Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] the [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | These should more than compensate for the natural decline in other more mature fields . |
| 2 | The eyebrows go up in an arch that would make a complete circle if they carried on down , the lids over those eyes , likened to a cobra 's by Candice Bergen , narrow to a slit ; the gleaming white teeth flash through the pursed lips in what Vogue editor Diana Vreeland called a ‘ killer smile ’ . |
| 3 | When Eva had gone and I lay for the first time in the same house as Charlie and Eva and my father , I thought about the difference between the interesting people and the nice people . |
| 4 | Until the FRC and its cohorts have made substantial progress in imposing uniformity in accounting matters , the profession will continue to be criticised because companies account for the same things in different ways . |
| 5 | Hunt for the last wolf in Norway |
| 6 | The net costs of Eagle Lodges appear for the first time in the income and expenditure account and are largely attributable to setting up costs as there was little income from occupancy during 1990 . |
| 7 | Foreign Offices of a modern kind , specialized in their functions , subdivided ( usually on a largely geographical basis ) into departments with still more specialized duties and employing considerable numbers of experts of all kinds , now appear for the first time in the major European capitals . |
| 8 | Now you can send for the ambulance , send for the straitjacket , send for the little men in white coats . |
| 9 | Chester-le-Street 's Lindsay Hardy , 15 , also won the girls race for the second year in succession , finishing 12th overall , and was surprised to beat Middlesbrough and Cleveland 's Kerry Matthew by over a minute and a half . |
| 10 | Bearing in mind the millions of pounds that the Government raised from privatisations — the selling of the family silver — and all the money that has been raked into the Treasury , should not the Economic Secretary stand at the Dispatch Box and apologise for the economic mess in which the Government have landed this country ? |
| 11 | Even though the World Cup will swamp the domestic competition , the Shield will still continue to provide some of the most riveting cricket of the summer as these four highly-competitive sides battle for the two places in the five-day final . |
| 12 | TORBREX Wanderers have done much to keep the Scottish Indoor League championship race open by beating fellow Dundonians Menzieshill for the first time in the league last month . |
| 13 | We fit into the latter category in these terms , but not in our own . |
| 14 | Dampen the edges of the holes , cut out green holly leaves and press into the leaf-shaped holes in the burgundy ribbon , then smooth gently to secure in place . |
| 15 | And our own electrical fields interact with the electrical fields in the environment … ’ |
| 16 | They interact with the natural world in complex , ill-understood ways — ecology is the youngest science . |
| 17 | They appear in the synovial fluid in large numbers in response to infection . |
| 18 | Its doctrines appear in the early form in the Pyramid Texts , become more complex in the Coffin Texts of the Middle Kingdom and are further developed in the New Kingdom in the Book of the Dead , the Book of Amduat and the Book of Gates . |
| 19 | These are followed by documents relating to the SI in Britain which include Ralph Rumney 's Psychogeographic Map of Venice ( 1957 ) , and brief statements by Michèle Bernstein which appear in the British press in the 1950s and 1960s . |
| 20 | Occasional tubular white flowers appear from the central rosette in summer . |
| 21 | Many roasters now pack the beans warm from the roasting process in bags with a special filter which allows the beans to cool while preventing the volatile gases from escaping , taking much of the flavour of the beans with them . |
| 22 | At the time I wondered how any improvements could be visual , when I learnt that players could ignore March winds and appear on the 1st tee in shirt and slacks . |
| 23 | Pipe more icing along the bases of the ‘ parcels ’ and ‘ party hats ’ cut-outs , and attach to the green icing in front of the ‘ birthday cake ’ . |
| 24 | Rodney Marsh and Alan Parry commentate on the biggest thing in Boston since the Tea Party . |
| 25 | He became a gentleman usher to the privy chamber in 1662 , and his influence with the king was of continuing value to the society . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , as the table shows , we rank among the safest countries in the world . |
| 27 | ‘ And , ’ continued the badger ceremoniously , ‘ I am sure I speak for the entire population in wishing you all the very best in driving away this menace in our midst . |
| 28 | In a keynote address on July 15 , Major called on G-7 leaders to " build a world partnership and strengthen international order " by adopting a five-point plan covering global arms control , a strengthened UN , international free trade , support for the democratic movements in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union , and increased trade with these countries . |
| 29 | In fact , you can argue and remonstrate until you are blue in the face but certain plans or arrangements can not be progressed just yet and you must simply sit tight and wait for the Full Moon in Aries on the 14th before making any drastic changes or decisions . |
| 30 | Mulloney ( 1969 ) has shown that these muscles are activated by a motor neuron in the thorax which in turn is driven by two interneurons in they brain , from which descending paths synapse with the motor neurons in the thorax . |