Example sentences of "[adj] [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Witnesses were warned that if they gave false evidence they would suffer the same verdict as that given to the accused ( Mark 14:56–7 ; Matt. |
| 2 | Asserting , what was palpably untrue , that ‘ There are probably few people in India who do not sincerely regret that you should have made it impossible for any government to leave you at liberty ’ , he handed down a sentence of six years ' simple imprisonment , pointing out — the crowning touch-that the sentence was the same as that given to the nationalist hero Bal Gangadhar Tilak , twelve years before . |
| 3 | What they definitely do indicate are the extremes of weight problems ; where your weight falls higher than the amount given under the large-frame weight for your height , or lower than that given for the small-frame weight for your height , then you have problems . |
| 4 | The most graphic statement of the dual role , though some would call it an overstatement ( e.g. Pearce , 1982 ) , is that given by the National Association of Head Teachers ( NAHT ) in response to a document on the role of the advisory service issued by the Society of Education Officers and the National Association of Inspectors and Educational Advisers : |
| 5 | It may be said at once that of these dates the most inherently improbable is the last , that given by the later Turkish tradition . |
| 6 | So you have a very particular view of the constitution , that given by the founding fathers and one which is still in force some seventy eighty years later as America headed towards its most momentous and divisive crisis in its history . |
| 7 | The most frequently quoted definition of non-natural user is that given by the Judicial Committee in Rickards v. Lothian , ‘ It must be some special use bringing with it increased danger to others and must not merely be the ordinary use of the land or such a use as is proper for the general benefit of the community . ’ |
| 8 | I could not restrain myself from hastening to view one of those Druid circles , of which there are so many in the Isle of Lewis ; that given in the small vignette is the first one I reached . |
| 9 | One group on low income who will lose out consists of those people living in areas where the poll tax is levied at a higher rate than the Government calculates , and who in consequence will have to meet a 20 per cent poll tax bill that is larger than that calculated by the 20 per cent met by the Government . |
| 10 | Articles in journals , a chapter in books on research methods and collections of conference papers ( such as that highlighted in the last edition of Observations ) , were available , but nothing that had quite the focus and range of explaining background , methodology and queries as well as providing sufficient examples . |
| 11 | Indeed , this person 's role would not have been dissimilar to that undertaken by the present-day funeral director . |
| 12 | Personally I am convinced that unless initiatives like that undertaken by the Urban Studies Centre ( see page 95 ) are adopted , we will continue to train teachers who , though they have impeccable paper qualifications , lack the real life experience which will give credibility to the certificates , degrees and diplomas they have so earnestly won . |
| 13 | Player A's expected payoff in each period will therefore tend to a value which is less than that received by the dominant strategy type for any positive rate of discount . |
| 14 | The Programme will be the same as that organised for the 9th Jan . |
| 15 | The benevolent influence of a family , such as that depicted in the first chapter of Tom Brown 's Schooldays , reached out to the tenants and other members of the local community ; the girls from the cottages came into the big house as dairy or nursery-maids ; the boys were taken on as under-gardeners or grooms . |
| 16 | Its area is a tiny fraction of that occupied by the 21 hostile Arab states ; Syria alone is seven times as large . |
| 17 | But I doubt very much whether there are any claims now outstanding which are not statute-barred , in respect of children stillborn before 22 July 1976 or any children born before that date , who are locked in litigation with their mothers over whether the mother tasted alcohol or followed a diet other than that recommended by the current phase of medical opinion during pregnancy . |
| 18 | There are several styles and sizes of lodges to choose from , each designed with the same aim in mind … the ultimate in luxuriousness . |
| 19 | To my mind it is clear from the terms of the third paragraph of the Crown Prosecution Service 's letter that it is accepted that the order restricts them , in any prosecution which they decide to initiate , to utilising material already obtained or other material obtained independently of that disclosed in the High Court civil proceedings . |
| 20 | A small wooden door , set into the stone wall , and half hidden beneath the hanging tendrils of a climbing rose . |
| 21 | This developed after the French Revolution of 1789 when many french dancing masters fled to Spain to become dancing masters to the aristocratic families . |
| 22 | The Iraqi leaned to the left and I peered through the crack in the sandbags at the Fattal building , a yellow-painted office block whose window frames had been chewed down to an inch or two by thousands of bullets ; the Christian Phalangist front line . |
| 23 | Ultimately , his change of pace and flight of the ball broke up the rhythm of Lee , who perhaps rather over pressed in the first set and found himself 0–5 down before he adjusted his momentum to claw four games back before Galasso 's touch and confidence returned , in what was for him a perfect final game and a match point won with a brilliant lob . |
| 24 | Inside the wood the somewhat precarious salient formed by the German advance had been inadequately reinforced . |
| 25 | The analysis of maximum contributions determined during 1988–89 contained in the first Legal Aid Board Annual Report ( 1989–90 ) contains the following figures relating to all courts : |
| 26 | Dublin scored 70 goals for long-ball specialists Cambridge , but his arrival raised eyes with the Old Trafford faithful fed on the dazzling exploits of Best , Charlton and Law . |
| 27 | One German clerk , rather foolishly perhaps , tried to disarm this Troop officer and was shot for his indiscretion ; other Germans were captured and a few shot during the brisk action . |
| 28 | ‘ Is this connected with the other business ? ’ he asked . |
| 29 | This connected with the massive extension of the general process of commodification , which for Simmel was responsible for creating the characteristically blasé urban character , bereft of identity and inner meaning . |
| 30 | His discovery aroused great local interest , explorations followed and an artificial entrance , the one now used by the public , was tunnelled into the limestone to give easier access ; this connected with the original route beyond its initial difficulties . |