Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is not , in any way , to take away from the fine documentation of every tournament played in 1991 , many of which were penned by British tennis journalists , who continue to be the most travelled in the world . |
| 2 | The fact that the " adornment " theory was entertained for so long deserves some explanation and its appropriateness can not be altogether dismissed in the case of " artificial " styles cultivated by such Renaissance mannerists as Sidney and Lyly . |
| 3 | I , I doubt whether she 's been properly taught on the subject quite frankly . |
| 4 | This galloping course will suit his action and he is not badly treated at the weights on his best form . |
| 5 | That is a document which is effectively given for the protection of the Vendor . |
| 6 | His exceptional talent was eventually recognized by the editor , E. V. Knox [ q.v. ] , who placed him under an exclusive contract , an almost unprecedented arrangement . |
| 7 | So , too , the feeling that life was becoming ‘ Americanised ’ has been used unsparingly to describe the process of ‘ permissive ’ rot and the collapse of traditional authority — most forcibly registered in the adoption of the term ‘ mugging ’ to disown as ‘ un-British ’ the old-fashioned crime of street robbery . |
| 8 | Where are we to account for the hints , implicit purposes , assumptions , social attitudes and so on that are effectively communicated by the use of language , not to mention the figures of speech ( e.g. metaphor , irony , rhetorical questions , understatement ) that have preoccupied theorists of rhetoric and literature ? |
| 9 | I was giddy with the heat and a little flown with the wine . |
| 10 | The catalogue consists of the artist 's writings together with transcriptions of his unpublished remarks and poems which have on occasion inspired him — all compiled and deftly arranged by the di Suvero authority , Monroe Denton . |
| 11 | The larger falcons are among the birds of prey most favoured for the sport of falconry . |
| 12 | Let us now turn to one of the definitions most favoured in the literature , albeit mostly in an implicit form . |
| 13 | There could be no doubt that the Burgundian was the leading ruler in Gaul between 511 and 516 , and he may well have been the barbarian king most favoured by the court of Constantinople . |
| 14 | Reports said that the Dec. 6 attack on the mosque was effectively abetted by the guards , some 200 paramilitary troops of the state-controlled Provincial Armed Constabulary ( PAC ) which was known for its pro-Hindu leanings ; they had allegedly stood aside and allowed militants to demolish the mosque 's structure . |
| 15 | The local authority 's mortgage was duly registered in the charges register . |
| 16 | Reservoir rocks suitable for gas production are widely developed in the Zechstein . |
| 17 | Bearing in mind that it will be mostly hidden by the curtain that will fall around it , and that it may also have to support a wire umbrella frame , a 3 inch ( 7.5cm ) diameter or square stake is not too big . |
| 18 | He had naïvely stumbled into the middle of a very complicated and dangerous situation . |
| 19 | This duly arrived and the five hour Test Programme has just been successfully completed at the farm strip at Weston Underwood where Midge is presently ‘ stationed ’ She has company too — her stable mate is a Tiger Moth : G-AMHF . |
| 20 | Spencer Stuart 's success rate — proportion of assignments successfully completed to the client 's satisfaction within the specified time — has been independently estimated at 80% , much higher than many rival firms . |
| 21 | But Pauline Woolgrove , chief sterling trader , looked up from the dealing tickets for the several hundred million pound deals her desk had successfully completed during the night . |
| 22 | A Japanese plan to invest TT$37,000,000 in a bagasse processing plant was successfully completed after the coup , and cruise ships once again began arriving after order had been restored . |
| 23 | The Threadfin Goldie Nemanthias carberryi is mostly received into the U.K. from shipments originating in The Maldives . |
| 24 | It is quite obvious now that if there was more to Monica 's missing Wimbledon in 1991 than the shin splints that were eventually given as the reason , she is not going to tell us . |
| 25 | The Cutty Sark was eventually given to the Cutty Sark Society in 1953 and she was restored to look just as she did during her sailing days . |
| 26 | In the event , the CEP evidence was eventually given by the individuals responsible under the banner of the then Cornwall-based campaigner George Pritchard , although it would undoubtedly have helped its status to be seen as part of the local councils ' case . |
| 27 | For the different theoretical conceptions of the company have been intimately embroiled in the effort of company law to justify the vesting of substantial power in corporate management . |
| 28 | This tends to increase the number of offspring successfully reared by the beaver . |
| 29 | Now the increasingly hard-nosed tactics of the popular press have driven society gossip underground , and gossip columns are mostly filled with the doings of the lower echelons of café society on the make . |
| 30 | Bentham ( 1748–1832 ) is properly regarded as the founder of utilitarianism . |