Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [vb base] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I keep sending these coupons off that come through the door |
| 2 | Our feelings about this depend on the concept of equity . |
| 3 | Wistfully , Jaq quoted to himself the words of an ancient leader of the middle kingdom on bygone Earth : ‘ In the land of a thousand million people , what does the death of one million of these count in the cause of purity ? ’ |
| 4 | Several of these centre upon the fact that innovation takes time while markets change rapidly . |
| 5 | Few of these fall into the category of rich kids turning to crime just for kicks , but some believe they are equally blameless . |
| 6 | All of these suffer from the transfer problem already mentioned , though to a lesser extent . |
| 7 | Both of these depend on the capacity of organisms to integrate previously separated functions through the imposition of a superordinate system relating its subordinate parts ; and this requires the open transfer of information between those parts . |
| 8 | Many of these hide in the day to avoid desiccation , and gather their food during the damper night . |
| 9 | Two of these relate to the curve position ( grain size and peakedness ) and the other two to inclination of the limbs of the curve . |
| 10 | The most important of these relate to the quality and fitness of goods under supply contracts . |
| 11 | It might finally be observed that in its short life , Article 100A , which derogates from Article 100 by allowing the Council to act by qualified majority in co-operation with the European Parliament in order to complete the internal market , has already been used to anticipate new competences expressly recognized in the Maastricht amendments : two of these relate to the encouragement of ‘ trans-European networks ’ and measures in the sphere of energy , yet Article 100A had already been used to enact Council Directive 90/547 on the transit of electricity through transmission grids and Council Directive 91/287 on the transit of natural gas through grids . |
| 12 | However , both of these look at the state of the goods upon delivery . |
| 13 | Millions of these live in the bowel , where they help digestion , so it 's quite normal for them to be present , and all too easy for them to spread — in fact half of all cases of Cystitis are caused by bacterial infection . |
| 14 | Most of these live in the province of Sichuan with others in Gansu and Shaanxi . |
| 15 | Columns 1–3 are mutually exclusive , but any of these border of the mandible ( column 4 . ) |
| 16 | If the landlord of an Assured Tenant wishes to obtain possession of the premises he or she must first of all serve upon the tenant a Notice Seeking Possession of a Property let on an Assured Tenancy . |
| 17 | Stemp appeared before a disciplinary committee in Birmingham today — and was cleared of all blame for the incident . |
| 18 | If I could first of all deal with the presentation of the women 's gold badge and the executive has decided that the award should go this year to Peggy from the Midland and East Coast region . |
| 19 | The only reason is that after the by-election in Kincardine and Deeside only nine Conservative Members representing Scottish constituencies are left in the House , and the majority of those sit on the Government Front Bench . |
| 20 | ‘ It was one of those spur of the moment things , ’ giggles vocalist Dot in recollection . |
| 21 | Where will Work Experience or Mini-Enterprise be of most benefit to the curriculum ? |
| 22 | But these later pieces are of most use for the light they shed on the earlier development . |
| 23 | If it is not made clear in the psychologist 's report , the Tutor should recommend the type of assistance which would be of most help to the Student . |
| 24 | What interests me is what discussions such as these reveal about the relationship between television and the Press . |
| 25 | Know can also be followed by the bare infinitive , however , in a sense which is different from the one just discussed : ( 108 ) I 've not known anything like this happen in the College before . |
| 26 | Ingredients like these add to the promotion of this type of package deal . |
| 27 | A hybrid form of non-contingent cost based fee arrangement is to quote on a time basis for all work on the basis that the fee is payable whether or not the transaction completes in addition to arranging for a ‘ success fee ’ to be payable eg. a fixed amount on any completion and/or a sliding scale based on some monitor of performance . |
| 28 | She herself felt like a fair-minded vegetarian at a bullfight , filled with both alarm for the bull and reluctant admiration for the matador , who seems , on the face of it , to be at a disadvantage . |
| 29 | When both of the fish are ready to spawn , the ritual described earlier recommences with both fish in the spawning embrace slowly sinking . |
| 30 | And traditionally , I find , British parents tend to erm say on the one hand we 'll let the school get on and do their professional job — I find it quite depressing they do n't ask for more say in the organisation , but they do demand , quite rightly , the right to criticise when things go wrong . |