Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hours of wrangling over the protocol of such matters was squandered during both the preparation and the course of the pair 's ceaseless round of state visits to ever more obscure countries . |
| 2 | It is only with such a system that uneconomic jobs or work types can be identified and stopped for either the fee basis to be renegotiated or the amount of work done reassessed . |
| 3 | The little room at the end of the paddock , where scores are received , became for once the centre of attraction . ’ |
| 4 | This greed for status reinforces the wife 's role as child-bearing domestic slave or chattel , and spoils for ever the chance of a real relationship . |
| 5 | They sold for twice the price of a ‘ black label ’ record . |
| 6 | The funding for the survey 's marine programme was slashed from $24 million to $13 million a year — money intended for both the Atlantic and the Pacific sections . |
| 7 | Mildly , he said , ‘ If you insist on facing things , why not think about how the way you 've behaved hardly leads me to think on you as a sensitive soul . |
| 8 | The sensitivity , specificity , and efficiency of the sweat spot test were calculated for both the sweat spot test score and the percentage number of abnormal subareas , and receiver operating characteristic curves were drawn for both parameters . |
| 9 | Enjoying a fantastic location in Kos town , you 'll find the Hotel Catherine set just back from the lively , bustling harbour , right in the centre of town and ideally placed for both the beach and nightlife . |
| 10 | With his by now legendary disregard for anything current which was n't The Smiths or his personal protégé ( the superb Easterhouse fell in his favour at this time ) , Morrissey performed ceremonial destruction with Sade , Style Council , Ultravox , Carmel , Genesis , Marilyn and , ironically enough , Blue Rondo who by this time were probably bragging about how The Smiths once supported them ; poetic justice indeed . |
| 11 | Left penniless when her husband dropped dead suddenly one Monday morning as he was putting his horse between the shafts to go to the country on his weekly door-to-door round , her pride had not allowed her to accept for long the charity of the community 's Board of Guardians . |
| 12 | The Maria is a small , friendly hotel , ideally located for both the nightlife and the beach . |
| 13 | Erm and had he had he patented it or I do n't know about exactly the timing , he might have made himself an absolute fortune . |
| 14 | Anyone who does know about either the Letts or Swain case is asked to contact police at Milton Keynes |
| 15 | Of those who voted , virtually all voted for either the Conservative or Labour parties ; 3 . |
| 16 | Its HSTs are provided from a combined pool of trains based at Neville Hill Depot ( Leeds ) used for both the Midland and East Coast main line services . |
| 17 | I knew now that I might have been foolish to have expected so much from Waite , but he had been the only person who 'd been willing to treat both kidnappers and hostages as human beings and to attempt some kind of understanding about how the situation could be resolved . |
| 18 | One of the things that has been hardest for me to deal with in coaching is runners who want to train for both the marathon and the mile at the same time . |
| 19 | Fears grow of where the Serbs may turn next , if they are permitted the ultimate triumph from which none is willing to deflect them . |
| 20 | In verses 5 and 6 Peter makes direct reference to the flood of judgment which came upon the earth in the days of Noah and at the end of the preceding verse 4 he writes of how the scoffers will say that ‘ all things continue as they were from the beginning of the CREATION . ’ |
| 21 | In the United Kingdom , Derry/Londonderry was the first and their game was called The Maiden City , presumably in order not to alienate that half of the community which did not approve of either the name Derry or Londonderry . |
| 22 | When formulating policy , governments are being put under increasing pressure to ensure that their financial sectors do not lag behind either the needs of the economy as a whole , or the rigours of a fast changing international financial environment . |
| 23 | Lawyers for Blanco said they would appeal against both the prison sentence and the fine . |
| 24 | Essentially the amplifier is a boosted op.amp designed with both the op.amp and output stage biased into class-A . |
| 25 | Any chance of a Government defeat when the white paper is debated in the Commons on Monday has now been averted with even the majority of hardcore rebels threatening to abstain rather than vote against the Government . |
| 26 | The brown and gold moulding also made the frame an ideal choice , as it harmonised with both the mount and the gold lines . |
| 27 | The vast majority of basic trainers are , or were , manufactured in the USA , and most of the remainder come from outside the UK . |
| 28 | Many times an idea will be rejected simply because it has come from outside the department . |
| 29 | ‘ Of his 16 goals this season , 11 have come from outside the box and that tells you the quality of the man . |
| 30 | Of the 35 goals England have scored in the 26 matches Taylor has been in charge , just three have come from outside the penalty area . |