Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the automatic processing stage an attempt was made to locate the targets indicated by the cross-references , and so validate them , and , where necessary modify them in the light of changes made to entries during automatic integration . |
| 2 | For another , it was the opportunity to take proper revenge for the discomfort that Private Eye had caused him over the years , a revenge more satisfying than that afforded him by the Music Box April Fool 's joke . |
| 3 | They abandoned the ride and walked instead in the shade of the trees beside the track , but although this protected them from the sun 's rays the leaden heat was everywhere and there was no escaping it . |
| 4 | She wanted to say , ‘ I 'd be more than happy to leave it to the experts . ’ |
| 5 | Then Brandt went into a tea shop , in spite of feeling that his new landlady 's fried bread for breakfast was going to be more than enough to see him through the day . |
| 6 | The energy transferred from the photon to the electron is more than enough to remove it from the atom . |
| 7 | Over here , it 's MCA who have shown themselves more than keen to clutch them to the corporate breast , and have consequently raised the stakes uncomfortably high for a band who readily confess to their ignorance of this caper 's day-by-day dealings . |
| 8 | Their letter enclosed a quite unexpected gift of –100 , a sum more than sufficient to free him from the immediate necessity of hard choices , and a testimony of their faith in his genius . |
| 9 | Cos that allows him to the cost ? |
| 10 | I plan to donate approximately 30 items myself and a friend if willing to help me with the selling . |
| 11 | He was going to go and get Janine and the baby and if necessary drag her to the flat in Westbourne Park . |
| 12 | Both could have done with outboard motors , since neither managed it into the top eight . |
| 13 | That whole family is a living contradiction , consuming anything and anyone that comes within its reach , one of them smiling in your face while another stabs you in the back . |
| 14 | It was obviously advantageous to record those events and the aftermath as quickly as possible to preserve them for the benefit of those who came after us . |
| 15 | The novice flyer will normally require that the model 's response to the transmitter is at a minimum , to avoid any tendency to overcontrol , while the gyro has as much effect as possible to help him during the learning process . |
| 16 | Another method , used especially for figures , was to pour the clay into a mould and when dry apply them to the surface of the vessel . |
| 17 | And ‘ first ’ is a word that suits them , for many recognise them as the finest original instrument group among baroque performers of the present day . |
| 18 | This time , because your subjects are not static objects but people , you can move the camera as necessary to keep them in the centre of the frame — but stay with the subject , do n't pan part-way through to show something else . |