Example sentences of "[verb] between the [adj] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 As a child he played records to his parents from an adjacent room , darting between the two to make sure they were paying attention .
2 That appeal was heard between the 10th and 19th of July .
3 The population of London nearly trebled between the mid-sixteenth and mid-seventeenth centuries and , suddenly , the city people wanted meat .
4 The easier alternative for video is to record the scene as a two-shot ( page 73 ) , the static nature of which can be relieved by discreetly zooming in and panning between the two speakers from time to time and then zooming back to the two-shot .
5 A distinct division therefore developed between the two methods of accounting .
6 Their discord provided accompaniment for the chase that now developed between the two beings .
7 It was the same idealistic but essentially woolly vision of institutionalized divisions melting away as human contacts and common interests developed between the two entrenched camps .
8 Sir Ranulph said he became bad-tempered and tensions developed between the two men as their strength ebbed away .
9 As in the Merchant Service , a close friendship usually developed between the Commanding Officer and the Chief Engineer , and on the cutters the Commander usually tried to sail with the same chief whenever possible .
10 The method involves calculating two half-slopes : the left-hand half-slope is calculated between the first and the middle summary point , and the right-hand half-slope between the middle and the third point .
11 This method allows the difference to be calculated between the actual costs described in the first step and the costs described in the third step , i.e. those which should have been incurred and foreseen .
12 How , then , would a learned Roman Catholic scholar discriminate between the religious practices of his Church , which were acceptable , and magical practices , which were not ?
13 Now they were rattling between the massive oaks of Glenvinean .
14 The broadcasting ‘ liberalization ’ phase under ‘ Chaban ’ had ended : the broadcasting law of July 1972 had distinguished between the state monopoly of radio and television broadcasting and the public organization ( ORTF ( entrusted with the monopoly ; the same law increased — on paper — the autonomy of ORTF and the powers of the ‘ MD ’ who became in addition chairman of the board of directors ( 'PDG' ) ; but conflicts arose between the first ‘ PDG ’ , Arthur Conte , and the Information Minister , Philippe Malaud .
15 All parties to the Afghan conflict had been invited to talks , which were postponed after disagreements arose between the rival groups over the conference .
16 However disagreements arose between the two parties and after taking legal advice Mr Manners challenged the terms of the Licence and argued that his occupation had all the rights of a protected tenancy . ’
17 In 1929 a serious dispute over tactics arose between the Communist International and the Mexican Communists .
18 The confusion arose between the subsequent press briefings given by the hon. and learned Member for Grantham ( Mr. Hogg ) , the Minister of State , Foreign and Commonwealth Office , and the Prime Minister 's statements about what were likely to be the maximum number of warheads on the Trident programme .
19 In practice we distinguish between the external cause of a rhythm , which is caused by our life-style or environment , and another internal cause , which we might say is due to a clock within our body .
20 We distinguish between the independent financial entity and the competitive units it owns .
21 They should be aware at least of the extent of variation among Englishes , and distinguish between the linguistic adequacy of a variety and the social evaluation of it .
22 They watched in silence until he came closer , then , as he swooped between the grey walls of the drawbridge and came clattering into the courtyard over cobblestones that were now covered only by a thin film of slush , Marc deliberately removed his arm from around her waist .
23 Atlas 's purpose is to sit between the corporate systems and the EDI network , allowing messages to be generated to various standards and in various formats .
24 If , on its own , borrowing more created value , then an arbitrage opportunity would arise between the two sorts of security .
25 The DRO can follow up a placement to discuss any problems that may arise between the disabled worker and his employer .
26 Plumb ( 1.2 ) traces changes in the way children were treated between the seventeenth and eighteenth century .
27 Where we believe the orthodox account to be seriously misleading is in the causal relationships it postulates between the different factors , and especially its explanation of prison riots .
28 Friuli is tucked between the Alpine mountains of North-east Italy and the Adriatic and is a model of how high technology and human flair can achieve exceptionally graceful and vital white wines .
29 Tail lowered fully and possibly even tucked between the hind legs This is the signal of a defeated or totally submissive cat that wishes to stress its lowly social status .
30 But these disagreements are ‘ small ’ in comparison with the barriers of mutual ignorance and distrust between the main representatives of the analytical tradition on the one hand and the main philosophical schools of the European continent on the other .
  Next page