Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The black and white approach used in this country , where a company is either wholly in the public sector or wholly in the private sector , is not mirrored on the Continent . |
| 2 | Dentdale is superb walking country : the high ridge walks along Rise Hill and Barbon Fell are amongst the best in the Dales , while lower down , the Dales Way long-distance path follows the river for much of its length into Sedbergh , and some of the wooded gills like Flinter Gill , which arc a typical feature of Dentdale , have footpaths along them leading on to the fells or on to the old packhorse routes . |
| 3 | The voices have been heard as far as the race track or right at the other end of the town , depending on which way the wind is blowing . |
| 4 | If the RC needle moves left or right in the opposite direction from which the wind is coming , then your drift allowance is too large . |
| 5 | The question was often a difficult and delicate one given radically different perceptions of what was necessary or right in the changed circumstances , the different styles of polytechnic directors and their senior staffs , different approaches to organizational development . |
| 6 | This is the paradox that the very theory which seeks to unveil these hidden realities underlying human society also comes into direct collision with them , or rather with the repressing forces which safeguard them in the unconscious of each one of us . |
| 7 | ‘ The one thing my father likes about me , or rather about the only thing he is n't directly rude about , is my hair ! ’ |
| 8 | Like Morrissey , Prince feels trapped by his sex , or rather by the cultural assumptions/expectations vested in it . |
| 9 | They considered , inter alia , the arguments in favour of a trial by jury in these cases ; whether there are types of cases which could be dealt with effectively or justly outside the criminal justice system ; and also whether there should be a properly structured system of plea bargaining with proper safeguards . |
| 10 | Membership is open to any company that designs , manufactures , sells or supports generally-available products conforming to layer 3 or below of the Open Systems Interconnection model , such as bridges , routers , hubs or adaptor boards . |
| 11 | Whether you go to East Anglia to enjoy its individual rural charm , or perhaps to the annual Aldeburgh Festival , you will enjoy a visit to the charming Suffolk towns of Framlingham and Orford , both of which feature a splendid medieval castle . |
| 12 | For example , an animal may be injured and it may be under anaesthetic ; now the welfare of an individual which is under anaesthetic because of the injury — because of the damage to it or perhaps of the reduced life-expectancy — is less good than that of an individual which is not injured . |
| 13 | Perhaps once in a film , for a special moment , I might show the whole orchestra , or perhaps at the very end , with the lights down . |
| 14 | But I 'd dealt more or less with the small firms even to the the extent of collecting dues . |
| 15 | Although no figures are yet available , this rate has probably flattened in 1990 and 1991 and may well prove to be around eight per cent or less at the current time . |
| 16 | Unfortunately , for the traditional printing and graphic arts industries , the desktop publishing ‘ revolution ’ has taken place largely outside their control and has placed the capability to generate complex artwork directly in the hands of anyone with access to a computer and around £1,000 or less for the necessary software . |
| 17 | During the 15 years since Younger reported , legislation more or less along the suggested lines has followed in two of the areas where it was recommended — the 1975 Consumer Credit Act , with the establishment of the Office of Fair Trading , and the 1984 Data Protection Act , with the establishment of a Data Protection Registrar . |
| 18 | Pritchard and one corporal then nipped back across the open roadway to drop a 10lb charge between two tugs moored in the basin , and their dash back to the hut , a mere 60 yards or less from the approaching enemy , was achieved without mishap . |
| 19 | As indicated above , most of the information which has been gathered on Roman Rochester concerns the defences , which have now been identified more or less round the whole circuit , and which enclose an area of some 9.5 ha ( 23 acres ) . |
| 20 | With a modern diaphragm valve , it may only be necessary to move the float up or down on the serrated spindle connected to the valve arm |
| 21 | And er wash the cups and And he used to have to go running er down with messages down to or down to the head office rather that we had an office in where where our fitting shop was where there was a draughtsman 's office . |
| 22 | Slow build up or in at the deep end ? |
| 23 | However , I would take issue with her view that the U.K. has been ‘ failing ’ economically or militarily in the recent past compared to the U.S. Economically it 's certainly not true , some examples : |
| 24 | Short-term pH changes , following the first heavy autumn rains , or especially in the early spring , when snowmelt releases acidic constituents accumulated during the winter , result in ‘ acid shock ’ which leads to fish mortality ( fish kills ) . |
| 25 | A 20mm ( ¼in ) overflow pipe from near the top of the tank should take water by gravity ( with a fall of 1 in 10 minimum ) to 150mm ( 6in ) or so beyond the outer walls of the house where its discharge will be safe and visible . |
| 26 | At this level of the bay there were small promontories every hundred metres or so along the main catwalk and Rostov walked out onto one of them . |
| 27 | Many of the larger investment managers now concentrate on institutional funds or set very high minima of £1m or so for the private client portfolios they will take on . |
| 28 | That bridges much of the spread , but not all : it is worth maybe 5% , less 1% or so for the annual management fee that keeps Whizzquid on his toes . |
| 29 | It can take effect immediately , but it usually takes twenty minutes or so for the full effects to be felt . |
| 30 | After that , the manager went through the procedure adopted : a telephone call to the reference number cited ; verification of credit card ; verification of driving licence ; verification of home address ( the last three usually completed within ten minutes or so on the International Information Computer ) ; preparation , presentation , and signing of the contract ( including appropriate insurance clauses ) ; then , paperwork now completed , the car brought round to the outer forecourt , with an assistant to give the client a quick run-over of the controls , and to hand over the keys . |