Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] the [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It breaks your heart to see the thousands here who cling to that idea of Sarajevo , and fight for it even at mortal risk . |
| 2 | If a programmer adds the two together , the database will not complain , though the programmer 's boss might . |
| 3 | Football became the single most important focus for this . |
| 4 | The Association of British Insurers points out an increasing trend among major insurers to offer selective cover for people who already have some elements of cover under existing household and life policies , or free with their credit and charge cards ( NatWest 's Gold card offers the only truly standalone , comprehensive travel cover ) . |
| 5 | " Certainly it would be a tragedy to see the two most powerful nations on earth destroying each other in such a way , " he agreed , " and let us pray that such a day never comes . " |
| 6 | Pei 's openness uses the outside so that it seems as inviting as the interior . |
| 7 | For mile after mile , the road threads a way forward , sometimes turning inland to avoid the rocky shore , sometimes hugging the coast to avoid the impenetrable inland . |
| 8 | Although the Daily Telegraph 's reviewer thought the twenty-year-old too young for the role of Buddy , he conceded that ‘ he plays it with an infectious sense of fun . |
| 9 | The most fancied contender seems to be the teenage Hungarian girl Judit Polgar the youngest ever qualifier as a grandmaster , one month younger than Fischer . |
| 10 | The North Side Civic Development Council placed the latter firmly on its agenda through its attempts to establish incubators for small businesses and local labour contracts in larger projects , with limited success . |
| 11 | With those words from the Leader of the House the Tory MP for Northampton South became the second most important person in the House of Commons behind new Speaker Betty Boothroyd . |
| 12 | With those words from the Leader of the House the Tory MP for Northampton South became the second most important person in the House of Commons behind new Speaker Betty Boothroyd . |
| 13 | ‘ As chairman I shall be working to ensure that the business voice is clearly heard in any discussions on any issue affecting the economic well being of this area , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Some employers have said that they believe that a requirement to review the check-off annually would be unnecessary and burdensome . |
| 15 | While urine testing remains the single most useful screening test for diabetes and the adequacy of its management , blood testing in addition provides definitive information and avoids the pitfall of a high renal threshold not uncommon in older patients , or the problem of not having a urine specimen immediately available . |
| 16 | Another , Selina Chow , said the MPs had ‘ an unwavering determination to ignore the single most urgent problem that our people are facing — fear ’ . |
| 17 | It should in any case use the total-chromatic consistently . |
| 18 | When things were at their worst and it appeared the disease would spread over the whole island , Sister Mary Jane Wilson offered , if the government would put into good order the hospital at Lazareto ( which had been damaged and looted during riots ) , to take the group of sisters of whom she was in charge to nurse the sick there . |
| 19 | German uses the passive much less frequently than English . |
| 20 | The bank is also considering a rolling settlement period to replace the current fortnightly accounting system , as well as ‘ delivery versus payment ’ , the automatic exchange of shares for cash after a stock market transaction has taken place . |
| 21 | The issue has bitterly divided the community surrounding the common ever since the complex was first mooted . |
| 22 | ‘ The girls want their room doing the same now but I draw the line at our bedroom . ’ |
| 23 | One unusual aspect of the J/44 is the need to depower the main more quickly than you might be accustomed to on other boats . |
| 24 | A few yards on they turned a corner and when she next looked back Rain saw the Tunisian again . |
| 25 | Entertainment and Media er the Tussaud Group had the highest ever attendances at Alton Towers , at Warwick Castle er and at Rock Circus . |
| 26 | The Swifts keeper , Patterson , saved well from Woods , who later missed a good opportunity to put the Olympic ahead . |
| 27 | Dr Who fan Gavin Fuller , 24 , last night became the youngest ever champion of Mastermind . |
| 28 | The police managed on this occasion to whisk the two away to a more distant jail . |
| 29 | Because the Hall effect ammeter measures the current remotely , it imposes no load on the system . |
| 30 | Instead he raised his talons and struck at the wire mesh in his own turn , which only provoked the other eagle to do the same again , the sounds of both of them increased by the flapping of their great wings and the crashing of their beaks on the cage walls as they vainly tried to get at each other . |