Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shortly before birth the developed infant reverses its position and lies head downwards awaiting the muscular contractions in the mother which will bring about birth . |
| 2 | Suffice here to accept the inevitable constraints imposed by language , as noted by Ryle ( 1975 ) , and recognize its limitations especially in the area of aesthetic response . |
| 3 | Merrick also considered the absolute deviations from the no-arbitrage price , where is the futures price actually observed , and F t is the no-arbitrage futures price calculated from , but with continuous compounding . |
| 4 | Ships laden with nutmeg or cinnamon , cloves or coriander once battled the Seven Seas to bring home their precious cargo . |
| 5 | Besides the fact that it is not always true — the bare infinitive has many uses where it is not in relation with an auxiliary — this distinction between the two infinitives is also purely distributional : Schibsbye simply lists the various contexts where each infinitive is found without developing any difference of meaning . |
| 6 | set there to keep the evil spirits out . |
| 7 | 1 Please remember never to give the exact dates or locations of our evenings to anyone . |
| 8 | Ambramovitz aptly termed the residual factors as ‘ a measure of our ignorance ’ . |
| 9 | Throughout his book , Anger patiently exhumes the sordid remains of dead film stars , robbing their graves for any evidence that might undermine the official stories that the Hollywood studio system revealed to an adoring public . |
| 10 | Mark always experienced the same feelings of contentment when entering the home straight . |
| 11 | Units involving practical case studies in mathematical modelling unify the work in these four subject areas and aim also to develop the personal skills sought by employers , namely the abilities to communicate , to make decisions , and to work effectively either individually or as a member of a team . |
| 12 | You 've only to read the new Parents Charter , which John Major is introducing , to realise this . |
| 13 | Mrs has already asked for her class to be after one and we 've only got the two classes to do . |
| 14 | They 've only got the little lights in that shop . |
| 15 | So hot that some of the small atomic bits of gas stick together to form the bigger bits needed later for making rocks . ’ |
| 16 | They 've just won the Southern Women 's Championships for the second time . |
| 17 | Alright , we 've just got the green ones . |
| 18 | Kipling ( Kim , 1901 ) and John Buchan ( Greenmantle , 1916 ) popularized the idea of the imperial hero as secret agent , Greenmantle uncannily prefiguring the supposed exploits of T.E . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've always liked the gentle curves of Art Nouveau and the squares and triangles of Art Deco and I think this is reflected in the house . |
| 20 | ’ I 've still to add the commercial bits . ’ |
| 21 | I 've still got the two twins to get . |
| 22 | Moreover , these abstractions serve also to blur the distinctive formations of body , hair and dress through which portraits are customarily gendered . |
| 23 | The same papers are read by those kids and by the coppers who nick them , and basically they 've both swallowed the same lies . |
| 24 | I 've also broken the smaller ones down into the cost for the still and the carbonated water . |
| 25 | The rest of mankind and womankind also admire the physical attractions of those maidens and are roused to enthusiasm by their perfect dancing . |
| 26 | But of course you 've now got the modern police station you know . |
| 27 | We 've never had the 20,000 crowds . |
| 28 | If taught to small children as a stepping-stone to the ABC , it could wait a lifetime until everyone had grown up knowing both systems , then the better would simply oust the worst — as the arabic numerals have eventually ousted the roman ones . |
| 29 | to the Senate the pass and classified lists of candidates who have successfully completed the final examinations leading to a degree , diploma , certificate or other academic distinction of the University ; |
| 30 | Genetic engineers , working for the company , have successfully altered the genetic characteristics of a commercial cereal crop , to enable it to resist disease , pest attack and intemperate conditions . |