Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er to reach our target objectives we ha we need a very strong sell to the trade . |
| 2 | A 17.2 gain in the FT-SE 100 index turned into a 28.4 fall to 2,218.8 by the close . |
| 3 | If I have , I can arrange the pattern so that I 've a complete repeat at the edge of the knitting . |
| 4 | ‘ Our task is to help our customers in the short term use them more efficiently , and as quickly as possible bring to the market new products which will not have any interaction with the ozone layer . |
| 5 | Party Change Total seats Socialist Party ( PS ) +4 70 Rally for the Republic ( RPR ) -1 90 Communist party ( PCF ) -1 15 Democratic and European Rally ( RDE ) -1 22 Centrist Union ( UC ) -2 66 Independents and Republicans ( RI ) * -4 47 Independents +4 10 |
| 6 | The Chicken Plucker is a starting point because everybody loved Letter To Brezhnev , and some of the favourite lines from that appear in the show . ’ |
| 7 | A few lay on the ground in exhausted or inebriated sleep , oblivious to children and dogs who clambered over them , or to the kicks from porters who found them in the way . |
| 8 | Characteristics of the two treatment groups at entry were compared with the unpaired t test and χ 2 test for the sex ratio . |
| 9 | Then he would kiss it where he knew its mistress 's lips had been not long before ( the location of the kiss remains a matter of debate : some say on the muzzle , some say on the top of the head ) ; he would whisper in the shaggy ear of Nero ( or Thabor ) the secrets he longed to whisper in the ear that lay between the muslin dress and the straw hat ; and he would burst into tears . |
| 10 | Then he would kiss it where he knew its mistress 's lips had been not long before ( the location of the kiss remains a matter of debate : some say on the muzzle , some say on the top of the head ) ; he would whisper in the shaggy ear of Nero ( or Thabor ) the secrets he longed to whisper in the ear that lay between the muslin dress and the straw hat ; and he would burst into tears . |
| 11 | A move from consensus management , where a small , but arguably representative nucleus of people had at least some say in the decision-making , to a more dictatorial style known as ‘ general management ’ now means that decisions are made by one man or woman who may accept or reject the advice of interested parties , including nursing and medical advisers . |
| 12 | Unveiling details of the £1.7m deal , Ed WAllis , PowerGen 's chief executive , candidly said he would expect some say in the way the weather was presented . |
| 13 | Stockbrokers W I Carr are aiming the Helmsman Self-Managed Personal Pension at controlling directors , partners , self-employed and senior executives who want some say in the control of their investments . |
| 14 | Indeed , to invite him to do so , it seems to me , can only be misleading in suggesting that the driver is entitled to some say in the matter . |
| 15 | He left Kathleen to strap the toes together with a gauze swab between them to maintain the alignment , and then sent them off with a few coproxamol for the pain . |
| 16 | The statement cited the Dec. 2 massacre by the Army of 16 peasants , and the wounding of 24 others , in the town of Santiago Atitlán 70 km west of the capital Guatemala City , as " an illustration of escalating violence that continues to mark out this country " . |
| 17 | Now if you relate that to other things the government does like , for example , financing a fighter aeroplane , which costs £30 million , the sums are so small , one would hope there would be some shift in the allocation of resources towards the museums sector and the arts generally , because they are such extraordinarily important features of British life , not least in commercial terms . |
| 18 | We represent over four million levy paying members , the trade unions that is , and it 's only right that they should have a proper say in the election of the Lad Labour leader , not just the thirty percent as is being suggested here . |
| 19 | While neither the National Union nor the peers could have a direct say in the choice of leader it was nevertheless thought desirable , if only for reasons of tact , to know their views . |
| 20 | Some depend on the ability to find or switch extra support , to seek outside help or to use the skills of new staff . |
| 21 | Some succumb to the pressure and claim they have obtained evidence where in fact there is little or none . |
| 22 | It may be concluded , therefore , that the advantages which Categories 1 and 2 afford to the prosecution are by no means as great as they might at first sight appear to be . |
| 23 | Our feelings about this depend on the concept of equity . |
| 24 | Half the population die at the end of the third period , leaving no wealth ; the other half die at the end of the second period , leaving an ‘ unplanned ’ bequest . |
| 25 | As has been shown above , the movement denoted by to can be intercepted at some point before its term to evoke a support at some remove from the position occupied by the representation of person at the beginning of the infinitive 's event , thus giving rise to the impression which we have called " subsequent potentiality " ( He struggled to get free ) . |
| 26 | Of the 60 people at Rozos , about half sail on the dinghy programme . |
| 27 | A half glance at the congregation , then back to eyeing the piece of paper . |
| 28 | Know can also be followed by the bare infinitive , however , in a sense which is different from the one just discussed : ( 108 ) I 've not known anything like this happen in the College before . |
| 29 | Tests of significance for intervention effects were then carried out by taking the ratio ( χ 2 /df for the intervention effect ) / ( χ 2 /df for the interaction between school and interventions ) to yield an approximate F statistic . |
| 30 | Tests of significance for intervention effects were then carried out by taking the ratio ( χ 2 /df for the intervention effect ) / ( χ 2 /df for the interaction between school and interventions ) to yield an approximate F statistic . |