Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 What what we must n't do with Honey and Munnford is just take things at face value because what Honey and Munnford did is they actually carried out interviews with a thousand people and what they decided that I mean they carried out interviews with er lots of people thousand and they had a general study where they carried out interviews with a thousand people and what they said was that in particular with the reflector a l some , some scores are naturally higher than others and that what we ca n't do is just sort of look at these and say well this is the highest score , therefore I 'm much more of a , of a reflector than I have of , I am of the other three , all we actually need to do is compare our scores against the general norms .
2 He is dabbing his lips with the napkin .
3 IXI managing director , Ray Anderson , says his company is girding its loins for the ‘ mother of all battles ’ as it seeks to drive into Sun Microsystems Inc turf armed with X.desktop over OSF/Motif .
4 An enterprising sheep farmer is opening his gates to the public during the lambing season .
5 Taking the initiative BMK is revamping its products with the launch of new ranges and major changes to its established products .
6 Thus , although it has been stated that there are practically no high kicks in kung fu , the practitioner who emulates the crane is training his legs for the highest possible kicks .
7 The more feasible alternative is to dismember his plays between the history of his own day and the ideologies of ours .
8 The trick is to aim your eyes at the sign as soon as it is in your line of vision and then to fix your gaze upon it as you go past .
9 Maybe everyone is saving their horses for the Arc .
10 Maybe everyone is saving their horses for the Arc .
11 Hopkins is worried that Strieber is turning his experiences into the source for a new religion .
12 ‘ Yet again Mia Farrow is forcing her children into the limelight for a dollar , ’ said Allen 's spokeswoman Leslee Dart .
13 ‘ Our task is to help our customers in the short term use them more efficiently , and as quickly as possible bring to the market new products which will not have any interaction with the ozone layer .
14 LABOUR 'S biggest backer is slashing its donations to the parliamentary party by a third to £1 million .
15 The normal tendency of such a ‘ preparation ’ ( biologists ' speak for an animal to which they have done something nasty , akin to the use of the term ‘ sacrifice , that I commented on earlier ) is to extend its legs into the liquid bath .
16 Nolan 's method is to put his hands on the bare flesh at the point of the complaint for a minute or two .
17 Ilog SA , the french engineering software specialist , is expanding its operations to the UK starting up Ilog Ltd , Guilford , Surrey , to provide maintenance and support for its UK users .
18 The practice of the Court of Appeal ( Civil Division ) is to confine its judgments to the facts of the instant case .
19 Having recorded the guide-track , you can use it directly to cue the sections of music into place as you pre-record them onto the sound tape , or you can convert them first to tape-counter references ; another alternative is to mark their positions on the back of the tape with a wax pencil or felt-tip pen .
20 One task of the counsellor is to determine which members of the family are relevant to the processes which contribute to the problems being experienced — who to include and who to leave out .
21 An escape from these adverse educational conditions for the more affluent sections of black society is to send their children to the growing number of private schools , mainly in urban and suburban areas .
22 The Frank Cooper Marmalade Shop , which forever linked the name Oxford with marmalade , is closing its doors for the last time .
23 Meanwhile the Serious Fraud Squad is continuing its investigations into the company 's affairs .
24 An RAF board of inquiry is continuing its investigations into the fire .
25 Man walks home and the man 's depressed , he walks like this he has to buy a new pair of trainers on the way home cos he 's dragging his feet on the floor so much .
26 The last thing he 'll do is tell his hosts about the headache and stomach cramps in the morning .
27 Seconds later the two rafts following behind hit the same spot and the Minister is taking his chances in the river along with everyone else .
28 Were the people of Hong Kong ever consulted on who is to represent their interests during the difficult years to 1997 ?
29 He can take no more pleasure from a second initiative that is making its rounds on the Hill .
30 Any suspicion that the German company is lowering its sights with the 518i is quickly snuffed out by the introduction of two new six-cylinder engines introduced at the 1990 Motor Show .
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