Example sentences of "let the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They never let the right hand know what the left one 's doing , do they ? |
| 2 | let the scarred seams of their skins , |
| 3 | And I add : do n't fall into the trap of insisting in your own narration that something is exciting , just let the subject-verb-object description do the work for you . |
| 4 | You treat the blemished skin and let the inner man corrupt . ’ |
| 5 | Let the inner cylinder be at rest and be of radius . |
| 6 | Suppose somebody read to you , without telling you the author , but telling you the date — the early seventeenth century lines like this ‘ But let my due feet never fail to walk the studious cloisters pale and love the high embowered rough with antique pillars and and storeyed windows richly dyked , casting a dim religious light , there let the pealing organ blow to the full-voiced choir below in service high and anthems clear , as may with sweetness through mine ear dissolve me into ecstasies and bring all heaven before my eyes . |
| 7 | If they do not seem to be doing too well , or if you have seen all you want to see , let the collected animals free again in the pond or other place from which you first took them . |
| 8 | Prepare a solution of algae control liquid and let the cooled-off rocks steep in it . |
| 9 | Journals which publish the date of receipt and final revision under articles at least let the prospective author estimate the likely delay . |
| 10 | Western countries should be prepared to open themselves far wider to East European countries that make a real move to democracy and free markets : let the shameful visa queues at western embassies disappear , welcome Gastarbeiter from these countries , open up to any exports deserving East Europeans are capable of selling in the West 's competitive markets . |
| 11 | Erm what will happen if you let the liquid air warm up a little bit ? |
| 12 | Rather than target help on those who need it most , Mr Major may prefer to protect the middle class and let the poor get poorer . |
| 13 | Wood and Gipps ( 1982 ) pose an interesting dilemma for decision-makers allocating resources : do they give resources to the schools with poor results , thus penalising the good ones ( from which the good schools may learn the best way to get resources ) , or do they reward the good schools and let the poor ones suffer ? |
| 14 | But just let the poor little woman open her legs to more than the statutory one , and she 's cheap , a woman of easy virtue , a social outcast . |
| 15 | ‘ Let the poor sod die ! ’ , rang out , followed by the usual volleys of refuse . |
| 16 | No , the rich must come to some accommodation with the poor : must acknowledge their existence : must open their houses and their fridges and their bank accounts and let the poor in . |
| 17 | Nobody in his right mind would try to fill a bath with a hole in it and so , I reasoned in my simple way , let the poor soul get on with it and let's all have a bit of peace . |
| 18 | So after your walk , let the Japanese Ambassador know that you 've just walked for the whales — and why . |
| 19 | Let the relevant IS curve be the one labelled IS and the relevant LM curve be initially the one drawn for the general level of prices , P , and labelled LM . |
| 20 | There are several ways that you can find out more and let the Regional Council know what you think about the Draft Structure Plan : |
| 21 | Let the Yorkist traitors plot in their secret covens . |
| 22 | Rhubarb fool is made in just the same way as gooseberry fool , but needs an even larger proportion of sugar , preferably dark brown , and it is very necessary when the rhubarb is cooked to put it in a colander or sieve and let the excess juice drain off before the purée is made and the cream added . |
| 23 | They let the warm air roll over them like water . |
| 24 | Let the corresponding point vertically below A and on the MD curve be denoted by B , and the associated level of membership by M. The wage at A is higher than the wage at B , and u ( . ) |
| 25 | Or symbolically , if we let $ be the set of sentences in language L , C the set of possible contexts , P the set of propositions , and U the cartesian product of S x C — i.e. the set of possible combinations of members of S with members of C , and we let the corresponding lower case letters stand for elements or members of each of those sets ( i.e. s e S , c e C , p e P , u e U ) : ( 16 ) f(u) =p ( or:f ( s , c ) = p ) i.e. f is a function that assigns to utterances the propositions that express their full meaning in context Gazdar ( 1979a : 4-5 ) , on the other hand , wishes to capture the ways in which utterances change the context in which they are uttered ; he shows that Katz 's formulation is incompatible with that goal , and therefore suggests instead : ( 17 ) f(u) c ( or:f ( s , c ) c ) i.e. f is a function from utterances to contexts , namely the contexts brought about by each utterance ( or : f assigns to each sentence plus the context prior to its utterance , a second context caused by its utterance ) The idea here is that the shift from the context prior to an utterance to the context post utterance itself constitutes the communicational content of the utterance . |
| 26 | Few in a packed , drenched stadium would have bet on either outcome in a first half where England 's attacking approach was skidding and slipping off course while the bigger Boks dug in , drove hard and let the awesome boot of Botha do the rest . |
| 27 | Just give me a glimpse of your soul — let the spiritus mundus do the rest . |
| 28 | Oh they , they say it 's all controllable so that I 've , I 've answered , I have n't just let the Environmental Health wash over me I 've actually written back to them again , er I 'll be interested to see whether I get a letter back from them , but I phoned up the Council this morning and they 're rejecting on two grounds , one is to do with the highway and the sort of the traffic situation coming in there , although the , the authority , the Highway Department are n't objecting to it and the other one is erm , on local environmental issues I think you know that is , is unsuitably , unsuitable environmentally to the area well I can only say that I 'm grateful to the planning , to the planning offices for they 're going out on a limb if you like because I think they 're on thin ice erm and so long as the committee will , will back them up I mean I do n't know of what else I could of done as a person |
| 29 | AROUND GOLF by Trevor Peake HESWALL 'S Dave Cottrell let the prestigious Tillman Trophy slip through his fingers when he shot an 82 in the final round of the 72 hole open scratch event at Royal Liverpool last weekend . |
| 30 | The Pig police take innocent children and let the real criminals , sitting in Westminster , sitting in board rooms , go free . |