Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [modal v] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 It is important to identify the settlor because if he or his spouse has retained a benefit or interest under the settlement or can benefit under the settlement he can be taxable upon the trust income .
2 But he added : ‘ There must be a better way of meeting those concerns than taking action that could lead to the break-up of the United Kingdom . ’
3 Once more , however , that can be handled by a proper definition of the axes ; obviously it is future profitability of incremental investment that should go into the assessment of SBU attractiveness .
4 It was a command that would result in the slaying of actress of Sharon Tate ( who was pregnant with film director Roman Polanski 's child at the time of her fatal stabbing ) , coffee heiress Abigail Folger and her lover Wojiciech Frykowski , delivery boy Steven Earl Parent and Hollywood hair stylist to the stars , Jay Sebring .
5 If British Raik were seeking to finance this project entirely out of the relatively small amount of revenue that will come to the station from the operation of the services and from the surrounding property development , it would find that impossible .
6 Before looking further at the way this assumption was developed , it would be useful to clear up a confusion that may arise in the use of the category ‘ positivist criminology ’ .
7 The Secretary of State hoped that qualified members of the teaching staff would pursue research that would contribute to the ‘ better performance of their teaching duties ’ , but he did not envisage that ‘ in the ordinary way it will be necessary for members of the academic staff to devote the whole or most of their time to research ’ .
8 Hopes and expectations were high ; Britain was desperate for a car that could compete at the top level with Alfa Romeo and Ferrari , and BRM , with the backing of British industry , was the car to do it .
9 and I was saying that it 's a big boat that used to go across the world .
10 We 're keen er to investigate the facts of the implications of the present legislation er and what effect that will have on the future of the Horton .
11 Japanese companies have chosen Australia and Switzerland because they lack a domestic industry that might protest against the import of ‘ free ’ high-performance computers .
12 The owners ' research problem was to get a light that would function in the methane-rich atmosphere of the ‘ crept ’ workings .
13 Other motor abnormalities of the oesophagus that may contribute to the development of reflux oesophagitis are diminished peristaltic pressure amplitude , shortened duration and slowed propagation of the contraction waves , reduced peristaltic frequency , and delayed oesophageal transit .
14 The wreaths sold well , fetching prices over three pounds each , a figure that will double by the time they reach the shops .
15 I hope that the Government do not intend to set a national figure that will apply throughout the country .
16 They suggest that he could become the country 's national president in any strongly reformist administration that might emerge from the current upheaval .
17 The devil of it was the vehicle was a left-hand drive , so that I was on the side that would go over the edge first .
18 There are two processes , one on either side that will develop into the lower jaw ; two further processes that will form the cheeks and upper jaw , and a central process that will give rise to the nose .
19 It was like interviewing someone who had answered one of her frequent advertisements for a daily maid , trying to create a spurious atmosphere of equality and friendship that would compensate for the low pay she had to offer .
20 The estimated £100,000 profits a year will be an added bonus and will go towards the running costs of the hospital 's first whole body scanner , due to arrive early next year .
21 Redbridge and Waltham Forest had accepted that there would be no major increase in revenue to fund the development of new services before closure and would plan on the basis that half of the sites of two hospitals could be sold to finance the new services .
22 Collective bargaining is a flexible instrument and can build upon the minimum standards which the law lays down .
23 Thus , NCp7 may be present in the HIV-1 preintegration complex and may bind to the newly made DNA , adopting a chromatin-like structure which could protect the provirus from cellular nucleases during its transport to the nucleus .
24 And he 'd not offer harm to me , I think But you , lassie-' once more I was promoted from ‘ Miss Fenemore ’ — ‘ there 's no need for you to fear him coming to the cottage , even though he has a boat and could get into the bay without anyone seeing him .
25 The modern or contemporary quarter of Intolerance would make an excellent film in its own right but even then the industrial scene would only be part of the scene setting and would fade in the memory as the hero passes from scene to scene in the ‘ picaresque ’ fashion of so many movies .
26 King 's Jester used to be a very spooky horse and would shy at the same jump , stacked in the corner of the school , every single day and if anything was moved to a different position , he would behave as if it were about to leap out and get him .
27 Red Mars is one of those ‘ crossover ’ titles , with a great cover and a story that will appeal to the Tom Clancy/techno-thriller market .
28 I thought of the Weddell Sea , the ice and the ghost of that Flying Dutchman , visualising the friction that could develop in the close confines of a yacht .
29 In America 's case that should amount to the same thing .
30 Even extremists of the 1960s , who believed that the task of a school was to ensure that children enjoyed themselves while they were pupils , must have had in mind , as well , some further outcome , some advantage that would flow in the long run to the children who had been encouraged , under that regime , to ‘ grow ’ and ‘ blossom ’ and ‘ flourish ’ in the ‘ learning situation ’ provided by the class-room .
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