Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [pers pn] [vb -s] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each goal is planned for a week but some may possibly require longer ; our dieter will have to take extra time if it is taking her body longer to adjust than she anticipates at the start . |
| 2 | Although in some cases , part of the site may survive because it lies outside the area to be destroyed , more often the whole site disappears and only excavation records and finds are left . |
| 3 | The work of Melanie Klein is omitted because it relates to the technicalities of psychoanalytic therapy , which is not of central concern here , where it does not impinge on sociology . |
| 4 | Traditional teaching of English literature has been attacked because it creates in the pupil a mood of passivity , an instinctive submission to authority . |
| 5 | Father Barnes will know whether it belongs to the church and with luck there may be prints . |
| 6 | Well I 'd be happy to give you the name of the particular one but I do n't know whether it applies to the young . |
| 7 | I would like to think you could perhaps mention to Peter if you see him in the next couple of days , I do n't know whether he pops into the office but we , it would be nice if you could if you could mention |
| 8 | Can the minis can the minister of state in view of his many visits to America , say whether he agrees with the Secretary of State 's earlier statement that American does not have a minimum wage legislation ? |
| 9 | In turn , these two characteristics permit hierarchy to meet four of any organization 's fundamental needs : to add real value to work as it moves through the organization , to identify and nail down accountability at each stage of the value-adding process , to place people with the necessary competence at each organizational layer , and to build a general consensus and acceptance of the managerial structure that achieves these ends . |
| 10 | In fact , he turns up at the Harlem Hospital , a few blocks north , two days later , and is heckled as he walks along the wards . |
| 11 | The planet grows to fill the screen , the saucer glows as it passes into the atmosphere . |
| 12 | The presenter of This Is Your Life flinches when he speaks of the recent major surgery on Patrick 's hip . |
| 13 | It can be done before it appears on the air , either in a private room or in a theatre , to a large or small audience ; it can be done after it has appeared by personal interview or ( as frequently in the USA ) by telephone . |
| 14 | Listen what Paul says when he writes to the Romans in chapter five he says , for why we were still helpless , at the right time Christ died for the ungodly . |
| 15 | For our purposes , what matters about it is that it is an all-or-none signal , with an amplitude that does not attenuate as it travels along the axon . |
| 16 | It needs , as a minimum , some complementary statement of aims of what the NHS should achieve as it moves into the next century . |
| 17 | And when he gets it on , the , the C and D truck it sets off , what happens when he stops at the first set of traffic lights ? or turns out ? |
| 18 | My choice of heating equipment may raise a few eyebrows , ranging as it does from the advanced to the primitive . |
| 19 | Shareholders can afford to celebrate when it comes to the dividend . |
| 20 | And that brings us to the end of another fun half hour — tomorrow Katie Wood will be showing us how the other half relax when she mixes with the toffs on a country house weekend near John O'Groats . |
| 21 | Far , far he goes until he goes under the sea . |
| 22 | If in doubt , one compares another specimen with the type in order to see if it belongs to the same species . |
| 23 | Such an Order may be used where it appears to the authority to be expedient in the interests of proper planning of their area , including the interests of amenity , regard being had to the development plan and to any other material considerations . |
| 24 | In the simplest form the word will only be verified if it exists in the dictionary . |
| 25 | Vic sighs , hits the Off button on the clock , switches on his bedside lamp ( its dimmer control turned low for Marjorie 's sake ) , gets out of bed and paddles through the deep pile of the bedroom carpet to the en suite bathroom , making sure the connecting door is closed before he turns on the light inside . |
| 26 | Johnston , saddling his 48th winner of the year , should now go on to achieve his maiden half century , and does not mind whether it happens in the last four days of turf racing or on the all-weather . |
| 27 | At the beginning Dickens piles up adjectives in order to set the scene and build atmosphere as is shown when he writes in the first chapter |
| 28 | But an interesting analogy with the US can be drawn when it comes to the Urgent Issues Task Force . |
| 29 | Charles must use these years to make his mark and dabble in things that he may have to surrender when he succeeds to the throne . |
| 30 | Well you got nearly a mile to walk when he gets to the station . |