Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case there is something absurd about the notion that language or words can be attacked independently of their users . |
| 2 | THERE is still something slightly absurd about the notion that 4,812,000 people cast their votes for Mr Dan Duffy . |
| 3 | She was polite about the leeks and lumpy cheese and said a similar thing could be done with endives and it looked at first as if the lunch was going to prove a slightly awkward affair . |
| 4 | The court will , for example , try to construe a lease so that all payments of rent fall due during the term and in respect of periods that fall wholly within it ( Ladyman v Wirral Estates Ltd [ 1968 ] 2 All ER 197 , Whelton Sinclair v Hyland [ 1992 ] 2 EGLR 158 ) . |
| 5 | It was due for the chop and you know it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Michael was apprehensive about the leap and I said : ‘ If you do n't feel like it , I will jump on and do it . ’ |
| 7 | A palace aide said last night : ‘ We were all a bit apprehensive about the lunch but when they arrived they put everyone at ease . |
| 8 | Maryon felt quite apprehensive about the experiment and wondered what it would be like to live with Alan during the diet . |
| 9 | The impact of Big Bang on GKR was especially profitable for the firm because it was well prepared . |
| 10 | But Mr Ebbert added : ‘ Market conditions in Europe are worsening overall and our expectation is that 1993 has little hope of being as productive and profitable for the company as last year . ’ |
| 11 | He added : ‘ Market conditions in Europe are worsening overall and our expectation is that 1993 has little hope of being as productive and profitable for the company as last year . ’ |
| 12 | There is a suggested minimum , but if , if , if it 's right for the person and they can afford it , that a minimum of forty thousand pounds is , is , is er , er , an industry suggested figure of a minimum . |
| 13 | Parents and teachers are the leaders , and the child is expected to obey them because they ‘ know best ’ what is right for the individual and the society he/she is being prepared or ( as some would have it ) fitted for . |
| 14 | ‘ We would decide whether the bid was right for the club and for the player . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't want to sell them , but if an offer came in that was right for the club and right for the player , then we would consider it , just as any club would in the lower divisions in the same position . |
| 16 | Are there ideas which were not right for the time but which could be revived and used , ow ? |
| 17 | But for good measure we added extra benefits to ensure that the policy is right for the risks that householders face today . |
| 18 | With the expertise of a well respected manufacturer aware of the demands of modern catering , the hotel installed equipment which was right for the job and which culd be relied upon to help meet strict hygiene standards . |
| 19 | These sentiments were to prove too rich for the Whigs and Liberals who were predominant in the mid nineteenth century . |
| 20 | The last of them , before becoming extinct between the Permian and Triassic periods , were extremely large members of the labyrinthodont group . |
| 21 | He picked up his journal and leafed through the parchments until he found a certain sheet , then read it through in silence . |
| 22 | Harry drew the wallet from his pocket and leafed through the pictures until he found it . |
| 23 | Henry O'Bree was depressed about the exams and left behind a suicide note . |
| 24 | Such battalions had the additional valve that they made liaison practicable between the UDA and the law and order sensitive rural paramilitary organisations and kept open a bridge of respectability into UDA circles over which even pre-election politicians could come and go . |
| 25 | The supply chain project seeks to achieve this by focusing on future customer needs and driving them back through the activities of the business to make Guinness Brewing GB operate as effectively as possible for the company and its customers . |
| 26 | For routine meetings with fixed agenda , such as project review meetings , it is often possible for the agenda and the minutes to be the same standard form , one part of which records the information to be considered ( the agenda ) and the other the decisions taken ( the minutes ) . |
| 27 | This data helps the zoo provide the best environment possible for the animal and to accommodate all of its specific needs . |
| 28 | He made it possible for the duke and his eight-months pregnant duchess to rush back from Germany to Kensington Palace for the birth , putting up the royal cavalcade at his home in Shooter 's Hill on the way . |
| 29 | Because I am expecting there to be a conspiracy of silence on this matter and I intend to make it as difficult as possible for the Milettis and their friends . |
| 30 | This period will of course depend upon the nature of the works being carried out and while the landlord will expect quite a long overrun period , it should be possible for the landlord and the tenant to agree a suitable long stop date . |