Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This led to battles with senior management who questioned the status of the policy decision to implement the new system . |
| 2 | But there was no semblance of a fluke about the result — it was the fastest Gold Cup ever run — and as Norton 's Coin made the long walk past the stands to the winner 's enclosure he started to receive the reception he deserved . |
| 3 | Kirov took only a few more minutes to search the small studio from top to bottom . |
| 4 | There is the prospect of some government funding to compare the underpinning knowledge of NVQs/SVQs at these higher levels with that demanded for qualifications offered by the CIB . |
| 5 | In 1764 Angelica Kauffman met the German art lover Joachim Winkelmann , She painted his portrait , showing him casually dressed , holding a quill , seated over an open writing book . |
| 6 | They drove along the empty country roads , then passed through a couple of small , sleepy villages , the soft golden stone of the houses reflecting the warm sunlight . |
| 7 | We were glad enough that the weather seemed set fair for the remainder of our voyage and next morning set off on the last few miles of our northerly course to round the utmost tip of Shetland . |
| 8 | Sheffield United have been trapped by the candid camera too often in the past and Bassett thinks the prying lens is wrong in all sorts of ways . |
| 9 | This response represents the isomorphic struggle to resolve meaning , at the level of metaphor . |
| 10 | Good manners demanding it , Luce made the formal introduction , adding perforce , ‘ Mr and Mrs Cook are staying in the same hotel . ’ |
| 11 | The certificate asked the wrong question and merited the short shrift which it received . |
| 12 | Labels were shifted about , the Higher School Certificate became the General Certificate of Education at Advanced Level , but it was many years before new pressures distorted the ancient simplicities . |
| 13 | Champagne became the sole refreshment , and topless girls sported trays of Havana cigars and hashish cigarettes . |
| 14 | However , the initial investigation had revealed that there was some potential for the use of a computer to support the primary functions ( ie identifying and meeting resident needs ) , which in addition could be used to support other tasks , such as processing financial transactions and records . |
| 15 | Why do authorities make the little things in life so difficult ? |
| 16 | As he always has done , King produced the big names . |
| 17 | ‘ Sir David English was not informed of the visit and in consequence had no plans to attend the Ideal Home Exhibition that day , ’ the official statement announced . |
| 18 | It has been a superb opportunity to compare the varied football cultures . |
| 19 | One disadvantage of the departure from the planned scheme was , of course , the loss of the opportunity to compare the new pathway students with their colleagues continuing on a traditional course . |
| 20 | As well as Redbridge , WCUK has six schemes under way at present bringing the total value of its work in this sector to £60 million . |
| 21 | We then realized that we had gone too far and lacked the critical mass to support the heavy selling effort involved , so we bought another company to fill out the range again . |
| 22 | Using some scraps of board , it is worth experimenting with exposure times to optimise the UV time period . |
| 23 | Since the Bölkow is designed to go places — Nigel had returned from Cannes only a few days before my flight — this is a most useful addition allowing the relaxed study of maps , approach plates etc , without the constant monitoring of the aeroplane . |
| 24 | The private sector would remain separate and the public would have the right to be covered by it if they wished — having first paid their taxes to support the general service . |
| 25 | The ideal is to have several simply-administered taxes to support the national exchequer , levied after people have earned their pay or income . |
| 26 | While these authorities restated the general rule attention was focused upon attempts to formulate and analyse the exceptions , especially where rights were accepted as having been bestowed upon a third party . |
| 27 | Ward lights the blue touch-paper at York |
| 28 | With respect to the other products covered by the agreement , the Commission considered that no competition issues have arisen and the Commission adopted a decision allowing the proposed concentration with respect to these aspects of the transactions . |
| 29 | And the Union made the expected noises about not appointing a forensic scientist . |
| 30 | All summer English cricket has been highly suspicious about how the Pakistanis made the old ball swing about so violently . |