Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 16 , however ( and perhaps in 15 , too ) , it is possible to argue not only that the two sentences can be used to make identical statements , but more specifically that horse and mare make effectively the same semantic contribution to their respective sentences . |
| 2 | Er Mr Deputy Speaker it 's also quite important that I make clear the Labour party 's position in respect to the article which calls for uniform electoral procedures to be set up for elections to the European parliament . |
| 3 | They were in a windowless hole of a dressing room , backstage of the El Paradiso — another charity , bring on the bloody drag ! |
| 4 | They bring on the young ponies and in return he teaches them . |
| 5 | Bring on the big 0s . |
| 6 | We say " the same man " and mean numerically the same human person ; and we say " the same colour " and mean a quality that can be possessed or exemplified by different individuals . |
| 7 | Track down the following books through the index . |
| 8 | I feel somewhat like a Saint Bernard as I track down the American conductor John Nelson by telephone across the Alps . |
| 9 | On this model of organic relationships , the lower animals are merely immature versions of humankind : they develop along the same scale but mature at an earlier point in the process . |
| 10 | When the brew is at your preferred strength , just push down the plunger to halt the brewing process and strain the leaves . |
| 11 | Leaving the deep hearth for whatever reason , hunger , duty , sexual imperatives , you trot along the lightless , complicated corridors of the buried labyrinth , their ambient odour a composite of you and all your kin . |
| 12 | Anyway , they taste much the same , and last year beetroot soup was added to the menu . |
| 13 | The poison develops a little time after the leaf has sprouted , so the monkeys can avoid the worst of it if they eat only the youngest leaves . |
| 14 | I mean erm presumably I mean obviously the local authority has its own people |
| 15 | Mow , mow down the tender grass Ebalgume ! |
| 16 | The basic problems , however , remain much the same . |
| 17 | ‘ I fear somewhat the same circumstances . ’ |
| 18 | Having set the backlight , bring in the key light , so called because it provides the photographic modelling and sets the general level of exposure . |
| 19 | ‘ The small orders bring in the big ones . ’ |
| 20 | Say , you have a problem with a youth , they could do you out this plan that would sound very good on paper — bring in the social workers , bring in the DHSS and juvenile liaison . |
| 21 | Get rid of the pensioners : bring in the fit young props reared on body-fat callipers , VO2 max and three Weetabix for breakfast . |
| 22 | The end was nigh for the old tradesman prop : bring in the bulky back-row forward . |
| 23 | But when your father has been murdered the day you make only the fourth televised maximum break , when you win your first major title and receive a hero 's reception on returning to your native land , even the prospect of meeting Hendry is going to cause no more than a flutter of the eyelid . |
| 24 | Skylark , one of the leading groups in this field , bring together the various strands of their respective influences to produce a vibrant and exciting sound . |
| 25 | Four-year-old Final Film of Birkenhead and the long established north west market leader Rockcliffe Printing Group at Aintree , bring together the former 's high tech colour production service and the latter 's high volume capability to service large corporate bodies . |
| 26 | ‘ Business-unit planning councils ’ bring together the top managers of strategic business units and the local presidents and top officials of the unions , perhaps four or five times a year . |
| 27 | The successes of the 1980s were based on close links with individual Passenger Transport Executives which bring together the local authorities of seven major conurbations . |
| 28 | representative : they enable all relevant interests to be involved in the decision-making process and they bring together the specialised knowledge of working people into a working combination ; |
| 29 | But in the end when the mind has become permanently calm and we have released ourselves from the enslavement by the child , we can relax our guard and bring together the diverse parts of life in a total unity , |
| 30 | If applying two coats , lightly rub down the first coat when it is dry to form a good key for the second coat . |