Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The winners of the best gross trophy then decide , either by mutual agreement or by a play-off , on the player who goes on to the national championships . |
| 2 | Much of the work of the Department , of course , goes on outwith the physical confines of these rooms . |
| 3 | Most people do not wish to see what goes on behind the locked doors . |
| 4 | The last year has taught me how little I really knew about what goes on behind the wrought-iron gates of Buckingham Palace and the red brick walls of Kensington Palace . |
| 5 | GM schools will be able to change their character if that is what parents clearly want and the change fits in with the wider needs of the local area . |
| 6 | Parents and teachers usually judge children 's behaviour by whether it fits in with the usual standards — moral , emotional , social and intellectual — set by the society in which they live . |
| 7 | ‘ No doubt , ’ said Mr Harold Brooks-Baker of Burke 's , ‘ it fits in with the freer ways of today but some feel that freedom is an over-used word . |
| 8 | The energy spectrum of atmospheric turbulence persists down to the smallest scales , and to trap the maximum amount of energy the valves must be as small and numerous as possible , The payload of Daedalus 's new craft will be conventionally suspended from cords around its rim . |
| 9 | The world of motor racing loves to surround itself in secrecy … what goes in to the automatic gearboxes … suspensions and highly tuned engines is more to do with science than sport … |
| 10 | It lingers on into the first moments of his wakefulness , leaving him unsure what world he 's really in . |
| 11 | Lives on behind the wrinkled brows |
| 12 | Grant looks down into the dark waters . |
| 13 | When they are in moult they often sit ashore on the rocks , when their dark brown plumage blends in with the dark rocks . |
| 14 | However , the performance of monocrystalline cells drops off with the longer wavelengths of light in this spectrum . |
| 15 | Editorial decisions are backed by extensive market research , and manuscripts selected and edited according to ‘ whether the story lives up to the high standards that Mills and Boon readers have set for us … we ca n't please every one of our readers all the time , but it is n't for want of trying ! ’ |
| 16 | She looks up at the grey clouds scudding across the sky , down at a vista of narrow back gardens , some neat and trim with goldfish ponds and brightly painted play equipment , others tatty and neglected , cluttered with broken appliances and discarded furniture . |
| 17 | John looks up at the grey eyes so far away . |
| 18 | Greg Grant looks back to the Victorian adventurers who conquered nature to put a communication girdle around the world . |
| 19 | At a time when plans for global communications seem to rest on the semantics of international standards , Greg Grant looks back to the Victorian adventurers who conquered nature to put a communication girdle around the world . |
| 20 | They were things that you took to enhance your experience and to make it more intense — to make your personal development became part of your life , It was a very high-minded approach and when one looks at what has happened to the drug scene today and one looks back to the prevailing attitudes at the time , one can see the absolute , total abhorrence among drug takers that I knew in those days of amphetamines , heroin , barbiturates , mandrax — all those things that had an adverse physical effect which were considered to by highly dangerous to one 's personal development and to one 's daily living . |
| 21 | Peace People development co-ordinator Patrick Corrigan looks back on the mass rallies of 1976 . |
| 22 | Towards the back , the bright lime green of Robinia frisia , the false acacia that Tricia planted fairly recently , stands out from the darker greens , |
| 23 | She looks out over the back gardens of John 's quiet neighbours . |
| 24 | Soon the route arrives at Tennyson Down , one of the highlights of the route , and on to Alum Bay which looks out over the chalky points of the Needles . |
| 25 | On the night of Friday , 8th September , the barrier was broken through and rescue workers wearing breathing apparatus were able to take hot food and drinks through to the trapped men . |
| 26 | There are some noteworthy differences in brain physiology , apart from the massive increase in brain size , as one passes up through the other primates to man . |
| 27 | I met a teacher recently , one of our best , the sort of charismatic individual with a ready smile , a mind full of anarchic ideas , a love of literature and an effortless but much practised classroom skill which bounces back from the interested eyes 0& his students . |
| 28 | The pubic louse is broader than it is long and the four hind legs are equipped with claws with which it hangs on to the pubic hairs . |
| 29 | Scale length checks in at the Fender-like 25½″ . |
| 30 | The contrast shows up in the different notions of ‘ social capacity ’ . |