Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The round-headed boy who had been polishing the Daimler 's windows ambled up and competently placed his hands on the rein either side of the black mare 's mouth . |
| 2 | His geopolitical ( some would say his neo-imperialist ) strategy similarly demanded the continuance of a strong British Commonwealth , especially given his doubts concerning the future of democracy as relatively backward peoples gained their independence . |
| 3 | Variety wrote , ‘ Though an actor since age 13 , Crawford had never before danced and he is surprisingly successful at it , in some measure due to Gene Kelly having personally helped him weekends during the shooting . ’ |
| 4 | Ivan the Terrible had not only decimated their ranks during the oprichnina but had eroded the distinction between their hereditary property ( votchina ) and the conditional terms of the pomestie by establishing a norm of military service to be borne by all estates . |
| 5 | He 'd been adjusting the driving mirror and he 'd only taken his eyes off the road for a moment . |
| 6 | The Christian Maronites of Lebanon had unwisely associated them selves with the crusaders — this tragic addiction for unhappy alliances was to be developed in later centuries — and the results are still visible in Lebanon today . |
| 7 | The International Monetary Fund has just revised its estimates of the relative size of economies ( see page 95 ) . |
| 8 | Watkins LJ gave the principal judgment in the Divisional Court and upheld the application on the ground that the Minister had not given his reasons for the decision not to make a reference and that this was ‘ irrational ’ . |
| 9 | I 've already given their names to the constable in the library . |
| 10 | It speculated that some 20,000 deaths might have come about during the forced evacuations from Moslem villages , and estimated that the Bosnian Serbs had already largely completed their plans for the creation of homogenous Serb-populated areas . |
| 11 | In 1793 the first Republican French ambassador received a rapturous welcome when he arrived off Seraglio Point , his ship flying the Ottoman , Republican French and American colours , ‘ and those of a few other powers that had not sullied their arms in the impious league of tyrants ’ . |
| 12 | Suddenly fearful she 'd attack him , he turned without picking the lamp up , only to find that the woman had already claimed her clothes from the snarl of sheets and was retreating to the bedroom door . |
| 13 | Erm I 'm not too sure whether Rozario may not have just caught his studs in the ground and tweaked a knee something like that . |
| 14 | The Comintern had not confined its attacks to the Right Social Democrats alone . |
| 15 | Michael Jackson , Ringo Starr and Madonna have already lent their voices to the popular cartoon series . |
| 16 | With both teams having already secured their places in the knock-out stages of the competition , home advantage in the quarter-finals is at stake in Saturday 's clash . |
| 17 | Because he 's already got his hands on the money ? ’ |
| 18 | Citibank , for example , will refund the difference if a customer finds he has not bought his goods at the best advertised price . |
| 19 | But we are not told what features of the French peasantry are to be held responsible for Bonapartism , nor what features of Bonapartism are attributable to the French peasantry . |
| 20 | Following several occasions on which wages had been cut and the working week extended , the NUAW finally called its members in the area out in what was recognized on both sides as a trial of strength of national importance . |
| 21 | The organization had already terminated its activities at the outbreak of war , although members still met unofficially in Gilbert 's house . |
| 22 | If , however , local authorities had not exercised their powers by the end of 1911 , then further JACs could be established . |
| 23 | But , as Oliver has already challenged their whereabouts on the evening Sabine was killed , I will say this : on that evening the Josephs were at that man 's house . |
| 24 | The idea of the unconscious is not simple , and many critics of the concept have not appreciated its links with the concepts of the ego , super-ego , id , and the repressed . |
| 25 | For Henry II this was an opportunity not to be missed , particularly convenient since he had just laid his hands on the lordship of Deols . |
| 26 | That is apart from the colossal cost of fitting cars with the number plates and finding out which cars needed to be fitted , catching drivers who had removed the plates , sending out bills , dealing with drivers who said they had not driven their cars on the date in question , and many another items . |
| 27 | Among the champagne houses that have already increased their prices to the wine trade are Moet et Chandon ( 9.6 per cent ) , Laurent Perrier ( 4.9 per cent ) , Bollinger ( about 3 per cent ) and Lanson ( about 4 per cent ) . |
| 28 | As a direct consequence of our sampling decision ( see above ) , most of the schools in the survey had already submitted their reports to the Education Committee . |
| 29 | The European companies were hoping to meet the deadline set by the International Radio Consultative Committee for the presentation of technical proposals for a new system which , once chosen , would effectively set a world standard , Japan and the USA having already submitted their applications to the Committee . |
| 30 | Ninety percent of them said yes , that it depends on how you present the figures , so in actual fact I wonder how our tenant farmers all of a sudden find themselves in a position that they perhaps would rather sign a petition and not put their heads above the parapet bearing in mind you are in a community , bear in mind you are connected , bear in mind that your livelihood is with those others and I have to say it is true that a certain business in my area connected with farming has been threatened . |