Example sentences of "the [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the 1935 ILP Annual Conference unofficial groups were declared bad in principle though previous attempts to disband the RPC had been defeated . |
| 2 | Today , it is difficult to define a particular Hautvillers style : all have a good fruit content , and although some are perhaps lacking in definition , the finest attain great distinction , balancing high extract with a delicacy of flavour . |
| 3 | She was pleased to see that the 460 uses unleaded fuel , helping her bid to escape the city smoke . |
| 4 | Pronto is erm an area of the store where we sell our occasional furniture and erm small priced coffee tables , hi-fi units the occasional furniture that may go erm whereas up until a couple of years ago we use to display this product around the showroom floor part of the new concept stores was that we actually set the same section in the showroom which is very much like a a shelving system whereby the stock actually sits on the shelves , the customer walks in and it 's an easy easy purchase straight off the trolley erm very much like the supermarket operation so it 's the lower priced good value occasional type furniture the cash and carry the kind of things that you do n't need sales assistants for the kind of bookcase that you would put in your children 's bedroom that kind of thing . |
| 5 | Despite the loss of the eight JIP National Assembly members the government retained a clear parliamentary majority . |
| 6 | I did n't even realise how unhappy I was , as the wounded suffer merciful shock . |
| 7 | Similarly in the British regional heart study age , smoking , systolic blood pressure , and serum cholesterol concentration accounted for less than a sixth of the 1.5 fold social class differences in coronary heart disease morbidity and mortality . |
| 8 | The stent carrying double membrane catheter is passed over this guide wire . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , the patent died from septicaemia 11 days after TIPSS but postmortem examination of the stent showed internal epithelialisation and continued patency . |
| 10 | On June 7 the Cabinet approved the 1989/90 draft socio-economic development plan as part of the second five-year national development plan . |
| 11 | I like the idea of the sort of archways looking out to the right letting light sort of fall in and it , and make a nice pool of light ideal for somebody who 's standing , but he 's not standing in quite the right place . |
| 12 | The 3000 supports large-scale LAN consolidation , TP and decision support with 16 SCSI channels , 1Gb RAM , 192 disks , optional fault-tolerant protection and redundant power supplies . |
| 13 | Not all the impulses of the repressed find simple expression in dreams , but they are filtered and censored , even during sleep . |
| 14 | Official American Library Association publications in the 19305 paid regular tribute to the multi-media idea ( there is some evidence that British librarians maintained illustrations collections and by I 935 record collections without so much publicity ) . |
| 15 | One possible implication of this , suggests Gershuny , is that there would be a substantial reduction in the overall numbers formally employed , with the unemployed making creative use of the opportunities these consumer durables make possible in the home — a more benign version of Cooley 's vision described earlier . |
| 16 | On the battlefield the English took vast plunder . |
| 17 | Even the English paid grudging tribute to this ; those who accompanied Margaret Tudor north in 1503 , for her marriage to Mary 's grandfather , James IV , were less than gracious about the elaborate and highly expensive entertainment provided by the king , but their contempt was mitigated , for they ‘ returned into their country giving more praise to the manhood than to the good manner and nurture of Scotland ’ . |
| 18 | We also managed to get tins of the famous , unappreciated Spam and bully beef back from the looters and , knowing that the English liked strong tea , we boiled up more of their mixture for them , producing something of an indescribable colour that was more like a meal than a drink . |
| 19 | ‘ A major problem in the Scottish software industry is that its people never meet , whereas they should to learn about possible joint ventures and other ways of cooperating , ’ said Gerry Docherty , the summit 's chairman and managing director of Real Time Engineering which recently won the 1993 TickIT National Quality Award . |
| 20 | Mazda had tyres specially made for the AZ-1 to reduce unsprung weight . |
| 21 | The 905 has single beam optics and the 904 has double beam optics . |
| 22 | On the other hand , a fish oil supplemented diet , rich in the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid eicosapentaenoic acid , was shown to reduce the mucosal generation of prostaglandin E 2 while enhancing that of prostaglandin E 3 . |
| 23 | My father said Eden should have kept the troops in Suez and only the British had moral integrity . |
| 24 | As long as the British had numerical superiority in ships , as long as Nelson 's unbroken string of victories remained unblemished by subsequent defeats , the authority of the Royal Navy was a generally accepted truth . |
| 25 | Only English-educated politicians participated in the legislative institutions through which the British devolved political power in the 1920s and 1930s . |
| 26 | If the Shah and the British showed good sense , he remarked , " we may really give a serious defeat to Russian intentions and plans in that area " . |
| 27 | Each Renault engine costs more than £100,000 and they rocket the 800 brake horse-power car to a top speed of more than 200mph . |
| 28 | By 28 November the French had total control of Haiphong and its airport and harbour . |
| 29 | The French recommend red wine . |
| 30 | a passenger seat with a ‘ relax ’ setting in which the cushion reclines along with the backrest to provide optimum comfort |