Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then , for ten , twenty , forty hours or so the millions sit back to watch the show as the huge tropical storm lashes and bursts and howls its way around the islands , shaking , shuddering and drenching the place as if it held all the concentrated fury of nature and had decided to unleash it upon this one unfortunate spot . |
| 2 | So it may be the Regional Association or perhaps the local estuary er Sailing Association is first contacted and what will happen er when one is contacted is that you will come into contact with environmentalists and conservationists and not all environmentalists and conservationists are quite as af affable and conciliatory as I am , some can be quite confrontational and therefore there will be the need for a considerable amount of lip biting and self restraint . |
| 3 | This is not just a matter of words : one does not become a member of a disciplinary community simply by having access to the latest dictionary or even the fullest encyclopaedia on the subject . |
| 4 | Any ideas what really separates the real Leed United fan from the casual fan or even the downright traitor ? |
| 5 | Subscribing investors may under certain circumstances refuse to complete the deal or alternatively the issuing house must repay the investor 's money within fifteen days . |
| 6 | It was a simple , but very pertinent observation and re-emphasised that over the last 18 months or so the All Blacks have been steadily squeezed in the nutcracker of their own ambition . |
| 7 | An obvious source for Mozambique is South African reparation ; a post-apartheid South Africa will , however , probably have neither the funds nor necessarily the political will to pay . |
| 8 | Fortunately , their gibes have fallen on deaf ears and all the more credit is due to those gentlemen who , in face of considerable discouragement , have succeeded to such a marked extent . ’ |
| 9 | Also there were major repairs to property to decide on , as well as seasonal considerations , and orders to transmit , with regard to land use of many thousands of acres , the annual survey of cattle and horse stock and especially the great sheep-hirsels in the Lammermuir Hills , the wool from which , largely exported to Flanders and the Low Countries from Berwick-on-Tweed , constituted the lordship 's principal source of wealth . |
| 10 | It remains determined to achieve regional parity with Israel in order to compel the latter to make peace on terms favourable to itself , including a return of the Golan and possibly the 1949 demilitarized zone along the eastern edge of the Sea of Galilee to allow access to its waters . |
| 11 | There is no room number on the key card and only the correct code punched on the card will operate and open the room door . |
| 12 | But hare and even the odd gazelle were available locally . |
| 13 | However , players excel and quality rises when one 's team is being cheered on by four or five thousand enthusiastic fans and even the hundred plus that turn up here every week can lift a team , so , please , continue your support in the forthcoming season . |
| 14 | Thomas Bewick of Newcastle was the pioneer and perhaps the greatest exponent of this art ; his History of British Birds of 1797–1804 was a splendid example of what could be done , although his text was of no scientific significance . |
| 15 | A good stance and plenty of wind is needed to get sufficient speed and then the footsteering principle is used throughout the turn with little help from the sail . |
| 16 | There was also the undoubted increase in her personal self-confidence and stature as a result of the recapture of the Falklands and then the 1983 and 1987 election victories . |
| 17 | ‘ They were a hazard to the Galapagos turtles , they were attacking the sand cranes and also the brown pelicans we brought in from the wild because they were injured , ’ said John Dreyer , for Disney World . |
| 18 | When Iraqi Kurdish civilians were among those killed during the operations there were protests from the Iraqi government , the two Iraqi Kurdish organizations and also the German government . |
| 19 | An approach to organizational politics which focuses on patterns of dominance goes beyond the by now familiar references in organization theory and public administration to the ‘ environment ’ of organizations and especially the political system , an example of which is found in Wamsley and Zald ( 1976 ) . |
| 20 | The purpose of the sacrifice is to ensure the fertility and well-being of the individual , his family and domestic animals and ultimately the whole community . |
| 21 | You would get a much cleaner ball as a result and so the whole flow of the game would improve . |
| 22 | The top and right ends of each axis represents the positive pole of the construct and also the highest score ( in this case 7 ) . |
| 23 | As the B–17s landed the Japanese strafed the aircraft and also the hapless crew members running for cover from the downed B–17s . |
| 24 | She 's cut taxes , she 's made concessions and somehow the British people simply have n't picked up the ball and run with it . |
| 25 | Well all we had was Broadfield School and that 's where my boys had to go to Broadfield , they went into Broadfield School and erm , they all got on alright you know , they got on well there and then from there they went to when the new school was built they went to Netteswell school you see , but two of my sons are electricians and unfortunately the eldest one , one of the electricians I could n't put him to apprentice because I could n't afford it cos I had a hard to struggle to bring them up you know in those days , we did n't get erm any family allowance or anything those days , and erm , so therefore he could n't go , but he sort of got on and got his own factory , but my other son who 's an electrician , one of the twins he 's erm , he 's got his City and Guilds he passed , he went , he was able to go to the school when the new schools were built you see , when Netteswell school was built he was able to go to night school and er learn all you see , then there was the one at Burnt Mill was n't there , down the bottom ? |
| 26 | Haunted by the spectre of Northern Soul , wrapped in perfect pop melodies and probably the best record this year . |
| 27 | The greater the horse 's level of stimulation , whether due to excitement , fear or sexual arousal , the greater the muscle tension and therefore the higher the carriage of head and tail . |
| 28 | Of course , if it were true , as the State Department and eventually the National Security Council professed to believe , that the threat of communist aggression against Indo-China was only one phase of anticipated plans to seize all of Southeast Asia , then this was an unthinkable alternative . |
| 29 | I was present when one subject adviser made a visit , first to see the head , then the head of department and finally the whole department . |
| 30 | The settlement brought great relief to the whole of the Public Relations Department and clearly the indigenous officers of it needed to be trained for the new situation . |