Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pos pn] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , Master , we are building our arguments on the fact that there were men who looked like King James . ’ |
| 2 | Graham Hunsley , defending , said he was now off hard drugs , had been to see his doctor about the problem and was hoping to undergo treatment at an addiction centre . |
| 3 | The employees are accepting their fate with the usual mix of bitterness and resignation . |
| 4 | To get power , you are using your power against the power that the opponent gives to you . |
| 5 | Groups in our society such as Friends of the Earth , Greenpeace and the Green party are to be congratulated for the energetic way they are drawing our attention to the issues involved . |
| 6 | The earliest the matter can be raised again is in January when the new Congress returns , and although if the benefit is reintroduced it may well be retroactive to1 January , potential donors are biding their time for the moment . |
| 7 | Just as I am drawing his attention to the point and beginning what I know will be a long and wearying discussion , Mirsal , who has been fighting the cabman about his fare outside , appears and lets loose such a torrent of thumbnail word portraits of the clerk 's family that , used as I am to his powers in this respect , I am struck dumb with admiration . |
| 8 | I 've just realised that as we talk , we are hanging our show on the miners and that there is not one image by a woman . |
| 9 | With some clients , such as Nissan , Nuclear Electric , Volkswagon Audi and Flight Refuelling , we are auditing our performance in the catering and facilities operations directly with our clients , resulting in true contract partnership . ’ |
| 10 | Europe 's political structure in 1880 had been given its shape by the Congress of Vienna , the wars of the middle decades of the century and the Congress of Berlin . |
| 11 | I am helping my Pa with the outdoor work , as is right and proper . |
| 12 | Will the Prime Minister now tell us whether he accepts that , in addition to the massive number of homes repossessed last year , a further 80,000 families are to lose their homes in the current year ? |
| 13 | Two hundred and ninety people are to lose their jobs with the closure of one of the country 's leading leather manufacturers . |
| 14 | But in promoting it to MPs we 've been drawing their attention to the kinds of organizations which in turn in their eyes just sort of represent that pyramid or structure of votes that . |
| 15 | Theo had been confiding his disappointment with the way his life was turning out , and Vincent quickly swept in with an indictment : ‘ It seems to me that the whole art business is rotten . ’ |
| 16 | During June and July many artists living and working in East and South East London have been opening their studios to the public , coordinated and publicised by the Whitechapel Gallery . |
| 17 | It is not the West End galleries however who have been opening their doors to the new generation . |
| 18 | Trish , who has been representing her country for the last twelve years with such good horses as Manifesto and Michelangelo , only allows her horses to compete on decent surfaces . |
| 19 | So to raise funds , some of the villagers are opening their gardens to the public on Saturday . |
| 20 | Writers and actors have been pledging their support at the start of National Library Week . |
| 21 | My answer to this criticism was that teachers of English are virtually unanimous in their enthusiasm for literature , but need persuasion if they are to accept our recommendations for the teaching of grammar , Standard English and knowledge about language . |
| 22 | A coalman , Mr Martin Phipps , had been driving his lorry along the downs at Chartham at 7.25am on Tuesday when he noticed a Jaguar XJS parked in a chalkpit , said PC Burden . |
| 23 | It is a warm Saturday towards the end of the 1989–90 season , leagues are being decided , the unfortunates are being relegated and Scotland 's itinerant football fans are weaving their way to the citadels of Brechin , Forfar , and Cowdenbeath . |
| 24 | And finally , surfers and canoeists have been pitting their skills against the biggest River Severn tidal wave of the year . |
| 25 | Monitoring rivals closely to copy good ideas and ensure that they are keeping their service in the forefront of developments |
| 26 | Ms Siobhan Fahey ( see below ) has been explaining her emigration to the south of France . |
| 27 | How have you been justifying your existence in the last twenty-four hours and can you name the guilty man ? ’ |
| 28 | Legal and General Property have been presented their plans to the City Lands Policy Group and traders at the centre . |
| 29 | It seems clear that the USSR , like many developing countries , has been revising its opinion about the nature of what bargaining with firms entails . |
| 30 | The Miami Cubans are flexing their wallets for the return to a country whose people are healthier , better educated and less racially divided than when the exiles left . |