Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CO molecules adsorbed in the vicinity of this charge will , to a first approximation , have their orbital binding energies rigidly downward-shifted , allowing increased electron transfer from the substrate into the lifetime-broadened CO 2 antibonding orbital . |
| 2 | We tend not to notice this because in TNC the curriculum proposals came before the discussion of testing and assessment . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , the reactor 's core was seriously damaged , radioactive fission products escaped to the environment , and there was considerable public alarm , leading to a spontaneous evacuation of the area by a large number of people . |
| 4 | defence insurers argued against the order 14 summons on two counts ; first the plaintiff could not obtain summary judgement because there were two defendants and one might escape liability ; secondly the first defendant sought leave to amend his defence to argue contributory negligence because the plaintiff had not worn a seat belt . |
| 5 | Paper seller Gerard O'Hare , 18 , had just got home when two members of the outlawed Ulster Freedom Fighters burst into the house with guns blazing . |
| 6 | Silver cross belts blazoned battle honours across their chests and silver spurs gleamed under the table . |
| 7 | Such a slope form has been variously attributed to the effects of lava flows emitted from the summit crater , the changing angle of slope stability in response to a change in the particle-size characteristics of the tephra ejected , and the effects of slumping . |
| 8 | In particular , incendiary devices and car bombs exploded in the city centre of Belfast on Jan. 5 , 21 and 31 , causing major damage but no injuries . |
| 9 | Moiré patterns drifted around the console . |
| 10 | The fighting cocks lived in the house with us , sleeping under their owners sarongs , and periodically exploded , at all hours , with stentorian " cock-a-doodle-doos " — or , rather , their Indonesian equivalent , for here , of course , the animals speak differently . |
| 11 | A joint government and opposition commission had been set up in late September with the aim of preventing a repeat of the first-round chaos ; however , two opposition parties withdrew from the commission on Oct. 11 . |
| 12 | A pair of pied wag tails alighted on the path . |
| 13 | The practice questionnaires asked about the presence of 16 items of equipment on the premises . |
| 14 | They include substance P and neurokinin A that are both derived from processing of the precursor polypeptides encoded by the preprotachykinin A gene ( PPT ) ( 2 ) . |
| 15 | She reached for the desk lamp and was just about to turn off the light when the sudden glare of car headlights flashed into the office , illuminating everything . |
| 16 | Treaty , Ireland submitted that such measures were justified having regard to article 56(1) on the ground that the protection of the rights of local fishing communities fell within the concept of ‘ public policy . ’ |
| 17 | As a result , unit labour costs grew during the year , particularly in comparison with the other Asian newly industrialized countries ( such as Taiwan , Hong Kong and South Korea ) . |
| 18 | A few fishing boats sat in the lagoon , some outrigger canoes were drawn up on the sand and one small pleasure yacht , which must have come from another island , was anchored to a buoy . |
| 19 | A series of review panels wrestled with the problem and provided a series of responses . |
| 20 | Huitzilopochtli was born of the goddess COATLIQUE , and she was made aware of his conception when a wreath of blue humming-bird feathers fell from the sky . |
| 21 | Several farmers and horse breeders appeared on the TV programme . |
| 22 | NICK KNIGHT 'S fighting qualities came to the rescue of champions Essex as they were made to struggle for runs in reply to Northants ' 444 for nine declared at Chelmsford . |
| 23 | We simply drove over Mount Lebanon on the Damascus highway , turned a corner west of Chtaura where silver birches ran beside the road and there , quite casually , stood a Syrian soldier in combat fatigues , rifle over his shoulder , cigarette in his mouth , a swaggerstick covered in snakeskin in his right hand . |
| 24 | Inland , the rich red of the plough fields glowed in the sunshine . |
| 25 | The tracksuit tops went into the back , on top of the Skorpion machine-pistol . |
| 26 | A further measure to improve living standards came with the decision to reduce customs duties on imported essential goods with effect from Jan. 1 , 1990 . |
| 27 | She 'd thought that Foundling children stayed in the hospital from the time they were taken in . |
| 28 | In 1972 , Henley formed a special link with Brunel , the University of West London and was thus able to offer postgraduate degrees validated by the University . |
| 29 | The devil , Trent thought , and found himself smiling as he realised that continual fear had acted as a drug , lifting him free of reality in the same way that marathon runners broke through the pain barrier into an almost hallucinatory state of calm . |
| 30 | A further series of frontier incidents occurred during the course of 1980 . |