Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] and the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consider , for example , the case of two owners of agricultural land on the periphery of a town , both of whom applied for planning permission to develop for housing purposes — the first being given permission and the second refused on the ground that the site in question was to form part of a green belt . |
| 2 | Where these two designs unfortunately fail is that they are both very successful at catching seaweed and the like . |
| 3 | But it needs also to engage with those theories which deconstruct the distinction between the ‘ individual ’ and the ‘ social ’ , which recognise the power of desire and fantasy and the problems of supposing any ‘ original ’ unity in the self , while at the same time preserving its concern with lived experience and the practical and material struggles of women to achieve more autonomy and control over their lives . |
| 4 | Alfred the Great led the resistance against the Danes from Athelney in the Somerset Levels ; and although every schoolchild knows that William of Normandy conquered England in 1066 , he did not succeed in subduing Ely and the surrounding fens until 1071 , when Hereward the Wake submitted . |
| 5 | In taking up on green and environmental issues , it will give the G M B a much higher profile , and make non-members and the general public alike more aware of the good things that we are striving for on their behalf . |
| 6 | It is clear that one supplies labour and the other demands it , but do education and business have only this one thing in common ? |
| 7 | In the rear of the lead sixteen wheeler rode Jube and the six other truckers who had been recruited by Rocky . |
| 8 | What must be understood , therefore , is that there is a difference between the act of quantifying data and the substantive claims made by the investigator after the patterns have been established by quantification . |
| 9 | They like to see officialdom and the upper classes getting a kick up the backside . |
| 10 | In the dragonfly Sympetrum striolatum the scarlet male contains ommatins and the yellow female their reduced equivalents . |
| 11 | Like the mash tun , it has a slotted base and the liquid runs out of the vessel over a bed of spent hops . |
| 12 | The other members were appointed by the Secretary of State , one from a panel of persons representing employers and the self-employed and one from a panel of persons representing employed earners . |
| 13 | However , when presently the knights were admitted to the castle , it was to find Moray and the High Steward themselves therein . |
| 14 | Before the shows open , they sponsor media trips enabling journalists and the five Memphis television stations to produce thirty-minute documentaries previewing the exhibitions ' countries of origin . |
| 15 | See again Mushtaq 's lovely googly which sank Hick and the speedy Akram incutter which took out the dangerous lewis first ball : Fairbrother 's heroic counterattack , his face genuinely strained : that final catch to clinch Pakistan 's victory … off Imran 's final ball in international cricket ? |
| 16 | The rules followed are laid down by the Race Walking Association and the International Athletics Federation . |
| 17 | There were two tins , one that had contained peaches and the other half full of spaghetti . |
| 18 | But the peaceful feeling which accompanies hypnosis and the constant reminders that she was relaxed and comfortable and everything was simply happening in her imagination had served to prevent any fear and anxiety at all . |
| 19 | Today their lovely parklands and orange trees remain , a medieval quarter adds charm and the modern seafront surrounds the glimmering bay . |
| 20 | How can he now ever sit at the head of the Church , representing morality and the essential values of love within marriage and devotion to family life ? |
| 21 | In converting to a universal-banking model , banks will encounter more internal resistance than they think , since it means eliminating subsidiaries and the extra management jobs they have created . |
| 22 | The dungeon tower houses craft workshops and the resident falconer gives regular displays . |
| 23 | Among the tracks that will get teens ' hearts beating are the title track , I Found Heaven and the smoochy ballad A Million Love Songs . |
| 24 | This week STUART BRUCE concludes his series on value added tax and the single market by looking at the new reporting requirements for UK businesses . |
| 25 | In 1956 she visited Blackpool and the Head Girl at the Opera House was detailed to entertain her . |
| 26 | Press reaction and the Criminal Bar were generally hostile , fed by heightened fears of jury nobbling emanating largely from police circles . |
| 27 | The District Attorney decided to call for a grand jury inquiry and invited Mitchum and the other defendants to attend . |
| 28 | [ For January 1992 decision on the sending of UN peacekeeping troops and the subsequent deployment of UNMLO personnel and ( from March ) UNPROFOR personnel see January — p. 38704 — and subsequent months . ] |
| 29 | One by one , polytechnics are becoming universities and the binary divide has disappeared , although the disparities in funding remain and the former polytechnics are very much the poor relations in terms of library acquisitions funding . |
| 30 | These pull-down menus can all be accessed either by pressing ALT and the appropriate letter , or by clicking on them with the mouse . |