Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Each new kind of medium is likely to have its own built in obsolescence whether deficiencies these are inherent or merely the result of replacement by newer and more efficient technologies . |
2 | The Act is perhaps not so clear where only the claimant with a possessory title is before the court , for example , because the true owner does not appear or can not be found . |
3 | With regard to children 's adjustment when there is a step-parent and a non-custodial visiting parent , the research evidence is less clear and obviously the age of the child can be a crucial factor which has not yet been properly researched . |
4 | The state does become omnipotent and now the delusion of passive impotence — perhaps the central conflict in paranoia — becomes a reality . |
5 | At the show I was disappointed by the few craftsmen apparent and felt that the show was overly commercial and really the domain of the equipment seller , indeed the price for the floor space and stands etc. would almost guarantee this . |
6 | Then from her robe she took another chip , silvery and translucent and twice the size of the others . |
7 | It is already residential and only the degree of care would change . |
8 | It is already residential and only the degree of care would change . |
9 | Shearman recalled that , at first , discussion with Hickson was unpromising but eventually the appointment of Pateman to the post , vacant from 1928 , was confirmed . |
10 | Presumably stray magnetic fields will not be that high as otherwise the efficiency of the motors would be low . |
11 | It is perhaps ironic that today the Holstein of North America is rapidly overwhelming the dual-purpose Friesian of Europe , whatever its name . |
12 | It is perhaps appropriate that even the date of the birth of a personality who still eludes us despite the myriad of books written about her is uncertain . |
13 | Dave is very much his own man — young and impulsive and finally the arbiter of his own convictions . |
14 | Claudia felt as if she were drowning in a pool of conflicting emotions ; the last thing she wanted was to go anywhere with Roman and yet the thought of being with him for a little while longer filled her with delight . |
15 | Just saying br , just saying briefly er Mr I , I had something I do find it most of the time we do find it very instructive and certainly the strength of the economic development strategy is about the partnership and all those partners contributing their particular field of interest and that 's I think is . |
16 | It seems to me that this is a situation the reverse of liberal and even the reverse of democratic , in the sense in which the word has hitherto been understood . |
17 | The angle of view determines the amount of background visible and also the angle at which leaves are viewed . |
18 | On Jan. 2 units of the OMON or " Black Berets " , a paramilitary police force formed by the USSR Interior Ministry in 1987 , seized Riga 's main press building , recently nationalized but previously the property of the pro-Moscow Latvian Communist Party ( CP ) . |
19 | Erm that this council had a tradition of actually putting forward information in as straightforward a way as possible and indeed the attitude of the citizens ' er charter working party demonstrates that we actually put a value on this and it seems to me that there is a gap if you like , between what some people in the conservative group are doing in this context and what they 're actually doing in working parties and in committees and it comes out elsewhere as well . |
20 | His mother , Eleanor of Aquitaine , was beautiful , vengeful and intellectually the equal of any man . |
21 | They er well I think constitutionally it 's very difficult and this is why there is now in a similar sense as why I suggested it to you as a subject , because not only it was er a very emotional story of a glamorous young woman saying I ca n't cope with being treated by the media and other people , I 'm going to retreat but what made it so historic and therefore the treatment of it 's so interesting , was that it presented such an extraordinary constitutional position |
22 | The King , however , made it clear that neither mother nor son was welcome and so the journey to England had to be resumed . |
23 | Firstly , jump up and collect the shield , then go left , jump on the platform to your left and then the platform on your right , grab the weight , climb the right wall and throw the weight on the switch , jump/fly up onto the block on the wall , go left and cross the gap on the swing , fly up two platforms and run right , go under the guillotine , jump up the pipe and collect a weight , walk left and fall off the last platform , throw the weight on the switch , go left and use the fly to climb up the platform , take the weight and throw it on the switch above you . |
24 | Thus , however flat or sharp the key of the piece may be , the arranger is able to see to it that his clarinets never play in a key with a greater number of flats or sharps than three . |
25 | On the contrary , unions appear to have been more effective and even the loss of trade union membership may be a consequence of the inability of the unemployed trade unionists to pay their unions fees rather than due to a loss of sympathy with the unions . |
26 | Some of these Lutheran priests also claim that women 's bodies are impure and so the presence of a woman at the altar would pollute the sacred rites . |
27 | It was argued that since any payment above the standard rent would be illegal and indeed a criminal offence under section 17 of that Act , the lease itself was unlawful and accordingly the agreement for commission fixed upon the amount of the rent stipulated in it was also illegal and irrecoverable . |
28 | This is because St James 's Church was not listed as a building of architectural or historic interest after it was declared redundant and thus the cost of the building work would attract Value Added Tax at the standard rate . |
29 | Because these systems are not ‘ natural ’ their structure is complex and even the knowledge of English can prove to be unhelpful when markers represent meaning and not form . |
30 | His dummy , leading on the story of a northern factory which was allegedly poisoning its workers , had been marked down as brilliant and just the sort of hard-hitting stuff the paper wanted . |