Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had arranged for the ‘ leaking ’ of a letter he had circulated to all the delegates due to attend the presidential election in Paris on October 9 . |
| 2 | These two paragraphs are quoted in his book Modern Fantasy by Dr C. N. Manlove , who then goes straight on as usual to spearhead the critical assault and declare : and Dr Manlove goes on to cite a well-known Ubi sunt passage from the Old English poem and to observe that ‘ This is real elegy , for it has something to be elegiac about ’ . |
| 3 | Associated British Ports , which owns Southampton , Hull and Cardiff , believes that a Channel Tunnel strategy is unnecessary given the overall prospects for growth of trade within and beyond Europe . |
| 4 | By asking some of the questions listed above in the section on criteria , it is possible to compare the different systems . |
| 5 | It was not possible to compare the 26-way tree , reduced memory tree and trie directly with the dawg because the word lists used in the earlier experiments were no longer available . |
| 6 | The gig sold out months ago and , despite EMF 's claims to be moving away from the teeny audience , Silverfish are forced to open the show a good two hours earlier than normal to accommodate the expected exodus of punters heading for an early bedtime . |
| 7 | By building up a good soil structure and providing conditions where all the natural soil flora and fauna can thrive , it is possible to realize the full potential of any piece of land , and to grow on it vigorous , healthy crops and livestock . |
| 8 | If anybody wants to know whether people are right to perform the local duty |
| 9 | Monica is due to hit the big screen in January with the release of Dracula . |
| 10 | Since in these cases , it is possible to scale the null coordinates such that . |
| 11 | It is also possible to scale the approaching waves such that at the point of collision , and . |
| 12 | It was possible to estimate the approximate vicinity of the conjectural planet if it were to be of a reasonable size and to be responsible for the perturbation of Uranus ' orbit . |
| 13 | Using the employment information contained in SPIR and in the responses , it was possible to estimate the overall employment in exporting companies . |
| 14 | Using the employment information contained in SPIR and in the responses , and from a telephone survey on the exporting status of non-respondents , it was possible to estimate the overall employment in all exporting companies in Scotland . |
| 15 | By performing experiments with different values for the aspect ratio a/b of the cross-section it is possible to estimate the elastic constants but precise values are not obtainable except by considerable labour . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , there was a simple weight-loss equation on which it was possible to estimate the maximum amount of weight likely to be lost each week on any specific calorie allowance . |
| 17 | Using partial equilibrium analysis , and assuming that a non-member country is considering participation in an existing CU , an evaluation of the welfare effects is possible using the traditional concepts of producer and consumer surplus . |
| 18 | The rear of the Toyota was only just clear of the water as I jumped out , checking to see if it would be possible using the low gear to push the rock over the edge . |
| 19 | Provenance studies of sandstone sequences are possible using the modal composition plus maturity indicators ( Fig. 5.10 ; Table 5.5 ) ( Valloni & maynard , 1981 ; Dickinson , 1985 ; Valloni , 1985 ) . |
| 20 | It seems exactly right to see the whole family sitting on a sofa together as Joseph meets his new sister at the end . |
| 21 | It may have been preferable to issue the national curriculum documents as guidelines , templates of good practice against which schools could evaluate their extant curriculum rather than requirements that have to be met . |
| 22 | It is possible to lose the entire speech off a computer disk . |
| 23 | But you do n't have to be a racing driver or even very rich to enjoy the Historic Cars . |
| 24 | The sea below was so clear that it was possible to enjoy the underwater antics of swimming guillemots , even from such a height . |
| 25 | Obviously it should not be possible to evade the statutory immunity by pleading the genus and relying on the species as unlawful means , but there would seem to be no statutory protection if the unlawful means take any other form such as nuisance or trespass . |
| 26 | However , Beacham and Jones ( 1971 ) came close to taking this line on the grounds that it is not possible to perform the cost-benefit exercise well enough to obtain a soundly based conclusion . |
| 27 | If all exports and imports were originally declared in terms of dinars and then converted into ‘ statistical ’ dollars , it should be possible to reconstitute the original dinar values by multiplying up by the ‘ statistical ’ value of the dollar in terms of dinars . |
| 28 | Of course you are absolutely right to emphasise the crucial importance of bringing down inflation ; the current deep recession will achieve this . |
| 29 | My hon. Friend is right to emphasise the great importance that we attach to a successful GATT round . |
| 30 | He is right to emphasise the general safety level of the railways , which compares favourably with all other modes of transport . |