Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] the [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we have as premiss for the dependent conditional that if it were raining the balcony would be wet is roughly this : in that possible world most like our own in which it is raining , the balcony is wet . |
| 2 | The nature-versus-culture model of analysis was first developed within anthropology to help account for the universal subordination or secondary status of women in all societies at all times . |
| 3 | The weather is glorious , so we trot through the suburban roads and leafy lanes , and find a hitherto undiscovered park . |
| 4 | The control room is part of the communications channel between the human operators and the mechanisms and its design , as a man-machine interface , is one of the key ergonomics problems in power stations . |
| 5 | Rentokil Medical Services provide for the safe collection and disposal of used hypodermic needles , scalpels and other surgical instruments and soft clinical waste such as bandages and other medical dressings . |
| 6 | The paraphernalia of capitalism — the banks , mortgages , moneylenders , credit , exchange rates , inflation , Jewish competition , Polish labour — these were all things that German small business had learned to fear and mistrust as its economy had , without the buffer of empire , ridden the rollercoaster of boom and slump between the Franco-Prussian wars and the Great War . |
| 7 | I open the door to the little cloakroom in the corner , undecided about which form of relief to try , and hesitate between the brownish lavatory and the greenish tap . |
| 8 | Send for the above offers or mail order details to : The Bradley Gallery . |
| 9 | On occasion , the Minister has criticised the lack of detail in our overall defence expenditure proposals and what we propose for the Territorial Army and the reserve forces . |
| 10 | However , Hall ( 1982a ; 1982b ) hoped that higher-skilled and better-paid jobs would eventually Appear through the same processes that had driven countries such as Hong Kong , South Korea and Singapore from low-grade , low-paid economies into higher , if not always ‘ higher-tech ’ production . |
| 11 | ‘ Monsieur Dacourt , ’ Francis announced in perfect English , ‘ I apologise for the tardy arrival and abrupt interruption of your eloquent speech by Akim and his cats . |
| 12 | Should not the right hon. Gentleman now apologise for the false promises that he made in 1991 ? |
| 13 | Cork 's late strike made sure of a top 10 place for the first time since promotion — ‘ and a nice bonus , judging from the long faces in our boardroom , ’ grinned Mr Bassett . |
| 14 | This dilemma has been exacerbated as a result of the development of thermonuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction and is associated with the nuclear arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War from the 1940s to the 1980s . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought a quick gallop , a guzzle of the local tincture and a few snaps to record the event for posterity . ’ |
| 16 | If you skate with the same passion as you preach I dare say you will have the whole parish at your feet . ’ |
| 17 | Decorate with the chopped parsley and serve with four triangles ( 2 pieces of toast ) to each guest . |
| 18 | Well , for me yes , because erm there are now things like the Independent Living Fund , things like that , if people fit into the right boxes and contact the right people , then they can get some sort of help but I mean , it 's still an absolute maze out there for anybody who does n't have that sort of back up . |
| 19 | I will indicate , as I go through them , the way in which they work : that is , how they fit into the diagnostic story that we developed in the last chapter . |
| 20 | I disagree with the hon. Lady and I have no doubt that CBI ( Scotland ) would also do so on that matter . |
| 21 | They disagree with the Marxist view that women 's oppression stems ultimately from capitalism , but disagree with each other in what they see as the basis of women 's oppression . |
| 22 | Their world-view , expectations from life and even their emotional responses were reshaped by the challenge of Europe 's dominance , encounter with the western civilisation and absorption into an international economy . |
| 23 | The essence of the Queen 's Speech is that it deals with the problems that affect every family in our land , such as those that they encounter with the public services and those relating to education , health and the inner cities . |
| 24 | In general terms , developmentalists take the view that it should be possible to examine the ways in which infants and young children interact with the physical world and with other people and to determine how they change as a result . |
| 25 | " It should be obvious that in the crowded habitations of the poor , who live , cook , eat , and sleep in the same apartment and pay little regard to the washing of hands , the evacuations of cholera victims which are almost colourless and without odour can be passed from one person to another . |
| 26 | If a tear develops , peel from the opposite corner and work towards the damage . |
| 27 | Cook in the usual way and eat it |
| 28 | ‘ The crystals always grow in the same direction and then they are shaped , ’ they say . |
| 29 | There 's many a true word spoken in jest , but there must be lessons here to help them all awaken from the financial nightmare that the lending institutions have exacerbated . |
| 30 | These are SOURCE , PMODEL or FOREIGN modules which appear in the primary directory but which are not contained within any user-package . |