Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British , perhaps because they are jealous of the splendour at Versailles , are fond of recounting how the courtiers used to relieve themselves in the passageways . |
| 2 | The Government are fond of asking where the money is coming from , but they are supporting a project which , according to old estimates which will probably have to be updated , will cost £1.4 billion . |
| 3 | In New Zealand 's ’ King Country' — so called because of the Maori kings who fought a guerrilla war against the settling English — Maori lads fresh from rounding up the droves of merino sheep from the bush clad hills would have a night out in the one horse town and go to the fleapit . |
| 4 | Among those who do not , many are not interested in building up the sort of long-term relationship characterised by mutual obligations which a system built upon rights implies ; some are " voluntary " temporary workers only wanting occasional work , others are " involuntary " ones regarding their current job as , at best , " stop-gap " employment . |
| 5 | But it then transpired that BOC was also interested in taking over the firm by buying the remaining 70 per cent of the shares . |
| 6 | The press coverage in turn has resulted in many other local authorities becoming interested in taking up the idea and pursuing their own campaigns . |
| 7 | We could possibly arrange sub-contractors if anyone was interested in taking up the job in a given area . |
| 8 | But now it appears thieves are being increasingly interested in taking on the hole in the wall and that means bigger and heavier vehicles to do it . |
| 9 | ( If you 're interested in following up the question of how we know what 's going on in our own minds you might have a look at Duncan : I Know What I Know — or Do I ? — Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society , Spring 1971 , or just possibly my contribution to the symposium on recursion in the current Analysis , though this is a little technical . ) |
| 10 | II Maccabees is not interested in following up the destiny of the Samaritan temple , which must have indirectly benefited from the rebellion of Judas Maccabaeus . |
| 11 | Ring them , or better still go to see them all , and ask if they are interested in carrying out the survey , how much they charge and when they can do it . |
| 12 | ‘ A man interested in finding out the truth , and therefore seeing that justice is done . |
| 13 | Transito Ramirez worked in the Ministry of Education preparing teachers ' materials and was instrumental in drawing up the report : |
| 14 | To remove the fly-by-night and seasonal aquaria , and the bad zoos , the RSPCA was instrumental in bringing forward the Zoo Licensing Act which has dramatically improved the standard of zoos and the welfare of wild animals in captivity . |
| 15 | In the early 1930s he was instrumental in setting up the child department of the Institute of Psychoanalysis . |
| 16 | A major plank of our community investment strategy is to work in partnership with the voluntary sector , at both national and local levels , and forgive me if I use I B M to instrumental in setting up the north-east environmental initiative in partnership with the ground-work trust , business in the community and Gateshead Borough Council . |
| 17 | In a literary essay , however , you should be cautious about leaving out the actor in a passive sentence . |
| 18 | Two mixes of ‘ House Of Usher ’ finish off the EP , and you 're left fearful of turning out the lights at night . |
| 19 | Not content with propping up the bar at the Rovers , the Inspiral Carpets , who have decided to call their latest meisterwerk ‘ Revenge Of The Goldfish ’ thought it would be a spiffing idea to promote aforementioned article with a series of displays in record shops featuring a fully inhabited fish tank . |
| 20 | It may be that , in some areas , registration officers were less than assiduous in chasing up the laggards . |
| 21 | 2.3 If the Landlord is unable to obtain at a reasonable cost any of the materials referred to in the Building Documents the Landlord may [ ( subject to notifying promptly the Surveyors of its intention to do so ) ] in carrying out the Works substitute for them alternative materials as nearly as may be of the same quality |
| 22 | He said nothing , forked another fish , swallowed it with the same indifference he might appropriate to putting out the rubbish . |
| 23 | In the opinion of Paul Whitfield , Deputy Chairman of Bonham 's , the cost structures of a company such as Sotheby 's are inappropriate to the present recessionary climate , but dismantling them is impossible without breaking up the company — one possible solution in his opinion . |
| 24 | An official teachers ' guide may recommend project work and locally based enquiry , whereas the official timetable renders such initiatives impossible by dividing up the day into small fragments . |
| 25 | It 's well worth the trouble , though , firstly because it 's obviously ideal for bringing out the bass in small guitars , secondly because it looks just fabulous , and thirdly because it makes the inside of the guitar smell like an explosion in a spice market . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , the right position for taking the pictures is seldom ideal for picking up the sound , especially when speech is being recorded , so on-board camcorder microphones do have their drawbacks . |
| 27 | The conditions were ideal for showing off the practicalities of using markers . |
| 28 | He was sick of living out the legend of the Tech-Green wunderkind , sick too of the work he was involved in and the knowledge that went with it . |
| 29 | ‘ I was by no means unique in noting how the problems of high unemployment , low skills and high housing need existed side by side in so many places . |
| 30 | The politics are quite different , and if the SNP MPs really expected to be hailed as conquering heroes , then it can only fortify the impression that they were either negligent or culpably naive in thinking through the consequences of their actions . |