire |
| 22 | The EC Biotechnology Framework Programme recognises the importance of classical taxonomy to genetic and molecular studies , and it is felt that collaborative research offers the best way forward in combining different the approaches . |
| 23 | For Jakobson ( 1960 ) , the poetic function merely dominates the referential function in literature , whereas for de Man , the poetic function negates the referential function and renders the entirety of language self-referential . |
| 24 | This hugely entertaining , funny play recalls the glorious days of the fit-up companies , touring the country with everything from Shakespeare to melodrama . |
| 25 | Our study of literary texts is commonly based on a view that the most self-consciously crafted literature has the greatest claim to our attention . |
| 26 | The broad social framework underlies the specific problems which education policy attempts to tackle . |
| 27 | On many beaches high tide brings the added danger of groynes . |
| 28 | This new four-day course addresses the major issues arising toady in corporate cash management . |
| 29 | The different purposes of payments to influence the outcome of court decisions in Kandyan and British times illustrates the divergent approaches to these tribunals . |
| 30 | However , restoration of priceless cultural objects needs the continued input of advanced technology . |