Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [prep] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sentimental as ever , the English refrain from slaughtering the little tablefare until it has developed a taste for grass . |
| 2 | Yet the time has come when many doubt whether it remains sensible to persevere in recycling the classical law in order to incorporate all the new challenges to its doctrinal system . |
| 3 | In the next few weeks advertisements will appear for a chief executive who , if all goes to plan , will have a year to run themselves in and have a real say in building the new institution . |
| 4 | In your enthusiasm to get afloat in a good breeze , it 's easy to forget about getting the right sail shape and the effect can be dreadful . |
| 5 | The new laws , which were supposed to enhance by educating the younger players thus enabling them to improve their game and so become better players when they progress to senior level , has turned out to make the game no better than the farcical ‘ tic ’ game played at mini level . |
| 6 | Paul Mason , Gary Smith and Lee Richardson are likely to return after missing the Scottish Cup win at Clydebank . |
| 7 | In which case the non-verbal concomitants of the various utterances are improvised as if for the first time , and in the best of all possible productions an unforeseeable Lear , Macbeth or Rosalind emerges in performance , and the speeches come across expressing meanings which would have been hard to foresee from reading the bare text . |
| 8 | Hence Oct-1 is likely to act by inhibiting the stimulatory effect of endogenous NFI on the HPV 16 motif , presumably by inhibiting NFI binding to its overlapping site . |
| 9 | I thought I might have problems here , because the inside mitre on the four outer glazing bars created a slight undercut for assembling the curved outer members in the horizontal plane , but I found that by locating the curved members on the bottom rail first , then swinging the tops in on a slight curve , they just clicked into place nicely . |
| 10 | It may seem strange to start by describing the best method of removing old finishes , but there is probably more work done on renovating old furniture and existing woodwork than on new wood . |
| 11 | Here he asks them , ‘ Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed ? ’ implying that it is possible to believe without receiving the Holy Spirit . |
| 12 | If an overseas company invests in shares and the structure is caught by s739 then the entire dividend comprises the income for the purposes of s739 and it is not possible to deduct in computing the chargeable income revenue expenses such as investment advisory fees , management fees , safe keeping charges , security handling fees and bank charges and registered and executive office fees . |
| 13 | On most nights she had been able to sleep without taking the hypnotic . |
| 14 | This second purpose is dealt with not only in the brief account of evolution outlined above but by a philosophical discussion of the production of ideas in history which it is equally essential to understand for apprehending the Marxist attitude to history and anthropology . |
| 15 | If the insured insists on retaining the original invoice , we will accept a copy invoice which bears a company stamp and the signature of an authorised signatory . |
| 16 | It is difficult to advise on getting the correct balance of this particular design , because it is partly a case of trial and error . |
| 17 | In the 1990s it 's fashionable to concentrate on healing the inner self , to soothe away the stresses and rigours of modern life . |
| 18 | In the United Kingdom , however , only 10% of tumours are early gastric cancers , so potential exists for changing the natural history of the disease if populations suitable for screening can be identified . |