Example sentences of "the [adj] [vb base] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Spanish think the Community should aim for a common defence policy . |
| 2 | From Stop Your Fussin , with a subtle reggae beat to the haunting Where 's The Ocean and finally the memorable Let The Rain Come Down , insinuating animation and acquiescence from a failed relationship , the album is tremendously good and truely ambitious . |
| 3 | The rich receive the bulk of SERPS pay-outs . |
| 4 | Narrow ideas about the feminine inform the film , as do male fears about powerful women . |
| 5 | I think it all depends on what the British feel the response is going to be , either today or in the future . |
| 6 | The Greek word for jump is halma and , as any linguist extraordinaire will know , the French have the word hallesthai meaning to leap . |
| 7 | Here and now the French have the power , so the Asians on their ship and throughout Indochina do as they tell them . |
| 8 | The young go fast on the perimeter path , and the old take the way more slowly , but each man is struggling for speed , because speed is warmth . |
| 9 | It reeked of wet straw and stale horse manure , and the old nag the lad fetched smelled sweaty . |
| 10 | The Japanese emphasise the quality of their wares , and rubbish the UK product , while the UK counters by saying that by the time Japanese food is shipped here it can become oxidised . |
| 11 | He also suggests that the Japanese dominate the market partly because of their domestic need for a communications system which could accommodate an alphabet of some 2,000 characters . |
| 12 | On his ‘ China voyage ’ he plans to spend from May to October sailing the 4,500 miles up the coast of East Asia and riding what the Japanese call the kuroshio ( the black current ) to North America . |
| 13 | Does the accused have the intention permanently to deprive when he has not made up his mind to keep the thing permanently ? |
| 14 | The stress was on causation , not recklessness : did the accused commit the assault which caused the actual bodily harm ? |
| 15 | Then you come across this , where the violent have the power . |
| 16 | The two figures on the left and right completing the arabesque symbolise the Mother of the Race and the Earth covering the dead . |
| 17 | The Chinese represent the Moon as a hare or rabbit pounding rice in a mortar . |
| 18 | But this all takes time ; for many , variety and the unexpected encourage the feeling that they are always learning . |
| 19 | The European Footballer of the Year , who came on as substitute in Holland 's last qualifier against Wales four weeks ago , has been named in the squad and is certain to start the Group Four match as the Dutch seek the point they need to qualify for the finals . |
| 20 | SCHEMES TO HELP THE DISABLED ENJOY THE COUNTRY , A REPRIEVE FOR SOWS , AND THE STORY OF VILLAGERS WHO BOUGHT THEIR OWN SHOP . |
| 21 | The general say the tax payers er also lost erm third country exporters ? |
| 22 | No the Irish have the version of that too do n't they ? |
| 23 | For even the least reflexive or philosophical seem to be aware of the potential for reversal inherent in this system of power , where the sacred and the profane have the possibility of turning upon each other at every conjunction . |
| 24 | Right now Matthew do the other do the other . |
| 25 | But while the handicapped get the support they need the carers are ofrten forgotten and it was this which insprired the Princess Royal to set up a special trust . |
| 26 | If the dead become the undead and rise up to do dreadful things then you will never receive the report . |