Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The inflexional system of Latin , however , made it freely possible to subvert these norms , for rhetorical effect , to topicalise or focus , or to create the metre-governed structures of poetry . |
| 32 | Tempting , too , to join one of the numerous excursions to see the once-in-a-lifetime sights of the Sahara or photograph the picturesque houses in the blue-and-white setting of Sidi Bou Said . |
| 33 | It would be most unwise for the Church to ignore or discount the far-reaching changes which have taken place in school music since World War II . |
| 34 | GCHQ has denied any involvement in intercepting , recording or disclosing the royal recordings … although it 's been suggested that an internal inquiry may already be underway at the Cheltenham centre . |
| 35 | However , most of the campaigns are run by authorities in the more accessible countryside ; there are few campaigns organized by those in the remoter or upland areas , either because they deem them undesirable or consider the likely returns insufficient . |
| 36 | Lesioning the hippocampus , however , profoundly damages the rat 's capacity to learn or remember the spatial cues and thus dramatically impairs its capacity to work out an effective escape route in the tank . |
| 37 | Every shift , they face people who have lost lovers , lost jobs or lost families through AIDS or ( more often ) the fear of AIDS ; every shift they have to help people think through the new consequences of future sex or face the possible results of past ignorance . |
| 38 | As befits a killer debut , it 's a shit-kicking brag that warns competitors not to step to The Undertaker , or face the lyrical consequences . |
| 39 | I can only hazard a guess at what it must have been like to sail in a typical convoy , with bombers and submarines liable to strike at any moment , or to brave the Western Approaches with only a couple of inches of rusting metal between yourself and the enemy . |
| 40 | The easiest way to exercise this type of control over index terms is to list or store the acceptable terms in a vocabulary . |
| 41 | Hosanna could see it too , and would prick up his ears as he sat on her lap and focus on Gabriel moving around by the sink or fixing the green curtains at the window . |
| 42 | To reduce the complexities and costs of complying with a number of different requirements in different member states , the Community may co-ordinate , approximate or harmonise the relevant rules of national law , that is to say , lay down rules which must be adopted by all the member states . |
| 43 | Nervous controls are not the same as behavioural responses of the kind we have seen in the case of reptiles , which situate themselves at angles to gain the maximum benefit from , or to avoid the worst excesses of , solar radiation . |
| 44 | Wine was decanted against the flame of a candle , and pouring would be stopped as soon as the wine started to get cloudy or showed the first signs of deposit . |
| 45 | However , few people know or appreciate the rich flavours of the four main varieties of madeira wine or are aware of its history . |
| 46 | It was many years since the Deputy Under Secretary had taken such a holiday ; his previous inclination would have been — towards fishing the west country salmon rivers or stalking the Scottish moors . |
| 47 | The rough passage from Scrabster was a small price to pay and three hours after leaving home , we could be fishing , or stalking the wild cliffs . |
| 48 | While Tshwete was in Australia and New Zealand following the Cricket World Cup , a leading ANC sports activist , Mr Mluleki George , who also chairs the NOSC ( the National Olympic and Sports Congress , recognised by most Commonwealth governments as the voice of non-Olympic sports in South Africa ) , wrote letters to the governing bodies and the authorities in Australia , New Zealand , France and England demanding they ban or discourage the planned tours to and from the Republic , arguing that the development programme about to be launched by the SARFU was only a smokescreen designed to provide a cover for the international aspirations of the white rugby establishment . |
| 49 | Here is William Wheeler , the last great encyclopediast of ants ( 1910 ) , describing Amazon ants at home : they sit about in stolid idleness , or pass the long hours begging the slaves for food or cleaning themselves and burnishing their ruddy armour . |
| 50 | Spades of various sizes encourage children to see who can fill buckets of the same size first , or dig the deepest holes . |
| 51 | This is why the experts of Jesus ' time criticized him for healing the sick on the Sabbath , accepting social outcasts , or infringing the fine points of the law . |
| 52 | Altering the shape is therefore achieved by moving or deleting the existing points and adding new points if required . |
| 53 | ( Note : You might wish to use scrap paper for this ‘ processing ’ exercise , so that you can later throw away or burn the negative thoughts and beliefs . ) |
| 54 | Turning now to those carers who said in their first interview that they wanted their relative to remain at home , one would expect that those in the action sample would be more likely to have retained that preference than those in the control sample ( assuming that the project has provided extra home care when needed and therefore indirectly or directly assisted or relieved the principal carers ) . |
| 55 | To the extent that agreement is reached which goes beyond the provisions of a pre-existing document or displaces the relevant provisions of the Partnership Act , the agreed terms should be reduced to writing to reduce the scope for subsequent dispute . |
| 56 | Combine the processes , or perm the same tresses more than once , and the result can be hair that 's dry , brittle and plagued by split ends . |
| 57 | Social life revolves mainly round the hotels , though dedicated night owls may retire to the late bars , or visit the bright lights of Bodrum and the spectacular ‘ Halikarnas ’ disco . |
| 58 | 2.4 " Common Parts " means any malls and other pedestrian ways concourses and circulation areas staircases escalators ramps and lifts service roads loading bays forecourts and other ways and areas in the Centre which are from time to time during the Term provided by the Landlord for common use by customers frequenting the Centre and by the Tenants and the occupiers of the Centre or persons expressly or by implication authorised by them Although it is highly unlikely that the landlord would so amend or alter the common parts to make it impossible for the tenant to carry on its business , the following additional wording may be considered : |
| 59 | Soldering was valuable for such purposes as attaching handles to vessels or closing the final links of chains . |
| 60 | The government 's annual White Papers on public expenditure , which announce the detailed plans for spending and for expanding or cutting the various services , have become essential reading for students of social policy . |