Example sentences of "and [indef pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We pride ourselves in being able to offer anyone and everyone the OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE in their chosen sport or leisure pursuit . |
| 2 | If you have had more than a little alcohol you would probably become so relaxed that you fell asleep and nothing the therapist was saying would register at all . |
| 3 | They can payout 15 per cent in a good year and nothing the next . |
| 4 | The wife , we learn , is the one who is about to be tried for the crime , and nothing the narrator has been able to say has convinced the police he himself is the guilty man . |
| 5 | The little woman , instead of having to explain the spending of twenty-five shillings of the housekeeping money on a half bottle of " cooking " brandy , would be at liberty to raid the Scotch for a few tablespoonsful at any time , and nobody the wiser . |
| 6 | It refers to the fable of the sick lion and the wary fox , who is frightened at seeing all the footprints pointing towards the den and none the other way . |
| 7 | It refers to the fable of the sick lion and the wary fox , who is frightened at seeing all the footprints pointing towards the den and none the other way . |
| 8 | Parker 's 42nd century was a mixture of flowing drives and some sketchy mistiming on a slow , low-bouncing wicket which resulted in Oxford losing only two matches last season and none the year before . |
| 9 | Gutters and downpipes , once made of cast iron , are now nearly always of PVC , and none the worse for that except that they need more frequent supports . |
| 10 | Agnes watched her walk to the gate , as spry as a sparrow , and none the worse it seemed for her tumble . |
| 11 | In the case of the Leet-Judson-Kauffman Physical Geology the reason is clear ; the book is a crammer and none the worse for that . |
| 12 | He played that aspect of himself which could well have been in a war — after all he had trained long enough for it — and the result was the sort of performance he was to deliver several times in his film career and none the worse for that : professional , convincing . |
| 13 | In a true political democracy , such a declaration is of course perfectly allowable ; and none the less so for least that the general interest will not suffer from the exercise of the right ; and that the loss or diminution of any other opposed rights can be justified . |
| 14 | If he gives , and intends to give , that power , and the power is exercised , the person who takes under the execution of the power obtains the property , not against , but by the authority of , the original owner , and none the less because the authority was obtained by fraud . ’ |
| 15 | And none the worse . ’ |
| 16 | He had been cocky himself once , and none the worse for it now . |
| 17 | Its mystical character was marvellously caught by the young players whose approach to the work as a whole was a shade more romantic than many and none the worse for that . |
| 18 | In 1963 , Leavis published an essay called ‘ Research in English ’ , attacking what he called ‘ a menacing academicism against which we have to be militantly upon our guard — a form of academicism institutionally established in America , and one the tendency towards which in this country — the developments of civilization favouring it — is much strengthened by American influence … |
| 19 | The Rottweiler was recognized as a police dog , and though it came fourth behind three other breeds , it was a start , a start to a new career and one the breed took to with relish . |
| 20 | Each sentence was presented in conjunction with two pictures , one of which depicted the singular version of the sentence and one the plural . |
| 21 | In fact , their blood was remarkably similar , which was the root of the problem and one the doctors at Pembury understood . |
| 22 | In order to represent signed numeric values , we divide the range of available binary patterns into two nearly-equal sections , and use one to represent the positive , and one the negative , values . |
| 23 | Some limited bit significance is provided by splitting the operation code field into two portions , one specifying the instruction group and one the particular instruction within the group . |
| 24 | There 's two other parties , one doing the south-east and one the Pertsey side . " |
| 25 | That 's another thing you see that that that today you had a a tin ladle and it ever the ladle sort of leaked or developed a hole in ti you did n't discard it and throw it away , you used to go and buy what was called a , which was two little tin washers with a little bit of , I ca n't remember if it was f a fabric or or rubber , two pieces and you put one on one side and one the other and then a little screw and bolt went through , nut and bolt went through it and tightened it up and that stopped your leak , and that ladle then lasted a lot more a lot longer time . |
| 26 | Normally , paired exposures are made , one showing the transmitted light view and one the CL view . |
| 27 | One held the current picture , one the previous picture , and one the result of a bitwise comparison . |
| 28 | You said that erm sometimes the mums one would sit on one side of the street and one the other skipping w |
| 29 | Serbian influence was strong in Bulgaria , as in the Turnovo churches , but more common were the aisleless halls , barrel vaulted and with two domes raised on drums , one over the centre and one the narthex . |
| 30 | It refers to three radically different kinds of human behaviour and attitudes , one of which expresses ordinary human nature , one the " spiritual " dimension , and one the reverse of both : what may be called the " demonic " , whether that word is understood symbolically or not . |