Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had heard about the new economic empires of the East : Japan , Korea , Taiwan , Singapore , Malaysia … yet it was a surprise to realise how fast these giants are probing their tentacles deep into Sarawak 's ‘ Heart of Darkness ’ . |
| 2 | Women heard about the different educational method used in the five phrenological schools that had beer founded by William Ellis in the 1850s . |
| 3 | Have you heard about the Tory moderate who hit the cheerful-looking palmist on the nose ? |
| 4 | It endorsed British industry 's achievements under the policies that we have been pursuing for the past 12 years , urged us to continue and build upon them in future and condemned utterly the sort of policies still advocated by the Labour party , which is stuck in a mind-set of the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 5 | We squelched through the oozy wet mud of the long sea wall at Titchwell Marsh . |
| 6 | Without such action by the judge , Intel would have to wait for the new 80287 trial to be completed before the company could file any appeal . |
| 7 | Early on , she demanded from each member a list of the people they had consulted during the previous three months . |
| 8 | For any given program there is an optimum or efficient memory usage for an environment in which many programs are competing for the limited available real memory . |
| 9 | So erm how did it , did you stay for the full six months or did it er extend further than that ? |
| 10 | Van Dyck had a hand in exporting his style to England in the 17th century ; the allure of the full-length formal portrait endured for the following 300 years . |
| 11 | The current year , the ninety three ninety four year I have figures only up to the end of December and in comparison to the previous full twelve months the number of applications is almost as high in the first three quarters of the year but the fee income is about half what had been received for the full previous year and that is the problem that we 're facing , that the number of applications , the amount of work is , is staying the same or is indeed increasing slightly , er but the fee income , because of the nature of the the applications and the fee regime that is charged , is actually falling off quite rapidly . |
| 12 | I must take this opportunity to say a personal thank you to each and everyone of you for your kind support and all the good wishes that I have received during the past six months . |
| 13 | In 1929 a serious dispute over tactics arose between the Communist International and the Mexican Communists . |
| 14 | We distinguish between the independent financial entity and the competitive units it owns . |
| 15 | She had nothing else quite so effective to wear for the other two acts , but this , for her first entrance , for establishing herself as Countess Maritza , did absolutely everything . |
| 16 | Close behind , speeding through the flickering violet light , were a large ominous-looking chest and a picture box that skittered along dangerously on its three legs . |
| 17 | Pompeo Batoni 's ‘ Frederick North ’ was painted during the future Prime Minister 's stay in Rome , and Sir Thomas Lawrence 's ‘ Sir Charles Stewart ’ ( later Ambassador at Vienna ) may have prompted the Prince Regent to patronise the painter . |
| 18 | And er but at er there you 'd got to go for the other two years , and some parents were rather wondering whether that left you late in the queue for a job , because jobs were very difficult . |
| 19 | Life magazine put him on the cover and that single photograph of Manson , with his evil , hypnotic stare , became for the hysterical mass media , the face of a violent , drug-crazed substrata of society : the monster hidden in the heart of every hippie and longhaired supporter of a culture which seemed certain to encompass an increasing section of youth and bandwagonners . |
| 20 | ‘ Best hang tight to my arm , boy , ’ he yelled and together they leaned forward and tramped through the long wet grass to wrestle with the Littles ' gate . |
| 21 | Even allowing for the contemporary French intellectual fashion which puts a premium on witty forms of oracular paradox this seems a bit far out . |
| 22 | An elderly man living alone , for example , was 5.74 times more likely to have had a home-help visit during the previous month than an elderly couple , after allowing for the different average disability levels of the two types of household . |
| 23 | The deal is a timely boost for Scotland 's top steeplechase after a long , fruitless search for support following the decision by William Hill , sponsor for the past 15 years , to pull out after last year 's race . |
| 24 | King 's Road 's Mary Quant told the conference that with the advent of the miniskirt in the sixties the crotch had been redefined as the new erogenous zone . |
| 25 | ‘ My money problems are only temporary , I 'd learn to drive if I only had time for the lessons , and you 'd be surprised at how many gadgets I 've learned to use and even repair during the past four years . |
| 26 | The futures price has fallen between the previous close and last trade by 2.0 ( i.e.1812.5 -1810.5 ) or by 4 ticks ( i.e. 2.0/0.5 ) . |
| 27 | She also lived through the appalling 1982 massacres in the Sabra and Shatila camps . |
| 28 | Their plight was gradually recognized during the early 20th century ; from the mid-century onward it has been the role of administrators , teachers , health workers , economists and lawyers to unravel some of their problems and provide alternative means of living . |
| 29 | Dennis Heslop has arranged for the large ornate circular window to be set up at St. Paul 's church in West Witton near Bishop Auckland . |
| 30 | From the outside it looked as if the NAMIBIA players surrounding their coach-cum-manager-cum-union President , Henning Snyman , had gathered for the ritual pre-match huddle . |