Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [vb -s] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first of the six sections is mainly historical and traces the development of astronomy from megalithic observatories through to the latest electronic observational techniques . |
| 2 | It therefore represents the path of the sun around the ecliptic and indicates the connection between Mithra and the Iranian god of time , Zurvan . |
| 3 | She agrees with everything I say , she 's never horrible to me , but when you 're around she 's really horrible to me and like , even though she 's agreed with something I 've said earlier , she just sort of goes yeah right Cassie ha ha ha it 's really funny and takes the piss out of it and you sort of go along with her and I just sort of have to stand there while you two stand there laughing at me and I do n't like it . |
| 4 | Or was the Leader of the Opposition wrong and does the hon. Gentleman agree with that ? |
| 5 | The tomb is around 2,000 years old and bears the inscribed name ‘ Yusuf Bar Kaifas ’ . |
| 6 | This change-over was completed in April 1988 and all McDonald 's foam packaging produced in the UK is now CFC free and carries the CFC FREE message , reassuring customers of this change . |
| 7 | The statute based side of the law is equally tangled and displays the sort of confusion that is the inevitable consequence of shifts in policy and the national failure to decide upon , and adhere to , an agreed housing repairs , maintenance and rehabilitation policy … |
| 8 | ‘ It 's very exciting and gets the adrenalin going , ’ says David Phillip , whose firm usually undertakes auctions in the Otley area . |
| 9 | Presentation findings is made more exciting and has the added bonus of a " perfect " final copy which becomes a resource for others to use . |
| 10 | Whilst the experiment was limited to trainee engineers and by the type of microcomputer used , the results of this investigation indicated that : 1 ) the mode of man-machine interaction which was most popular and has the fewest dissenters , was one in which the user directed the course of action , as in the modular program ; 2 ) a fast design time was most likely to be achieved by the use of an optimization technique ; 3 ) an optimum design was most likely to be achieved by a preprogrammed optimization technique , but only where the problem , design parameters and constraints were understood ; 4 ) the technique thought most likely to allow some gaining of insight was one in which the user has control of the program , as in the modular program . |
| 11 | Now graded VS , the final pitch is notoriously slipper when wet and suffers the further hazard of nesting seagulls . |
| 12 | The other system is known as record-playback and involves the skilled craft operator going through the physical motions of machining the first piece of the batch with the machine in record mode . |
| 13 | The study is longitudinal and takes the reader through the process of moving in , living as a group , getting support , and looking to the future . |
| 14 | The path is waymarked and joins the road to Cockfield around Hollymoor Farm . |
| 15 | Planning is detailed and involves the number of workers , working capital and raw materials that each firm can have . |
| 16 | The tool 's temperature controller is self-regulating and keeps the heating element at a steady 130°C . |
| 17 | A retaining wall of loose bricks or stones separate the bog garden from the pool proper and retains the peaty mixture which is placed over a layer of gravel . |
| 18 | When each main idea has been sufficiently tested and sufficient knowledge has been gained , the chief executive goes public and announces the decision secure in the knowledge that there will be support for it , because the decision merely ‘ crystallizes ’ the views already put to him , whether he subtly induced them or not . |
| 19 | Our rail network is the lowest funded , the lowest staffed and has the lowest investment programme in Europe with the poorest quality service and the fastest declining level of safety , but B R has the highest fares . |
| 20 | She teaches English and feeds the stray cats in the Forum . ’ |
| 21 | Serum fructosamine concentration looks a possible alternative to HbA 1 ( Baker et al , 1985 ) : it is reliable and reflects the integrated blood glucose level over three to six weeks versus eight to 12 . |
| 22 | The possible lack of investment is illustrated in Fig. 8 where the IS curve is very steep and cuts the horizontal axis at a point below the full employment level of income Y , . |
| 23 | When trying to relate the global structure of this solution to part of the Schwarzschild space-time , it should be emphasised that for this class of colliding plane waves the coordinate is not periodic but covers the full range . |
| 24 | The headmaster , former Danish Politician Tom Hoyem , says he 's passionately opposed to smoking but feels the issue is not being confronted by banning it . |
| 25 | To suggest that the signs are up in order to show a ‘ vigorous contempt for the people whose productive labour pays for all their intellectual endeavour ’ is not only wrong but reinforces the old stereotype of ‘ them and us ’ which at least some colleges are trying to break down . |
| 26 | Similarly , without knowing their thickness , it is impossible to calculate how much the low-density Lough Neagh Clay contributes to the gravity low that underlies the Lough . |
| 27 | But there 's more to this agitated fivesome than meets the eye , like a heady dose of Huggy Bear 's violent femme fatale fury , and almost jazzy flicks from their drumming duo . |
| 28 | It helps to make the message prominent by using red ink or something similar that catches the eye . |
| 29 | Neither teaches the ignorant nor disturbs the orthodox in the right way . |
| 30 | The States Parties to this Protocol shall process a letter rogatory that requests the exhibition and copying of documents if it meets the following requirements : |