Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are likely to be allowed less freedom to go out on the streets and stay out late . |
| 2 | The story got about over the years that his lectures were very obscure . |
| 3 | Some geezer got down into the tunnels and found his way out . ’ |
| 4 | This winsome description fits in with the descriptions of the messianic age in the book of Isaiah , with the wolf lying down with the lamb , the lion and the ox eating straw together , and the little child playing happily and fearlessly with them and even putting its little hand unhurt into the hole of the poisonous viper . |
| 5 | Moreover , the examples Couturier gives are of multiple discrete points of view carefully distinguished within the novels in question ( The Sound and the Fury , Pale Fire ) , whereas the mutable point of view employed in Verbivore is a technique developed out of the possibilities inherent in print , but moving toward the mutability of cybernetic text . |
| 6 | The increasingly accepted argument in Israel today is that Eretz Israel in any case belongs primarily to the Jews and that all the Palestinian Arabs , refugee or otherwise , have a lesser claim upon it . |
| 7 | The money announced today would be a one-off payment made automatically to the victims which would not imply any acceptance of liability on the part of the Government . |
| 8 | " They asked if they might come to see the palais , but they had of course to remain outside in the gardens with their nurse where they can do no damage . " |
| 9 | In the final confrontation Jaq and Grey Knights had fought through savage ranks of cultists who all showed some mark of Chaos — a tentacle , a sting , tendrils instead of hair , suckers , claws ; through to the warlock of the coven ensconced deep within the caverns where young captives whimpered piteously in cages . |
| 10 | Well erm David said that he did n't think the strike would have gone on or they would n't have the heart to go on without the women ? |
| 11 | Again , that money goes directly into the farmers ' pockets . |
| 12 | A few weeks later the boy complained of a further assault ; the tailor was again convicted and once more fined £5 , but on this occasion the clerk to the Board applied successfully to the magistrates for the boy to be discharged from his indentures . |
| 13 | Before joining battle on the value judgements in the theses of Fairlie and Butt , both of which agree basically with the assessment given here of the powers and role of the House of Commons today , it is worth establishing the facts , both historical and contemporary . |
| 14 | WHILE my heart goes out to the parents in the baby-swop drama , I have to agree with the midwife interviewed on TV who said that it was ‘ a disaster waiting to happen ’ . |
| 15 | The route turns away from the Ffos-y-Mynach at Waun Lodi where the path is boggy and dangerous . |
| 16 | They were afraid of their shite to come out of the towns . |
| 17 | When Sir Bryan Thwaites , chairman of Wessex Regional Health Authority , spoke out during an election about the impossibility of NHS funding keeping up with the expectations of patients and doctors , he was promptly told by the government to keep quiet . |
| 18 | My tranquillity was rudely interrupted as a wave crashed down on the rocks and sent a shower of spray over us as we huddled amongst the rocks on the headland . |
| 19 | Hence dropouts were to be accepted as a fact of life and the curriculum designed particularly with the needs of higher levels in mind . |
| 20 | A description of the course penned in 1892 holds true : ‘ Like many of the best links , the Aberdovey course lies partly among the sand-hills and partly on the low ground just inside . |
| 21 | Word of the display travelled fast and so many people were drawn to it that Porter International had difficulty keeping up with the crowds . |
| 22 | At that instant the Maclean slogan rose again round the ships . |
| 23 | Our third meal we ate while on duty — sometimes at 2 a.m. — in the huge cafeteria erected just outside the gates of the Park . |
| 24 | ( Actually ‘ Boggers ’ is really called Mister Jones , but his hair stands up like the bristles on a bog er … toilet brush , hence his nickname . ) |
| 25 | Every table was full with local Battersea types who , if not exactly carousing that Tuesday night , kept up a restrained married hum above jazz filtering mauvely from the walls . |
| 26 | I 'm grateful to you for your readiness to fall in with the proposals made , and er , I have enjoyed the opportunity to chair this A G M. The meeting is now concluded . |
| 27 | As he reached for Steen 's hand , he heard a car drawing up outside the gates . |
| 28 | It would not be possible to talk of error of law at all unless such elements did have a ‘ given ’ meaning because , says Gould , such language implies a departure from a criterion laid down by the courts . |
| 29 | The very important interest JCI has in the diamond industry goes back to the days when Barney Barnato , together with Cecil Rhodes played an important role in the establishment of De Beers in Kimberley . |
| 30 | They were already acting to cut costs in June 1990 , moving the company from four locations to one ; last year 's small pre-tax loss arose mainly from the costs of relocating employees who wanted to move house with the unification . |