Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath continental lithosphere is also associated with a trench and an inclined zone of seismicity , but in this case volcanic activity occurs within the active mountain belt located on the continental lithosphere fringing the trench . |
| 2 | In tracing the influence of psychodynamic theory , Payne offers a three part periodic table consisting of the following elements : prior to 1920 when these theories had little influence ( pre-influence ) ; a period of dominance between the 1930s and 1960s ; from the 1960s to the present when they form one of many alternatives . |
| 3 | And on the occasions when there was an epidemic of sheep scab we all went to the sheep dipping tub kept by the Fawcetts , and later the Thwaites at High Birk Hatt , to double dip them in a special drench . |
| 4 | Oct-11b has diverged at 10 nucleotides in a total of 90 within the POU specific domain compared with the structural gene and is therefore a clearly distinct but related sequence ( Figure 8 ) . |
| 5 | Mustill LJ said in Parmenter that , although the two offences are seen as different by defendants and lawyers , the mens rea is the same : If the Cunningham subjective test combined with the low level of intent prescribed by Mowatt is applied to s.47 in the same way as s.20 , the moral overtones of the two offences become indistinguishable , and the differences between the two depend upon variations between the levels of physical injury which may often be the result of chance . |
| 6 | In one place , he said , he had seen a foetus of about eight months old lying spilled on the road beside its dead mother . |
| 7 | The benefits of this route could be substantial : about half of the Currie High roll comes from the Baberton and Juniper Green area , and when I carried out a survey , among parents , of travel to the school from these areas last year , a substantial number of families were in favour of opening up this path . |
| 8 | Modern peace-makings seem not to entail marriages between the disputants , as the historic ones sometimes did ; but in all other respects contemporary practice accords with the image . |
| 9 | There was a flat-screen TV and video recorder on a two-tier trolley , both remote controlled , headphones for a radio and tape system , remote-controlled blinds and curtains and a small fridge with the words Personal Bar printed on the door . |
| 10 | A 3 bedroom semi-detached house situated in the popular Elms Rise area . |
| 11 | He was flown out from Dublin airport to Manchester after waiving the rights he possessed under Irish law which would have allowed him to stage a marathon legal battle to stay in the Republic . |
| 12 | It was nerve-racking to remember Rosie 's shattering scream as the knife sprang from the bag and hit the floor , but the memory of her distress forced Rain to tug at the staples that secured the bag . |
| 13 | A large puce Chinese lantern dangled from the ceiling and a silver tinsel Christmas tree stood on the coffee table . |
| 14 | The opposition Sacred Union called on the armed forces to abandon Mobutu and asked foreign governments not to co-operate with Diaka ; it also called for France and Belgium to return their troops to the country . |
| 15 | The annual meeting of the City of Londonderry and Foyle Unionist Party called on the Government to change its mind and site the new university in Derry . |
| 16 | the effect financial devolution has on the role of the teacher ; |
| 17 | On March 12 the government announced the further postponement of the presidential elections [ see p. 38754 ] to allow candidates sufficient time to campaign throughout the country . |
| 18 | This is a lovely feature of the property with deep full width paved patio leading to the beautiful rear garden which contains a very well tended lawn with well stocked surrounding borders containing a variety of mature trees and shrubs . |
| 19 | It also depended on the promotion of the belief that free markets are both economically efficient and socially just — and in crucial respects local government stood in the way of such promotion . |
| 20 | Works produced at the theatre in Hvar , rebuilt in 1612 after its destruction in 1571 , five years before London 's first theatre was built , carried on the literary traditions of the Hvar literary school established in the previous century . |
| 21 | THE New Hemlington Pastoral Centre benefitted from the recent Annual Charity Social , as reported in last month 's ‘ Voice ’ . |
| 22 | The aim of this project is to provide an empirical background to these issues by investigating the effects multi-national activity has on the structure and performance of the domestic economy . |
| 23 | This second hypothetical offender remains in the 14 year bracket . ’ |
| 24 | Just how COSE II and COSE III will turn out remains unclear , although a systems management working group initiated by the COSE firms will likely be a vehicle for these developments . |
| 25 | THE highest ranking North Korean official to defect to the South yesterday poured scorn on Pyongyang 's decision to open its nuclear facilities to international inspection , saying it was a ruse . |
| 26 | Scheduled to begin on Aug. 30 , the talks had been delayed due to North Korea 's refusal , at an unofficial contact between foreign ministry officials prior to the talks , to respond to Japan 's repeated call for information about a Japanese woman known as Li Un Hye , who had allegedly been kidnapped by North Korea to tutor the former North Korean agent convicted of the 1987 bombing of a South Korean passenger plane [ see p. 35905 ] . |
| 27 | The Japanese-controlled South Manchurian Railway acted as the major base for the expansion of Japanese interests in the province . |
| 28 | The £100,000 funded trip leaves for the US on October 9 and the participants return to the province just before Christmas . |
| 29 | The ‘ crunch ’ was signalled by an UITF unusual statement issued by the ASB , drawing attention to the loose interpretation by ‘ a small minority ’ of companies of one particular Urgent Issues Task Force ruling , Abstract 3 , on the treatment of goodwill on disposal of a business ( see ACCOUNTANCY , February 1992 , p 112 ) . |
| 30 | They shared many intellectual attitudes : both were anticlerical , both believed in the encouragement of a Slavonic culture within the Habsburg lands , and both had an interest in the development of a South Slav language based on the everyday speech of the common people . |