Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Below all these strata lay the immemorial peasant base of straight barter and the still-important tax in kind . |
| 2 | Wildlife experts fear the calm weather may return too late to save them . |
| 3 | For some of the work auditory sequences are presented to investigate the question of whether auditory and visual temporal patterns mean the same thing to the infant . |
| 4 | For each locality the records of first resort remain the early county histories , the relevant volumes in the Victoria County History series , and the proceedings of the county , or similar , historical or record society ; and no doubt local historians will wish to obtain some of these or , subject to the laws of copyright , obtain photocopies of selected sections . |
| 5 | Rules about the timing and specificity of disclosure of commission and other remuneration , which permit less than full disclosure of the amount or value of the commission or remuneration raise the safe harbour question . |
| 6 | ‘ Compulsive spenders suffer the same urge to go on a binge as compulsive drinkers , eaters or non-eaters , ’ declares Dr Christopher Cook of London 's Middlesex Hospital Psychiatry Unit . |
| 7 | As both the active and the passive sentence mean the same thing , it is reasonable to ask why we need both . |
| 8 | If the universal calibration curve is valid for the system then where the subscripts s and u denote the standard calibration and the polymer under study , respectively . |
| 9 | The mysterious Miss Madrigal , who is employed as Laurel 's companion and whose green fingers make the barren chalk garden of the title bloom , brings a real feeling of tragic suffering to the stage . |
| 10 | When imaging a surface , researchers bring the fine tip of the STM down to about 1 millionth of a millimetre away from the sample . |
| 11 | Our party is determined to let the nation 's money obey the natural law , starting with the law of supply and demand . |
| 12 | To take a cuisinary analogy , threads of modifier bind the irregular network regions together something like eggs bind the flour in a cake mix . |
| 13 | True , Gower upset the Indian Cricket Board of Control with sensitive claims about ball scuffing in the last series here two years ago . |
| 14 | However , if the courts display the commonsense approach that the House of Lords did in the one relevant reported case of any importance , the probability is that we shall get by without much trouble . |
| 15 | Cereals and root vegetables make the largest contribution , and are most often cooked to aid digestion . |
| 16 | His later artistic inventions display the same fascination with the possibilities of getting inside the skin of another era . |
| 17 | British Rail insist the whole problem though regrettable , will be ironed out within nine months . |
| 18 | Fourth , corporate officials may be able to appeal to higher loyalty and by that technique deny the moral bind of the law . |
| 19 | The heavy clutch and cumbersome gear change remain the worst feature . |
| 20 | Gore-starved GAVIN MARTIN and DANNY KELLY pick the best war flicks of all time and say ‘ get 'em on TV — pronto ! ’ |
| 21 | Flagstad gave the songs their première , so it 's intriguing to hear her successor bring the same kind of broad sweep , sincerity of purpose and rewarding breath-control to them . |
| 22 | We had prominent citizens and influential groups cable the Prime Minister and the provincial Premier . |
| 23 | Sunderland refound the winning habit to beat them 2–0 with goals from Steve Maxwell and Eric Mathers . |
| 24 | Pros fear the long bunker shot as much as amateurs do . |
| 25 | The following graphs suggest the same behaviour as for the intensity — roughly linear over an interval , possibly a power or exponential . |
| 26 | For primary class teachers , the National Curriculum and assessment provide the overwhelming preoccupation . |
| 27 | Her solicitors say the financial risk of losing the case was too great . |
| 28 | The electorates of the members states elect the European Parliament |
| 29 | Overall group needs and mechanisms of mutual support provide the institutional stability that allows a more long-term orientation . |
| 30 | Transportation recommend schemes to Committee ; Designcare or Roadcare get tender documents ready and Inroads build the final product — all part of the Department 's service to the public . |