Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lady Alianor refers always to the new king thus , thought Joan . |
| 2 | James Allan flies economically with the air-minded Kiwis . |
| 3 | ‘ Let it be made quite clear that there is no doubt about the position of my government ; Germany stands fully behind the Single European Act and its objectives , ’ Dr Kohl declared . |
| 4 | Lisa Stansfield looks forward to the Eighties |
| 5 | Spenser dwells longest on the first , revealing it filled with ‘ infinite shapes of things dispersed thin' ( II , IX , 50 ) . |
| 6 | And cutting down through the rising rock , the Indus carries away from the Himalayan region five million tonnes of earthen debris every day . |
| 7 | THE DEVELOPMENT of child guidance in Scotland owes much to the pioneering work of Anne T Paterson , who died on Sunday at her Edinburgh home . |
| 8 | The imposition of councillor Jeff Sainsbury says much about the right hon. Gentleman and about the unrepresentative character of the development corporation . |
| 9 | The final entry on his record card reads : ‘ Norbert reports regularly to the Labour Exchange , but has no intention of working . |
| 10 | Historic Scotland works closely with the Scottish Tourist Board , area tourist boards , the National Trust for Scotland and other organisations towards the achievement of a common aim — maximising Scotland 's tourism potential . |
| 11 | JOHN PEEL tinkers away into the small hours with only Loudon Wainwright III and Jacob 's Mouse for company . |
| 12 | On the west the present-day boundary between Bosnia and the Dalmatian region of Croatia corresponds roughly to the historic boundaries of Roman Dalmatia , and later of the Venetian and Ottoman empires . |
| 13 | Moreover , the joint police-social worker approach to sexual abuse investigations in Rochdale adds enormously to the professional meeting time ( during the investigation and pre-conference ) . |
| 14 | From the condition of being Agonistes , Sweeney points forward to the later ritualistic conception of Eliot 's Christian drama . |
| 15 | Although it is partly a response to the claims of transnationalism and hence of recent birth , Neo-Realism belongs firmly to the Realist tradition , as its name suggests . |
| 16 | Complicated interwoven crosses from Ethiopia vie with the elaborate dowry jewellery of the Turkomans of Afghanistan while the simple bold brasswork of West Africa stands coolly against the dense beadwork of Burma . |
| 17 | Graham Hamilton looks ahead to the new hockey season |
| 18 | KEVIN COOMBS Norman Lamont arrives yesterday for the first meeting of the Cabinet since the Budget |
| 19 | Nowadays , Saint-Jean deals chiefly in the large if unappetizing tuna and the extremely appetizing but , compared with the whale , somewhat trivial catch , of anchovies ; but it is a town that smells very satisfactorily of brine and can be loud with the engines of trawlers if you go down to the harbour at the right moment . |
| 20 | Vic waits law-abidingly for the green light , then presses the accelerator hard . |
| 21 | His sister Mary helps run one of his hotels in Bundoran , the Great Northern , while daughter Catherine does likewise at The Southern in Sligo . |
| 22 | Ma appears briefly at the French window , then disappears upstairs , running , holding her mouth with one hand . |
| 23 | Whereas Palmer focusses exclusively on the non-actual character of the infinitive 's event , we wish to draw attention here to what his observations imply about the nature of the modal auxiliaries and the relation between the latter and the bare infinitive . |
| 24 | Langford and Williams ' work with renowned listed pubs since 1987 puts the company in a favourable light with conservation societies such as The Victorian Society , SPAB , and the Georgian Group ; we have even been known to win a few CAMRA awards yet at the same time the firm has also brazenly converted redundant pubs to café-bar concepts . |
| 25 | Kate 's family came over from Ireland a long time ago and their closest contact to the soil is the odd spot of weekend gardening , but Kate associates closely with the dispossessed peasantry of old Ireland , and anywhere else for that matter , and taters brings out the culchie in her . |
| 26 | The TSB falls primarily into the third category ; while taking advantage of the ability of computers to process its payroll , the benefits of computerization extend far beyond , into the heart of the bank 's planning and policy making decisions . |
| 27 | Cute enough , but when you 've seen one clip of Morrissey wriggling like an over-the-hill belly dancer as Marr glares sourly at the baffled provincial audience , you 've seen them all . |
| 28 | Andrew walks away from the receding back , carrying the newspaper and milk with hands that tighten with every step to show white knuckles erupt on red skin . |
| 29 | The lack of accountability in BAT extends generally to the whole process of Making Belfast Work and the government 's failure to provide real jobs in West Belfast . |
| 30 | Film legend Paul Newman talks exclusively to the DAILY MIRROR |