Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This guarantees students the maximum opportunity to use their English outside the classroom in a social context which is sometimes difficult to achieve on short courses . |
| 2 | Mindless of the fact she was in a flannel nightie , and had a green face , she looked quite prepared to go den the dragon . |
| 3 | In pre-Tom Watson days , this made Thomson the greatest British Open champion of the era . |
| 4 | All this made evaluation the new drugs very difficult . |
| 5 | It eliminates the possibility of inconsistencies arising between what is done and what is recorded — with all the subsequent difficulties this causes -by the simple device of reducing the two activities to a single operation through the provision of integrated letter writing . |
| 6 | Some say John the Baptist ; others say Elijah ; and still others , Jeremiah or one of the prophets . |
| 7 | After August 1939 Nizan was no longer willing to grant Stalin the benefit of the doubt . |
| 8 | He argued that rational people drawing up a just social contract would only be willing to grant governments the power to punish to the extent that was necessary to protect themselves from the crimes of others . |
| 9 | To buy out Edmund 's rights and interests in Champagne after Jeanne de Navarre 's marriage in 1284 cost Philip the Fair at least 14,200 livres tournois ( l.t . ) . |
| 10 | Sales were no problem as the reduction in turnover to £161 million , from £247million in the corresponding half to September 30 translates wih the help of currency gains into a rise of 18 per cent in the businesses retained . |
| 11 | Sales were no problem as the reduction in turnover to £161 million , from £247million in the corresponding half to September 30 translates wih the help of currency gains into a rise of 18 per cent in the businesses retained . |
| 12 | INVESTORS still willing to give Fisons the benefit of the doubt should look at the pharmaceuticals group 's annual report for 1991 , in which the most striking themes are elephants and flowers . |
| 13 | Most companies are willing to give customers the best service they can , and virtually all suppliers interviewed stressed their eagerness to talk to caterers about their individual needs to as to match the right product to the right task . |
| 14 | Right I just wondered if you would mention my animal charities day at St John 's Church Hall , on this coming Saturday the sixth of November . |
| 15 | This helps stress the need to get the whole approach right if the landings are to be reasonably accurate . |
| 16 | This took place the following February , and the Labour Party , at first called the Labour Representation Committee , was formed . |
| 17 | The French gave Bismarck the opportunity for this . |
| 18 | Hill , who survived a late collision with Berger 's Ferrari lost a lot of time in the traffic and this gave Gerhard the opportunity to close up in the closing stages . |
| 19 | This gave Ian the idea of setting up a similar , small-scale , homely establishment in the Highlands . |
| 20 | This gave Conner the chance , when the breeze was light , to build up a sufficient cushion to protect him from Kanza 's better moderate air speed as the sea breeze grew . |
| 21 | This gives researchers the ability to study the abilities of each hemisphere of a single brain separately . |
| 22 | This gives researchers the ability to study the abilities of each hemisphere of a single brain separately . |
| 23 | This gives IBM the ability — and responsibility — to provide the system software users see as well as platforms to support it . |
| 24 | This gives shoppers the right to purchase donated goods at very low prices . |
| 25 | This gives MacMillan the opportunity in the first act , which is brilliant , to introduce his characters in solos of vivid personality while Rose 's vision of her lost Prince provides a poetic pas de deux . |
| 26 | The stories of the Last Days , when the Summoner would open up the Dark Reaches of the Spirit Lands and call down the worst of the manitous to lay waste the worlds of the white man and the red . |
| 27 | After another settling period the first fish would be introduced , a few at a time . |
| 28 | This makes London the leading cross-border lending centre , although it faces intense competition from Japan . |
| 29 | When added to the innovative shows regularly staged by the Ikon Gallery and the newly-established Midlands Contemporary Art , which specialises in the work of local artists , this makes Birmingham the equal of any other provincial city in the country as a mecca for art lovers — and potentially much more besides . |
| 30 | This makes IconAuthor the leading Windows-based product in its field , according to AimTech . |