Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bolsheviks had suddenly become exposed to the full blast of inter-state competition . |
| 2 | At present the authorities in Berlin are having difficulty coping with those who have arrived so far , though no more than 1,100 or so have come in the past few days . |
| 3 | The distinctive nature of the ends is reinforced by the fact that the occupants are often physically con fined to the particular area for the whole of the football match . |
| 4 | Tessa and Adam 's character Frank finally get married in the next series , in a magnificent old Russian church in St Petersburg . |
| 5 | Within the community the question is which site will win the first , and both inside and outside there is the question of ‘ How much of my money will be sacrificed to support the CIT ? ’ — areas of science that have no immediate connection to fusion nevertheless get funded from the same sources , such as the Department of Energy . |
| 6 | For one thing , the negative associations of blackness with impurity , evil , misery and dirt had already become established in the English language , partly through the colour symbolism of Christian doctrine ( James , 1981 ; Dabydeen , 1985a ) . |
| 7 | Customs have now returned the Skin 2 tapes ( perhaps they got bored with them ) , but still seem gripped by the American mags , the comics and the fetish art . |
| 8 | Small portions of these types of soft coral also become detached from the main colony naturally and it helps to resite these offspring away from the parent colony to avoid competition for light and food which results if they are left too close together . |
| 9 | In the last decade , collectors have also become associated with the illicit export of art objects from the country . |
| 10 | Such pressures would , however , probably have materialised in the postwar political climate , whether the industry had been nationalised or not . |
| 11 | Family rooms are useful to let the less well-behaved and noisier children run riot but they are frequently cold and characterless and , no matter how good the facilities may be , you often feel excluded from the main atmosphere of the pub . |
| 12 | But , as stated in Anderson v. The Queen , at p. 108 , per Lord Guest ‘ in cases of murder great care must be taken to see that there has been no miscarriage of justice ’ and the test , a strict one , has been described in Woolmington v. Director of Public Prosecutions [ 1935 ] A.C. 462 , 482–483 , per Viscount Sankey L.C. as whether ‘ if the jury had been properly directed they would have inevitably have come to the same conclusion ’ and in Stirland v. Director of Public Prosecutions [ 1944 ] A.C. 315 , 312 , per Viscount Simon L.C. , as involving ‘ a situation where a reasonable jury , after being properly directed , would , on the evidence properly admissible , without doubt convict . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm afraid you really have come to the wrong man . |
| 14 | Well have retired from the Labour |
| 15 | Yes , I think the point that 's made there is fair enough , er , the Russians indeed feel oppressed in the Baltic and , and probably in other Republics as well . |
| 16 | He knew that if he kept under the trees , he should be able to crest the Monument yet remain hidden from the mysterious workers . |
| 17 | The task for collaborative coalitions is clear , firstly get rid of the Tory government . |
| 18 | This is a relationship that always carries more seeds of hope in it than many others that break down ( or never get started on the right foot ) . |
| 19 | as well is there 's a big debate as to erm whether you do get paid on tender figures or whether you actually get paid on the estimated cost . |
| 20 | About 80 species of birds worldwide have dispensed with the bothersome business of raising their own young and only about 50 of these are cuckoos of one sort or another . |