Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] [adj] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It starts off one of the first things we did n't like was the title . |
| 2 | One person holds up each of the objects in turn and says ‘ This is a thing , a very pretty thing , what must the owner do to receive it ? ’ |
| 3 | Val Savage searches out some of the cleanest looks for this summer . |
| 4 | Cable & Wireless holds around three-quarters of the shares , the Hong Kong Government another 7 per cent and the remainder are held by outside shareholders . |
| 5 | Then he brushes over some of the issues which run through the play which are especially noticeable at the end . |
| 6 | Another way is to give five points to the team which finishes first and ten to the team which fills up more of the bottle in a single round . |
| 7 | When the fainter member passes in front of the brighter , it naturally cuts off some of the light , and Algol ‘ winks ’ . |
| 8 | And unlike most of the blondes popping up in Aussie soaps she does n't fit into the bimbo mould either , which rules out many of the high-profile parts . |
| 9 | LocoScript PC Easy cuts out some of the more esoteric features that can usually be found in a word processor these days — advanced layout features such as newspaper style columns , the ability to add footnotes , access to an on-line thesaurus etc . |
| 10 | The sentencing decision in Billam ( 1986 ) marks out some of the more serious varieties of sexual assault , and this could be used as a basis for introducing a new scheme of three or four graded offences : there are precedents for this in other countries . |
| 11 | This formulation is attractive as it marks out some of the broad historical shifts in the representation of Blacks in film . |
| 12 | It takes on more of the form of a consultation , aimed at course development , rather than simply being a judgemental exercise . |
| 13 | Therefore , as the firm takes on more of the cheaper form of financing , debt , the cost of equity should rise so as to offset the advantage and maintain a constant cost of capital regardless of the debt — equity ratio . |
| 14 | William Parker takes on some of the baritone material with unabashed lyricism and plangency , leaving Elly Ameling to bring refreshing charm and beauty of tone to the soprano Mélodies . |
| 15 | Baker 's yeast breaks down some of the indigestible phytic acid in wheat and generates carbon dioxide in the process , causing the bread to rise . |
| 16 | Separated from Forte dei Marmi by the small Fiumetto channel , Marina di Pietrasanta stretches along one of the most exceptional beaches on the Tuscany coast — three miles of golden sand , up to 200 yards wide in places — simply perfect for relaxing , lazy days in the sun . |
| 17 | When this introduction is successfully achieved the topic can be introduced , and the counsellor should try to ensure that the group takes over most of the talking . |
| 18 | Brenda Denvir takes up one of the most pressing contemporary issues , that of the multiple roles of assessment in schools , by looking at the intimately-related questions of ‘ what are we assessing ? ’ and , ‘ what are we assessing for ? ’ |
| 19 | Their favoured nightspot is LIS 'S , a neon-lit discotheque throbbing with the latest music which takes up half of the 45,000-seater Olympiysky indoor soccer stadium . |
| 20 | Mum or Dad shows the top picture card in the tray and then sounds out each of the letters beneath . |
| 21 | It is of great credit to the Committee that it describes the situation so clearly and that it points out many of the problems that have come about as a result of Government policy towards private residential care over the past few years . |
| 22 | In offering advice to aspiring photographers , Dermot points out one of the most common mistakes made by amateurs . |
| 23 | You can now stride out purposefully along the edge path , across Ashway Rocks ; past the blackened cross in memory of James Platt , MP for Oldham , who was accidentally killed during a grouse shoot last century ; above the mighty Dove Stone Rocks , eventually contouring along the moorland lip high above Chew Brook , which tumbles down one of the deepest and most dramatic valleys in the area . |
| 24 | Property Department 's Shona Jennings eyes up some of the plastic cups collected at Drummond House . |
| 25 | He walks out of the shrine without looking at the crowd , picks up one of the lambs , frightened and bleating , and carries its almost weightless body round to the side of the shrine . |
| 26 | They will attack anyone who picks up one of the instruments . |
| 27 | The pool is filled with water and bubbles and the kids scoot down the slide attached to the climbing frame into the bubble bath and the arms of a playworker who picks up one of the children and kisses his little red bum . |
| 28 | The female alights on the rim of a stranger 's nest , picks up one of the eggs in her beak , flies off with it and then swallows it . |
| 29 | A and the forms as it stands picks up most of the points that we 've just raised . |
| 30 | Indoors , though , ordinary window glass generally filters out some of the UV content of sunlight , and the author has never experienced any difficulties of daylight interfering with end results . |