Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [noun pl] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm still eating in a guilty , uncomfortable way : huge amounts one day , then fasting or taking laxatives the next . |
| 2 | In that way , you minimize the risk of making a poor choice and a false start in your first year , with the consequent possibility of having to catch up by taking extra classes or to repeat classes the following year . |
| 3 | When the first English settlers sailed up the Chesapeake Bay on America 's eastern coast , they found an estuary worthy of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's fable — vast , limpid and dense with marine life , sustained by the unique mix of brackish water and nutrients that make estuaries the richest marine incubators in the world . |
| 4 | COHORT — A group of persons that has experiences the same event ( e.g. birth or marriage ) at the same time or during a specified period ; for instance , birth cohort or marriage cohort . |
| 5 | The family is designed to replace Advanced Micro 's bipolar equivalents and offers customers the important advantage of power savings . |
| 6 | And op'ning Lips the tainted Breath betray … |
| 7 | For an " active " person in the private and state sectors the actual monthly minimum would be 2,100 dinars in November 1990 , 2,300 by January 1991 and 2,500 by July 1991 . |
| 8 | The crowds are building up and doing things the American way . |
| 9 | Indeed , it is possible to argue that in both the fields of child language and acquired disorders the earliest studies to be carried out were almost exclusively concerned with production . |
| 10 | With heads bent and shaking shoulders the three of them buried their laughter in their hands . |
| 11 | The EC 's long-awaited eco-labelling scheme has come into operation , with dishwashers and washing machines the first products to be included . |
| 12 | To make the trips to Ferdi worthwhile , I usually take three horses up and have lessons one afternoon , stable the night , and have lessons the following morning before travelling home . |
| 13 | After initial orientation and docking difficulties the new uncrewed technical " re-equipment " module Kavant-2 , launched on Nov. 26 , 1989 , was added to the existing Mir structure on Dec. 6 . |
| 14 | The jury at bristol crown court heard that the girl did not immediately tell her parents , but told friends the following day . |
| 15 | IT was a great idea to have Van Morrison close the T&C , but thank heavens the unpredictable Irishman was in fine form . |
| 16 | While cleaning friers the boiling solution in the well can be used with advantage to clean various other small items of equipment . |
| 17 | Such mistranslations occasionally had their amusing side , as when ‘ State Ball ’ was translated so as to give listeners the delightful picture of the president playing football with a visiting group of dignitaries at State House . |
| 18 | Textbooks should be quoted only if they express an individual opinion , and the lecturer ( qua lecturer ) not at all , When quoting authors , if the author is dead he may be referred to by his surname only , but if he is still with us it is polite to give him a handle — Sir or Prof. or Dr or Mr. As regards judges the customary J. , etc. , should be used irrespective of whether they are alive or dead . |