Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It undeniably happens to be the case that these phenotypic effects have largely become bundled up into discrete vehicles , each with its genes disciplined and ordered by the prospect of a shared bottleneck of sperms or eggs funnelling them into the future . |
| 2 | Being in a noble house , they discussed inheritance of land by means of ‘ entails ’ , the settling of land upon members of a family in a predetermined order to prevent any one owner or inheritor bequeathing it outside the family . |
| 3 | Last year the Republic refused to extradite Mr Ryan to Britain to face terrorism charges , including conspiracy to murder and cause explosions , on the grounds that allegations in the Press and Parliament linking him with the IRA meant he would not receive a fair trial in Britain . |
| 4 | Merchants could buy safe-conducts and licences exempting them from the right of wreck from the Duke of Brittany . |
| 5 | It 's normally a place for quiet reflection in the midst of the commercial centre of Edinburgh , but this morning it 's full of books – boxes and boxes of them wherever you look – and people sorting them for the annual Christian Aid Book Sale . |
| 6 | When Willis came out , England were 197 ahead with 151 minutes and twenty overs left and there can not have been many who doubted West Indies would win , but with Willis lunging his left leg forward and Willey protecting him from the strike as much as possible , they began to put together a remarkable stand . |
| 7 | I slide out of my smooth new womanly skin , and slide in behind the russet freckles and bristles facing me across the office to check this analysis . |
| 8 | A new sensitivity to the subject is suggested by the series of laws and practices concerning it in the nineteenth century . |
| 9 | She was admitted on a Tuesday , and her husband and son visiting her on the Friday found she 'd had no food in that time . |
| 10 | On the other hand , it may also be a sign of God 's hidden control and wisdom preparing us for the future . |