Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My horse is kept at a lovely yard 13 miles away : too far for many people 's choice , but the facilities and the people compensate for the 20 minute drive . |
| 2 | We distinguish between the independent financial entity and the competitive units it owns . |
| 3 | But I , I mean through the nineteen fifties there is a reasonable measure of co-operation between the Russians and the Chinese and then from the beginning of the nineteen sixties and onwards there is conflict between Russia and China . |
| 4 | Sleep spindles develop during the first two months of life , varying in frequency between 10 and 4Hz although showing no systematic tendency to increase in frequency with age ( as is the case with the waking alpha rhythm , which progressively becomes faster with age , to reach a maximum of 10–11Hz ) . |
| 5 | The deal is a timely boost for Scotland 's top steeplechase after a long , fruitless search for support following the decision by William Hill , sponsor for the past 15 years , to pull out after last year 's race . |
| 6 | ‘ My money problems are only temporary , I 'd learn to drive if I only had time for the lessons , and you 'd be surprised at how many gadgets I 've learned to use and even repair during the past four years . |
| 7 | Mr McGahon 's controversial proposal comes at a time when the British Government is under mounting pressure to radically review what many perceive as an outdated judicial system . |
| 8 | But you 've got to make a mental leap , because I mean for the last five years , things have been pretty horrible , since eighty seven really , I mean we 've only had the pick up in the last year . |
| 9 | Handbill for the 1900 Olympic match |
| 10 | Earlier Land Rovers with the smaller wheel studs , were designed to carry most of the load on the large hole in the centre , so fitting Range Rover wheels , which carry the loading on the studs , is not on unless you change for the later SIII type hubs . |
| 11 | Death during transport and in quarantine account for a further 20 per cent of each batch . |
| 12 | Sinn Fein account for the other two Northland seats in the form of Mitchel McLaughlin , who moved from Cityside and newcomer Mary Nelis . |
| 13 | And if the murderer were an outsider , then how account for the locked front door , the intact alarm system , and the fact that Lorrimer must have let him in ? |
| 14 | Add the milk , bring to the boil and simmer for a further 10 minutes . |
| 15 | Because neither business organizations nor the public regard the maximization of owners ’ profit as the only legitimate aim of business , distributable profit can no longer be regarded as the sole or premier indicator of performance . |
| 16 | His first priority was to climb on to the rim of the sink and peer through the upper left-hand corner of the kitchen window . |
| 17 | The slow-moving five-foot lines are unexpected ; the dignified quatrains make for a cumbrous narrative style , which is alien in spirit to that of a medieval ballad . |
| 18 | Mid-region performance is strong and acceleration only begins to tail off above 120mph , but the Chrysler engine lacks ultimate finesse at high revs , becoming noisy and slightly strained , while the power delivery is too often spoiled by a hesitation or jerk after a sudden lift-off or application of power . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , exhausted or not , you wo n't be getting much sleep for the next four days . |
| 20 | Too often some of our Catholic families are not aware of the existence of our excellent senior schools which provide for a solid Catholic education and a growth in faith for our children . |
| 21 | This is the operations base for the largest onshore oil field in Western Europe . |
| 22 | There was also still a feeling in the Hollywood colony that as he had established himself as a star he should not play an unattractive character , and , what is more , he would only be the second lead and not appear for the first twenty minutes . |
| 23 | Perhaps if we are American we long for the early seventeenth-century Puritan theocracy of New England . |
| 24 | So why not make things hard for yourself and send for the full Just Desks catalogue or call in at our showrooms and see everything else we can offer you . |
| 25 | SEND FOR THE FREE TITAN BROCHURE OF YOUR CHOICE |
| 26 | The Navigation Server , developed with the help of NCR Corp , extends the SQL Server to make large scale and multiple databases appear as a single virtual database . |
| 27 | In the last , MacMillan 's choreography makes Bratfisch , the prince 's coachman , appear as the only sympathetic yet helpless onlooker at the sordid proceedings . |
| 28 | ‘ During the whole of her illness , prayer was made without ceasing by the whole Church on her behalf , and I felt persuaded that the Lord would yet hear us and for His name 's sake appear as the one prayer-hearing God — for the heathen around knew what was done , and would say , ‘ Where is now your God ? '' ’ |
| 29 | A complicated share swap between a top Belgian industrial group , Société Générale de Belgique , and holding companies controlled by Albert Frère , a Belgian industrialist , will bring La Générale nearer to the Frère family , which controls Groupe Bruxelles Lambert . |
| 30 | If you continue working , say for an additional five years , your pension will then be 45 per cent higher than if you had started taking it at the normal age . |