Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [vb base] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gavin Hastings finds no room for manoeuvre as ( l–r ) Wales ' Ieuan Evans and Roger Bidgood turn up the heat at Cardiff Arms Park . |
| 2 | For example , the available evidence suggests that commodity futures are subject to little systematic risk , while index futures have roughly the same systematic risk as the market portfolio , which is the portfolio of all shares in the market held in proportion to their market capitalization . |
| 3 | The 1777 militia returns show how the two towns dominated the trade , for Northampton had 142 recorded shoemakers and Wellingborough 113 , but Irthlingborough had only 17 , Raunds 16 , Earls Barton 11 and Hardingstone 7 . |
| 4 | Nutrition experts argue over the various merits of ginseng , but its components point to its three main powers : slowing down the ageing process ; giving stamina and endurance , and acting as an aphrodisiac . |
| 5 | Because of the delay and police inquiries , we were unable t o walk round the ancient ruins of Jericho , said to be the world 's oldest city and I am pleased to confirm the walls are not standing ! |
| 6 | Forward contracts and financial futures contracts perform exactly the same function . |
| 7 | This comprised a moonlit cable car ride up the mountains to a creaky farmhouse for cheese fondue , heady wine and oompah-pah music — the perfect way to round off a day 's skiing . |
| 8 | Five-foot sash cramps sort out the main frame ; the brackets need special treatment . |
| 9 | The musical setting is carefully selected too to remove him from the tawdry everyday fray of the pop marketplace : violas , accordions , pennywhistles and assorted kitchen utensils conjure up the timeless integrity of Irish folk music ( or ‘ roots ’ in 1990-speak ) . |
| 10 | The survey also contains information on the action employers take on the expiry of the time limit . |
| 11 | He switched off his lamp to watch the cold , silver light settle over the church and headstones . |
| 12 | In many sectors worries exist over the sufficiency of the mutual recognition approach . |
| 13 | Goran Ivanisevic , Michael Chang , Petr Korda , Boris Becker and Richard Krajicek make up the eight . |
| 14 | The earth itself buckled under the titanic stress , and across the island continent earthquakes cast down the cities and levelled the mountains . |
| 15 | Director of Public Prosecutions Barbara Mills said marathon trials let down the justice system . |
| 16 | Chronicle writings bear out the validity of this comment , for many of them are strongly patriotic , sometimes , as in the case of the Gesta Henrici Quinti , combining patriotism with exhortation : ‘ Our England ( Anglia nostra ) has reason to rejoice and reason to grieve ’ ( at the victory of Agincourt and at the destruction and death of Christians ) , ‘ Let our England be zealous in pleasing God unceasingly . ’ |
| 17 | Last year the Association of Learned Societies in the Social Sciences and the Association of Social Research Organisations set up the Social Science Forum ( SSF ) to campaign on issues that were affecting social scientists . |
| 18 | Former county champion Lindsay Taylor is fifth while Steven Souter , Jevon Chan and Steven Cooper make up the eight seeds . |
| 19 | To minimise potential bias , the study investigators set up the ventilators but were not involved in the clinical management of patients . |
| 20 | The police driver shot Jamie a look of enquiry which he missed , occupied as he was with guiding Miss Williams back up the hill . |
| 21 | The Fundació 's maintenance costs eat up the lion 's share of government subsidy , and as the programme is expanded the directors hope to cultivate funds for the exhibition and education programmes from sponsorship and patronage . |
| 22 | The problem of cell cycle control can thus be re-phrased in more precise terms : how do growth factors acting at the cell surface bring about the onset of DNA synthesis by stimulating its promoting factor in the nucleus ? |
| 23 | The Aleutian trench is thus where it hits the North American Plate ; the trenches of Kurlin , Japan , Bonin , Mariana ( the deepest in the world , with a hole of 36,201 feet ) , Yap , Palau and Manus indicate its collision with the Eurasian Plate ; the Mussau , Solomon , Vitiaz , Torres and New Hebrides trenches show where the Pacific Plate overrides the subducted Indo-Australian Plate ; and the Tonga , Kermadec , Hikurangi , Hjort , Iselin and Balleny trenches demonstrate the effect of bumping into the same Indo — Australian Plate and passing beneath it . |
| 24 | Dan Jennings , Mari-Ann Dore and Rebecca Grisewood make up the backing group , and the girls also performed a duet . |
| 25 | And did you see Ewan Beg take off the two heads at one stroke ? |
| 26 | How can a demoralised off-licence manager work up the enthusiasm to sell what an increasingly adventurous customer has no desire to buy ? |
| 27 | As all IBOA members realise when the word ‘ rationalisation ’ is used , it generally means a down-grading of tasks and possible job losses . |
| 28 | Both the SSA increase and the experimental urban crime fund demonstrate clearly the Government 's continuing commitment to a high level of police funding . |
| 29 | The car tyres bruise along the tarmac and the cabin is full of unspoken hurt . |
| 30 | the water flows by , it 's got an ultra violet light in it and the ultra violet light rays kill off the er |