Example sentences of "the [noun] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But , no matter how much Steven made his camera swoop and glide and giddy-up around the sets , he could n't stop them from looking like boring old panto scenery , especially since the galleon never put out to sea ( which would have been too mega-expensive ) , and the Lost Boys ' camp was crammed full of Starlight Express -style skate-boarding tracks . |
| 2 | Most of those aboard the Vlorewere quickly rounded up after scrambling or swimming ashore . |
| 3 | I was shown into a bare room where paper spilled from the desks then taken back round the main hall . |
| 4 | Among the bogies foolishly trotted out for this purpose is the imaginary policeman … |
| 5 | The project review dates are indicated by a vertical dotted line , and at this time a horizontal line is drawn beneath each bar to indicate the progress actually made up to that date . |
| 6 | The project review dates are indicated by a vertical dotted line , and at this time a horizontal line is drawn beneath each bar to indicate the progress actually made up to that date . |
| 7 | Since we know that the periodicity of some variables is longer than the monitoring already carried out by human beings , we must make use of surrogate or proxy variables to extend our range of knowledge ( such as via tree rings , palynology , oxygen isotope ratios from ice cores and geomorphological evidence of environmental change ) ; |
| 8 | The witch-hunt then moved on to try to unseat the editor of Borba and it is clearly the intention of the Serbian nationalists , who have seized control of the Serbian Party , that they should control all newspapers and journals published in Belgrade , even if they are federal organs such as Borba . |
| 9 | The user currently logged on to LIFESPAN via PI is not an assessor of the DC , therefore access is denied . |
| 10 | The user currently logged on to LIFESPAN via PI is not the associated user of the DCs listed , therefore they can not be activated via the package . |
| 11 | The user currently logged on to LIFESPAN via PI is not the associated user of the DC , therefore access is denied . |
| 12 | The authorities also tightened up on illegal emigration — the coastal areas were patrolled and hiding-places for illegal emigrants were found in central Funchal ; those responsible were arrested , tried and sentenced . |
| 13 | On the few stumps that remained of Verdun 's noble forests on the Right Bank , the bark either hung down in strips , or else had long since been consumed by half-starved pack-horses . |
| 14 | Fresh-faced and bright-eyed , we five-year-olds trooped off to school : troubled and sophisticated we returned , the stuffing all knocked out of us . |
| 15 | Beverly Halstead , a distinguished paleontologist at Reading University who tragically died in April 1991 , said footprint fossils showed that the carnosaurs usually moved around in packs at about two-and-three-quarters mph . |
| 16 | In many ways the CPVE conforms very closely to the goals originally set out for the GCSE . |
| 17 | The delegation then moved on to South Cleveland Hospital . |
| 18 | Presently a governor of two Suffolk schools , the task is increasingly time consuming , responsible , unpaid and costly in terms of petrol consumed ( no travel expenses paid ) , but still rewarding in terms of relationships within the schools carefully built up over the years . |
| 19 | The interview then moved on to the consideration of the Head of Department 's departmental work , but kept drifting back to his ambition for wider experience . |
| 20 | The research currently carried out in the Glasgow Homoeopathic Hospital embraces a number of fields other than homoeopathy , such as diets and diet therapy , neural therapy , magnetic field therapy and acupuncture . |
| 21 | When the car finally pulled up in St Aldate 's , the young driver opened the rear door and shook Sergeant Lewis awake , failing to notice that the first action of his passenger was to run the forefinger of his left hand slowly along his upper teeth . |
| 22 | Originally destined for RAF service as RE905 , the aircraft actually ended up in charge with the RCAF until 1946 . |
| 23 | The Leader of the Opposition simply pointed out in an article that he wrote just before the party conference that the proportion of gross domestic product — national income — devoted to education since 1979 had dropped , and that if it had remained the same , the difference would be the figure to which the hon. Gentleman has referred . |
| 24 | They found Faltour 's Lane and turned into the dirty refuse-filled alleyway , the daylight almost blocked out by the overhanging gables of the houses which reared up on either side . |
| 25 | I do n't know whether it would be helpful , sir , if Mrs could indicate on the plan recently handed in to you |
| 26 | Deploying fighter aircraft for the first time since the 1991 Gulf war , with some flights north of the 36th parallel ( i.e. over the Kurdish " safe haven " area ) , the Iraqis also built up in early April their deployment of ground forces , surface-to-air missiles and radar tracking equipment directed north of the 36th parallel , apparently seeking to capitalize on US inaction over " skirmishes " with the Kurds . |
| 27 | Moreover , in its initial area , unlike in London , there were few original residents to displace and environmental improvements succeeded in granting access to large stretches of the waterfront formerly sealed off from the public . |
| 28 | Most of the work previously carried out at Severn Tunnel Junction was transferred to Gloucester , Cardiff Tidal and East Usk ( Newport ) yards , with Stoke Gifford ( Bristol ) playing a minor role . |
| 29 | This is being used to investigate the incidence of taxation and benefits at the level of individual households , building on the work already carried out by the Central Statistical Office . |
| 30 | John Major has proposed the setting up of a national environment agency which will combine the regulation of waste disposal with the work currently carried out by HM Pollution Inspectorate and the National Rivers Authority . |