Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] the [noun] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems reasonable to assume , for instance , that he was — at least in part — influenced by the calculations of his own defence establishment from 1943 ( calculations which could not easily be challenged until the United States acquired nuclear weapons ) to the effect that the defeat of Germany must make the USSR the dominant military power in Europe . |
| 2 | IF THE Home Unions XV are tempted — as they may be after all the disruptive absentees and injuries — to go into tonight 's Parc des Princes Bicentenary bash less than seriously , they should consider the way the French are treating it . |
| 3 | If you make the voltage higher , it 'll keep the resistance the same , what happens to the current ? |
| 4 | Now , I says I 'll get the police the next time ! |
| 5 | F equals M A. Divide both sides by M so the acceleration , this is a bit like our Ohm 's Law thing , let's keep the mass the same , we 're dealing with say a Mini , we 're not going to change that . |
| 6 | Now let's keep the force the same , say we 've got a Mini engine providing us , just running it steady at three thousand R P M. Pushing out the same amount of force , keep the force the same , this time we put a smaller mass , we 've got a Mini engine and you 've put it on your pushbike . |
| 7 | ( 2 ) That the court 's discretionary jurisdiction to stay criminal proceedings should be exercised very sparingly and only in exceptional circumstances ; that , while the longer the delay was the greater was the likelihood that the prosecution was at fault and that the defendant had suffered prejudice and the less the prosecution could explain the delay the easier it would be to infer fault , the question whether the defendant had discharged the heavy burden of demonstrating that it would be an abuse of the process of the court for the proceedings to continue , was to be considered in the light of all the circumstances without applying shifting burdens of proof ; and that , accordingly , since the district judge had correctly taken into account all the relevant factors , and had made no error as to the burden of proof , there were no grounds on which the High Court judge could have reversed the district judge 's decision not to grant a perpetual stay of the 1989 prosecution ( post , pp. 261B , 264E–F , G–H , 265A–B ) . |
| 8 | However , Saturday 's setback at Celtic Park marked the first time in a year Goram had been in a losing Rangers team ( he was injured when Dundee won at Dens Park in August ) , and the assured nature of his performances at domestic , European and international level have helped gather an army of voters who could make the goalkeeper the first since Hamish McAlpine ( in 1985 ) to win the Scottish Football Writers ' Association Player of the Year award . |
| 9 | Without them , I do n't think we could buy the hospital the vital equipment it needs . |
| 10 | And you 'd got a little bit of plaster you , you could show the court the next morning , he was going to prison . |
| 11 | ‘ And that was because I could see the way the economic cycle was going . ’ |
| 12 | Now this was strange , Twoflower realised , because although he could read the message the actual letters were completely unknown to him . |
| 13 | Failing that , he assured all and sundry that he 'd get the Duchess the best darn-tootin' ‘ deal ’ . |
| 14 | Although he had set his loaded rifle at his shoulder in readiness as he entered the thicket , before he could squeeze the trigger the wounded seladang was upon him . |
| 15 | It 's a strategy that would make the embassies the potential flashpoint for war . |
| 16 | The five-year plan would make the plant the first of its size to meet the target of the Netherlands ' 20-year national environment plan . |
| 17 | Were this plan to go into efect , it would make the opposition the strongest group in the government . |
| 18 | Were the plan to come into effect , it would make the opposition the strongest group in the government . |
| 19 | In a classic piece of political misjudgment he even told his party conference in a speech that the poll tax would win the Tories the next election . |
| 20 | The new body would assume the functions the Occupational Pensions Board currently performs , plus certain of the Inland Revenue 's supervisory responsibilities . |
| 21 | 10.2 The benefit of Condition 10.1 is granted to the Purchaser by the Seller only in the event that the Purchaser shall give the Seller the earliest possible notice in writing of any such claim being made or action threatened or brought against it , shall make no admission of liability or take any other action in connection therewith , shall permit the Seller to have the conduct of the claim pursuant to Condition 10.1 , and shall ( at the Seller 's expense ) give all reasonable information , cooperation and assistance to the Seller ( including without limitation lending its name to proceedings ) in relation to the conduct of the claim . |
| 22 | Combining these two traits , Verity Lambert felt , would give the Doctor the essential dichotomy between the imperious master of his ship , which the Doctor thought he was , and the quirky , unpredictable old salt , which he truly was . |
| 23 | However , if one was creating a sampler bearing , say , rows of the letters of the alphabet , then one would use the frame the other way round . |
| 24 | At last I hit on something as obvious as the bash with the heavy candlestick and decided that the murderer would use the weapon the wrong way up , that is , in a highly imperfect manner . |
| 25 | Then we shall analyse the reasons the three most exceptional cases obtained so much coverage and the implications of this . |
| 26 | Franchises were to be allocated on both channels by auction , giving them to whoever would pay the government the highest fee , subject to an abstract ‘ quality threshold ’ . |
| 27 | Then , she gathered , he would get the ferry the next morning , Saturday . |
| 28 | He deposited the sticky , oozing mess under his seat with a nasty feeling of satisfaction at the inconvenience it would cause the cleaners the next morning . |
| 29 | They can be persuaded to reveal the whereabouts of this treasure by holding their eyes in a fixed stare , though they will disappear the instant the mortal blinks . |
| 30 | But he is bold enough to suggest that this Budget , and the three-year-plan laid down within it , will win the Tories the next election . |