Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All this activity did little or nothing to reduce the level of local taxation . |
| 2 | By early 1973 it was clear that they would do little or nothing to protect the exchange rate from the impact of domestic policies , and indeed increasingly resented the attempts of European and Japanese central banks to prevent the dollar rate from finding its own level . |
| 3 | The Vendor is not in relation to the Business a party to any agreement , practice or arrangement which contravenes or is subject to registration under the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1976 , the Resale Prices Act 1976 or the Competition Act 1980 or which contravenes the provisions of the Fair Trading Act 1973 or which would or might either result in a reference to a ‘ consumer trade practice ’ within the meaning of Section 13 of the Fair Trading Act 1973 or to the Consumer Protection Advisory Committee under Part II of that Act or contravene any of the provisions of Articles 85 or 86 of the Treaty of Rome or any other anti-trust or consumer protection legislation . |
| 4 | You need a television , yeah , but you need a special special dish erm in Eurostep 's own publicity — I looked at this and they say the programme is available with , you know , sort of cheap and readily available sort of satellite dishes . |
| 5 | Either that or we write a couple of variations on the end of this and we say the general access conforms to this but in their case , the other one is pre-booked , the extras and they have a booking schedule . |
| 6 | D' ya remember going through this and what did the fella say on the phone , can you remember ? |
| 7 | St. Tue , whose hermit 's cell was nearby , heard of this and he attended the gathering to challenge Ulther , the leader of the giants , to a trial of strength . |
| 8 | Drink more than this and you run the risk of developing high blood pressure , which in turn can lead to heart attack or stroke . |
| 9 | An emphasis upon such occasions , taken in conjunction with the opinion surveys , could lead to the son of conclusion proposed by Shils and Young ( 1975 ) : the British people love their monarchy and this love is expressed during coronations and suchlike ceremonies with an intensity which borders on the mystical and which strengthens the sense of national community . |
| 10 | Luke is most anxious to make this clear and he uses the Greek word parthenos twice in the opening sentence . |
| 11 | Apart from anything else she was unemployed and they needed the two thousand pounds prize money . |
| 12 | Her fears were groundless and she slid the door back . |
| 13 | The fact was that the board got it wrong and we took the blame . |
| 14 | To imagine that there is er a great undercurrent of violence inside our football grounds is now quite wrong and I think the game is n't getting enough credit for the way in which it 's tackled it . |
| 15 | Now that was er , it was er or they were oranges what had been cut in half and they had the centre taken out so it was just the orange peel and that was pressed into these barrels , filled with water and that was then brought up on to the quay , left on the quay and that used to go to . |
| 16 | Everyone is keen to see otter , but again they prove elusive and we round the north of the island with nothing other than a few passing gannet , some tysties and shags and a couple of rabbits spotted among the peaty banks . |
| 17 | The government 's moves to widen abortion and to extend the principle of co-determination in industry both caused controversy , yet Schmidt 's personal popularity remained high and he survived the test of the October 1976 election . |
| 18 | Pitch your bid too high and you run the risk of driving your opponent away from the negotiating table . |
| 19 | Here is what you must memorise : These words are Latin and they form the basis of the secret to this trick . |
| 20 | Oh that juice , you know when erm they 're six weeks old and you get the bounty packs ? |
| 21 | ever so old and I lost the thing |
| 22 | As you all know , he is now free and we hope the other hostages will soon be free too . |
| 23 | At last they were all free and she pushed the material impatiently aside , her fingers losing themselves in the gloriously thick mat of dark curling hair on his powerful chest . |
| 24 | Trainee chef Tom Wilkinson , 20 , said : ‘ The action sequences were entertaining and I rated the whole thing as pretty good . ’ |
| 25 | The stems were wet and she felt the dampness seeping through her woollen gloves . |
| 26 | Her hand was wet and she gripped the receiver tightly , thinking back to the night of the February dance and how the telephone was fixed to the wall beside the door . |
| 27 | His eyes , meeting hers , were intensely blue and lively and she noticed the fine laughter lines on his face . |
| 28 | As the population becomes older , it also becomes wealthier and I draw the hon. Gentleman 's attention to the fact that the average pensioner has increased his or her income by 33 per cent . |
| 29 | The cost of educating our children is below the national recoupment figure , and that I think is good , right and proper and it reflects the many years of excellent Conservative administration that Oxfordshire has enjoyed . |
| 30 | But a boy at Bodedern Secondary School had seen them and told a teacher , and Paul Jones said he showed the marks to three teachers at Gwalchmai school in 1985 and they telephoned the social services . |