Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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31 Look for the best in your child 's partner .
32 Look for the Strong on Neutrals range from Cutex which includes four new Strong Nail polish shades — each one comes with a bottle of Colourless Strong Nail polish for £4.79 .
33 Here comes summer … time for the two of you to slip away for that special holiday , so sit back and enjoy those dream destinations that make you wish you were there … cruise the Caribbean 's hot spots on Le Ponant and graceful and stylish luxury yacht … take time off a tour of the Greek Islands and enjoy the special mixture of sun , beauty and history … party 'till dawn on Majorca or discover more secluded spots on this and the other Balearic Islands … beat the crowds to the tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla and relish the silky feel of warm sand slipping between your toes … if time is short cross the Channel to France and the pretty countryside of Picardy … or rediscover England on a relaxing barge built for two … we also look at romantic hotels in Britain , perfect for first nights , short breaks or indulgent weekends …
34 Two substances that look about the same under light , or in other words , reflect light in about the same way , may be totally different in regard to how much sound they absorb or reflect .
35 Although he suggests that the three possibilities need not be mutually exclusive , Baker 's sympathies clearly lie with the last of these ; but many scientists still need convincing that man can make use of a built-in magnetic compass , even if he possesses one .
36 Apart from Southern Ireland , there is no country in the world that has an equivalent specialty , and , as a result , standards of diagnosis , treatment , and care abroad vary from the inadequate to the unbelievably bad in most cases .
37 Estimates vary from the 3 to 5% estimated by the Institute of Fiscal Studies to the 14.5% estimated by researchers working for the Institute of Economic Affairs .
38 Just as we were supposed to accept their stories about how this was the only country in which you could ski in the mountains in the morning and swim in the Mediterranean in the afternoon .
39 He spoke briefly of the responsibility the rich owe to the poor of the Third World .
40 The County Planning Committee meet on the seventh of December to cons to consider British Coal application for colliery waste at Gascoigne Wood .
41 Research has found that in sums of the ‘ x+y ’ type , most children at some stage in their development identify the larger of the two numbers and then add on the smaller by counting on in steps of one ( eg 3+7=7+1 , 8+1 , 9+1 , 10 ) .
42 Look at the two of you , congratulating yourselves on having just donated blood during Tuesday 's emergency ! ’
43 Now if we look at the first of these in terms of structure we can see that it can be defined as a dramatic exercise , fulfilling the principal requisite of exercise as outlined in Chapter Three — a commitment to a short-term task .
44 Just look at the three of you . ’
45 It is only from the eighteenth century that ‘ bourgeois art ’ sets itself up as a realm separate from the social with its own specific ‘ institutional ’ apparatus of production , distribution , and reception of aesthetic forms .
46 Philosophers , and especially philosophers of art , who say that visual perception involves something two-dimensional usually go on to say that it involves something else , a judgement whereby we get from the two-dimensional to the three-dimensional , the world of solid objects at a distance from the perceiver .
47 … The horoscope in the Queen prophesies disaster for nearly everyone I know on the 16th of this month ( with the New Moon ) .
48 However , we usually refer to the latter in the text , as it has a number of additional features of interest , such as paging and segmentation .
49 Doctor Ryding 's passport bears witness to the thousands of miles he 's travelled helping to save lives for the red cross .
50 Robert Kennedy , who played a notable role throughout the crisis , suggested that the President should ignore this second letter and reply to the first in the affirmative .
51 In contrast , ‘ Short ’ transgenics ( open circles ) deviate from the linear above 5 copies .
52 If we pivot in the first of these , as indicated in the tableau , we obtain P3/T2 in which θ = θ .
53 Talk about the unelectable in pursuit of the unaccountable
54 The editors talk about the first of these , and present the volume as a contribution to the necessary project of challenging theory .
55 Taste is then seen principally as the cause of ‘ classism ’ , which can be defined as the kind of distaste the middle and upper classes feel for the vulgar in fun fairs , cheap commodities , artificial copies , or lack of style , and the contempt working people feel for the pretentious , cold and degenerate middle and upper classes .
56 ( 4 ) Any shares not accepted pursuant to such offer or further offer as aforesaid not including fractions unalloted shall be under the control of the Directors who may allot , grant options over or otherwise dispose of the same to such persons who are qualified to be members on such terms and in such manner as they think fit , provided that such shares shall not be disposed of on terms which are more favourable to the subscribers thereof than the terms on which they were offered to the members .
57 ( 4 ) Any shares not accepted pursuant to such offer or further offer as aforesaid not including fractions unalloted shall be under the control of the Directors who may allot , grant options over or otherwise dispose of the same to such persons who are qualified to be members on such terms and in such manner as they think fit , provided that such shares shall not be disposed of on terms which are more favourable to the subscribers thereof than the terms on which they were offered to the members .
58 How did the people in Nuremberg feel towards the British for bombing them ?
59 Concepts are formed from numerous percepts of similar things , and are the way by which we deal with the millions of percepts we form daily .
60 ‘ When I see him racing I yell and scream with the best of them , ’ Sharon confesses .
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