Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This response represents the isomorphic struggle to resolve meaning , at the level of metaphor . |
| 3 | Ward lights the blue touch-paper at York |
| 4 | The contrast encourages the common view that Japan never alters . |
| 5 | Liberal Democrats believe that expanding and utilising to the full scientific and technological talents offers the only chance of improving our performance and reversing the long tale of our relative economic decline . |
| 6 | The sumptuous Sherborne Missal represents the high point of Siferwas 's art . |
| 7 | Sussex offers the Elizabethan majesty of Parham House , the Edwardian beauty of Parham House , the Edwardian beauty of Preston Manor and the Classical lines of Petworth House . |
| 8 | It is likely that our case represents the sporadic type of the disorder , in the absence of any family history . |
| 9 | I suspect the misinterpretation represents the deep longing that most humans have to get inside the heads of other animals . |
| 10 | Her position is that the person who calls on Osiris or Krishna or Buddha with a pure heart receives the Holy Spirit within his own tradition and not by abandoning it for another . |
| 11 | The lower field displays the current page number of this mail message . |
| 12 | A separate contract involves the early removal of the contents of tar tanks discovered on the site . |
| 13 | NME understands the fledgling Suede recorded a single for a Brighton-based acquaintance of bass player Mat Osman , who was keen to found a record label . |
| 14 | After a summer of speculation at Old Trafford about the future of the Manchester United striker , manager Alex Ferguson insists the Welsh warrior still has what it takes to lead his side . |
| 15 | The 1st oboe plays the top line in the preceding four bars , and gives place to the 1st clarinet on reaching the aforesaid high F. Note the smooth movement of the horns in the chord-passage , and the introduction of the 2nd clarinet on the low E to complete the harmony at the sixth bar from the end . |
| 16 | mm , cos listen to what I mean , Ollie goes , I was sitting next to Ollie yeah and she looks at my thingy , yeah , and she goes that 's what , you 've missed out three , so I sat there writing all the nec numbers , yeah , and miss goes the other table and I 'm like oh come on Carla hurry up and do the numbers inside , and I missed , I just could n't , I could n't catch up |
| 17 | Factory-farming makes pollution , excessive meat-eating upsets the ecological balance , trapping and hunting can injure habitat , and so on . |
| 18 | This synkinematic , footwall intrusive suite constitutes the northeastern part of South Mountains and includes ( from oldest to youngest ) South Mountains granodiorite ( Tsm ) , Telegraph Pass granite ( Ttp ) , felsic dykes ( Tfd ) and microdiorite dykes ( Tmd ) . |
| 19 | While the male of one of these species constructs the nest alone ( as in other weavers ) , in others the female also involves herself in this activity and in two cases receives the active assistance of additional apparently adult birds . |
| 20 | A short walk near the university produces the dispiriting impression that urban life in Africa is hopeless . |
| 21 | As a rule the right is first vested in the author , and continues for fifty years after his death ; but in the case of photographs and gramophone records the original owner of the negative or plate is treated as the author , and the right lasts for fifty years from the time when the negative or plate was made . |
| 22 | In fact the Central Statistical Office 's view is that the published deficit overstates the real level by no more than £2bn or £3bn . |
| 23 | Perhaps the most interesting theory states that the physical door-hanging represents the spiritual doorway to the Islamic heaven , which has four gardens at its innermost core . |
| 24 | Given that ( i ) no other sources support this view ; ( ii ) the view is none the less generally reasonable ; ( iii ) evidence from Pomponius ( and perhaps also Julian ) seems to speak against it for the second century ; and ( iv ) a Justinianic interpolation seems unlikely , it seems most probable that the text represents the genuine view of Papinian . |
| 25 | David Kane 's witty and incisive play evokes the decadent sensuality of the period . |
| 26 | Written in a terse , academic style that at times obstructs the true horror of her depictions of bloodshed and rebellion , Pearce offers an invaluable source of information , full of clearly laid out sections and chronological charts . |
| 27 | FRS 1 states that the ‘ net cash from operating activities represents the net increase or decrease in cash and cash equivalents resulting from operations shown in the p&l account in arriving at operating profit ’ ( para 15 ) . |
| 28 | This mixture of anarchy , looseness-of-link and contingency encourages the discrete offering of management skills which will help the student to cope with the four or five separable outcomes of the legislative changes of the late 1980s . |
| 29 | The left foot represents the left side of the body and the right … well I 'll leave you to work that one out ! |
| 30 | ABA involves the scientific application of one of the most robust theories in psychology . |