Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb -s] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No-one belongs to the physical elite for long . |
| 2 | The drawback is the cost of insisting that everyone goes for the same type of equipment . |
| 3 | Nothing turns on the statutory definition of those words : it is sufficient to note that from 1988 onwards , governors have been bound to admit a minimum specified number of applicants . |
| 4 | Everyone stands for the general salute — they may be civilian guests , but they have studied the programme avidly and have learnt what to do . |
| 5 | Of course I admit there 's an alcohol problem , but then again it tends to look worse than it is because the res is dry so everyone congregates at the nearest bar , which is two miles south , in Nebraska . |
| 6 | If someone punches in the wrong code more than three times , the alarm sounds automatically . |
| 7 | It is important , but less important than keeping the boundaries , that 's only my view , and he along with Malcolm here , suggests that either myself or the Council or the Chairman of Council , somebody writes to the appropriate Secretary of State , to bring these matters to their attention . |
| 8 | Rather like a bank 's cash-dispensing machine , the launch-control computer will keep the missiles ' warheads switched off if somebody types in the wrong combination . |
| 9 | Bedding stocks , for instance , are noted for their fragrance , but none compares with the night-scented stock ( Matthiola bicornis ) . |
| 10 | It was only later that he found out that nearly everyone suffers from the same delusion in one form or another ; at the time he was convinced that it was his own personal idiosyncrasy . |
| 11 | Nothing compares to the first contact . |
| 12 | Our faces are ventral , the back of our heads are dorsal ; one sits on the dorsal surface of a horse . |
| 13 | One thinks of the religious maniac who gripped one 's hand too firmly , hours earlier , on the Metropolitan Line and asked one , sincerely , to ‘ repent , ’ of the strange fellow who took umbrage at the book one was reading-The Boss ; J. Edgar Hoover And The Great American Inquisition-and accused one , for some unaccountable reason , of being no better than Norman Tebbit . |
| 14 | With stupefaction one thinks of the wholesale slaughter of ducks and chickens , of pheasant and quail , the shiploads of Dover sole and the immense cargoes of foie gras from France , of caviare from Russia , the crates of champagne and the tons of truffles , which went to make up a single day 's entertainment in the great hotels of Europe . |
| 15 | One thinks of the familiar nostalgia for ‘ roots ’ which makes the children of assimilated , secularised and anglicised Jews rediscover comfort in the ancestral rituals , and sentimentalise the memories of the shtetl , which they have never known . |
| 16 | Though one thinks of The Bartered Bride ( among other things ) as a cataract of marvellous vocal melody , it is rarely well performed in Britain , mainly because of our lack of really deep-chested lyric tenors of the type that can making singing Czechs such enthralling neighbours . |
| 17 | One thinks of the feminist cartoon of the three wise men arriving at Bethlehem , one saying to the others , with down-turned mouth : ‘ Its a girl ! ’ |
| 18 | I lived in the book , as — in your others : I liked particularly Isabella and Evalie , and their gay early middle age — how comforting , too , to be with people who find ‘ the Change ’ such fun , when one thinks of the depressing nonsense that most people make out of it … . |
| 19 | They will not be named until publication of details in an academic journal , but the second one belongs with the lesser dung flies in the Sphaeroceridae family : ‘ a lovely little group , ’ he added . |
| 20 | As the law stands , everything turns on the fortuitous circumstance of the existence or non-existence of a formal contract between two parties even though the reality of the supply of goods and services from one of the principals to another within the meaning of section 17(3) is not in question . |
| 21 | Needless to say , everything turns on the proper syllabus for each test being agreed , both in the practical and in the theoretical aspects of a subject . |
| 22 | A bookshop should be a familiar place , somewhere where one goes for the sheer love of books , for the smell and feel of them , for the companionship of others who share the joy of touching , holding , reading and learning . |
| 23 | However once one goes outside the immediate hierarchy of industrial relationships the symbolic implication of monetary payments becomes much more difficult to decipher . |
| 24 | In particular , examples have been found of periodic behaviour occurring at higher r than chaotic for the same values of b and P. Changes are not necessarily in the direction of greater randomness the further one goes from the first instability of steady solutions . |
| 25 | If one looks beyond the picturesque formula for the foregrounds of figures , animals or rocks to the hills , lakes or sky , the prints have a delicacy and personality all of their own . |
| 26 | If one looks at the early development of vertebrae it becomes clearer just how segmental much of our own early development is . |
| 27 | Even if one looks at the political structure of England one can see the division , and there is no doubt that political dominance was heavily weighted in favour of the South and the Midlands . |
| 28 | Will my hon. Friend reflect on the mirror image of those charges , when one looks at the Liberal Democrat and Labour party Front-Bench spokesmen to see how many come from Scottish constituencies and frequently and regularly speak on purely English matters ? |
| 29 | If one looks at the international scene — as any university or special librarian must — the range of choice is further amplified , especially since publishing in the Third World is expanding very quickly . |
| 30 | It should also be noted that in determining the amount of income available up to the end of any year one looks at the aggregate amount of the income arising under the settlement in that year and in any previous year which has not been distributed and one deducts an amount equal to tax at the rate applicable to trusts on the aggregate amount of income , arising under the settlement in the year of payment and any previous year , which has not been distributed . |