Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] the [noun sg] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 2 | RIGHT Although head collars which attach over the dog 's nostrils are now widely-available in place of a neck collar and leash , they are not recommended for short-faced breeds such as the bulldog , as shown here . |
| 3 | Clacton Police will start the initiative on Monday aimed at clamping down on the young drivers who regularly roar along the town 's one-way system , screeching tyres and playing loud music on their car stereos . |
| 4 | He took a shortcut through the Lion terraces to reach the Broad Walk down the zoo 's centre . |
| 5 | Large deflections can help to loosen non-structural cladding and shake up the building 's contents like dice in a box . |
| 6 | A replacement for X Window pioneer Bob Scheifler as head of the X Consortium has been found in Lou Abel who must now raise funds as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology withdraws support and figure out the consortium 's true charter especially now that the industry has established a trade association , the X Industry Association . |
| 7 | A replacement for X-Windows pioneer Bob Scheifler as head of the X Consortium has been found in Lou Abel who must now raise funds as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology withdraws support and figure out the consortium 's true charter especially now that the industry has established a trade association , the X Industry Association ( UX No 429 ) . |
| 8 | We can organise them and lead them through highly prescriptive sessions in which they act out the teacher 's scenario . |
| 9 | These are the leather straps you put round the bird 's legs to hold it on the glove that you have to wear when you handle birds of prey . |
| 10 | Then advance at the charge , in line abreast , and ride down the usurper 's camp . |
| 11 | Look over the candidate 's notes . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm training it to grow along the kitchen wall , and the flowers already hang over the kitchen 's picture window . |
| 13 | He is also the guy you will see spark off The Word 's sister show , Access All Areas . |
| 14 | The Fundació 's maintenance costs eat up the lion 's share of government subsidy , and as the programme is expanded the directors hope to cultivate funds for the exhibition and education programmes from sponsorship and patronage . |
| 15 | They pick up the infant 's heartbeat , respiration rate , body temperature , and so on . |
| 16 | I can put up with missing pizzicato detailing at bar 383 of the first movement — one of Beethoven 's happiest small orchestral fancies , beautifully brought out by Böhm and the VPO on DG — but the second violins ' inaudibility as they pick up the shepherd 's song of thanksgiving leaves a gruesome hole in the texture . |
| 17 | The traits which make up the individual 's personality have two main sources . |
| 18 | All vitamins and essential minerals are necessary to assist in normal functioning of the thousands of different chemical reactions that make up the body 's metabolism . |
| 19 | ‘ However , I think the large institutional investors , who make up the lion 's share of the market , will be interested in NIE if they see there will be a good return . ’ |
| 20 | Radioactivity exists naturally , emanating from the rocks that make up the Earth 's crust , particularly granite , and also in cosmic rays from space . |
| 21 | Ships flying the Greek flag make up the world 's third-biggest merchant fleet , after Liberia 's and Panama 's ( having recently beaten an uppity Japan back into fourth place ) , and account for 40% of the European Community 's total tonnage . |
| 22 | So always fill in the day 's workings before you leave for home , taking special care that there are no holes or pitfalls you have created into which livestock can stray and suffer injury . |
| 23 | The second point is that many people lean forwards as they slap down the opponent 's punch and so you need to remember that there are two fists to worry about here , not one ! |
| 24 | When I think I 'm going to come , I pull out , pull the rubber off and ejaculate over the girl 's chest . ’ |
| 25 | Is there control over the purchaser 's actions ? |
| 26 | ‘ Let us meet outside the gates , ’ he said , ‘ and draw up the day 's work . ’ |
| 27 | Pot up the summer 's fuchsias and geraniums and store them in a frost-free position over winter . |
| 28 | Mrs Thatcher 's speech at Bruges in September 1988 which set out the government 's view of its relations with the European Community was drafted by her Private Secretary and foreign policy adviser , Charles Powell . |
| 29 | Just before Christmas 1985 , I published the White Paper which set out the Government 's new proposals for legislation . |
| 30 | I set out the Government 's objectives in a speech in this House before I went to Maastricht . |