Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [vb base] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daalny had acted , after all ; she must have taken the second key during Vespers , from the nail where at noon she had watched the porter hang the first one , but she had had to wait for near-darkness before using it . |
| 2 | Other owls in the park include the Spotted Little Owl from Asia , largely an invertebrate hunter . |
| 3 | There are still a number of village groups which produce items of exceptional intricacy , but the majority possess the rough-hewn beauty and coarser weave associated with nomadic rugs . |
| 4 | If the essays describe the exciting journey , the postcard gallery , the sandwich lunch and little else , the content analysis of such essays will be quite illuminating ! |
| 5 | But the circulars reflect the changing picture on the ground , revealed in the national monitoring exercises conducted by the SSI and health regions . |
| 6 | The remainder include the African whydahs and indigo birds , the cowbirds of North and South America , the honeyguides and even a duck — the black-headed duck of South America . |
| 7 | The pension can be drawn in full for the first eight weeks in hospital , after which your parent will be notified that it will be reduced by a few pounds ( for the exact amount of the reduction see the current issue of leaflet NI9 ) . |
| 8 | The Yuppies presage the New Age . |
| 9 | The terms Riedel 's thyroiditis , sclerosing cholangitis , retroperitoneal fibrosis , mediastinal fibrosis , and pseudotumour of the orbit reflect the multiple areas affected . |
| 10 | Prices to the retailer stay the same . |
| 11 | The institutions remain the same . |
| 12 | With telephone lines no sooner laid than torn up by shellfire , and the runner become the sole means of communication at Verdun , the most frequently heard order at any HQ was ‘ send two runners ’ . |
| 13 | At one level , the shareholders have the inalienable right to dismiss directors by a simple majority vote under s 303 Companies Act 1985 . |
| 14 | With the verb bid the bare infinitive is , according to Visser ( 1973 : 2272 , 2303 ) , much the more common , both in the sense of " command " ( " which tends to become obsolete " ) and in the sense of " invite " . |
| 15 | The salary-ranges reflect the increased responsibilities involved in their managerial and policy-making functions and are in turn set according to the size of the local authority and its population base . |
| 16 | Numbers 1–18 on the dartboard represent the 18 holes . |
| 17 | Sources close to the KIO say the civil suit in Britain has no bearing on separate , and so far unsuccessful , criminal cases against many of the same defendants in Spain . |
| 18 | Whether that will still be the case come the annual summer meeting on June 25 if England lose badly against Brazil and then against Germany in Detroit in a week 's time must be debatable . |
| 19 | However , if the courts display the commonsense approach that the House of Lords did in the one relevant reported case of any importance , the probability is that we shall get by without much trouble . |
| 20 | The Germans regard the French approach with the occasional flash of dry humour . |
| 21 | In Stage 15 , the riders cross the northern Rhône valley , racing through the Hermitage vineyards which produce classic red and white wines . |
| 22 | The capture of Calais and the foundation of the Order of the Garter mark the high point of Edward 's military and chivalric reputation , and for seven years after 1348 the war languished . |
| 23 | The notes cover the following important points : |
| 24 | FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM don the wide brimmed hats and cover themselves in flour for two nights of doom laden entertainment at London 's Town & Country Club on March 29 and 30 . |
| 25 | This is the moment when the contestants take the solemn oath at the altar of Zeus to abide by the result of the race ; only the altar is not shown — in its place stands the god himself . |
| 26 | The releases mark the first improvement in the human rights situation in Malawi for several years . |
| 27 | The projects include the joint development of the PAH 2 anti-tank helicopter with France and the building of a successor to the Tornado fighter . |
| 28 | On leaving the woods take the next right turn which will enable you to rejoin the main route at the A45 near Dodford . |
| 29 | In liquids with larger or irregularly shaped molecules , the deformation is slower as the molecules restrict the easy translation of one past the other . |
| 30 | At the present state the historic function of the Soviet Armed Forces is not restricted to their function in defending our Motherland and the other socialist countries . |