Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 16 , however ( and perhaps in 15 , too ) , it is possible to argue not only that the two sentences can be used to make identical statements , but more specifically that horse and mare make effectively the same semantic contribution to their respective sentences . |
| 2 | Bring on the big 0s . |
| 3 | We say " the same man " and mean numerically the same human person ; and we say " the same colour " and mean a quality that can be possessed or exemplified by different individuals . |
| 4 | Get rid of the pensioners : bring in the fit young props reared on body-fat callipers , VO2 max and three Weetabix for breakfast . |
| 5 | But when your father has been murdered the day you make only the fourth televised maximum break , when you win your first major title and receive a hero 's reception on returning to your native land , even the prospect of meeting Hendry is going to cause no more than a flutter of the eyelid . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the decision was enough to make Labour 's ‘ sister party ’ bring down the last Labour Government and the working class throughout the UK is still paying for the SDLP 's pettiness . |
| 7 | Make a second list of other pieces you think you would like when you can afford them , say over the next five years or so . |
| 8 | But people want more the sixty seventy thousand . |
| 9 | Peel off the tough outer skin of the silk squash , or top and tail the courgettes . |
| 10 | Otherwise they say both the able bodied and the disabled will face severe problems . |
| 11 | So what thoughts will be going through your mind when you send out the last Grand National runner ? |
| 12 | Pakistan 's start was not quite as grim as India 's at Headingley in 1952 , when the first four batsmen were out before a run had been registered , nor did it quite compare with Australia 's second innings at Brisbane in 1950 , when Bedser and Bailey send back the first three without a run on the board . |
| 13 | Go back to the case and review critically the main characteristic symptoms eliminating those that are not strong , are vague , have perhaps only occurred once or twice and are not really important features of the illness . |
| 14 | And it is my responsibility to make sure the players concentrate over the entire 90 minutes and are not looking towards the next match . |
| 15 | Ours usually want twenty four and what our garage usually do , if you take it earlier they put down the twenty fourth of February |
| 16 | After mid-morning Sunday mass many come from the church , walk down the short steep hill of Santa Maria in Portico , cross the Riviera di Chiaia and stroll along the Villa Nazionale for a sight of the sea and the majestic sweep of the rocky shore of the Bay of Naples . |
| 17 | As the hydrogen bonds break down the denser liquid phase is thus formed ( see section 2.2 ) . |
| 18 | Which brings us to the blockbusting Italy issue arranged by Morgan Stanley , the US investment bank which put together the first US-style issue in Europe with an offering for New Zealand in August . |
| 19 | The seven virtues put together the three theological virtues which arise from man 's relationship to God as his creator , and are the condition of all Christian action — faith , hope and charity — with the four classical virtues which relate to man as a social being : justice towards others , prudence in distinguishing good from evil in the world , fortitude in all circumstances , " whethir so betides " and temperance to achieve a balanced life-style to " lyff skillwisely [ with discretion ] als the lawe techis " . |
| 20 | Walk along the mighty GREAT WALL and take a train ride to CHENGDE to see the real China . |
| 21 | I sometimes shape just the first third of the sleeve , increasing rapidly in this section but making it possible to knit the rest of the sleeve straight . |
| 22 | I hope over the next few months to be writing about all these accessories in more detail . |
| 23 | Whatever the outcome , the liaison needs of the Branch Committee can not be ignored and so I hope over the next three years that this can be improved to enable a transition through which active liaison is maintained . |
| 24 | Cut off the remaining loose ends . |
| 25 | Police alerted electricity staff , who cut off the deadly high-voltage supply following the accident at the Lancaster Canal , five miles north of Preston , Lancs . |
| 26 | Russian colonization , cities and railways cut up the great grazing lands of the nomadic peoples as violently as American settlers had done to the Amerindians in the United States . |
| 27 | So she 's got her knuckles grazed , you 've cleansed it , put it into a drop of water , ra or else we 've used the Mediwipes or the end of the bandage okay , now we just cover it , okay , so it goes over , can you just straighten out your hand for me , it goes over the wound , okay and you can take this one that she can hold it for you just up there , right , now the rest of this just winds round , the only thing you really need to do is to just make sure that you leave the thumb out , cover up the bottom right and then come up towards the wrist , cover up the top of the pad , come back down again , leave the thumb out all the time , got the idea ? |
| 28 | I sometimes stand there in the darkness for a moment , watching them , putting off the moment when I walk up the five tessellated steps to the front door . |
| 29 | Does he agree that what they need is support and proper resources so that they can carry out their work , not what has been happening over the past 12 years — continual restructuring and reforms which do the service no good and break up the comprehensive national health service that we all know ? |
| 30 | Meanwhile , break up the remaining plain dark chocolate for coating and place in a small bowl with the cream . |