Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes , of course , one can decide immediately if the syllable that is to be checked for pitch has the same , a higher , or a lower pitch than the part of the frame it is being compared with . |
| 2 | Towering over all , their inaccessible faces as high and massive as peaks on the moon , a gigantic range of mountains tipped with red ringed the quiet valleys . |
| 3 | Otherwise a reasonable differential will be expected in order to justify the enhanced engine rating of the larger model . |
| 4 | The late idol 's skirt was reduced to a simple cylinder , crudely painted with a black on white slip , and the raised hands exaggerated in size to emphasize the hieratic gesture . |
| 5 | The best answer to these requests is to ask , in turn , which less important project(s) will be dropped in order to release the required resources . |
| 6 | In practice this is not complete , since two additional times need to be considered in order to obtain the true picture . |
| 7 | Thus the common law must still be considered in order to gain the broader perspective of the law as it currently stands . |
| 8 | Those who had come by train had the same problem as the trains for the return journey were not due for several hours . |
| 9 | For some technical reason certiorari used not to be available in such cases ; but the aggrieved party applied for mandamus to require the other parties to act on the footing that the visitor 's decision was invalid . |
| 10 | The main menu ( fig 6 ) presents some options additional to starting the text analysis , and figure 7 shows the next screen where a request is made for input specifying the required forms of output and the text file specification . |
| 11 | Many are questioning the threat of a £400 fine , which is being imposed for failure to complete the 1991 census . |
| 12 | His conclusion is that English , if constituted according to these principles , is the university study not only best suited to produce the truly democratic individual , but the discipline which is " destined in time to become the educational centre in English speaking democracies " . |
| 13 | Pugin 's strict rules and principles were upheld in part to counteract the inordinate sadness he had suffered at the age of twenty-two , when his first wife died giving birth to their only daughter . |
| 14 | In this section some basic microeconomic theory is applied in order to analyse the likely response of local authorities to the receipt of different types of grants . |
| 15 | It is proposed to take the seven functions of budgets on pages 49/50 as the first dimension of a matrix structure to which either the rational economic or a political model can be applied in order to form the second dimension . |
| 16 | The rear end of the console can be detached in order to transform the two individual rear seats into a bench accommodating three . |
| 17 | The optimum composition for glass to be manufactured in bulk has the approximate formula ( Na2O ) , CaO(SiO2)s . |
| 18 | First , prior analysis facilitates current analysis by reducing the amount of processing needing to be done in order to determine the literal meaning of a clause or sentence . |
| 19 | Firms experiencing technical change are selected in order to assess the social and economic consequences of such change . |
| 20 | This area is part of a larger block which was being remapped in order to complete the 1:250 000 compilation of the region . |
| 21 | It was built in order to improve the ancient road over the steep-sided Horn Hill into Somerset , and largely paid for by Giles Russell , a major local landowner , as a piece of genuine public beneficence . |
| 22 | In Essay B this fact might be incorporated in argument to show the other factors which made for unification i.e. the power of the army , the Zollverein and economic prosperity etc . |
| 23 | Faulhaber 's example has the following structure : The cost of supplying any one of three communities with water , C(1) , is £300 The cost of supplying any two of the three communities , C(2) , is £400 The cost of supplying all three , C(3) , is£650 Notice that the cost structure is subadditive , i.e. How will revenues be collected in order to support the natural monopoly in the supply of water ? |
| 24 | W. B. Yeats [ q.v. ] dismissed him as ‘ all blood , dirt , and sucked sugar-stick ’ , yet it is likely that , had he survived the war , Owen would have grown in stature to span the native tradition between Thomas Hardy and Philip Larkin [ qq.v . ] . |
| 25 | The Duke , realizing that the introduction had been made in order to give the adulterous liaison the appearance of his approval , icily turned away without another word . |
| 26 | This approach accepts that in any merger there will be certain benefits and certain disadvantages ( ie costs ) and that some sort of assessment has to be made in order to consider the overall impact . |
| 27 | The trip to Milan was made in order to write the first opera , Lucio Silla , for the 1772–1773 carnival season there . |
| 28 | At home , each patient was instructed to practice contracting the sphincter several times a day ( at least 20 times three times daily ) for 20–30 seconds as directed in conditioning sessions . |
| 29 | Visiting celebrities , from Paddy Ashdown to Bridgwater MP Tom King , were regularly seen on television treading the controversial route with worried villagers . |
| 30 | A regulatory body will have to be empowered by law to administer the new rules ; however , since the proposed Directive allows the regulatory authority to delegate its powers to a private body , there is no reason why the Panel in its present form should not be given the necessary authority with the result that changes in day-to-day practice may prove to be minimal . |