Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it were not for the hollow bones the 30-ton creature would have required inordinate amounts of energy , and thus more food , to move around . |
| 2 | But for the largest banks the whole business has meant big pickings … ’ |
| 3 | For the smarter operators the conventional recommendations of consultants , echoed across interminable seminars , lose their sense of urgency . |
| 4 | I suppose for the early settlers the smaller tarns such as those on Widdale , Baugh Fell and Whernside looked like tears on the face of the fell . |
| 5 | For the individual blocs the falling output-capital ratios were rather greater ( 10–20 per cent ) and thus contributed significantly to falls in profitability . |
| 6 | For the Japanese students the shameful dream may not be confined to these topics — for instance many of their dreams about failing examinations or their schooling in general may have been intrinsically shameful , and they reported both of these more often than the Americans . |
| 7 | To pay for the additional checks the new MoT test now costs £24 . |
| 8 | For the 60 films the mean value of P(A) was 0.70 ( range 0.43 to 0.96 ) and the mean B was 3.21 ( range 2.00 to 4.83 ) . |
| 9 | For the 60 films the mean P(A) was 0.75 ( range 0.44 to 1.00 ) and the mean B was 3.49 ( range 1.83 to 5.10 ) . |
| 10 | If for the Frankfurt School the problem to be dealt with was the relation of the phenomena of fascism , and particularly Auschwitz , to the ideals of the enlightenment and the progress of reason , for the French poststructuralists the historical perspective was similarly long . |
| 11 | For the abnormal subareas the highest efficiency was with a percentage of abnormal areas of 0.033 or more ( sensitivity 0.65 , specificity 1.0 ) . |
| 12 | For the 48 films the mean P(A) is 0.77 ( range 0.52 to 0.94 ) and the mean B is 3.07 ( range 1.6 to 4.38 ) , see Table 6.4 . |
| 13 | In elections held in May 1990 the NLD had won an overwhelming victory , but during the following months the ruling military junta ( the State Law and Order Restoration Council — SLORC ) had shown little indication that it was planning a transfer of power to civilian rule . |
| 14 | During the latter years the only minute of interest was in October 1869 when " the secretary was empowered to write to Mr Menzies and Dr. Campbell , the former from taking any papers and the latter from entering the room altogether , not being a subscriber , " In 1870 there was a complaint about the pilfering of papers and the committee have to acknowledge , with regret , that their attempts to prevent this evil have not been attended with such success as had been anticipated . |
| 15 | He believes that during the inter-war years the three sections of the upper class virtually fused together as they all became increasingly involved in the growing industrial enterprises . |
| 16 | In 1420 during the Hussite Wars the Old Town acquired the building and installed a mint there . |
| 17 | In public the actions of the Emperor and his court were governed by a rigid code of courtliness , as subtle and elaborate as the interlaced borders the Mughal artists painted around their miniatures . |
| 18 | Although there had been a 6 per cent swing from ‘ right ’ to ‘ left ’ between the two elections the former were still in a clear majority . |
| 19 | Clearly , the longer the time interval between the two assessments the greater the chances that there will be differences . |
| 20 | Through the early hours the close air had kept in the smell of grease and vinegar from fish papers littering the street in both directions from the fish and chip shop two or three doors down . |
| 21 | He trudged on down a wide muddy road , past the weird triangular shapes of sod-built huts , glimpsing through the smoky windows the red light of a fire , and outside the pools of yellowish water with the bits of sky that had fallen into them , and bog trunks lying half rotten . |
| 22 | Much of our assistance has been in the form of contributions through the multilateral institutions the European community programmes , the European bank of reconstruction and developing , the world bank . |
| 23 | USING THE American motion picture industry as a gauge of public interest it would seem that through the post-war years the American public was content to uneasily ignore the catastrophe that was Pearl Harbor . |
| 24 | After a few minutes the Carabinieri vehicle revved up and screeched off down the road . |
| 25 | After a few days the eldest brother told me to come . |
| 26 | After a few seconds the red lights on my suit turned to green . |
| 27 | After a few months the three girls began to settle down . |
| 28 | After a few months the initial enthusiasm for d-i-y started to wane , and the pace slowed right down as most of the rooms were completed . |
| 29 | This decision , which honours Cape Verde , has been interpreted by us as a recognition of the unwearying efforts the Capeverdian government and people are making in the struggle to build a new society based on social justice , progress and equal opportunity . |
| 30 | By shuffling the duties of the remaining officers the ruling Liberal Democrats claim that they will save up to £29,000 a year on the council 's wages bill . |