Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [subord] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not necessary , however , to see this change as predominantly the result of changes in the organisation of their manufacture . |
| 2 | Now there is more to this passage than either the story that it heralds , poignant and memorable though that is , or the condescending tone of the last sentence , for the innocence Davin embodies brings to Stephen as a brute fact from the real world the missing half of a truth which Stephen has known but so far been unable to admit even to himself , and which will go on mattering to Joyce for many years . |
| 3 | He was joined by a young Londoner , Jonathan Goodchild , who rapidly moved from being Sharp 's assistant to art director in his own right , leaving Sharp a clear run as perhaps the underground 's most innovative illustrator . |
| 4 | However , rugby union and racing fans are well catered for on BBC this week as both the Five Nations Championship reaches its exciting climax and the Cheltenham National Hunt Festival gallops out of the stalls . |
| 5 | Our main 1979 survey was designed largely to throw light on this relationship between people 's knowledge about credit and how they make actual shopping decisions — the first major study to explore this in this country , and more searching in this respect than even the valuable American studies carried out recently for the National Commission on Consumer Finance and the Federal Reserve Board . |
| 6 | The description of the Count as Alfonso 's " friend " suggests that there was more to this incident than simply the curbing of an unruly vassal . |
| 7 | I really hope people do n't hype it as a Scottish thing 'cos then the pressure 's on . ’ |
| 8 | She spoke his name again , quietly this time because now the anger was seeping away , to be replaced by misery . |
| 9 | However , there is no offence against this regulation if only the tail pipe ( i.e. the piece leading the gases into the atmosphere from the end of the silencer which is the furthest from the engine ) is defective , as the gases will have passed through the silencer . |
| 10 | The rock is excellent , climbing quality equally so , and the grade and commitment are at a more amenable level than either the Old Man of Hoy or Am Buachaille . |
| 11 | Obviously , the short lives of all those babies and children will have a great effect in bringing down the average figure as even the least mathematical of us will be able to understand . |
| 12 | However , and it also has a down- side because now the contractors will be able to see the information which used to be confidential that local authorities will be putting on the table , but the point is it 's a chink , it 's a way forward we need to build on this . |
| 13 | We 've talked a lot about the Gardener Centre , but of course the university is a much bigger place than just the Gardener Centre . |
| 14 | In fact ‘ inadequate ’ is probably an understatement : they appeared to have been able to snap the ‘ high tensile steel ’ with consummate ease since only the broken end which clamps to the steering wheel was ever recovered . |
| 15 | It 'll be a bigger bone than a bigger bone than ever the poll tax was . |
| 16 | If one believes the prediction of the inflationary cosmology , that the total density of the Universe must be very close to the critical value above which it recollapses , then there must also be unclustered dark matter as even the dark matter in galaxies and clusters has too small a density to account for this . |
| 17 | An absolutely diabolical situation because then the the the local authorities that have continued to avoid doing what they ought to have done will be rubbing their hands with glee while the others who have a a social conscience , a moral social conscience will be put under tremendous pressure ! |
| 18 | The work of Roland Barthes can be read in a similar way although both the style of his approach and the methods he uses are different . |
| 19 | General practitioners have had to bear a much heavier load than even the most pessimistic were expecting . |
| 20 | As a little compensation I begged Captain King to let us remove either to Bruny , or to Muscle Bay , which would make very little difference when once the wind set in fair , and it was accordingly settled that at daylight we should sail for Muscle Bay . ’ |
| 21 | To give an example : a leak in the roof of one 's garden shed would probably be seen as less in need of urgent action than exactly the same defect in the roof of one 's home or car . |
| 22 | Details of decorative paintwork were visible on his left side although only the lower portion of the work could be seen clearly . |
| 23 | Jesus was and is the new Adam : not the unfallen Adam of innocent humanity restored , but the first of a redeemed and resurrected humanity — a greater and more gloriously human humanity than ever the first Adam knew . |
| 24 | They were still at that stage of their coital symphony where only the brass section was engaged , as the old metal bed creaked to and fro . |
| 25 | A previously helpful fellow , he seems reluctant to discuss the matter , dismissing the whole thing with a wave of his bejewelled hand as just the usual English gippy tummy . |
| 26 | Er right so as I say it 's a lighthearted approach and on christian name terms and with that in mind would you detach one of these and just stick your name on so that at least if you do n't know then at some stage during the course you stand a good chance of getting to know each other because again the essence of this course is informality and talking . |
| 27 | When it comes to the separation of powers and the system of checks and balances that the constitution asserted , it is also clear that the bureaucracy was given a much more equal share than either the Diet or the Judiciary . |
| 28 | The visitors were having a great time until suddenly the lights went up and bar staff started howling , ‘ Give us your pots and glasses and start moving on out , PLEASE ! ’ . |
| 29 | It seemed to Tallis that she had smouldered for a long time before finally the fire had taken hold . |
| 30 | Lots of meaningful glances and repressed passion as only the Victorians knew how . |