Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] the [adj] side " in BNC.

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1 The upper storeys of the dwellings leaned out over the street , giving them a drunken appearance , and the dim caverns beyond the light of the high street seemed to Isabel to mirror the dark side of this city of churches .
2 The left foot represents the left side of the body and the right … well I 'll leave you to work that one out !
3 People who have a sense of humour are regarded as being balanced and stable compared to people who are depressed and anxious and have difficulty seeing the funny side of life .
4 Right again on M completing the four sides of a small square and right into the first leg of the alley again .
5 Charles Booth 's reports and the need for bodies like the Salvation Army and Dr Barnardo 's Homes show the other side of the coin to life in the Hampstead villas .
6 The physiotherapist , without shoes , places her feet over the patient 's ankles to stabilize his feet , while her knees hold the outer sides of his lower legs , and her chest supports his seat .
7 In analysing their left-hand columns , the executives found that each side blamed the other side for the difficulties , and they used the same reasons .
8 Its first bid to revitalise the eastern side of the town was approved .
9 Pathologist Dr Stephen Gould said boys fractured their skulls , probably when their heads hit the unpadded sides of the seat .
10 In France it has long been the practice to build the national side round successful clubs .
11 And there 's more — Number Ones galore , from falsetto king Jimmy Jones ' Good Timin' to Conway Twitty 's It 's Only Make Believe … hard-driving , hipswinging dance-hall blasters like Sandy Nelson 's Let There Be Drums and Little Eva 's The Locomotion … and the pick of songs honouring the softer side of rock … the Platters ' The Great Pretender , Sam Cooke 's You Send Me and Tab Hunter 's Young Love to name just three .
12 The War Department formed the three sides of an internal quadrangle , entered by an arched carriageway from the long sides of the site , while the Foreign Office , which had internal courts , formed the fourth side .
13 Fullback Jim Staples received a helping hand , but it will take more than the magic sponge to get the Irish side back on its feet .
14 ‘ The burden of the evidence rests on the other side to disprove whatever it is , and not on the other side to disprove the other side 's evidence .
15 During ministerial-level talks the two sides agreed to establish a joint co-operation commission .
16 In anticipation of ultimate Jewish success he made sure that the United States backed the winning side .
17 It is thought to have occurred because visiting dignitaries are regularly taken to either side of the monument — and yesterday the convoy drivers picked the wrong side .
18 Churchill was emphatic in saying that ‘ boy labour ’ would be dealt with in conjunction with education authorities ‘ because we have no intention of allowing the commercial side to override the educational side in regard to young people ’ .
19 Other countries avoided the unpleasant side effects of reprocessing by storing the used fuel in dry stores .
20 The SB 3-series represents the passive side of Bass Collection 's range , and the model reviewed here is the SB ‘ 305 ’ ( there 's also a 4-stringer designated ‘ 301 ’ and a fretless ‘ 302 ’ version ) .
21 Mr. Harry Payne captained the other side and , instead of a normal kick-off , the two gentlemen bullied off in hockey fashion , Mr. Gordon with a wooden-shafted golf club , his opponent with a cricket bat .
22 In 1879 he was sent to England to oversee the European side of the business , and settled in Cheshire within easy reach of the textile mills of Lancashire where he placed a lot of business .
23 In the eighth book of The Excursion , Wordsworth sees the other side of this romantic scene :
24 A substantial part of Hampshire Bus the operative side was sold to another owner .
25 Replying to Salisbury , Law urged the positive side of the tariff policy for the economy and the danger of a party split if the referendum were not repudiated ; there was a minority of free-traders , but there was also a vociferous majority of tariff reformers .
26 Like rats scrabbling the other side of the wall .
27 Panorama also exposed the failure of Upjohn to reveal the damaging side effects of the world 's most popular sleeping pill — Halcyon .
28 As government has expanded so has there been an increasing need to coordinate the administrative side of the state machine .
29 France sends troops to help the other side .
30 Pascal captures the negative side when he writes , ‘ Doubt then is an unhappy state , but there is an indispensable duty to seek in doubt , and thus anyone who doubts and does not seek is at once unhappy and in the wrong . ’
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