Example sentences of "the [noun] [adj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must find a way to unlock the defence other than by simply launching men head first into oblivion . |
| 2 | A playground and playhouse keep the tots happy while the teenagers have a ball with a whole host of absorbing activities . |
| 3 | Kate left the sentence unfinished as she bit her lip . |
| 4 | My father thought the sentence unjust because he had only agreed to buy a few bottles of bootleg whisky . |
| 5 | Blu-tak can be used to hold the l.e.d. steady whilst soldering . |
| 6 | Erm you have to be in touch with the National Savings and they send the money direct so you do n't actually get your hands on it . |
| 7 | A merger , Nicholson added , is a more viable alternative to keeping the brewery open than the planned management buy-out . |
| 8 | She submitted there was no other appropriate or fair way for the Secretary of State to deal with the case other than to allow Doherty at least an oral hearing or written representation . |
| 9 | The Air Staff , hardly surprisingly , began to laud the TSR 2 as ideal for East of Suez operations , using island bases instead of expensive aircraft carriers like CVA 01 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The Manton trainer said : ‘ Dr Devious is in great shape and on course for the Juddmonte International where I think the 10 furlongs will suit as long as they go a fast enough pace . |
| 12 | You are not authorised to have access to any other areas of the Reserve other than the route to and from the hide . |
| 13 | In probably no other country is the image of cycling and the cyclist stronger than it is in the Netherlands . |
| 14 | Soon , however , she did not have enough time to do this although someone had to relieve the poor beast , and the fresh creamy milk often sat in a gleaming churn in the corner of the kitchen untouched until it went rancid and had to be thrown away . |
| 15 | Reid has won the last two Ulster rounds in the series at Temple and the Mid-Antrim 150 while James Courtney sneaked in to take the round at Dundalk . |
| 16 | I pick up the dangling greasy weight by the hooves soft as dogs ' pads |
| 17 | He was far more concerned about getting the policies right than about self-advancement . |
| 18 | Some market makers quoted offer prices of shares in the index lower than bid prices , the opposite of normal market practice , and there were accusations that some market makers did not answer their phones , so that quotes were not accurate . |
| 19 | Only keep the function in-house if headquarters wins a contract . |
| 20 | Whenever aircraft returned from raids the first persons to be allowed on board were the squadron armourers , whose job it was to make the bombs safe before anything else could be done , and this could be a highly tricky and dangerous undertaking , especially where incendiary bombs or those with time delay devices were concerned . |
| 21 | Much of the work in subject studies is taught by staff of faculties in the University other than Education . |
| 22 | THE ROLE OF CONVOCATION IN RELATION TO SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OTHER THAN THOSE WHO HAVE STUDIED FOR DEGREES |
| 23 | Right , now , erm , were going to have it on the actual headings as far as the minutes concerned cos we did n't deal with anything very much last time , but the next item on the agenda erm , is usually campaigns and Amnesty erm usually has one or two or more campaigns running on a particular aspect of it 's work or a particular country and there was some that really started maybe two or three years ago and which have continued erm in a smaller form since that time . |
| 24 | Study the route first when going by train ; check the time at which you should arrive at various stations and the time of arrival at destination . |
| 25 | Plan for shorter days and lower temperatures , with the west wetter than the rest — but there 's always hope for an Indian Summer . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Burning of the skin greater than with Glonoin . |
| 28 | Anthea lay as though dancing on the hot folded sand , the pale , lively hair curved as though blown out on the duck egg blue towel on which her lovely profile rested , the skin darker than the tossed gold , the marvellous bones picked out by clear-cut shadows and glitter of sweat . |
| 29 | You know and things like that and bearings well the P three as we call then support bearings . |
| 30 | Although his head office sent the branch all the goods sold by the branch in Year 41 , Mr Messy did not record how much was sent and kept no records at the branch other than branch sales . |