Example sentences of "the [adj] [verb] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the sense of dread , the awful dropping away with fear of her stomach , that was worst . |
| 2 | As a supposedly general-purpose chip , he said , the 80860 falls down on programmability , no thought seemingly having been given to the compiler and operating environment . |
| 3 | Until relatively recently , the British benefited greatly from lordship over large numbers of people in many different countries , most of whom were black . |
| 4 | Like the comedy films , these tales of the British winning through by skill and intelligence carry their propaganda messages lightly . |
| 5 | The French attacked there at sunset , but were checked by Saxe-Weimar 's men . |
| 6 | The question is in what circumstances the court may , on the application of the S.I.B. , order persons who were knowingly concerned in the unauthorised carrying on of investment business under section 3 of the Act to take steps to restore the parties to the transaction to the position in which they were before the transaction was entered into . |
| 7 | That brings me to the real issue , namely the circumstances in which an order under section 6(2) can be made against third parties who were knowingly concerned in the contravention , that is the unauthorised carrying on of investment business . |
| 8 | The Danzig police , who had been early to convert — almost as a bloc — to Nazism , began the ominous rounding up of oppositionist politicians , communists , activists from the Centre Party and those editors and journalists who remained hostile to the NSDAP . |
| 9 | Yet the Japanese spend less per head on education that we do . |
| 10 | The actual handing over of power in Delhi was accomplished amid scenes of tremendous enthusiasm , of which the British found themselves , to their delight and astonishment , to some extent the objects . |
| 11 | Three practices had employed an extra member of staff either during the first year or at the beginning of the second to work specifically on fundholding duties or to release the practice manager to do this . |
| 12 | The first was an ace , the second opened up in court well enough for him to steam in and put away a brilliant backhand volley . |
| 13 | The Marine paused , as if to allow time for any of the three to speak out of turn . |
| 14 | Chapter 8 examines the selection , acquisition and organization of computer software in school libraries and shows how the traditional working together by school librarians and teachers can be harnessed to these new sources of information and learning . |
| 15 | The second is the increased take up of council tax housing benefits which we anticipate , you can blame the government for that . |
| 16 | Obviously a person who has spent all their life avoiding such situations will never have had the opportunity to learn about the plateau stage and the gradual fading away of anxiety . |
| 17 | Therefore , while absence may spell the end of acquaintanceship , it will not in itself destroy friendship ; and while Dr Johnson was right to say that we should keep our friendships in good repair , the perpetual shoring up of friendship might suggest that it were less enduring than we had supposed . |
| 18 | While the former adhere more closely to a direct representation of the objects at hand , the latter tend more towards abstraction and rely more on memory than imagination . |
| 19 | The judge held that the discretion under section 78 may be wider than the common law discretion identified in Reg. v. Sang [ 1980 ] A.C. 402 , the latter relating solely to evidence obtained from the defendant after the offence is complete , the statutory discretion not being so restricted . |
| 20 | I see now the relentless laying down of guilt , and I feel a faint surprise that I must interpret it that way . |
| 21 | Their tangle gave Dare Say the advantage he needed and , despite jumping a path only 100 yards before the line , the nine-year-old held on to win by half a length . |
| 22 | It discarded purgatory and intercession for the dead , asserting that the damned went straight to hell and the saved directly to heaven . |
| 23 | The sporadic shutting off of town centres by selective use of barriers is already under way to stop the bombers . |
| 24 | Those who could not escape put in a token appearance , showing themselves before the delegates from their local constituency association and then scuttling off on the first train back to civilization . |
| 25 | This group is the first to rise up in indignation and shout ‘ witch-hunt ’ and ‘ persecution ’ whenever Christians condemn the occult . |
| 26 | Of the nine shows still in existence , Egton Bridge is the only one left in Yorkshire — the others are all in Cheshire . |
| 27 | They used to er se , we could n't carry the empty ga , you can imagine that 's not express parcel stuff , but the valves er , would sometimes need er replacing and we would send them a valve and , and while , instead of having any down time , we would give them you know deliver the spare , have the spare come back for repair . |
| 28 | Lawrence 's rising reputation in the years after his death made the critical shift back to realism easier . |
| 29 | The difference between the fragmentation described by Braverman and that analysed by Stone is that the former came about in order to de-skill and control through Tayloristic practices , while the latter came about partly in order to create a range of jobs which could be formed into a job ladder . |
| 30 | Perhaps it is to do with the nature of his conception , and with the lustful coming together of man and woman . ’ |