Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [noun] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Return to the pan and heat gently , stirring constantly until the custard coats the back of the spoon . |
| 2 | The revised scheme proposed that the water authorities , now with only the functions of water supply and sewage disposal , should be privatised , but that a new National Rivers Authority should be created ( in the public sector ) to take over from the water authorities the regulatory functions of pollution control , water conservation , land drainage and flood protection , conservation , recreation , fisheries and navigation . |
| 3 | As I trudge my way home through the city streets The cats and the houses retreat And a thunder of hooves beats in my mind And I gallop through acres of wheat . |
| 4 | It 's been clear for years ( ever since the Hayward exhibitions The Other Story : AfroAsian Artists in Postwar Britain and Art in Latin America met with such dismally insular reponses from most of the critics ) that massive justification is needed for any exhibition that seems ‘ foreign ’ . |
| 5 | Even in the engineering companies the role of the unions seemed to have been limited to ensuring that , in other than their temporary status , temporary workers were not disadvantaged and received the same fringe benefits ( except membership of company pension schemes ) as regular workers . |