Example sentences of "the [adj] and [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer is , the desire to please oneself is always expanded rather than fulfilled , which means it quickly loses appreciation of the normal and seeks the exotic . |
| 2 | If the national curriculum were about bringing difference Into the open instead of separating the desirable from the undesirable and suppressing the latter , we might see more people who are confident in their identity and can integrate from the basis of knowledge and strength rather than one of weakness . |
| 3 | As a former winner at Dornoch ( 1985 ) , where nobody took him beyond the 16th green , Garth has the right credentials for a marathon week 's work — sound legs and wind , a good nerve , great concentration , and all the shots for a course that will test the strong and mock the timid . |
| 4 | There was intended to be time to descend , to retire through the covert and to supervise the fast , careful infill of stone that would give them their bridge when the walls fell . |
| 5 | To help the helpless and feed the hungry is to see God . |
| 6 | The only decent fork in history was Mortens Fork , used to toast the rich and prod the poor on behalf of that robbin' hood , Henry Llewellyn Tudor VII . |
| 7 | Mrs Major 's party set off for the northern half of the seat to goad the faithful and stir the idle while Mr Major toured the south . |
| 8 | Macarthy , the defence lawyer , found himself in the position of trying to defend the indefensible and justify the unjustifiable . |
| 9 | The Norman exchequer ( probably instituted in the early years of the century , at the same time as its English counterpart ) used the tally , the chequered cloth , and the abacus to provide records for the illiterate and to overcome the considerable problems posed by the use of Roman numerals in addition and subtraction . |
| 10 | It is essential that management reward rather than punish the risk taking required in abandoning the old and trying the new . |
| 11 | A township seemingly unaffected by Parliamentary influence , with Roman Catholics worshipping openly with , perhaps a despairing vicar trying , perhaps half-heartedly , to depress the old and infiltrate the Anglican requirements possibly to a largely unwilling ( or might they have been uncaring ? ) flock . |
| 12 | Had he taught the young , visited the old and comforted the afflicted ? |
| 13 | There is another approach which considered intentional social behaviour with regard to the outside and makes the minimum assumption that people differentiate the local environment ( in terms of group , zone , sphere or arena ) from that which is outside . |
| 14 | The doctor or unit or hospital that can shout the loudest and wave the biggest shrouds in front of TV cameras on the look-out for ‘ human interest ’ stories gets the money and the staff . |
| 15 | Draw sketches of the following and name the shaded angles . |
| 16 | By the time you have dictated the brief and asked the relevant questions you will have started to form some idea of the answers . |
| 17 | With no knowledge of these probabilities , he might decide to assume the worst and maximise the lowest objective function , that is maximise min subject to the constraints . |
| 18 | The government may again do the unthinkable and push the 1989 budget through the Diet without the blessing of the opposition . |
| 19 | Move the second transfer tool from the right to the left and slide the three stitches from the right tool into the empty needle hooks at left . |
| 20 | I would choose a 2x1 rib for this then , when the rib has been knitted , rack one turn to the left and transfer the right needle of each back bed pair to the empty needle on the front bed . |
| 21 | Coming to it from below like this , from the direction of Oloron or from Laruns , it is a sound idea to leave the main road to the left and inspect the modest countryside in which the estimable wines of Jurançon are made . |
| 22 | As expected ( UX No 385 ) , Sun Microsystems Inc , through its SunSoft Inc software subsidiary , has bowed to the inevitable and accepted the Open Software Foundation 's Distributed Computing Environment , DCE , which it will support under Solaris 2.0 , its forthcoming Unix SVR4 implementation , via Solaris Federated Services . |
| 23 | I accepted the inevitable and picked the biggest boy , a lad of about twelve who already had the looks and the embryonic physique of the typical Pathan , the North-West frontiersmen who produce fierce fighting men and , surprisingly , great squash champions — like the legendary Hashim Khan . |
| 24 | I once governed you [ for so she thinks ] and you did as I wanted , you let me deliver Dulé , my wonder , my child , a hero to our people , from death by water , I healed the barren and the sick and granted the silly dreams of lovers , and much other magic besides , so HEAR ME NOW , now that I only hear groans and Dulé hobbles on slit ankles as he rails and Ariel is captive again and croons over Roukoubé and does not speak . |
| 25 | ‘ Jesus ’ , I said , ‘ healed the sick and raised the dead . ’ |
| 26 | Almighty God , in the name of Jesus your son , who healed the sick and consoled the sad , we pray for all who suffer |
| 27 | A NEW rise in prescription charges would tax the sick and punish the poor , Labour health spokeswoman Dawn Primarolo said . |
| 28 | When the plague struck Carthage in 252 , Bishop Cyprian sent his people out to nurse the sick and bury the dead . |
| 29 | You can feed the hungry and comfort the oppressed and visit the sick and bury the dead . |
| 30 | He visited the sick and comforted the dying . |