Example sentences of "[det] [conj] [adj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's much better at this than belly-dancing in the desert , covered in clay . |
| 2 | For example on the building that we 're talking about shifting , first of all we 've got to find a site for the thing , then we 've got to get planning permission , then we 've got to get the actual permission of the owner of the land , then we 've got to make sure that erm electricity 's laid on , that there 's water laid on , that there 's some sort of toilet or other facilities and so on , and when you add all that up it 's quite a complicated sort of series of bureaucratic procedures you 've got to go through and it 's not a question of , you know , of people saying to us as Councillors well , you know , do this for us and we can magic it out in six months out of thin air _ there 's an awful lot of paperwork that 's got to be gone through and an awful lot of people to see and an awful lot of red tape , really , to get through first — I mean just to make sure that the thing 's safe and complies with health and safety standards — and that 's something which you have to get across to young people and if they 're involved in the actual discussions on this and involved in the organisation , they begin to see the complexities and they 're less inclined , I think , to automatically assume that erm people are n't on their side and do n't want to listen . |
| 3 | But I suspect a lot of you would want to leave them with a matt finish , it 's entirely up to you Anyway when you paint , like I say , it 's just it 's because it 's porous it sucks the colour off the brush and er it immediately dries , so you can see , straight away , the colour it 's gon na be when you then put the varnish on you use a sort of matt varnish and so it brings the colour up but it wo n't be shiny or a shine , which you 're gon na choose like you might wan na matt varnish with this and shiny for the shell which ca it really brings the colour up , we wo n't get round to varnishing today erm and the other thing you can do , if you want erm a sort of a mottled effect you do pink in a base colour say Mikila wanted all greeny , bluey colours on that |
| 4 | The two boys become in a sense a composite hero , complementary to one another and useful to the story in a purely formal way . |
| 5 | The implication of this for the language teacher is that it should always be ascertained that students know as much as necessary about the identity of the receiver or sender of discourse . |
| 6 | Not only will you want to know about basics like salaries and pensions , but you will also want to find out as much as possible about the firm and its product and methods . |
| 7 | In the early stages of an enquiry sociologists need to find out as much as possible about the situation or group which they intend to study . |
| 8 | ‘ I hope these questions wo n't seem offensive but we need to know as much as possible about the family . |
| 9 | But even if you have all the gifts essential for making a first-rate interviewer you will still benefit from learning as much as possible about the theory of interviewing and from practising your skills . |
| 10 | Whether you 're a sales assistant or a customer , it 's important to find out as much as possible about the product on sale . |
| 11 | He then runs to the bowl of popcorn and tries to spoon as much as possible into the container on his head . |
| 12 | He is refreshingly straightforward and forthright , embarrassing Labour 's image makers who attempted to keep him in the background as much as possible during the election campaign . |
| 13 | TRAINING FLIGHT HIGH SPEED ARRIVAL TAKING GLIDE SLOPE OR REACHING 1500 ft During training , the high speed arrival must be performed as much as possible on a straight in approach . |
| 14 | Once she 'd made her decision to come to the Dordogne , Sabine had read up as much as possible on the area , and she knew that Bergerac wines had been overshadowed in the past by the great vignobles of Bordeaux . |
| 15 | Let us accept the shifting of taste , and let us show our faith in the Great Tradition by teaching as much as possible of the literature we admire , without worrying too much about canons and with attention to variety rather than moral unity . |
| 16 | As much as possible of the message should be contained in the medium : as Marshall McLuhan pointed out , the ability of advertising to convey a message and influence people is due to success in achieving this . |
| 17 | As the recital proceeded , the teachers began to drift off to their appointed confessional boxes , anxious to miss , on any excuse , as much as possible of the headmaster 's address . |
| 18 | Similarly , if you are a ‘ science-writer ’ it is good to convey as much as possible of the jargon of a discipline , because the jargon is a large part of the living language of the discipline , and therefore of the thought processes that direct it . |
| 19 | Secondly , this study aimed to discover as much as possible of the information which is potentially available to drivers , not just the occasional item of particular interest . |
| 20 | Since this is the rationale behind treatment of the operated transsexual — namely , causing the physiological profile to conform as much as possible to the gender identity — it is not of itself outrageous . |
| 21 | He walked more briskly now , still climbing , picking his way fast and carelessly , so that he could keep his face turned up as much as possible to the source of the storm . |
| 22 | To live in a beautiful country , and to enure myself as much as possible to the labour of the field , have been for this year past my dream of the day , my sigh at midnight . |
| 23 | Knitting as much as possible with the garter carriage is not always the quickest way to complete a garment . |
| 24 | The log interpretation lithological model reflects the core information as much as possible with the restriction that the number of unknowns ( minerals ) is limited by the number of logs recorded in order to maintain the stability of the computation model . |
| 25 | If only for the veracity of the role , he mixed as much as possible with the cast and crew and with the local population . |
| 26 | Jack settled into his stance , and relaxed as much as possible over the ball . |
| 27 | In order to gain as much as possible from a lecture or reading a book , it is important to ask questions in order to answer queries as they arise . |
| 28 | He had been saving as much as possible from the grant in the hope of amassing a small sum which would tide him over until he could find a local job . |
| 29 | Satan possesses many of the qualities found in conventional epic heroes in his struggle against overbearing , opposing forces while building up new cities in place of lost ones and in his determination to regain as much as possible from the debris into which he has fallen . |
| 30 | The four 1949 Geneva Conventions reflect the principle that parties to a conflict should spare the wounded , prisoners of war , and civilians as much as possible from the effect of armed conflict and occupation . |