Example sentences of "the [adj] [vb base] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was probably the eagerest volunteer the Trust had ever had . |
| 2 | In general it results in their avoiding owls at all costs , but occasionally they turn the tables on the killer bird — the tormented become the tormentors . |
| 3 | It was almost certainly the largest protest the German Democratic Republic has seen . |
| 4 | To remedy this , the Spanish want the EC 's regional funds to pay for its hospitals and schools . |
| 5 | The Spanish think the Community should aim for a common defence policy . |
| 6 | In areas which appear to show the greatest change the probable effect of the fall of Magnentius has been recognized by Professor Keith Branigan , who has drawn attention to the evidence from Boxmoor , Latimer and possibly Welwyn , High Wycombe and Harpsden . |
| 7 | The 100s include the basic 110 , diskless 115 , mono 125 and colour 135 workstations , along with the 140 server , all using the 33MHz Power RISC . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The rich receive the bulk of SERPS pay-outs . |
| 10 | The rich ignore the simplest things in the area of earning , making , keeping , regarding money , and the bear-leader forgot to put any receptacle for money on the ground in front of them . |
| 11 | The poor creep out of alleyways while the rich put the BMW in for the night and hit the rich over the head and steal the tyres . |
| 12 | Narrow ideas about the feminine inform the film , as do male fears about powerful women . |
| 13 | For starters , they 've witnessed a marked shift in the make-up of their audience : though there 's a sprinkling of residual bagginess in tonight 's crowd , the lion 's share of the faithful fit the dishevelled , T-shirted stereotype of the diehard pop kid . |
| 14 | ‘ It will not advantage the lower paid workers in a free collective bargaining situation if those who are the strongest get the most . ’ |
| 15 | " In concluding this Report the Undersigned have the greatest pleasure in bearing testimony to the zeal and ability of Mr. Gurney , in which they are joined by the Visitors who attended the Examination . |
| 16 | The direct close the most successful technique because it 's the most honest . |
| 17 | The Americans recognise that professionals can achieve more ; the British resent the professionals interfering in what is ‘ always done ’ . |
| 18 | ( Do the British want the National Health Service abolished by European directive ? ) |
| 19 | I think it all depends on what the British feel the response is going to be , either today or in the future . |
| 20 | Of course , Alexander would not in the slightest deny the more traditional view . |
| 21 | An Oshkosh steamer won a 232 km ( 201 miles ) race from Green Bay to Madison , Wisconsin in 1878 but the French claim the first real race for automobiles was the 31 km ( 19.3 miles ) race from Saint-James , Paris , along the Seine , to Neuilly in 1887 . |
| 22 | THE absence of reigning champion Monica Seles still recovering after being stabbed in Germany last month promises to make the women 's singles in the French Open the most intriguing contest for years . |
| 23 | Here and now the French have the power , so the Asians on their ship and throughout Indochina do as they tell them . |
| 24 | The Greek word for jump is halma and , as any linguist extraordinaire will know , the French have the word hallesthai meaning to leap . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The sad fact is , however , that in Britain the old have the worst housing of any group . |
| 27 | It reeked of wet straw and stale horse manure , and the old nag the lad fetched smelled sweaty . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Japanese security houses such as Nomura now challenge such US financial giants as Merrill Lynch in their own back yard , while the US giants together with the Japanese challenge the European leaders each in their own chasse gardée . |
| 30 | 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 . |