Example sentences of "[vb base] [art] [noun sg] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Send the Colonel my best wishes when you see him again , Sergei . ’ |
| 2 | So I suppose you want a coffee my dear man ? |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , shut up , Jay , forgive a mother her blind spots . |
| 4 | He had inherited from Walter Luff an undertaking whose proud boast was that it had contributed £454,361 in rate relief during his management . |
| 5 | The same is true of the Marques de Pombal , who for over a quarter of a century ( 1750–77 ) was virtual ruler of Portugal as all-powerful chief minister of King Joseph I. His efforts to revive the country 's economic life and challenge the dominance which British merchants had for decades wielded over its foreign trade , his ferocious repression of noble opposition , his brutal expulsion of the Jesuits in 1767 ( see p. 454 ) , show a far more truly radical attitude to tradition and established interests than Frederick II displayed . |
| 6 | Show a man his lost mother 's grave , and you invoked deep emotional forces which could be played upon , manipulated . |
| 7 | This is why we do not want to abandon the term inner city , either analytically or politically , only to ground it in the academic debates which have reproduced it conceptually , the political debates that have refashioned it discursively and , most significantly , the social injustices and inequalities that lend the term its emotive power and mobilising force . |
| 8 | Beware the patrician whose natural argument is that ‘ we are educated and able to make an informed decision , but not so most people , hence we had better protect the masses from their own folly ’ . |
| 9 | was doing no more than leaving open the question which this court has now to decide . |
| 10 | As they move upwards they lose their nuclei and synthesize the special proteins like keratin that give the skin its protective toughness . |
| 11 | As with all his work , it is a synthesis of two elements , two traditions , that give the work its emotional force . |
| 12 | It is a synthesis of two elements , two traditions , that give the work its emotional force . |
| 13 | The two whole-tone groups are used as pivots between such tonal zones throughout the composition , and give the work its precise character . |
| 14 | The combination of clear , fragrant Alpine air , pedigree herds of cows , fresh milk and cheese-making skills handed down through the generations give the cheese its true taste and character . |
| 15 | Give the candidate my complete attention ? |
| 16 | Always give the caller your undivided attention . |
| 17 | And the Harrier was proudr top give the station its final bow . |
| 18 | Now if you give the school its own budget it can in fact , if it so wishes , go to the private sector , it can buy in private sector computer expertise to teach the children , and that will be very beneficial . |
| 19 | A more obvious underlying meaning , pointed out by the programme notes , is to see the ‘ round-dance ’ as a metaphor for the transmission of VD or , more topically , AIDS ; but this seems to me less interesting than the social satire whose delicate emotional nuances ( preserved in co-director Ceri Sherlock 's modernised adaptation ) give the play its wider significance and melancholy humour . |
| 20 | The benefits that actually count are the benefits to those genes that give the shell its protective properties . |
| 21 | It contains pigments which give the hair its individual colour . |
| 22 | Although it is the hereditary peers who give the House of Lords its raison d'être , it is the life peers who give the place its intellectual distinction and who produce the most impressive arguments in examining the details of legislation . |
| 23 | Sacks of pot-pourri and other scented products give the room its special aroma . |
| 24 | Once barley has been converted to malt , brewing consists of boiling the liquid produced by steeping malt in hot water with the hops that give the beer its bitter taste . |
| 25 | In the light of what the book is aiming to do , however , these are not criticisms , but merely reflections of the idiosyncrasies of the author which give the book its whole flavour . |
| 26 | The final sections give the report your personal stamp . |
| 27 | An advantage to night city scenes is that darkness cloaks these elements which give a location its regional quality . |
| 28 | An advantage to night city scenes is that darkness cloaks these elements which give a location its regional quality . |
| 29 | It is the characteristic chemical products of such enzymes that give a cell its individual shape and behaviour . |
| 30 | They home in on what they see as the uncontrolled nature of CID work , and sneer and begrudge the detective his apparent freedom of movement . |