Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Every legitimate group secures its fair share and the equilibrium of interest-group interaction provides for public policy that is a reasonable approximation of society 's preferences so securing the general interest at the same time as the overall system is rendered stable and legitimate . |
| 32 | His wife April just scrapes enough money together to make the hundred and fifty mile round trip to see him twice a week |
| 33 | You will be aware that Nancy Brown and Reception staff have been considering a staggered approach to Reception staff hours especially given the computerised directory system currently being introduced . |
| 34 | The same thing , if somebody 's annoying you like that , ignore them like I said , I do n't mean I wo n't just let them sit there I 'll touch my brakes a couple of times perhaps do the old bit with the mirror and like I said , normally if they 're if they 're responsible drivers that have just happened , they got a bit close then maybe they 'll drop back as I 've done |
| 35 | I 've said to my brother Roman Catholic if what you are saying is that the substance of the godhead is in a mystery transferred into our substance that is to say that we are recipitents recipients in the sacrament of the divine life then we go out in faith together believing the same essential . |
| 36 | The Mass and Vespers nicely illustrate the stylistic dichotomy of church music which was to last for a very long time and which Monteverdi had already distinguished in the foreword to his Fifth Book of madrigals as prima and seconda pratica . |
| 37 | For instance , although he borrows the concept of mood from linguistics , he recognizes from the outset that , in contrast to ordinary language , narrative only knows the indicative mood ( there is no imperative or subjunctive forms of narrative ) , and that if his use of the term is to have any value at all it must be ‘ stretched ’ and given a metaphorical function . |
| 38 | Miraculously the printing presses in the basement survived the blast , and with printing staff living underground more or less permanently , Oslobodjenje continues to publish 25,000 copies daily to provide the news-hungry citizens of Sarajevo with an A-Z guide for survival . |
| 39 | As the two girls stood there , Isabel dubiously eyeing the rickety-looking structure at her feet , a wagon rumbled to a stop behind them , filled with women . |
| 40 | That he himself happened to be a congenital cad only made the whole thing more difficult , not easier . |
| 41 | While the subsequent Council of Trent greatly strengthened the moral , pastoral and even intellectual life of the Church , it was reluctant to accept any part of the Protestant doctrinal and institutional critique . |
| 42 | Unfortunately these proposals only exemplify the muddled thinking which seems so often to lie at the heart of Edinburgh 's traffic policies . |
| 43 | The timescale is then extended by using large felled timbers with patterns sufficiently overlapping the existing chronology to be certain of a unique match . |
| 44 | Then the English clerk gently asked the befuddled Alexander his questions , though he learnt nothing new . |
| 45 | Seb suddenly realised the full import of her words , ‘ You mean … you 're going ahead and marrying Nahum ? ’ |
| 46 | The jump in 1984 for French and Italian artists obviously reflects the prestigious Chatsworth sale and the entry into the market of the Getty Museum . |
| 47 | For Jakobson ( 1960 ) , the poetic function merely dominates the referential function in literature , whereas for de Man , the poetic function negates the referential function and renders the entirety of language self-referential . |
| 48 | The Netherlands swiftly became the largest gas exporter in the world and despite importing almost all its other fuel , managed to become a net energy exporter and even occasionally to make a profit on the energy account . |
| 49 | Here and there one may find a row of houses all having the same supply , but very often two adjacent houses are supplied differently . |
| 50 | Eddie 's actress wife Patsy Ann Scott secretly filmed the roly-poly star as he snoozed in bed . |
| 51 | And the Newmarket trainer duly collected the 230–1 trio of winners with Red Bishop , Half Term and Reflecting . |
| 52 | Moss and lichens rather blurred the precise details . |
| 53 | Some schools rarely use the playing fields they have on site yet others whose only facilities are public parks have built tremendous reputations for sports activities . |
| 54 | Suddenly he saw a white figure slowly crossing the main line towards Brooke End signal box . |
| 55 | Backbenchers mostly made the same points that they had made over a year earlier . |
| 56 | FATHER KIPLING slowly mounted the shaking wooden steps and placed the monstrance containing the Host above the tabernacle , in the sight of all . |
| 57 | Candidates successfully passing the Theoretical Examination — Spring 1993 |
| 58 | In addition , because informants rarely knew the actual date of birth of their friends , it was not possible to obtain an accurate identity code . |
| 59 | As the boat slowly mounted the shining green-streaked walls , Robbie looked about her , able , despite her lack of confidence in her abilities , to appreciate the tranquil fascination of her surroundings . |
| 60 | On the contrary , polls seem to show that his supporters intensely dislike the new taxes that are needed to shrink the deficit . |