Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [prep] the [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The eggs eventually hatch inside the mother 's pouch , the young crawl out and clamber up on to her back . |
| 2 | Neither of these two men can control with any certainty , however , the factor that will perhaps exert the most influence on the SPD 's election chances . |
| 3 | By Gerald Larner FOLLOWERS of the BBC Philharmonic — that small but discriminating section of the concert audience in the North-west — will have noticed a peculiarly high proportion of works featuring solo trumpet in the orchestra 's current programmes . |
| 4 | From 1340 until his death in 1348 the archbishop never again held high office or exerted much influence in the king 's government . |
| 5 | So beware at the doctor 's . |
| 6 | She said they only look at the car 's registration number . |
| 7 | Winnicott observed that such ‘ transitional objects ’ were important , precisely because they may appear to the infant as not fully part of the external world , and therefore not entirely separate from the child 's own body . |
| 8 | It can also be argued on behalf of management that transfer notices should not be mandatory if cessation of the executive 's employment with the company results from wrongful dismissal , redundancy , retirement at normal age , retirement due to ill-health or disability or death ; or if a majority of the non-executive directors and/or the directors so resolve with the investors ' approval . |
| 9 | In the statement Edwards , who has already attracted criticism for placing bolts on Cornish granite , appears to set out his own manifest , which runs entirely counter to the BMC 's adopted policy on bolts and access and forecasts that Land 's End will eventually be seen as having set an example to the nation . |
| 10 | He would look at Harry , the picture of health and happiness and , while marvelling at his steady uncomplicated progress , suddenly think of the child 's mother , a travesty of the woman he had once known , suffering , it would seem , from chronic post-natal depression , so much so that , on Winifred Shalcross 's advice , a second specialist had been called in . |
| 11 | " They only come to the Tominah 's singing , " they said . |
| 12 | What emerges from these scantily recorded years is that by the time of the first minuted meeting , in January 1907 , and which was probably held in the manager 's office at the Henley branch of Reading bankers , J. and C. Simonds , much work towards the Club 's formation had already been accomplished . |
| 13 | But there was not enough sting in the Mexican 's punches to ever trouble him . |
| 14 | Now it 's finally ready to happen , with Arnold Schwarzenegger musing whether to donate his presence or not , while two teams of screenwriters work feverishly to November deadlines , and four top directors — including Paul ‘ Basic Instinct ’ Verhoeven , Peter ‘ Bill And Ted 's Bogus Journey ’ Hewitt and George ‘ Mad Max ’ Miller — politely wait for the Terminator 's nod . |
| 15 | ( Chicago is already host to the country 's first pollution trading operation — see ED 59/60 ) . |
| 16 | With this system the batteries , usually PP3s but sometimes AAs in pods , just drop into the detector 's battery compartments where they are held against internal contacts by pressure , usually from the battery door . |
| 17 | At the same time ministers received the Treasury 's best guess about the country 's economic prospects . |
| 18 | I always cry at the doctor 's , have done for years . |
| 19 | They usually act as the employer 's agent , and therefore have a dual function ; as well as giving the contractor instructions , the certifier administers the contract . |
| 20 | For example , when describing experiments psychologists still refer to the subjects ' ‘ response ’ to the ‘ stimulus ’ materials . |
| 21 | Employees still participate in the company 's pension scheme during the duration of their break . |
| 22 | The paper was prompted by the Law Society 's concern over the increasing cost of defaults — it estimates that claims against its compensation fund will reach £20m annually , mainly attributed to defaults of sole practitioners ( defaults within partnerships usually fall on the solicitors ' indemnity fund ) . |
| 23 | Gloves used to handle a defensive skunk still stink of the animal 's scent more than a year after contact . |
| 24 | However , Mr Sillars 's description of his former parliamentary colleagues ' action as a ‘ tragedy ’ and a ‘ costly mistake ’ will undoubtedly put further strain on the party 's fragile unity . |
| 25 | The fracture was caused during the construction of a storm sewer , involving underground work beneath the defendants ' mains , by a third party . |
| 26 | Its beginnings partly account for the novel 's loose picaresque form , recounting a series of adventures of Mr Pickwick and his friends ( Snodgrass , Winkle , and Tupman ) , although the initiation of Mrs Bardell 's breach-of-promise action provides a continuing plot-interest , and Mr Pickwick is transformed from the conventional comic figure of the early chapters by his connection with Sam Weller . |
| 27 | Woolmer , Burgess and Norris also appear in the Overseer 's account for 1780 . |
| 28 | They also disagree with the Government 's view on the importance of nuclear power to combat the greenhouse effect , stressing that its contribution should not be overstated . |
| 29 | For example : Chat and squabble are both spoken and informal ; lecture and menu both inform ; prescription and warrant both depend on the sender 's office . |
| 30 | Since the fund is kept strictly separate from the firm 's own assets , employees ' pensions should remain secure even if the firm ceases trading . |