Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] the [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe I 'm just being traditional in my tastes ; it is probably important to watch the compilation in small doses and not sit through the whole three hours as I did . |
| 2 | If you wish you know but I mean during the week nine times |
| 3 | Towards the end of the year , AHT was successful in securing a four-year inspection services contract for the Shell Southern North Sea MMSC which represents a major breakthrough for the company in this area . |
| 4 | Towards the end of 1992 , the company was successful in securing a four year inspection services contract for the Shell Southern North Sea MMSC representing a major break through for the company in this area . |
| 5 | Send for the Amnesty International report , The Americas : Human Rights Violations Against Indigenous Peoples — £6. — , plus £1. — p&p |
| 6 | And how many more children slip through the net that way ? |
| 7 | We now introduce the Fourier transform of the autocorrelation such that ( R(s) being an even function ) . |
| 8 | There is no room for a chair , so I crouch between the willows and hook a plummet onto the size 18 hook . |
| 9 | If we accept your claim but disagree with the amount due to you , the matter will be passed to a legally appointed arbitrator . |
| 10 | If we accept your claim but disagree with the amount due to you , the matter will be passed to a legally appointed arbitrator . |
| 11 | If we accept your claim but disagree with the amount due to you , the matter will be passed to a legally appointed arbitrator . |
| 12 | If we accept your claim but disagree with the amount due to you , the matter will be passed to a legally appointed arbitrator . |
| 13 | ‘ Could n't you just leave the whisky , I 'll drink it all , wake up in the morning no , make that the afternoon — with a head that feels like you hit me over the skull with the bottle , and you sleep in the car ready for that long and demanding journey down the notoriously dangerous A74 tomorrow ? ’ |
| 14 | According to Dow ( 1977 ) wet gases appear in a coalification range between 0.8 and 2.0% Rm ( Rm = mean random vitrinite reflectance ) dry gas deposits appear in the range 1.0–3.0 ( up to 3.5 ) % Rm . |
| 15 | The areas were also ranked according to the deterioration of their position in three constituent parts of the period 1971–84 ; Liverpool , Sunderland , Belfast and Glasgow appear in the bottom ten in all sub-periods . |
| 16 | Details on the station , its scientific programmes and data summaries appear in the Baseline Atmospheric Program annual reports . |
| 17 | Do not overfeed , only place in the tank enough brine shrimp to match the size of the brood . |
| 18 | Some of UK regional papers appear on the bookstand first thing in the morning and , like the nationals , they are usually printed in the late evening or overnight , so the same considerations apply to the timing of the supply of information . |
| 19 | New faces appear on the scene each year , to help and encourage us – long may this continue . |
| 20 | The Test and County Cricket Board are to take no further action against the Worcestershire cricketer Richard Stemp following a positive drugs test on the player this summer . |
| 21 | We apologise to the doctor concerned for the distress caused by publication of his photograph with the Lifestyle article and fully accept that we were mistaken in publishing it in connection with counselling services . |
| 22 | One suspects that both remarks testify to the dislike each woman provoked — despite their status as radical heroines — and which their current biographers share . |
| 23 | The following day , with the barricades still in place but support for the insurrection eroding , de Gaulle was already talking about the crisis in the past tense . |
| 24 | A new Communion table was presented in 1989 ; also given in 1989 were a handsome new oak stand and cover for the silver baptismal bowl , itself an earlier gift from the same donors . |
| 25 | Mr Hodgson explained that in buying up so many small firms , who really could no longer make ends meet , he , Howard Hodgson , could do better and cheaper funerals and that no one need worry about the cost any way , because if the deceased or whoever was taking the responsibility of next-of-kin possessed less than £300 , the DHSS would pay for the whole thing . |
| 26 | Gazzer felt his tired body relax as the heat unknotted tense and aching muscles . |
| 27 | Pete Dawson was his real name but no one called him that At 15 he was six-feet tall , stroke for the rowing eight , and had loads of long hair . |
| 28 | Liposomes are microscopic capsules prepared from plant extracts , then ‘ loaded ’ with active ingredients , which fuse with the membrane restoring fluidity . |
| 29 | Crush Stilton with a fork and work until creamy , then mix with the Shape soft cheese and skimmed milk until smooth . |
| 30 | Rarely , other tumours may present in this way when extensive hepatic metastases interfere with the portal venous drainage . |