Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Notice that the fluctuations up to 1920 were fairly regular with an average of about eight or nine years from peak to peak and trough to trough .
2 Although the trends up to 1971 provided support for Marx 's view on the likely fate of the petty bourgeoisie , the 1980s saw a reversal of previous trends .
3 If that is a benefit short of trust status , why is it necessary to force through trust status while encouraging local hospital management and in so doing to bring the assets , the buildings and the personnel out of local health service management ?
4 Indeed , he frequently managed both to play the French and the Americans off against each other and then to blame them when anything went wrong .
5 The building had two front doors , side by side , one for each house , and the steps up to each door were not divided ; an urn full of some kind of greenery stood in the middle of the steps , but there was no attempt at distinction .
6 However , in practice there was enough choice of speeds and the steps in between each were fine .
7 Oh , and the marks out of 10 ?
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