Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For instance , building-society deposits , bank cash accounts , and National Savings holdings all rose sharply throughout the period , especially with high interest rates prevailing for almost the whole of the 1970s .
2 In such a case it is possible for either the seller or the buyer to commit an anticipatory breach of contract , i.e. to repudiate the contract before the time for performance .
3 In response , Congress , in the 1974 Act , included provisions requiring the president to report impoundments to the legislature , making it possible for either the House or the Senate to compel the release of impounded funds , and obliging the executive to spend them in accordance with legislative intent .
4 Rain spoiled the opening day of Durham 's first match as a first-class county to the extent that play was possible for only the morning session , which allowed Paul Parker and John Glendenen to put on 119 in an untroubled manner off 34 overs .
5 Ideally , an archaeologist wants to obtain as much information as possible about both the stratigraphy of a site and its plan , but there is a conflict between the two approaches .
6 On the other hand there 's a part of me that rejoices , that is glad he paid the way he did , that for once the world worked the way it 's supposed to , punishing the wrongdoer … and that saddens and sickens me too , because I think that this must be the way Andy feels all the time .
7 Skulls of aliens adorned the banner-hung , tapestried walls , their eyeless sockets forever blinded to the mysteries of those who had mastered them , their hollow craniums empty of even the ghost of a twisted , unhuman thought .
8 Standing on the south bank and looking across the river at the village , one can see that it is still well-wooded with only the church spire and a small number of houses visible through the trees .
9 ’ Sheila said this in much the tone of incredulity as she might have said , ‘ If I ever die . ’
10 It is dual density , but quite different from either the Skywalk or Vibram ones used in the other boots reviewed , the shock absorbing layer being very much thicker and softer .
11 In contrast , the conformation of CsA when bound to cyclophilin is very different from either the crystal or chloroform-solution structures of uncomplexed CsA .
12 But Gide 's account especially does suggest how the vision of desire as loss is strangely inseparable from both the blindness of desire and its capacity to know more than it wants .
13 He is very good on free kicks and penalties and scores quite a few from INSIDE the box as well .
14 If you 're interested in either the design or purchase of jewellery then a unique opportunity has come to Glasgow this week .
15 It has proposed a community-based programme of punishment but in order to sell this to both the judiciary and its supporters it has constructed around it a rhetoric of toughness .
16 Land reform had profound impact on the distribution of rural wealth and income and through this on both the motivation and complicity of the rural population to invest , improve farming techniques and to increase production .
17 Had he not better make that clear to both the Conservative and Labour Members who still believe that Britain could stay out of the developments that will take place in Europe ?
18 Most of the other constructions should be reasonably clear except possibly the construction of the section
19 The tension in the rein very much depends on the individual , but the aim is to be soft and easily acceptable to both the horse and the rider .
20 Henry Tidbury : Guilty of both the murder of Inspector Drewitt and PC Shorter .
21 Although a virtually unknown organisation , its $6 billion a year budget is actually larger than that of either the CIA or NSA .
22 For example , if the futures and spot prices have an equal variance , that is , , and the correlation between movements in the spot and futures prices is zero , = O , then and the basis risk , that is , variance of F - S , is twice that of either the spot price or the futures price .
23 However , a zero correlation is unlikely and , if the correlation between the spot and futures prices is 0.8 ( ) , then the variance of the basis is only 40% of that of either the spot or futures prices , that is , ( ) .
24 There was nothing democratic about either the way in which the decision was taken or the process which led up to It .
25 Hollywood 's fictional mode seemed worthless to the lovers of the other arts although they were rarely honest about either the problems facing film-makers or their own responses to the diversified output of the studios .
26 This modern hotel , renowned for its warm welcome is situated on the outskirts of Birmingham , easily accessible by road , just five miles from the City Centre , ICC and NIA , the hotel is perfect for both the leisure and business traveller .
27 Marketability varies between assets ; some assets are easily realizable , but some — such as perhaps the shares of small companies — may not find ready buyers .
28 However , in some localities , such as below the water table and in waterlogged soils , reducing conditions can prevail .
29 Muddled sixties jargon , lurid colours and ricocheting bullets fly past him , missing him by inches as he enters the flat and yet he is unaware of either the television or his lover in bed .
30 The fuse carrier is accessible from outside the plug to make changing a fuse simple .
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