Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [verb] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It was illogical to accept that an accord and satisfaction fell within s 286(5) but fell outside s 287(1) , which referred to where a company releases or writes off the whole or part of the debt .
2 Fine to medium paintbrushes are useful for moving flowers and leaves around , and for brushing hairs and fluff off the design once you have finished it .
3 Use of PLATO has the disadvantage that special PLATO terminals have to be used for the instruction ; this means that users can not be taught in their own congressional offices and carry out the training as and when required .
4 A mob attacked Kano government offices and burnt down the state radio station .
5 Sometimes a single boulder bounds and clatters down the scree pile , echoing loudly , sometimes a larger mass breaks away , sometimes the scree itself shifts and readjusts itself in a prolonged rattling clatter — a noise rather like the sea swashing back over pebbles .
6 Griselda opened her eyes and licked up the tear .
7 We should have knocked in a couple of goals and killed off the game . ’
8 In many of the prisons , CAB sessions are geared to deal with prisoners ' pre-release anxieties and to explain how the CAB on the outside will be able to help them when they are released .
9 Alphonse Blaguet , a mediator appointed by President André Kolingba , was charged with setting up a preparatory committee , consulting with political parties and drawing up the agenda .
10 ‘ There they were , all three of them , scratching their heads and wondering where the body was — ’
11 According to a Dataquest Japan survey , Apple Computer Inc was the only personal computer maker in Japan to increase its shipments in 1992 — increasing by 45.8% to 185,000 units and jumping up the market share league table to third place from sixth last year , taking 8.3% of the market , writes Anita Byrnes .
12 ‘ Now work out the profit I made on each of the five cars and add up the total .
13 She cut short the stumbling thanks and put down the phone .
14 It is hoped to attract 500 people to each of the two performances and to follow up the event with an ‘ Open Day ’ to be held the next week at which the public will be encouraged to try Medau for themselves .
15 She closed her eyes to the image , waiting to hear only the words and shut out the pain .
16 They unfolded the stiff green branches and set up the metal stand .
17 Although they make a go of the cinema for a while , by showing desert pictures and pushing up the heat so that they can sell cool refreshments , their only aim is to get back to middle-class life , but with enough money to avoid any more ‘ petty , stupid problems . ’
18 Page make-up and graphics programs allow anybody able to use a computer to change a type-face or its size , to paste in pictures and to lay out the text in almost any manner .
19 They lifted her gently onto their shoulders and moved down the chapel .
20 Edward VIII , the rise of Hitler , and World War Three which will last three years and seven months and bring about the end of the world .
21 She served four months and gave up the glue .
22 So the girls set about phoning potential and existing clients and wrapping up the business .
23 Cut the remaining sheet of pastry into diamond shapes and scatter over the top .
24 Enter receipts , work out VAT , deduct from our own books and dole out the money .
25 The ‘ Economist ’ , in March ‘ 78 , doubted whether Thatcher could ‘ forge a new majority of the right ’ and reckoned that her ‘ crusade to balance the books and roll back the government ’ was not finding much popular resonance .
26 The head of the family rested his knife and fork on their heels and looked down the table .
27 They turned on their heels and started back the way they 'd come .
28 between her knees and spelt out the sign
29 He stepped over Gabriel 's knees and clambered down the ladder , mumbling .
30 It is not going to be an easy time for the Government ; but if it fails to face up to the fiscal deficit it will risk a crisis of confidence developing later which would require more drastic remedies and put both the recovery and the reduction in unemployment at risk .
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