Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Voters are given only part of the story when making their decisions .
2 This attitude to urban dialect seems to have been given further impetus by the view of Wyld ( 1927 ) that urban English can be described as the ‘ Modified Standard ’ of ‘ city vulgarians ’ .
3 The difficulty of choosing a unique line for the Front is again illustrated in this area , where two obliquely-striking reverse faults ( the Avon Thrust and Ridgeway Thrust ) are exposed further north in the area of partial Mesozoic cover and complex geology ( Kellaway and Hancock 1983 ) .
4 So it can be seen that the parties will usually be excused further performance of the contract , either partly or entirely , according to what is a reasonable presumption of what the parties would have intended .
5 Similar facies may be expected further east in the subsurface .
6 Any loss of cash must be substantiated i.e. proof of the existence of the cash , e.g. cheque stub , bank book , print-out , statement etc .
7 Sliding in : A slide/talk presentation on the Los Angeles revolt by Roland Charles , director of black photographers of California and Black Gallery , Los Angeles , will be held tomorrow night at the Methodist Centre in Beaconsfield Street , Toxteth , Liverpool , at 8pm .
8 The attitude of the family has implications for the style of initial assessment carried out by the psychiatrist ; if the psychiatrist realises from the outset that other agencies are involved then consent of the family for reports may be obtained at an early stage .
9 As a result of this intrusion the Nganasans were pushed farther north into the tundra , and a lasting enmity between them and the Dolgans was created .
10 Developments in Scotland are also being followed keenly south of the Border , where it is expected that a Scottish Lord Chancellor will introduce family legislation for England and Wales which will follow the example set by his countrymen .
11 Yet if a poll were taken tomorrow morning on the corner of West Broadway and Prince St to determine who was the most politically incorrect artist in town , Steve Gianakos 's name would surely zoom to the top of the list .
12 The web of diplomatic contacts which had developed in western and central Europe over the last 200 or more years was now being extended further east by the full incorporation in it for the first time of the great new emerging state of Russia : henceforth events in eastern Europe were to be far more significant in the calculations of statesmen in the west than ever in the past .
13 The weather cleared too , and they were rowed diagonally south-west across the Sound of Sleat .
14 The bodies were discovered yesterday morning by the family 's nanny .
15 Obviously the forcing resistance is one of the fundamental factors influencing high-speed performance so this relationship is given further consideration in the next section .
16 If innovation is stifled then efficiency of the markets may be impaired .
17 The chief function of boundary commissions is to secure even representation amongst the constituencies within their jurisdiction , each of which will have a notional ‘ quota ’ consisting of the total number of electors divided by the number of constituencies .
18 Laura Mancinelli 's Mozart 's Ghost ( 1986 ) combines two rather donnish mysteries : the protagonist is pursued by ‘ anonymous ’ telephone calls which consist of nothing but music by Mozart ; when she is spared further harassment by the entire Turin telephone system seizing up , she goes off in pursuit of the concealed manuscript of Plato 's last dialogue .
19 This is to tell only part of the story however Anna is diligent in all her studies with a determination to do as well as possible , while her powers of expression are adequate she has a fine sense of initiative and within her limitations can organise her materials persuasively .
20 At Stanmer , the earlier Pelhams created a well-balanced ‘ Palladian ’ house in the 1720s ; in order to preserve a sense of proper grandeur , the village was moved further north in the downland valley to hide it from view .
21 He was saved further embarrassment by the rustling approach through the fecundity of his garden of his wife , accompanied by two of the children .
22 After three years there I was head-hunted by a marketing agency , D. F. & L. Associates , which was based just north of the City .
23 My eldest daughter Ailsa was staying there part of the time , studying art at the Byam Shaw College of Art , and falling in love with her tutor , whom she later married .
24 He was spared further speculation by the descent of Miss Harker , candle aloft , like a vengeful ghost .
25 Group 1 was to land at Hollevik on the island 's south shore , to clear a known defence point and villages a mile to a mile and a half from the town of South Vaagsö , and then move in support of Group 2 , which was to land just south of the town and capture it .
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