Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] the [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This changes , subtly , the colours and tones down the most garish of shades . |
| 2 | And our survey shows up the most important variation — the overall costs to you , the customer . |
| 3 | The very fact that The Star is even interested in Carter marks out the rather sizeable arena they are currently entering . |
| 4 | In analysing the ways in which informal care in the context of an existing familial relationship is both more than and less than personal assistance , she opens up the rather sterile debate about ‘ burden ’ , ‘ dependency ’ and residential care . |
| 5 | Roy Hattersley 's simultaneous resignation as deputy leader also opens up the increasingly sterile debate on constitutional reform . |
| 6 | HARLEM NIGHTS Eddie Murphy 's movie with Richard Pryor pulls off the almost impossible : it shows two very funny men for nearly 1 ½ ; hours without raising a laugh . |
| 7 | It picks up the very dim stars . |
| 8 | Table 16–2 picks out the most controversial aspect of the tax system , the marginal rate of income tax . |
| 9 | ‘ If the thought of other women being able to do this , to touch you , hold you , lie with you , brings on the most awful pain inside , makes me feel sick and ill , then I have no intention of letting you out of my sight . |
| 10 | But I do know , in general terms , how Fagg manipulates the provender committee and Chatterton creams off the most expensive wines from the cellar to add to the committee 's disposable income . ’ |
| 11 | This theme — the need to be fair to ‘ the majority ’ — emerges again and again in this document 's defence of the rule , and bolsters up the most tenuous arguments . |