Example sentences of "[vb pp] and the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , it 's because the Poll Tax is designed and the whole load of legislation that goes along with it , to increase the burden of erm payment on local Poll Tax payers . |
| 2 | It is interesting for the reader to compare this parasite to the Anchor worm — Lernea ( also a Copepod ) , where the body segments have fused and the entire head and antennae structures have evolved to form the ‘ anchor ’ for attachment to the host fish tissue . |
| 3 | The mystic tears have the effect of distorting the vision so the eyes see through a veil ; but even more is the mind distorted and the interior vision is transfigured . |
| 4 | If a group of workers combined in an association of union and tried to set wages above their ‘ natural ’ level , their actions amounted to ‘ a conspiracy in restraint of trade ’ since the price level of goods would be artificially distorted and the competitive market undermined . |
| 5 | All that is left is the complaint about the way in which the district judge assessed the fault of the prosecution for the delay , the expectations aroused by a supposed assurance given on behalf of the prosecutor that the Barclays ( Asia ) charges would not be pursued and the undoubted ill-health of the applicant . |
| 6 | Second , ensure that the District Valuer correctly identifies the premises occupied and the rateable value is as low as possible . |
| 7 | Three of the four blocks of flats are already occupied and the remaining block will be completed shortly . |
| 8 | When she is fully in season she is ready to be mated and the chosen male is introduced . |
| 9 | The tradition of St Melangell was never forgotten and the little room at the east end , despite being rebuilt in the 18th century , has always been known as Cell-y-bedd ( the room of the grave ) . |
| 10 | They 'd have been forgotten and the whole community would be satisfied ’ ( my emphasis ) . |
| 11 | The diversionary attack towards Scotland was dropped and the new objective for the main force was now Torbay , which appealed to James because William of Orange had landed there and to the French because of de Tourville 's successful raid on Teignmouth , which had revealed the weakness of the local defences . |
| 12 | The breeze dropped and the little valley lay completely still , held in long beams of light and enclosed on either side by the lines of the woods . |
| 13 | So the winger has a go , gets tackled , the ball is trapped and the attacking side loses possession . |
| 14 | The antrum was discarded and the oxyntic mucosa scraped off , weighed , diluted to 100 mg/ml in ice cold 0.01 M sodium phosphate buffer , pH 7.4 , and homogenised . |
| 15 | Usually , however , the production area is more widely scattered and the exact relationship with a given small town is harder to define . |
| 16 | As each label is pressed a status LED within the label comes on ; when another label is pressed the previous switch is cancelled and the new LED illuminates . |
| 17 | But the concession of the papal taxes of the clergy to the king was all too clearly to release the king from baronial pressure when his oath to the barons was cancelled and the obdurate archbishop recalled . |
| 18 | The crystallization isotherms of poly ( ethylene terephthalate ) can be fitted by equation ( 11.3 ) using n = 4 above 473 K and n = 2 at 383 K. The equation should be used with caution , however , as non-integer values have been reported and the geometric shape of the morphological unit is not always that predicted by the value of n calculated from the experimental data . |
| 19 | Additive processes could hardly be simpler although it can lead to procedures of great complexity : a musical phrase of a certain number of notes is repeated several times , one note is then added and the new phrase again repeated . |
| 20 | Colour notes were added and the final picture worked up at home . |
| 21 | Crossman eventually became convinced of the need for more radical action : the Boundary Commission was dissolved and the Royal Commission appointed ( Alexander 1982b:18 — 19 ) . |
| 22 | In the Eastern states of Europe , the traditional form of communism has collapsed and the communist party and state apparatus has been superseded by a new cohort of political leaders . |
| 23 | First Japanese and other speculators had pushed prices to heights at which few collectors could compete , then the artificial market collapsed and the ensuing confusion kept almost anything of quality off the block . |
| 24 | The issue may or may not be underwritten and the issuing company may or may not engage the services of a broker for advice and/or to organize the insurance of the issue . |
| 25 | A case where a plea of estoppel succeeded and the innocent purchaser therefore obtained a good title was Eastern Distributors v. Goldring ( 1957 C.A. ) . |
| 26 | In 1963 the ageing Adenauer finally resigned and the new Chancellor , Ludwig Erhard , began to establish tentative trade links with eastern Europe . |
| 27 | In 1940 over 40 more members resigned and the dramatic slide continued , again making the prospects of closure inevitable . |
| 28 | If a back-up copy is available a potential disaster can be averted and the urgent report or whatever can still be completed on time . |
| 29 | In addition , the deal covering the Walter-Guillaume donation ( handled by Jacques Walter after his father 's accidental death ) implied that the international nature of his own private collection — his right to dispose of it on the international market in other words — should be respected and the French State show itself ‘ worthy ’ of the gift . |
| 30 | One of the minus factors was clearly the risk of being caught and the associated penalty . |