Example sentences of "[vb base] [indef pn] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lasswell ( 1960 , p. 195 ) sums up this scepticism about the rule of law : ‘ The number of statutes which pass the legislature , or the number of decrees which are handed down by the executive , but which change nothing in the permanent politics of society , is a rough index of the role of magic in politics ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ A visit to the Moon and a space walk-to say nothing of the Big Dipper and the Whiplash — all in one day ? |
| 3 | Detectives say someone on the main road most have seen the rope being tied in place at about 8.30 p.m. last night . |
| 4 | Often co-operating with reputable frying equipment manufacturers and suppliers , they test everything from the critical point at which a food product fries best , to the recovery times for oil temperatures . |
| 5 | For a start , they 're a doddle to attach — plug one into the parallel port , connect the cable , find a 13A socket ( the Pocket Ethernet Adaptor needs a mains converter ) , load the drivers provided on the accompanying disk , and that 's it . |
| 6 | At first glance the lumps of rock reveal nothing of the primitive technology which heralded the dawn of culture . |
| 7 | The Americans came to London and invested large amounts of money in local film production , but put nothing into the creative infrastructure . |
| 8 | As yet , though , the best measurements of the microwave background show none of the tell-tale marks that such flaws would leave . |
| 9 | Similarly , andesite flows show none of the obvious surface features of ‘ liquid ’ lavas : pahoehoe flows never occur and all andesite flows have a rough bouldery surface . |
| 10 | Themes cover everything from the sorry state of the environment to how money corrupts on to how people are persecuted because of their appearance . |
| 11 | Ashworth 's analysis uses interesting concepts drawn from sociology and psychology but his data cover everything from the official histories of the war , including divisional and battalion histories , right across to the diaries of ordinary soldiers , some of which were based on notes taken during the war but written up years later . |
| 12 | Prentice reached up and put something on the thin collar of Rory 's shirt . |
| 13 | Also Bach 's Magnificat is clearly the work of a genius at white-heat , whilst Kuhnau 's score(s) , if lacking nothing in sheer inspiration , exhibit nothing like the extraordinary level of Bach 's individuality and imagination . |
| 14 | This means that the facts unc we are assuming are in principle decidable , an so add nothing to the real power of our system . |
| 15 | More fashionably , this may be expressed in terms of " capital points " which may facilitate mental calculation of the agreed ratio at any given time but otherwise add nothing to the traditional method . |
| 16 | As long as people want to buy cakes which suggest that an old lady wearing a mob-cap is baking them in a Victorian farmhouse , the food firms will continue with dotty deceptions which add nothing to the nutritional value of our food . |
| 17 | When you meet someone for the first time , that person can |
| 18 | Or , when the , no , when I see , I meet someone for the first time . |
| 19 | They are perhaps owe something to the tabloid newspapers and colour supplements , as these have emerged in the post-war years , with their high illustrative content and minimal text . |
| 20 | Remember you can not receive a confrontation and give one at the same time . |
| 21 | Then you see that waiting lists seldom resemble anything like the formal queue which operations researchers are so fond of modelling . |
| 22 | ‘ Waiting lists seldom resemble anything like the formal queue ’ . |
| 23 | The question is , does this added complexity and the assumption on which it is based add anything to the overall performance ? |
| 24 | ‘ For every improvement to the guest-house , I make something for the local people , ’ Anne said . |
| 25 | Bring everything to the small salon as soon as you have it ready . |
| 26 | Here also there was a much older history of troughs and orogenies , most obviously the late Precambrian and Palaeozoic trough of Timan , which makes a narrow angle with the northern Urals , much in the same way that the " Palaeo-Rockies " make one with the later Rockies . |
| 27 | Participants are invited to bring kites or make one in the on-site kite workshop . |
| 28 | ‘ Just get everyone into the old sheds . ’ |
| 29 | Well I , I I , I do n't mind how it 's done but erm I hear nothing on the many people on , you know , who talk about erm giving aid erm a dread from this problem is this vast erm amount of the G M P and going on armaments and going on one way and another . |
| 30 | Of missions sent by Roman bishops beyond the imperial frontiers we hear nothing until the sixth century . |