Example sentences of "the [noun] [adj] [subord] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1668 the Company had collapsed ; when its successor , the Royal Africa Company , was launched in 1672 it had to tidy up the debts outstanding as well as restore the trade in gold and slaves from West Africa . |
| 2 | It penetrates the carcase of its prey at one end , usually the head end , and it may actually leave the skin intact while progressively eating through the insides of the animal . |
| 3 | Alianor wished the words unspoken as soon as uttered . |
| 4 | The race through the streets of Phoenix is not a useful guide to a car 's potential on more conventional circuits , but the US Grand Prix did prove that McLaren and Honda have emerged from the winter stronger than ever . |
| 5 | That is the first thing you should do with any burn , put people in a cold bath , anything to keep the burns cold because otherwise they can keep burning in for something like five hours . |
| 6 | Moreover , to comply with the request may be a breach of the school 's duty under the curriculum requirements of Chapter I of the ERA 1988 as well as detrimental to the child 's welfare . |
| 7 | It is unlikely that any of the missing diamonds had been picked up by persons involved in the rescue or who visited the site later as only an expert would have been able to identify them as precious stones . |
| 8 | So , you 'll be ending up on the breadline worse than ever |
| 9 | Although Lord Cairns regarded the principles applicable as extremely simple , it seems clear that the common law was faced by a new and important problem which could not be solved by merely applying the existing authorities . |
| 10 | I was still worrying about this when I pulled into the hotel at Huacho , the mist thicker than ever and my eyes so tired they felt as though they had been sand-blasted . |
| 11 | It seemed so pointless , the mist thicker than ever now . |
| 12 | Of course , German propaganda was keen to emphasize that the ‘ gangsters of the sky ’ had only made the resolve and unity of the people stronger than ever , a point indeed underlined in some SD reports . |
| 13 | ‘ We tried to find visiting times which were suitable for the teachers concerned as well as the Subject Assessor , but it was n't always possible ’ . |
| 14 | The Bedford , Massachusetts-based company says version 6.3 will be available on the HP 700/800 as well as machines running Unix V.4 by the end of November 1992 . |
| 15 | In these circumstances the leader of the Conservative Party naturally enjoyed a general influence in the Government greater than normally belongs to anyone other than the Prime Minister . |
| 16 | They are part of the church visible as well as invisible . |
| 17 | The FMI 's emphasis upon managerial efficiency as opposed to policy , and the obstacles political as well as technical-to developing effective performance measures of programme ( as opposed to administrative ) expenditure , inevitably limits achievable savings . |
| 18 | The new wording , insisted on by the US government , which is refusing to commit itself to specific targets , refers to the reduction of emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000 as merely a " guideline " target . |