Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adj] [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , the speech that I shall be making tomorrow will give in great detail the marvellous progress made under the valleys initiative . |
| 2 | Flickering along northern horizons the aurora borealis or Northern Lights lit up most of Britain 's sky in September 1951 and gave a brilliant show across north-west Europe in September 1958 . |
| 3 | Amazingly , the film takes on instant depth the minute it touches ‘ American ’ soil , suggesting something very like moral ambiguity as Columbus suddenly turns into the hard-arsed imperialist we now fondly imagine him to be . |
| 4 | Huddersfield police have painted one of their cells pink on the advice of colour therapists who claim it gives off anti-violence wavelengths The Amarant Trust has a cassette about Hormone Replacement Therapy . |
| 5 | Gerry casually reels off recent visitors the Pasadenas , Beverly Craven and Martin Joseph . |
| 6 | The approach taken by Ventura is substantially different in that instead of making up individual pages the idea is that the whole document is created in one go . |
| 7 | It would also be evaluated by the staff group , and the information passed on to colleagues who may be taking up similar activities the following year . |
| 8 | If Raine Spencer 's iron will and unswerving competence made her intolerant of others less efficient — in the words of one neighbour , the kind of woman who ‘ rubs up worthy souls the wrong way ’ — does she deserve the epitaph of the woman who alienated the children , sold the family silver , was short with servants and decorated Althorp in poor taste ? |
| 9 | It may be that in attempting to stamp out over-risky practices the regulators can become over-zealous and adversely affect risk taking activities that are fundamental to the workings of the financial system . |
| 10 | A book lying on the counter was opened , and while pushing back auburn hair the woman asked , ‘ Did you have a reservation ? ’ |