Example sentences of "[noun] [vb infin] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In a curious way you can understand what is being said only by letting your mind slip into the same fuzzy state Shepherd 's must have been in when he spoke . |
| 32 | ‘ What the fuck … ’ shouted McCann as he saw Hitch turn on the other two men . |
| 33 | They assume that there is a trade-off between labour-augmenting and capital-augmenting technical progress , and that firms maximize the instantaneous rate of unit cost reduction ( i.e. firms are myopic , or are able to appropriate returns for only one instant ) This ‘ innovation possibility frontier ’ captures the notion of choice but leaves open a number of questions , notably the determination of its shape and location , which must in part result from the deliberate allocation of resources to research and development . |
| 34 | It will be his third visit to the country as part of an international group helping the ANC adapt to the democratic process . |
| 35 | Clydal was almost brought to a standstill approaching the home-turn , having received a might bump at the initial bend , but remained undeterred in his victory bid . |
| 36 | Ideally , Barnes wants a Paul Gascoigne-style free reign to help England qualify for the 1994 World Cup finals . |
| 37 | As I was watching the sparks bounce off the curved perspex , I suddenly remembered part of a nightmare I 'd never remembered before . |
| 38 | Does the gaze fall on the impaired body or on social barriers ? |
| 39 | A member of the Women 's Cooperative Guild remembered working as a nursemaid to a doctor 's family at the age of nine in 1867 , and being unable to read or write , could not let her parents know about the unkind treatment she received . |
| 40 | The statement also opposed " the current suspect moves , led by the USA , to make the Arabs surrender to the Zionist entity through what the USA calls peace " . |
| 41 | How large will my Snakehead grow in the present set-up , and what is its life expectancy ? |
| 42 | Instead Sumner went with various other senators , representatives and the President , Johnson , to hear Hall speak in the largest Presbyterian Church in Washington . |
| 43 | Control can among other things build security and help management identify with the organisational system . |
| 44 | On Sunday she heard Nahum preach for the first time , and she met the assistant curate , a young , delicate-looking man by the name of Daniel Marsh . |
| 45 | The peak of the student movement , in Europe as well as in the US , was reached in 1968 , marked most dramatically by the May revolt of the French students , which was supported briefly by a large part of the working-class movement . |
| 46 | I retaliated with detailed instructions on how to bowl off-breaks to left-handers on a drying pitch , and we eventually declared a truce as we watched the sun sink across the oil-storage tanks beyond the creek . |
| 47 | What did Alexander mean by the Primary Control , a phrase that will recur throughout this book ? |
| 48 | He let his gaze rest upon the awed and silent faces that fringed his passage , but without seeing them . |
| 49 | The 128 they made for the fifth wicket actually saw the visitors go on the defensive , although not for long . |
| 50 | How far do the errors interfere with the original meaning ? |
| 51 | Tallis watched them , then let her gaze wander along the stark crags and jutting masonry walls . |
| 52 | In the semi-darkness she studied his profile , letting her gaze wander over the hard-boned features , absorbing the line of his jaw , wondering what was going on inside his head . |
| 53 | I let my gaze wander to the open grassy strip at the side of the block , which was almost completely empty of life , and then on to the red buses and cars hurrying along the main road . |
| 54 | But more than anything it 's the climate that could see Ireland suffer in the initial stages . |
| 55 | An amused smile touched Guido 's eyes as he let his gaze flicker over the rumpled high-necked cotton pyjamas she was wearing . |
| 56 | Joseph Dods has begun setting up clubs in County Durham schools to help youngsters learn about the natural world around them . |
| 57 | You walk deeper and deeper into the crystal cave , hearing your footsteps echo in the hollow cavern . |
| 58 | He watched the sun rise over the snowy fields , and on his way home he met the postman , who handed him a letter . |
| 59 | I fucking let milk boil over the other night and I ca n't get it off . |
| 60 | If an Act is challenged on the basis that there have been procedural defects during its passage through Parliament , will the courts look behind the formal words of enactment and inquire whether the requirements of the common law have been satisfied ? |