Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This month we 're starting a trial to discover the best-tasting strawberries . |
| 2 | A function giving the base-10 logarithms of its argument . |
| 3 | a winner shake the vaccinated coconuts : |
| 4 | A SHOPLIFTER gave the two police officers who arrested her a shock when she sent them a Christmas card . |
| 5 | Mr Heseltine has been forced to pull out of a Birmingham conference on global technology today as a contingency to allow the final details to be tied up in time for presentation to the Cabinet . |
| 6 | ‘ Only with patience , persistence and a willingness to approach the highest levels did I get the information and even then I sometimes failed , ’ she said . |
| 7 | The demand fur such a common culture rests either on an altogether over-optimistic belief in the educability of the majority that is certainly not justified by experience or on a willingness to surrender the highest standards of taste and judgement to the incessant demands of mediocrity . |
| 8 | This was once the manorial mill of Flaxley Abbey , and a board showing the grinding charges was formerly exhibited at Gloucester Folk Museum . |
| 9 | Whilst recalling his early hardships Chaplin also provided a clue as to how he had overcome them for he spoke of how he had ‘ slaved like a nigger to master the difficult steps that formed the routine of the eight Lancashire lads ’ . |
| 10 | However , the initial investigation had revealed that there was some potential for the use of a computer to support the primary functions ( ie identifying and meeting resident needs ) , which in addition could be used to support other tasks , such as processing financial transactions and records . |
| 11 | A computer separates the different colours . |
| 12 | Cos it comprises a checklist encompassing the major requirements necessary to complete and the project and it helps to identify the processes involved , and the stage to which are to be taken , for the s for the successful completion of the project . |
| 13 | Such a technique ranks the above investments as in Table 4.4 . |
| 14 | Such a technique ranks the above investments as in Table 4.4 . |
| 15 | 4 If you 're a Vet remember the good times ( sub-56 minutes for me ) , but do n't chase them when they are far out of reach . |
| 16 | Nevertheless there is at least one sense in which The Lord of the Rings can claim ‘ mythic ’ status , which is as ‘ a story embodying the deepest feelings of a particular society at a particular time ’ . |
| 17 | The alliance between the houses of Plantagenet and Capet , secured and cemented by the treaty of Paris , and by marriage proposals , was intended to bring peace to a strife-torn Europe and the furtherance of a Crusade to recover the holy places . |
| 18 | For drama and excitement the Ryder Cup proved once again that it is the ultimate golfing event , and for me it was a privilege to witness the finest players in the world performing under the most intense pressure . |
| 19 | The backbone of his campaign was a plea to reject the economic policies of the past 12 years of Republican administrations , which he derisively labelled ‘ trickle-down economics ’ in which tax breaks are given to the wealthy in the hope that the benefits will ‘ trickle down ’ to lower-income groups . |
| 20 | The task is directed to a user using the same options as a mail message . |
| 21 | Where the Marxist identifies penetration of the periphery by capitalist values and roles as an aspect of the contradictions within capitalism , the pluralist sees diffusion of central values as a force overriding the immediate disagreements : |
| 22 | At worst , they are a facade hiding the worst excesses of management . |
| 23 | A large woman who is not apologising for her size is certainly not a figure to invite the dominant meanings which our culture attaches to femininity . |
| 24 | DALLAS lawyer Bryan Garner has started a contest to find the worst examples of legal writing in Texas . |
| 25 | ‘ Very soon after the campaign of unspeakable suffering had commenced , ’ James Butterworth wrote in 1932 , ‘ those who had laboured long in building up a club saw the once-hooligan juniors , who had become stalwart seniors , whipped away as by magic … |
| 26 | If the user wants something slightly different or related , the system is then at a loss to provide the necessary links . |
| 27 | There were problems aired , including the fact that nurses after training are not employed due to the cutbacks and are not allowed as a result to get the six months experience needed to get another job . |
| 28 | In 1953 , on the occasion of her coronation , a telegram conveying the loyal greetings of the assembled archers was sent to Queen Elizabeth . |
| 29 | The gasifier-powered vehicle is probably at too great a disadvantage to survive the snarling dogfights of traffic in metropolitan Manila , but it seems perfectly adequate for rural use . |
| 30 | A cart pulled out from the courtyard , driven by a soldier taking the two coffins down to the village church where the priest would sing a requiem and those two pathetic brothers be buried and , in time , forgotten . |