Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb base] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this they would leave their trades and rush to join the fourteen ‘ seine ’ boats and the fourteen ‘ volyers ’ that followed the seine boats in pursuit of the shoals . |
| 2 | Many have all their capital tied up in their homes and have to use the meagre resources of the basic state retirement pension to repair and restore their homes and to pay their heating bills ? |
| 3 | This last amendment would have the effect of removing the deterrent which local authorities will face if they place people in their own homes and have to meet the full cost . |
| 4 | While remaining guarded about the exact type of operation Shadowfax is considering , the partners are currently looking at sites and expect to open the first one within the year . |
| 5 | But he insisted that there was no alternative if Hungary was to gain the confidence of the international credit institutions and seek to heal the economic crisis . |
| 6 | As I eat I can not help but notice the Frenchman attending to the pig ; he has now cut the animal 's throat and has set alight to the straw , the flames and smoke engulfing the unfortunate pig . |
| 7 | The officers are backed up by four police cars whose job is to try to keep up with the train on nearby roads and help catch the faster of the trespassers fleeing from their colleagues on the trackside . |
| 8 | The beautiful ones wear ornate regional head-dresses , chime bells and yodel to welcome the New Year , while nature mummers appear in costumes of pine-cones , moss and snail shells . |
| 9 | Recently-hatched dogwhelks ( plate 1b ) are found at the same level as their capsules and seem to prefer the empty cases of barnacles to the shells of living or dead mussels . |
| 10 | They believed the existence of a course would increase local property values and help sell the many building plots on the market during the early years of this century . |
| 11 | The next piece of the information jigsaw will be the C&P environmental brochure , due out this summer placing the company in an even stronger position to drive home its environmental messages , redress misconceptions and help quench the thirsty world . |
| 12 | The main concern is whether the new government will flex its muscles and try to tackle the widening economic stagnation and mounting unemployment by abandoning the policy of the franc fort , while the opportunity exists to do so , and blame the outgoing socialist administration . |
| 13 | For months they had been trying with divets and tackle to hoist the appropriate two-ton stone upright and into its hole . |
| 14 | Carson Buchanan , Alf Jacobson and I held a meeting to discuss the situation ; the question was whether or not we should pull in our horns and try to placate the commercial stations and the politicians whom they had influenced . |
| 15 | Above all , I think the professionalism of Surrey Ambulance staff is best demonstrated by their ability to rise above the allegations and continue to deliver the best possible patient care . |
| 16 | There 's a management section where you can swap players and try to buy the best ones on the market , and there are also plenty of power-ups to aim for . |
| 17 | But in South Africa today , and surely for a good many years to come , there are also additional considerations that demand from a large company actions and policies that go beyond its immediate business interests and seek to ameliorate the excessive social and economic imbalances that have developed in our society . |
| 18 | Then , if the mares are given hay and grain the foals again copy their mothers and learn to eat the new food . |
| 19 | Would they shake hands and agree to forget the whole thing were he to do so ? |
| 20 | The Home Office and the DoI are now trying to decide whether to overturn Hunt , offend the BBC and ITV and give Britain an unlimited menu of pop programming — or stick to Hunt 's ideals and risk stifling the British cable network at birth . |
| 21 | Once we have found and have faith in our real selves and have found the inner confidence and inner strength we need , we shall have a reservoir of quiet certainty without making further efforts . |
| 22 | If she stayed indoors much longer , Murphy would have taken over her tasks and have filled the old beer crates they were to use as laying boxes with straw , and be collecting the scraps from the kitchen , that Dora had reluctantly promised to keep for her . |
| 23 | The octagonal nave piers have no capitals and ascend to carry the reticulated nave vault above . |
| 24 | So think about how you are moving around your documents and try to put the wide range of cursor movements to their best use . |
| 25 | But curb these desires and try to enjoy the gentle domesticity of your life . |