Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [art] [adj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the content of silver reaches a half the metal is generally referred to as electrum . |
| 2 | Looking at the yield curve graphically , Fig. 17.2(a) shows the ‘ normal ’ yield curve we would expect to find , with yields rising the longer the bond ( gilt ) has to go to maturity . |
| 3 | Its aim was to provide a convivial meeting place where the enlightened could help formulate a programme to teach the uninitiated the nature of the enemy which was undermining the country . |
| 4 | Accordingly the older the child concerned the greater the weight the court should give to its wishes , certainly in the field of medical treatment . |
| 5 | The longer this salad chills the better the flavour . |
| 6 | Delegation of authority thus refers to the process by which a superior gives a subordinate the authority to carry out an aspect of the superior 's job . |
| 7 | This was that women became subordinated economically because the men gained control of the means of production , and so ‘ while the husband became the bourgeois the wife represented the proletariat ’ [ p. 137 ] . |
| 8 | With increasing thermal energy the chain ends will be able to rotate more readily than the rest of the chain and the more chain ends a sample has the greater the contribution to the free volume when these begin moving , consequently the glass transition temperature is lowered . |
| 9 | The idea of the challenge , conceived by Chay Blyth , was to give anyone aged between 20 and 60 the chance to buy a round the world adventure for £14 , 850 , subject to convincing Blyth of their suitability and enthusiasm . |
| 10 | This year 's 30th Anniversary could be our chance to make the 90s the decade in which groups shoot ahead . |
| 11 | In general , the higher the proportion of unexpected local price movements attributed to aggregate demand shocks the smaller the effect on real output of any aggregate demand shock . |
| 12 | The subject and verb stay the same the object |
| 13 | In the long run , the obvious consequence of this is that the more frequently a word occurs the lower the threshold of its logogen will be , and hence the less activation of the logogen needed for it to reach threshold . |
| 14 | He claimed that if the state neglected the poor the public had a Christian duty to fill the gap . |
| 15 | Moreover , the farther from shore a duck sleeps the greater the distance a cat must cover in its final uncovered dash . |
| 16 | This involves increasingly elaborate camera moves the longer the shot is held or else relies heavily on the interest of dialogue if the camera is not moving significantly . |
| 17 | The richer the content of the problem solved the happier the child . |
| 18 | Turnell rates the seven-year-old the sort to make up into Hennessy Gold Cup material next year . |
| 19 | The ends of cylinder boxes carried the nearest the cylinder format ever got to labels . |
| 20 | The advantage of this is that since the signal position remains the same the signal too is unchanged . |
| 21 | The traditional elements are not recognisable in Africa as ‘ the work of human hands ’ and because magic uses the exotic the bread and wine of the Eucharist tend to be viewed as magical . |
| 22 | A problem in the other direction was that the greater the leaf cover the greater the amount of reflected light is blocked . |
| 23 | Laches could amount to bad faith and , in any case , the longer the time lag the greater the likelihood that the partners will , even inadvertently , do some act which affirms their partnership with the offending partner and which might raise an estoppel to prevent their proceeding with his expulsion . |
| 24 | She said yeah the mother won the hundred the son-in-law won the fifty |
| 25 | THE Property Exchange , a new company publishing a national directory of people who want to swap homes rather than sell them ( if the properties have different values , one party pays the other the difference ) says that so far most people are looking for smaller homes . |
| 26 | She 's a very conceited woman , Pete the adulterous told me she was a very conceited woman and er Neil says I I I 'd have to talk to him to him about this , she could n't discuss anything with him she would lay down the law , that was how it had to be and I said no I said Gerry and I , I had no hesitation , as I said , in putting the boot in and Brenda and Dave take the same the attitude to children that you let them first of all when they 're small , you have to tell them no like you do not |