Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right sort of you could , I mean you could do the rounding up function if you like , which is what we were sort of point five or above it goes to the next int integer . |
| 2 | Or from someone connected with the mysterious Mr Kennedy — perhaps his secretary saying the meeting was off . ’ |
| 3 | There appears to be a tendency to go from oral-only to speech with speech-supportive means such as fingerspelling or cued speech ; from those there is a movement in the direction of these of sign to better disambiguate the spoken word ; next comes a signed version of the spoke , language either with speech or without it depending on the circumstances ; and finally . |
| 4 | There are four possibilities which need to be covered : ( 1 ) that he is held out as a partner and is liable as such ; ( 2 ) that he is held out as a partner but is indemnified against liability as such ; ( 3 ) that steps are taken to ensure that he is not held out as a partner ; and ( 4 ) that , even though the original intention may have been as at ( 3 ) , he is in fact held out as a partner , either by the firm or by himself acting in the course of his work for the firm , in circumstances not initially contemplated by anyone . |
| 5 | There did not seem to be a living soul left among the houses , except for someone banging on the door of the lock-up . |
| 6 | The prestigious Antiquaires à Paris group of dealers who specialise in eighteenth-century French furniture albeit with many sidelines is back again this year for the first time since 1986 , although with nothing to compare with the extravagantly decorated and richly stocked collective stand which caused so much jealousy then . |
| 7 | She sa she said that in someone said about the time today but I 've forgotten . |
| 8 | One of the dangers of the current climate for admission , which makes it more difficult than it has been in recent years for students to get into universities , is that the concentration is on the techniques of application , rather than on what lies behind the mechanical process . |
| 9 | A swift turn of the wrist , a resulting click as the receptacle was locked , a pull on the lever and off it went to the central cash desk that usually had two cashiers . |
| 10 | He said it was all right for the pot to come off and for him to walk on the injured foot . |
| 11 | After each separate exercise allow a minute or so for fuller relaxation to take place and for you to concentrate on the pleasant sensations that relaxation brings . |
| 12 | And for us to get to the final without an overseas player is a great achievement . ’ |
| 13 | He studied law before the war and during it worked with the resistance in Prague where he had been born . |
| 14 | Now it is quite likely that there are two alternative pathways for arriving at that same end-product , each needing six different enzymes , and with nothing to choose between the two of them . |
| 15 | The end of the War was at last in sight , and with it breaking of the electoral truce . |
| 16 | When the distribution of revenue is seen to be equitable , one would expect to see this intransigence diminish and with it doubts about the commitment of the UK to the EC . |
| 17 | At last darkness arrived and with it respite for the Fleet and convoy , and welcomed rest for the aircrews . |
| 18 | Morgan was the only one of the nineteenth-century anthropologists who , like Marx , was interested in what led to the transformation of one social system into another , and in what led to the breakup of past systems . |
| 19 | It may well be possible to find ways of dealing with the demands of the various themes of these acts by yet greater dependence upon the hierarchical/control model — indeed it almost certainly will be — but at what level of success in terms of the educational needs of the pupils and at what cost to the motivation of staff ? |
| 20 | And at what cost to the consumer ? |
| 21 | ‘ The whole point of the incentive allowances system is for local authorities and schools to decide for themselves how many allowances to award and at what rates in the light of their particular circumstances , ’ Mr MacGregor said . |
| 22 | Paul Taylor 's left-arm pace could be valuable at Calcutta , where the ball tends to swing , but for him to play in the first Test after barely a month of his first trip overseas would be a gamble . |
| 23 | But with everything heading for the centre of the hole , I imagine there 's going to be an almighty crash when we get there . |
| 24 | Information after " those early dayes ' must lessen the deictic force of the utterance because it shifts our attention not to some presupposed referent seemingly outside the discourse ( what " early dayes ' ? ) but to something qualified within the text itself . |
| 25 | Nature : Mondays at 8pm. 2nd , Greenpeace : Has ‘ green fatigue ’ set in , and is this the fault of the message or the messenger ? 9th , Down All the Way : More than one billion dollars is being spent developing the Alps for the coming Winter Olympics , but at what cost to the environment ? 16th , ( last in series ) : In Bangladesh , the lives of thousands of children are blighted by iodine deficiency . |
| 26 | The feel of a book in her hands was an ancient solace — not , originally , because of what lay between the covers but as a screen , a defence , a shield . |
| 27 | Because of what transpired in the latter part of 1989 , seldom has your insight been so penetrating and accurate , and between now and August is a time of unrivalled opportunities for you to make your mark . |
| 28 | because of what happened with the accident |
| 29 | I 'd hate to think it was because of what happened at the convent . |
| 30 | No , no I did n't tell anybody when I you know I when I was doing me upmost , of course they knew afterwards that er because of me going in the hospital you see . |