Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | T M LEWIN & SONS The convivial powder-blue , gold-and-amber Old Wellingtonian 's tie . |
| 2 | He states : ‘ The most persistent theme of this work will be the thought that for most people at most times the expressive order dominates or shapes the practical order . ’ |
| 3 | It is also useful to note that , in general , a molecule has one bond stretching mode per bond , although in systems with rings or cages the stretching motions are not always described so simply . |
| 4 | When they engage in partnership activities with a company or companies the commercial aspects of their activities are often overlooked or under-rated . |
| 5 | Any shortcomings or faults the final Directive has can not be levelled solely at our Community partners ; the UK government played an important role in both fashioning and broadening the scope of the Directive . |
| 6 | None of this , however , explains or excuses the General Medical Council 's strictures as to what it apparently regards as acceptable professional behaviour . |
| 7 | The Woodland Survey indicates that there are no particular features of their bird populations , and certainly there are no characteristic species of beech woods in the way that Wood Warblers and Redstarts favour the open oak woods of the sand , or Nightingales the damp coppice of the clay . |
| 8 | There are tight , slashed sheaths , short or long , and for the truly grand occasion in draughty manors or châteaux the Nineties balldress has a huge satin skirt , worn with a soft cashmere sweater or a tight ribbed lurex cardigan . |
| 9 | Very often this aspect of rehabilitation is overlooked because once a person starts to walk without discomfort or restrictions the strengthening programme is stopped . |
| 10 | If the file were made up of documents , books or papers the overall classification would probably be based on subject , and the order within subject might well be accession date . |
| 11 | Massed Pipes & Drums The Scots Guards — 350 Years The Massed Pipes and Drums together with the Pipes and Drums from Adelaide University , Australia Massed Scottish Dancers The Massed Bands of HM Royal Marines The Band , Pipes and Drums and Corps of Drums of the Scots Guards Music of the Massed Military Bands |
| 12 | Peter Denny opened an engine works in 1850 under the name Tulloch & Denny and became effective senior partner of William Denny & Bros. the following year . |
| 13 | Some Soviet scientists have recently reported leaks in the vast , allegedly airtight , concrete sarcophagus that encases the smouldering remains of the infamous reactor number four . |
| 14 | So they , that funds the best part of a careers officer |
| 15 | Kate joined Wimpey Homes nine years ago and now works out of the Middlesbrough office although covers the entire region from Berwick-upon-Tweed in the North down to Sheffield . |
| 16 | In every PostScript printer there is an interpreter that coverts the raw PostScript code into 300 black or white pixels that are packed into every square inch of laser output . |
| 17 | These kinds of incidents could be repeated time and time again , and nor were black eyes and bruises the only injuries sustained . |
| 18 | They are shunted from one set of rails to another ; turn-tables spin them round until they can be run upon any particular line ; by means of capstans and ropes the loaded trucks are warped this way or that ; and tank engines push them hither and thither . |
| 19 | Surrounded by thirty hectares of vineyards , olive groves and woods the small estate consists of the main villa , several outbuildings and barns , a swimming pool , a farm house and an old mill . |
| 20 | Vic wipes the tidemark of foam from his cheeks and fingers the shaven flesh appraisingly . |
| 21 | The Fijian Nationalist United Front ( FNUF ) , described as representing a more conservative version of FPP policies , won five of the 37 Fijian seats , and independents the remaining two . |
| 22 | But in the minds of the sick it suffers a mutation : the lens becomes a prism , it refracts and splinters the uniform vision of the ideal interracial society . |
| 23 | In practice professional valuers tend to prefer the comparative method and builders the residual method , but for valuations for annual financial or management accounts it would perhaps be prudent to take an average of the result obtained using both methods . |
| 24 | As your left hand comes back , follow with the right , turning your hips and shoulders the other way |
| 25 | For labouring people and out-servants the average income per head is given as £4 10s ( £4.50 ) against an expenditure of £4. 12s ( £4.60 ) , while for cottagers and paupers , whom he considered to make up almost a quarter of the population , the respective figures are £2 and £2 5s ( £2.25 ) . |
| 26 | The fact that aside from the information relative to his appointments and dismissals the only memorable thing about Abdulkerim seems to have been his close association with Mahmud Pasa is not , perhaps , without significance . |
| 27 | The 1st and 2nd violins will play the upper octave of the melody in unison on the G string , and the violas and cellos the lower octave . |
| 28 | Given the currently available linguistic theories and computers the only feasible way to build a system capable of dealing with unconstrained language is through corpus-based methods . |
| 29 | Charles Lamb considered his imagery and knowledge and description of human life and manners the finest in any prose book in the English language . |
| 30 | A network of great menhirs crosses the continent of Ulthuan from shore to shore and channels the magical energy of the vortex ever inward . |