Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The marquis managed to pour the brandy without spilling it , his face chalk-white as the ramifications of Horatia 's return began to dawn on him . |
| 2 | She was polite about the leeks and lumpy cheese and said a similar thing could be done with endives and it looked at first as if the lunch was going to prove a slightly awkward affair . |
| 3 | In the lower court , the Lord Ordinary had found that s 6 of the Act did not prevent the Crown from seeking a decree de plana for recovery , in October 1989 , of the tax outstanding for the years 1979/80 to 1981/82 . |
| 4 | Mr Lamont seemed half-hearted about the measures which he introduced . |
| 5 | He ruled that damages were due for the effects of surfactants but not for a small presence of phosphates . |
| 6 | He read the game appallingly , was caught out several times , and chuffed his way around the back right like a horse that was due for the knackers yard . |
| 7 | The bill in question here , because trade credit is being given , will mature when the payment is due for the goods/services . |
| 8 | Even if the accused does not fall within s.2(1) , he may still be not dishonest for the purposes of the Act . |
| 9 | Tories who feel rebellious about the railways , may not have to push their protest to the point of voting against the government . |
| 10 | This step should ensure that the difficulty level and the volume of material in any one session are right for the students . |
| 11 | Paul Newman and Robert Redford might now be right for the roles of a pair of outlaws on their last legs who flee to Bolivia to find that civilisation and its increased firepower are after them there as well , but in 1968 they were more an emblem of defiant youth and , rather than be riddled with bullets , they go out with a freeze-to-sepia and some plunky Burt Bacharach music . |
| 12 | That will go out mid-morning on a Saturday , just right for the fans who are getting ready to go to a domestic match , ’ he said . |
| 13 | After a few days ' rain the course was just right for the spectators anyway , plenty of mud . |
| 14 | But for good measure we added extra benefits to ensure that the policy is right for the risks that householders face today . |
| 15 | In fact , in the gracious providence of Almighty God , the conditions were just right for the events which were about to take place . |
| 16 | My stuff is not quite right for the kiddies . |
| 17 | These two teams had a remarkable Tournament , cool under pressure and eventually breaking about even right for the winners . |
| 18 | But in the longer perspective the events of 1963 had demonstrated a profound dialogue of the deaf between the strikers , who had chanted " Charlot , des sous ! " |
| 19 | These sentiments were to prove too rich for the Whigs and Liberals who were predominant in the mid nineteenth century . |
| 20 | He picked up his journal and leafed through the parchments until he found a certain sheet , then read it through in silence . |
| 21 | Harry drew the wallet from his pocket and leafed through the pictures until he found it . |
| 22 | The train for Dover left at Il.00 am so I bought a copy of Soldier magazine and leafed through the photos of happy-looking squaddies as I drank a cup of British Rail coffee , which tasted hot and disgusting . |
| 23 | Henry O'Bree was depressed about the exams and left behind a suicide note . |
| 24 | Gohar Kordi 's autobiographical story , ‘ From Missionary School To Mitcham ’ , is upfront about the differences between Iranians and the English . |
| 25 | In this way it is possible for the divisions of a text using the drama base ( for example ) to consist of speeches and stage directions , while those of a text using the dictionary base will consist of lexical entries . |
| 26 | The Act makes it possible for the properties to be transferred from the local authorities to housing associations , tenant co-operatives , or private landlords . |
| 27 | In the opinion of General Palat this episode was ‘ perhaps the most deplorable to occur on our side during the Great War ’ The disgrace , coupled with the new grave menace it presented , roused the Left Bank defenders to a new fury , and the French 155s made tenancy of the Bois d'Avocourt as disagreeable as possible for the Bavarians . |
| 28 | The North Sea is obviously so shaped that very strong northerly winds can cause a piling up of water in the southern part of the sea , either because the escape route through the Straits of Dover is narrow , or because it is quite possible for the winds in the North Sea to be predominantly northerly while the winds in the English Channel are predominantly westerly . |
| 29 | But we must not forget about the private riders with Hondas — the RS is a good basic machine and if the team works hard on tuning it 's possible for the riders to be very fast . |
| 30 | At the end of 1067 there had been a great fire which had made nearly all the buildings unusable except the dormitory , the refectory , and enough of the cloister to make it possible for the monks to walk from one building to another without getting wet . |