Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] and [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , therefore , in everyone 's interest to avoid delay and to that end , the defenders should if at all possible take and keep the initiative . |
| 2 | The donation is in response to Cambodia 's request for help in restoring its shattered agriculture and reflects the Cambodian government 's desire to make the country self-sufficient in food as quickly as possible , but experts fear any short-term benefits will be outweighed by long-term damage . |
| 3 | Then he would place them on one of the old time boards which was er board about nine inches by nine inches and then hand that through the pigeon hole to the cashier and in front of him that cashier would laboriously count that money and agree the total there and then . |
| 4 | This success was to tempt , and still tempts , thinkers to deny or underestimate the very different and novel processes which govern historic change and reduce the changes in human societies to the rules of biological evolution — with important political consequences and , sometimes , intentions ( ‘ social-Darwinism ’ ) . |
| 5 | Rub some flour onto your working board and add the mixture , roll out thinly and cut into shapes using the templates that are commercially available . |
| 6 | It was considered , therefore , worthwhile to apply an expert system in the early diagnosis and hopefully direct the diagnostician in the right direction and avoid the nugatory work . |
| 7 | I think we must make it a positive step forward that this council not only goes forwards to build but it goes forward to use that building and give the firemen of this county the right tools , or firewoman , the firemen and the firewoman of this county the right tools to work with . |
| 8 | She gave him a mistrusting look and altered the question . |
| 9 | The president of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors , Christopher Jonas , said it would lead to " unnecessary blight and distort the property market " . |
| 10 | The purchaser and vendor should consider whether or not they wish to sign heads of terms before proceeding to due diligence and negotiating the sale agreement . |
| 11 | In consideration of the purchaser incurring the costs of its professional advisers in commencing due diligence and negotiating the binding agreement the vendor hereby undertakes to the purchaser that during the period from today until midnight on [ ] 19[] it shall not negotiate the sale of the business with any person ( either directly or indirectly ) other than the purchaser The only essential content of the heads of terms is to specify that they are subject to contract except for one or two specific clauses . |
| 12 | The local parliament in Sevastopol called for a political settlement and said the row strengthened its resolve to seek complete autonomy for Crimea . |
| 13 | The men who lived at the graphite pits in 1898 — 9 were the same persons who would be likely to get up in the middle of the night to help take stolen cattle five kilometres to the next relay team , thereby earning a little money and easing the tedium of village life . |
| 14 | I receive it with a grateful heart and let the light enter into me , until I am light . |
| 15 | He found his last meeting with the Shah a profoundly emotional experience and told the Shah he was so moved by the tragedy of it all that he would rather not speak . |
| 16 | If a polycyclic river is surveyed and results in a section comparable with that shown in Fig. 9.5 , it is possible to extend the segments of the river downstream either by continuing the curve ‘ freehand ’ or by finding a mathematical expression to fit each segment and extrapolating the curve on that basis . |
| 17 | Clock that it 's a left-hand drive , and therefore perhaps give a little bit more consideration to that driver and anticipate the fact that he might come out . |
| 18 | I would expect it to ‘ understand ’ the laws governing traditional notation practices , be able to automatically count the beats in each measure and transpose the score into any key . |
| 19 | I resent the inference in your questions that one of us visited that apothecary and secured the poison to carry the murder out . ’ |
| 20 | He insisted it was simple — go in that direction and plant the flags at regular intervals . |
| 21 | A comparison of the three types of system is possible , using the mean values of each parameter and taking the ‘ 29th edition ’ performance as 100% in each case . |
| 22 | If the defendant has made an interim payment before he pays in , his notice must specifically refer to the interim payment and aggregate the two amounts if he is to put the plaintiff at risk for the total . |
| 23 | I 'd be more'n happy to move out of this tied cottage and have the comfort of our own place , and I reckon with what Harry 's offered , we 'll soon have enough to buy summat small in Calking village , and if'n you doant want to come with me , Will Pritchett , then you can stay on here by yourself . |
| 24 | Richard wrapped one vest around each foot and tied the corners tightly . |
| 25 | In order to limit the frequency of stochastic effects to a low level and to prevent the occurrence of non-stochastic effects , the annual dose limit of 50 mSv ( 5 rem ) is recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection ( ICRP ) . |
| 26 | There were muslin curtains and brocade curtains , gilt cages with parroquets and love-birds , two squealing cockatoos , each out-squealing and out-chattering the other ; a clock singing tunes on a console-table , and another booming the hours like Great Tom , on the mantelpiece . |
| 27 | He got out the cheating stick and clipped the peg , swarming up in a daisy chain of quick-draws . |
| 28 | Telegraph writers assess yesterday 's Classic trial and mourn the loss of one of the greatest Champions of yesteryearJ A McGrath reports on the shake-up in the ante-post market after Forest Tiger 's flop in Newmarket 's Craven Stakes |
| 29 | Whether we call some individuals Ranters , others Levellers , Diggers , Muggletonians , early Quakers and so forth and then present them either as a type of ‘ lunatic fringe ’ to mainstream developments or , as Hill eloquently puts it in his The World Turned Upside Down : ‘ the attempts of various groups of the common people to impose their own solutions to the problems of their time , in opposition to the wishes of their betters who had called them into political action ’ is a matter of current political alignment and represents the way we wish to intervene in the present as in the past . |
| 30 | Remember to make a loud noise and vary the point in your thoughts at which you stop yourself . |