Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] and the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In this context there is always room for some sharp operator to move up the industry hierarchy of market share , although this is probably becoming more difficult as large groups become consolidated and the industry generally matures . |
| 32 | Sail camber has been formed by use of battens , either flat or of round section in sleeves from leading to trailing edge.Tensioned into compression , the battens become curved and the degree of camber is controlled by vertical stand-offs from the forward cross-spar . |
| 33 | When a group of female mice is placed with a male their oestrus cycles become synchronized and the majority of animals will mate on the third night . |
| 34 | If the quantal size changes over time , however , the histogram peaks become smeared and the analysis can , at best , only be done for relatively brief selected periods . |
| 35 | This is a generation for whom the war years remain vivid and the Empire had real meaning . |
| 36 | Talking about DOS , although there are no firm figures , it 's also a fair bet that there are still machines running DOS 2.1 and 3.2 , never mind 4.01 and the myriad other flavours DOS has gone through , their owners reasonable happy , but beset by problems that DOS 5.0 sorts out . |
| 37 | The VGA graphics are colourful and flicker free and the game itself is quite addictive . |
| 38 | ‘ Engage neutral and the handbrake at roundabouts ’ : an interesting proposal for a road feature that is designed to speed the flow of traffic by advising road users to ‘ give way ’ rather than ‘ stop ’ . |
| 39 | You choose one and the machine prints out that recipe . |
| 40 | It was the night the boil finally burst open and the pus of it turned into a reeking torrent that swept us apart . |
| 41 | They usually lack self-reliance and the ability to cope realistically with their problems , and later on fail ( or are slow ) to accept adult responsibilities . |
| 42 | I ca n't tell you that this keyboard is the best you 'll ever buy , because its feel may not suit you at all , but if you take that and the monitor aside , and specify totally different units that do suit you , then the system box wo n't let you down . |
| 43 | You give you bank a written instruction to pay the monthly payments as they fall due and the City Council informs both you and your bank of the amount to be paid . |
| 44 | A comparison of such different ballets as Enigma Variations , Fancy Free and The Rake 's Progress emphasises how important it is for young choreographers to remember that ballet is an art of the general as well as of the particular . |
| 45 | Valine 172 and the disulphide bridge residues 110 and 174 contribute to the hydrophobic core of domain 2 , after which the path of the main chain is locked to continue on into solution by Pro 175 . |
| 46 | Come 1983 and the opening of the Sizewell Inquiry was obviously an emotional moment for Borssele , involving as it does a new sister plant just across the North sea . |
| 47 | See also Amoco Australia Pty Ltd v Rocca Bros Motor Engineering Co Pty Ltd [ 1975 ] AC 561 , Sadler v Imperial Life Assurance Co of Canada Ltd [ 1988 ] IRLR 388 and the discussion at pp163-6 below . |
| 48 | I have that and the privilege of her laughter all my life . |
| 49 | I would make the point that it has taken thirty five years for us to reach this point where we have comprehensive strategy for York , we have battled with er various greenbelt boundaries in the past , I think there has never been erm a total review development plan requirements for the Greater York area , no more of its implications on possible greenbelt boundaries , we now have that and the greenbelt local plan , Southern Ryedale local plans are being progressed on the basis of that strategy , and there are other plans in the pipeline . |
| 50 | Unfit scrappers with a weight difference of a couple of stone can slug it out for as long as the organizers see fit and the sport can accommodate fighters who might have been barred from the more formal ring or people who want to avoid the cartels that run the official game . |
| 51 | The ‘ Mercury ’ catalogue is by no means all showpiece music — there are concertos by Dvořák , Schumann and Beethoven for example — but the discs one lingers over include Doráti and the LSO in Stravinsky , Paray/detroit SO in an all-Ravel programme , or Dorźti again with the LSO and his own Minneapolis Orchestra in Respighi 's Pines , Fountains and Birds . |
| 52 | And they were playing darts , and shot the Irishman scored erm three ones , useless , the Scottish man went up he got erm , treble fifteen and the Irishman was clever , he went up , he got two , a man walked by , threw the dart , hit a |
| 53 | Where the wording of the expert clause is ambiguous , the court will look first at the other words in the document to resolve the ambiguity : see 8.17.3 and the decision summarised there in Langham House Developments Ltd v Brompton Securities Ltd ( 1980 ) 256 EG 719 . |