Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] the [noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After November 1919 , therefore , all the unemployed except the ex-servicemen lost their dependants ' benefits and this loss was not offset by the slight increase in the basic unemployment benefit rate made in December that year . |
| 2 | By 1937 , the cheese had become so popular that the monks registered its name . |
| 3 | News at Ten quickly became so popular that the companies built their evening scheduling round it . |
| 4 | The organisation of the contents is clear and the maps do their job , except for the one on page 96 . |
| 5 | Although points were accrued only from staged ‘ specials ’ — and not from the mind and backside-numbing slogs in between — neither mode was immune from punctures , broken suspension arms or getting lost while the conditions took their toll on the spirit and sprocket alike , tempers fraying as frequently as fan-belts . |
| 6 | Adam struggled , but he was too weak and the storm-troopers tore his trousers off , leaving him stark naked . |
| 7 | All the main parties except the communist Party of the Left and the Greens expressed their support for the move . |
| 8 | The water here was turbulent but the crews held their form well . |
| 9 | We 're seeing the end of a long period of Cold War which effectively the West have won because they have kept their defences up , er and I think as Tom King , he was out here last week , has said we need to keep a strong force here to make sure that the Soviets keep their side of the bargain and er start a withdrawal at some stage . |
| 10 | Not as long as the kids have their sandwiches |
| 11 | It is extremely important that the trustees consider their discretions otherwise these may simply be set aside as the deeds of appointment were in the case of Turner v Turner [ 1983 ] 2 All ER 745 where the trustees simply did what the settlor stated without independently exercising their discretions ( see also Wilson v Turner ( 1883 ) 22 ChD 521 ) . |
| 12 | But it is up front where the experts ply their trade and both Ian Wright and Les Ferdinand are bouncing with confidence . |
| 13 | JONATHAN DAVIES will be the Widnes No 1 as the Chemics begin their championship campaign under new coach Phil Larder on Sunday . |
| 14 | It was chance , for example , that determined that the lemurs found their way into Madagascar before that island had drifted too far away from Africa , while the monkeys and apes did not ; and so the lemurs of Madagascar had carte blanche to fill all the ecological niches that monkeys and apes came to occupy elsewhere . |
| 15 | The boys are furious when the police break their own rules by arresting them for public order offences while they are fighting on their home ground . |
| 16 | Parks claimed that he was n't even aware of what was happening till he heard the door slam shut as the thieves made their escape . |
| 17 | Ruth did n't move , not a muscle other than the ones to widen her lips into a grin . |
| 18 | The maximum depth of 230 m is considerably greater than the seas surrounding our shores , and of all British lakes , Loch Ness is second in depth only to Loch Morar , at 310 m . |
| 19 | It was published in 1959 and the trustees gave their consent . |
| 20 | The knife-fish and the mormyrids generate their electricity in columns of modified muscle cells . |
| 21 | The year in lights on the hillside changes to the new as the ships sound their sirens and launch their pink flares . |
| 22 | NEW-LOOK Darlington made Shrewsbury look distinctly second best as the Quakers recorded their fourth away win of the season . |
| 23 | It is true that the Whigs did their best to exploit the Jacobite " bogey " , and their demands for an oath requiring peers , MPs and office-holders to abjure allegiance to James II and then the Old Pretender caused some embarrassment to those Tories who had only been prepared to recognise William as de facto King . |
| 24 | It would be too bad if the Panzers overran our positions and we were found to be in our stocking feet . |
| 25 | Destroying several small Dwarf holds and looting the tombs of Dwarf ancestors , his forces roamed unopposed whilst the Dwarfs gathered their forces . |