Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The landed rich became economically active , especially in the eighteenth century , through the rise of commercialised farming , banking , and trade with the colonies . |
| 2 | He who possessed all things , laid it all aside , he who was rich became poor |
| 3 | Meanwhile Labour insist Cheltenham is now a 3 horse race with issues not personalities at the forefront . |
| 4 | Er if for no other reason than er if the compensation scheme was to be made retrospective to include the victims of the Maxwell fraud , it would at least erm restore some public confidence in the in the pensions industry . |
| 5 | Let us suppose that it was somehow possible to banish the feelings which give rise to such ugly behaviour in human beings . |
| 6 | Nothing is easier than to obey a master who is perhaps exacting , but who rules over all details of life , assures one 's daily bread , and makes it possible to banish all concern from the mind . |
| 7 | 1.2 agrees to pay for the Licensed Software in accordance with the Pricing Policy as defined in Schedule 3 and with the Terms of Payment as defined in Schedule 4 . |
| 8 | Despite the fact that some anxiety is necessary and normal to perform any task , in coping with anxiety and stress problems clinically we are usually dealing with levels which are too high . |
| 9 | Southern North Sea : Wind north-east strong to near gale . |
| 10 | But this year the race itself became less American and even more international when it lost the 58-year-old veteran competitor who best embodies what the Indianapolis 500 represents . |
| 11 | In contrast to peoples who believe that their communities have existence through time through rules of corporation , the Piaroa do not understand ‘ community ’ and the relationships of which it is comprised as a political given that allows for continuity through time . |
| 12 | However , the problems facing peasant producers are not only economic but also political given the control traditionally exercised by the PRI . |
| 13 | Another contributor agreed that it was possible to trot out any number of excuses for the lack of jobs , such as the political unrest ; but unemployment existed in West Belfast before the political unrest . |
| 14 | We were due to go out at 2000 hours . |
| 15 | ‘ This has come out of the blue , and we are due to go to Argentina next summer , ’ said Wood . |
| 16 | The commission 's report , due to go to the president by early February , will eventually be published . |
| 17 | I 'm due to go next week . |
| 18 | I had friends there but I used to just start crying before I was due to go . ’ |
| 19 | He was due to go up to the Blue Mountains that morning and she started having pains , she said . |
| 20 | Mr Murray had agreed to broadcast a message to CHAB listeners at 8.30 and the party was due to go on , by train , to Regina at 9.15 pm . |
| 21 | A few days before we were due to go , my mother would begin packing . |
| 22 | About a week before Michael was due to go back into hospital , we managed a few days holiday in the Lake District . |
| 23 | I was talking to this other lad across the road — we were due to go off duty at two and we were just hanging about before making our way down to the station — there was no relief for us on that shift . |
| 24 | About half an hour before I was due to go off , he made my half-hour point . |
| 25 | An application to set up a pharmacy in the village , which would threaten the services offered by GPs in Four Marks and Ropley , had been turned down , but was due to go to appeal . |
| 26 | The Glory arrived at eight , well before Jack was due to go to school . |
| 27 | The former James Bond star got stagefright only weeks before the curtain was due to go up on the original West End show and made a shock exit . |
| 28 | British Petroleum is to cut 9,000 jobs worldwide by 1995 , in addition to 11,500 jobs already due to go by next year . |
| 29 | [ As we go to press , we have heard that Alan is due to go into hospital on 13 January to have an operation . ] |
| 30 | Brigadier Smithson , who was apparently due to go on leave the next day , rang Southern Command and managed to arrange that he should go straight to London by train after the conference . |