Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The chief arms left me ’ , he wrote in the Eikon Basilike , ‘ were those only which the ancient Christians were wont to use against their persecutors , prayers and tears . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps something the mad monk entrusted to his sister ? ’ |
| 3 | So we the whole collection since eighty three . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , in America in 1945 an author called Lawrence Treat , who had half-a-dozen crime books already under his belt , produced one called V as in Victim , which did much what The Lonely Magdalen had done . |
| 5 | So whatever the numerical distribution of jobs or of unemployment , the tentacles of control over those jobs , and over the functioning of the economy as a whole , in the main lead back — if they stay within Britain at all — to London . |
| 6 | That shows clearly enough what the Scottish Protestants feared . |
| 7 | The full range of information available in Total Communication is only available to the hearing teacher ; deaf children have to piece together what the visual mixture actually represents . |
| 8 | So what the fucking hell are you doing here apologizing for apologizing for a drug . |
| 9 | ‘ Then perhaps they 'll discover soon who the guilty party is . ’ |
| 10 | " Just what the bloody hell do you think you 're playing at ? " |
| 11 | Student rugby , with its adventure , enthusiasm and romance , is just what the Irish love . |
| 12 | The critic 's skill is to identify for each and every work just what the various priorities are , and apply those criteria uniformly to every version . |
| 13 | So it 's vital to understand just what the right weight is , and how to feed a bird to keep it fit but well fed . |
| 14 | ‘ Just what the chief constable said … . ’ the detective inspector lowered his head . |
| 15 | But in ( 5 ) there is no " and then " sense ; and here seems to mean just what the standard truth table for & would have it mean — namely that the whole is true just in case both conjuncts are true ; hence the reversal of the conjuncts in ( 7 ) does not affect the conceptual import at all . |
| 16 | And I hope that , er , you know , this , all this data will be published , and people will be able to see just what the complete data is . |
| 17 | Speaking of that , I wonder just what the hon. Gentleman had in mind when he tabled this question . |
| 18 | This judge decides McLoughlin by employing his own moral convictions , which is just what the popular ideal abhors . |
| 19 | ‘ No , but what I mean is , if they were asked to make other arrangements , making other arrangements is just what the stinking Editor would call it . ’ |
| 20 | It was left to Rachel Carson to bring to the attention of a wider public just what the unintended consequences might be . |
| 21 | In the fiercely free enterprise USA , home ownership , as in the UK , is the mark of responsible citizenship , and home ownership is just what the 12 people living in the clapboard house have achieved . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd like to know exactly what the emotional implications are of having a sexual relationship — the kind of problems you have or mistakes that get made , ’ says David . |
| 23 | ''' That was exactly what the average person called on to make self-criticism thought : all that mattered was getting through the ritual humiliation , and then going for a drink . |
| 24 | After all , teachers are not generally too concerned with whether a child learns exactly what the average length of a brontosaurus was , or exactly how wide apart railway lines are , but they should be concerned that the child has the skills necessary to find out that information should it be required . |
| 25 | But that is exactly what the other members — led by France and Germany — plan to do if the Danes do reject Maastricht . |
| 26 | To convey exactly what the new area is like , some counsellors run audio-visual presentations . |
| 27 | That is exactly what the standard spending assessment system has been designed to do . |
| 28 | The increased recent trend of more adults studying in their own community is greatly welcomed and is exactly what the White Paper seeks to underline . |
| 29 | But if we are not to be led into false beliefs , it is necessary to realize exactly what the mystic emotion reveals . |
| 30 | Yet is that not exactly what the hon. Member for Dunfermline , East ( Mr. Brown ) and his hon. Friends are advocating , through the establishment of a national investment bank and a host of other measures — despite the fact that the hon. Gentleman has never done a day 's work in industry in his life ? |