Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [vb -s] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Pentagon expects the Russian strategic rocket forces to complete re-equipping with the latest series of intercontinental ballistic missiles ( ICBMs ) by the mid-1980s . |
| 2 | The £11 million fetched by the Turner trumps the previous highest price for a work by British artist : in 1990 Constable 's The Lock went to a Swiss collector for £10.78 million . |
| 3 | Any proposal which amounts to a new theory of justification may succeed in showing that in the Gettier cases the relevant true beliefs were not justified at all . |
| 4 | The Amazon has the ultimate estuarine area but this 4,000 mile long river system pours 3½ million cubic feet per second of freshwater into the sea . |
| 5 | The UK provides the oldest industrial landscapes of the world , a point of considerable significance in Chapters 5 , 8 and 10 . |
| 6 | The DD-1EX has the following key features . |
| 7 | The CBI says the extra 1 per cent will drive us into recession . |
| 8 | In his Life of St Oswald , Brihtferth of Ramsey described the Danes as accursed ( nefandi ) and accomplices of Beelzebub , while Archbishop Wulfstan 's Sermon of the Wolf equates the imminent Scandinavian conquest of England with the reign of AntiChrist . |
| 9 | The NSF has the same broad objectives as MIND — it acts as an advocate for individuals , campaigns for better local services , organizes support groups for patients and their families and publishes some very helpful literature . |
| 10 | The RUC has the largest computerised surveillance system in the UK . |
| 11 | The UNHCR says the Muslim-led Bosnian government and leaders of the Serbs had already agreed a ceasefire to let the convoy pass . |