Example sentences of "[vb base] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , man — or perhaps here I should say men — lack the huge canine teeth which distinguish the male great apes . |
| 2 | So , if we advertise the two linked operettas on consecutive nights we shall sell out for Maritza as well . ’ |
| 3 | She led a losing diamond from dummy , on which she discarded the winning heart from the closed hand , and West was forced to ruff and concede the last two tricks . |
| 4 | As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has said , the Union is not set in concrete ; it has changed over time , but , broadly speaking , we favour the current constitutional arrangements . |
| 5 | Only 1% use abstinence to reduce the risk of unwanted fatherhood , though 8% favour the other non-technical approach — withdrawal . |
| 6 | The review proposes a national insurance contribution ‘ holiday ’ to employers who recruit the long-term unemployed , although it admits that the Treasury would probably veto the plan . |
| 7 | Yeah , but it 's weird because they epitomise and revitalise the naff '70s . |
| 8 | Yet , if such all-male groups were to reproduce themselves as hunting groups and gain the immense adaptive advantages that situation bestowed , they would have had to institute at least one , and probably several , hunts against members of their own species — the primal fathers who , of course , monopolized all the females . |
| 9 | Then the first company might decide to introduce the product at a price level below initial cost , such as P 1 , in order to frighten rivals off and gain the maximum possible accumulated production experience . |
| 10 | Or you may find that when you first start on your weight control programme you lose the first 3–5 lb ( 1.4–2.3 kg ) fairly rapidly . |
| 11 | McKenna suggests that infants sleeping alone lose the external sensory stimulation that may stabilise breathing . |
| 12 | They despise the received good taste of garish Italianate fashion and its social connotations : too flashy and cashy . |
| 13 | Even if these animals eat the same restricted amount every day , they still grow more rapidly in the summer than in the winter . |
| 14 | Cut a small hole at the bottom point and push the green covered pencil or stick through the hole for about 2cm ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 15 | Starting with the leading edges , push the loose rear section forwards in its sleeve with one hand while holding the tubular end of the joining ferrule in the other . |
| 16 | Scientists believe human laughter has an evolutionary origin and is linked with monkeys who grin and display the same shoulder-shaking signs . |
| 17 | With no knowledge of these probabilities , he might decide to assume the worst and maximise the lowest objective function , that is maximise min subject to the constraints . |
| 18 | These critics perceive the Elizabethan golden age as a mythic construction of later ages and , in actuality , to have been a fragmented , ruptured world , contending issues of gender , politics , religion , and cultural value without any consensus . |
| 19 | The constancy of the aggregate parameters rests either on the assumption that individual wealth shares are constant or on the assumption that all investors perceive the same expected returns and variance covariance matrix of returns and exhibit the same degree of absolute risk aversion . |
| 20 | That improvement upset the old fifty-yard rhythm but it did n't much matter . |
| 21 | Roll over and repeat the last 2 exercises on the other side : Hip and Thigh Extender x 25 ; Front Thigh Stretch x 5 |
| 22 | Roll over and repeat the last 2 exercises on the other side : Bottom and Thigh Streamliner x 30 ; Front Thigh Stretch x 5 |
| 23 | Roll over and repeat the last 2 exercises on the other side : Hip and Thigh Extender x 25 ; Front Thigh Stretch x 5 |
| 24 | Roll over and repeat the last 2 exercises on the other side : Hip and Thigh Extender x 30 ; Front Thigh Stretch x 5 |
| 25 | Roll over and repeat the last 2 exercises on the other side : Bottom and Thigh Streamliner x 35 ; Front Thigh Stretch x 5 |
| 26 | Roll over and repeat the last 2 exercises on the other side : Hip and Thigh Extender x 35 ; Front Thigh Stretch x 5 |
| 27 | Roll over and repeat the last 2 exercises on the other side : Hip and Thigh Extender x 30 ; Front Thigh Stretch x 5 |
| 28 | Roll over and repeat the last 2 exercises on the other side : Hip and Thigh Extender x 35 ; Front Thigh Stretch x 5 |
| 29 | Roll over and repeat the last 2 exercises on the other side : Hip and Thigh Extender x 40 ; Front Thigh Stretch x 5 |
| 30 | Roll over and repeat the last 3 exercises on the other side : Leg and Hip Stretch x 10 each way ; Bottom and Thigh Streamliner x 30 ; Front Thigh Stretch x 5 |