Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The celebrated cases make the point that in spite of its ill-deserved reputation , Glasgow is actually more peaceful than a lot of other places I could think of … unless , of course , you were an innocent wee serving lassie in 1862 . |
| 2 | Special gloves and even whole body suits mean the game can be felt as well . |
| 3 | in what ideological terms do these classes or groups perceive the problem of soil erosion — causes , blame , solutions ? |
| 4 | In other words , to the extent that Christianity is seen as providing a source of values which can legitimise the market economy , those same values undermine the assumptions from which a humanistic defence of the market economy starts . |
| 5 | An architect by profession , he took six months off work to help the builders make the house habitable , and then he and Anne painted it from top to bottom in a vibrant range of colour schemes , theirs is the tonic to take : the narrow winding staircase is an orangey red , the kitchen a pale blue , the living room a shade of yellow , the conservatory woodwork a blue-green , and so on . |
| 6 | It is , indeed , difficult to avoid the generalization that while classical tendencies are increasingly becoming the ‘ dominant ’ ( in Jakobson 's sense ) in a commercial system such as that epitomized by US broadcasting , naturalist tendencies remain the dominant in the UK where public-service values retain an increasingly tenuous hold . |
| 7 | The latest facelifts make the point . |
| 8 | Her fingers tickle the hairs on the back of my hand . |
| 9 | However voluntary groups lack the funds to do as much as they would like in providing comfortable well staffed centres . |
| 10 | At present , black comedy 's screen coverage is limited to The Real McCoy — whose shaky sets and second-rate scripts hinder the scene 's advancement as much as the very presence of the show helps it . |
| 11 | Beyond these woods lay the round green hills of Donegal 's farmland , not unlike England 's South Downs , the fields bounded by tall hedges . |
| 12 | During my term as manager I have made few friends and my enemies stalk the boardroom in ever increasing numbers . |
| 13 | The programmes combine the acquisition of a language ( French , German or Spanish ) with study of the basic disciplines traditionally associated with Business and Management . |
| 14 | A million neon signs push the delicacy of the pink twilight into a dull haze . |
| 15 | In the least ‘ radical ’ forms , the home authorities remain the main providers of services , but the purchasing of services from other health authorities is increased . |
| 16 | In the least ‘ radical ’ forms , the home authorities remain the main providers of services , but purchasing of services from other health authorities is increased . |
| 17 | Liberal theories centre their attention on the almost free-floating power of the Commons , whereas liberal-democratic accounts by-pass the significance of the Commons in order to place a twin emphasis on the government ( the Cabinet and the Prime Minister ) and the people in special relationship each to the other . |
| 18 | Below all these strata lay the immemorial peasant base of straight barter and the still-important tax in kind . |
| 19 | Wildlife experts fear the calm weather may return too late to save them . |
| 20 | But some experts fear the advertisements could actually make the problem worse . |
| 21 | So far only one in ten British companies have adopted the code and experts fear the problem could be widespread . |
| 22 | But unless the offers , like £10 off a suit , make enough of us buy , the experts fear the campaign will end up biting into the M&S profit margins . |
| 23 | For some of the work auditory sequences are presented to investigate the question of whether auditory and visual temporal patterns mean the same thing to the infant . |
| 24 | Suffice it to say here that the evidence to support the general proposition that higher taxes undermine the work ethic is largely inconclusive . |
| 25 | Resist the temptation to climb onto the ledge , for this is one of those red herrings which prove difficult to retreat from , and make haste with the short traverse , after which a few moves on rounded layaways gain the surprisingly airy belay . |
| 26 | However , at the root of the conflicts lay the size or intractability of the problems concerned . |
| 27 | Twice the Devil has been decisively defeated by God , but his strategies remain the same . |
| 28 | Giants stalk the waterways , day in , day out . |
| 29 | I will concentrate on the problem of anaphor resolution , showing how preferential phenomena complicate the task of co-ordinating the activities of various resolution subprocesses , and suggesting solutions to four specific co-ordination problems . |
| 30 | As the clients relaxation skills develop the exercises may be combined so as to speed up the process of relaxation . |