Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [noun] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crop rotations and equipment could not be exploited in some areas until enclosure removed the remaining open fields and increased farm size . |
| 2 | Volunteers constantly tug in all directions while others bewail the imminent end of the organization — just as they did last week , last year and ( in a few cases ) last decade . |
| 3 | In addition , the Porkkala base was relinquished many years after Finland re-established the independent operation of her internal political processes . |
| 4 | Any general strategy for achieving this would be tentative ; a pragmatist judge would stand ready to revise his practice by enlarging or contracting the scope of what he counts as legal rights as experience improved the intricate calculations on which any such strategy would depend . |
| 5 | Rohan and Jacques had arrived when the two girls returned , and were sipping their aperitifs while Monique put the finishing touches to her meal . |
| 6 | Curiously , the Phaeacians , the legendary people in the Odyssey who sound like the Minoans in so many ways , were described as the kings of sea-craft ; they were also credited with sailing galleys with fifty oars , in other words , larger ships than Bury credits the Homeric Greeks with possessing . |
| 7 | But the price of legitimacy , security and stability may be to concede power to outside interests because failure to reflect the true balance of power within the community will result in concrete demands on the agency being enforced . |
| 8 | It was several seconds before Lindsey recognised the dark-haired girl grinning at her . |
| 9 | It was a good five minutes before Sharpe noticed the French Dragoons who followed him . |
| 10 | I had to wait at most a couple of minutes before Dennis opened the back door , walked across to the garage , unlocked it , swung the door up and stepped inside . |
| 11 | Of the Italian manufacturers , Alfa Romeo dominated the pre-war races while Ferrari dominated the post-war era as Italy established itself as one of the leading motor racing nations . |
| 12 | Is not the Minister aware that it has been known for some time that four times as many women as men suffer the chronic pain that comes from the loss of movement in and the fracture of hip joints ? |
| 13 | Yet even ‘ Disgruntled , Kilgraston Road , Edinburgh , ’ who had expressed his disquiet most volubly to the The Scotsman sports desk had to gorge on his opprobrious remarks as Hastings became the leading scorer in matches between the two countries with some imperious striking as he landed five goals from eight attempts . |
| 14 | ‘ As I say , straightforward except for one clause which commits Supersight to market a range of putters if Harley wins the British Open . |