Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I took over , it was evident that the need for new roads vastly outstripped the likely supply . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | The peace-keepers successfully tame the roaring lion . |
| 4 | The peace-keepers successfully tame the roaring lion . |
| 5 | By their greater numbers in this sector — seven divisions to half that number of German — the Russians slowly drove the German centre back . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , Doane 's conclusion was no less pessimistic than Mulvey 's as to the radical potential of this gaze , since she argued that the film narrative in these cases effectively forced the female spectator into a masochistic identification with the female protagonist . |
| 7 | Encouraged , David pushed aside the flimsy bra , and his sensitive fingers gently kneaded the soft flesh that swelled under his touch . |
| 8 | More than once Lina arranged the time and place of an interview , booked the plane , agreed the meals , models , set stylists and hairdressers only to find the whole thing suddenly cancelled . |
| 9 | The Germans naturally played the major role in shaping the CIVC and its undoubted success , both immediate and since , must to some extent be credited to the Germans ' reputation for organisation , efficiency and detail . |
| 10 | His fingers idly stroked the oiled metal of his exposed weapon . |
| 11 | The daily dose of 20 mg was chosen on the basis of volunteer studies , where doses of 10 mg and 20 mg four times daily suppressed the hypothalamicpituitary axis , whereas 5 mg four times a day did not ( Glaxo Group Research Ltd , unpublished data ) . |
| 12 | Every legitimate group secures its fair share and the equilibrium of interest-group interaction provides for public policy that is a reasonable approximation of society 's preferences so securing the general interest at the same time as the overall system is rendered stable and legitimate . |
| 13 | You will be aware that Nancy Brown and Reception staff have been considering a staggered approach to Reception staff hours especially given the computerised directory system currently being introduced . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Miraculously the printing presses in the basement survived the blast , and with printing staff living underground more or less permanently , Oslobodjenje continues to publish 25,000 copies daily to provide the news-hungry citizens of Sarajevo with an A-Z guide for survival . |
| 17 | Unfortunately these proposals only exemplify the muddled thinking which seems so often to lie at the heart of Edinburgh 's traffic policies . |
| 18 | The timescale is then extended by using large felled timbers with patterns sufficiently overlapping the existing chronology to be certain of a unique match . |
| 19 | The jump in 1984 for French and Italian artists obviously reflects the prestigious Chatsworth sale and the entry into the market of the Getty Museum . |
| 20 | Here and there one may find a row of houses all having the same supply , but very often two adjacent houses are supplied differently . |
| 21 | Moss and lichens rather blurred the precise details . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Backbenchers mostly made the same points that they had made over a year earlier . |
| 24 | Candidates successfully passing the Theoretical Examination — Spring 1993 |
| 25 | In addition , because informants rarely knew the actual date of birth of their friends , it was not possible to obtain an accurate identity code . |
| 26 | On the contrary , polls seem to show that his supporters intensely dislike the new taxes that are needed to shrink the deficit . |
| 27 | Feminist co-options of ‘ alternative ’ humanist or ethogenic methods rarely question the implicit concern with scientificity which survives in these methods , either . |
| 28 | Rates of progress are erratic : the transition from one idea to another may be accomplished by one pupil in a matter of minutes , whilst another will take months apparently covering the same ground . |
| 29 | Unlike the blue-tailed lizards , these snakes only have the bright colour on the underside of the tail-tip . |
| 30 | This would then help MPAs and the Regional Aggregates Working Parties better assess the true environmental carrying capacity of their areas . |