Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [vb base] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reception under conditions of distraction is taken to its extreme in television , which is half watched in the course of pursuing other activities and in which very often , especially among children , entire programmes are not viewed at all ; instead , fingers rarely leave the remote control device as there is a constant change of channels ( Ellis 1982 , p. 137 ) . |
| 2 | The peace-keepers successfully tame the roaring lion . |
| 3 | The peace-keepers successfully tame the roaring lion . |
| 4 | The same thing , if somebody 's annoying you like that , ignore them like I said , I do n't mean I wo n't just let them sit there I 'll touch my brakes a couple of times perhaps do the old bit with the mirror and like I said , normally if they 're if they 're responsible drivers that have just happened , they got a bit close then maybe they 'll drop back as I 've done |
| 5 | The Mass and Vespers nicely illustrate the stylistic dichotomy of church music which was to last for a very long time and which Monteverdi had already distinguished in the foreword to his Fifth Book of madrigals as prima and seconda pratica . |
| 6 | Unfortunately these proposals only exemplify the muddled thinking which seems so often to lie at the heart of Edinburgh 's traffic policies . |
| 7 | Some schools rarely use the playing fields they have on site yet others whose only facilities are public parks have built tremendous reputations for sports activities . |
| 8 | On the contrary , polls seem to show that his supporters intensely dislike the new taxes that are needed to shrink the deficit . |
| 9 | Feminist co-options of ‘ alternative ’ humanist or ethogenic methods rarely question the implicit concern with scientificity which survives in these methods , either . |
| 10 | Unlike the blue-tailed lizards , these snakes only have the bright colour on the underside of the tail-tip . |
| 11 | The new chrome sanitizer is progressing well , sales are up and clients much prefer the new designer version . |
| 12 | Thus , these solutions necessarily extend the space-time through the covering space singularities and can not , therefore , be considered as appropriate solutions for colliding plane waves . |
| 13 | These relationships thus perform the vital function of identifying index terms . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps my legs just take the wrong turning on purpose . |
| 15 | ‘ They say foxes just take the weaker lambs , ’ Small said , ‘ but I do n't think that 's true . |
| 16 | Zwemmer chairman Philip Wilson said : ‘ Our six shops already have the largest stock of art books in the country , but this is the first time that Zwemmer has had a location that is suitable and at the centre of the art trade . ’ |
| 17 | Whereas by a Transfer/Lease bearing even date herewith the property known as Seedy Towers was vested in the parties hereto as joint tenants for [ an estate in fee simple ] [ [ the residue of ] ] a term of [ 99 years from the ] Now it is hereby declared that the parties hereto hold the said property in trust for themselves [ as joint tenants in equal shares ] [ as tenants in common [ in equal shares ] [ in the proportion of one-third share for A B and two-third shares for C D ] ] Engross in duplicate for both parties to execute both parts , each to hold one part after completion . |
| 18 | He smiled thinly , let his narrowed eyes coolly appraise the hard-looking young man beside him . |
| 19 | Nutritionists and cartographers still draw the so-called ‘ hunger line ’ through Asia and the Americas ; the poorer people who live in those countries that are sandwiched between Mexico and Chile , and between North Korea and New Guinea , exist on diets of fewer than 2,250 calories a day , and thus go to bed each night hungry . |
| 20 | Whilst many organizations still see the prime role of the sales representative as that of generating sales , there is an increasing trend which sees the representative in a wider marketing role , which emphasises the profit responsibility of the position . |
| 21 | Nowadays , we store our memories in more high-tech ways — but the images still fulfil the same basic human need . |
| 22 | His folksy speeches still beguile the faithful ; he can grow eloquent on anything , even when comparing the dynamo-operated lamps of Russian bicycles to the simple purity of the unlighted Chinese alternative . |
| 23 | This is not to say that economic relationships always constitute the main bases of inequality in a society . |
| 24 | The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support received from Loughborough University 's Research Fund , and would also like to thank their research assistant , Theresa Madden , for her invaluable help and the RIBA for the assistance it has rendered . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , these kids still approach the major record companies in search of greater fame and fortune than they could ever hope to achieve by themselves . |
| 26 | Another important feature of the gal P1 promoter is that upstream curved sequences differentially affect the kinetic step at which CRP accelerates the rate of formation of an open complex [ 40 ] . |
| 27 | a ) Here , " L " shapes usually frame the central square . |
| 28 | Passes , sometimes at specified grades , in individual subjects usually reflect the particular entry requirements of a field . |
| 29 | The authors usually use the first method . |
| 30 | Nine times out of ten you put the big , sort of the kids always put the big lights on , I like low |