Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh det] [vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They hope to raise £1 million for the upkeep of the Manor which dates back to the 13th century . |
| 2 | It 's tempting to stop at every village you come across on your travels — at Spili , we paused to drink from a Venetian fountain where stone lionheads spouted clear spring mountain water ; at Preveli we visited the famous monastery which looks out to the south coast ; driving through the Psiloritis mountains we braved the wind to climb down the Kourtaliotiko Gorge and saw the tiny church of St Nicolas . |
| 3 | Behind this board ( called a pathfinder ) is the start boat which motors along at the same speed as the board . |
| 4 | He will make a recommendation which goes back to the Department of the Environment , who will make the final decision as to whether the building should be listed . |
| 5 | Rising stress claims have also been bad news for big employers like Wells Fargo Bank , the California institution which echoes back to the stage coach era . |
| 6 | Also , the fence which runs out into the the lake er just breaks up the the distance between the the piece of wood and the bank . |
| 7 | Behind this are a separate small locker , and the battery tray which slides out of the fuselage side . |
| 8 | At Scotney Castle in Kent Henry Moore 's bronze statue , Three Piece Reclining Figure — Draped , was placed in 1977 on a romantic isthmus which juts out into the well-wooded lake in the middle of which the old castle crouches on its island . |
| 9 | Visibility from the left-hand seat is above average for an American aircraft ; you can see all around , except for about 30° in the rear , and visibility upwards is acceptable but slightly degraded by the roof which wraps around to the sides of the cabin . |
| 10 | At a corner table , three men and an ample woman in an apron played cards noisily , the slap of the cards punctuated by bursts of virtuoso coughing , that cavernous café cough which echoes up from the boots . |
| 11 | Rosalind Ingrams performing the honours with Garsington 's latest bit of kit — a forty thousand pound specially designed canopy which opens out over the stage — protecting the performers . |
| 12 | Notable is the outstanding , densely-wooded Haleakala National Park which leads down to the sea . |
| 13 | It is a link which goes back to the Bronze Age and was common throughout the British Isles in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries . |
| 14 | English winemakers are always having to put up with this kind of jibe , despite possessing a viticultural heritage which dates back to the Romans . |
| 15 | At the church , note the direction of route which proceeds down between the two lakes and then keeps half left towards a barn and which is to left of and below distant tower of Preston Capes church . |
| 16 | It complements EE in many ways and builds into a living encyclopaedia of electronics which keeps up with the ever advancing world of technology through regular updates/supplements . |
| 17 | On the other hand , it is my opinion that when a decision-making body is called upon to reach a decision which arises out of the relationship between two persons or firms , only one of whom is directly under the control of the decision-making body , and it is apparent that the decision will be likely to affect the second person adversely , then as a general proposition the decision-making body does owe some duty of fairness to that second person , which , in appropriate circumstances , may well include a duty to allow him to make representations before reaching the decision . |
| 18 | Man too has a mechanism of mimicry which goes back to the baby in the cradle answering its mother 's smile , older than any utilization for learning how others feel or how to pick up skills or even for play , and which can get out of control in neurotic echolalia and echopraxia . |
| 19 | Lyricism , then , is the poetry which sings along with the triumph of the proletariat , and with the repressions which accompany its triumph . |
| 20 | Few of the million or so visitors who take advantage of the Garden as a public amenity each year are aware of the scientific heritage behind the Garden , or indeed of the high level of scientific work which goes on behind the scenes today . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | At the beginning we are confronted by a huge battle which leads on to the deaths of loyal knights . |
| 23 | Cantilever An outsole which flares out at the bottom to dissipate shock and aid cushioning and stability . |
| 24 | Inside , the room is richly decorated with a fine scrolled plaster overmantel , dated 1572 , and a little musicians ' gallery which looks down into the hall through a row of arches set high up in the cornice . |
| 25 | She considers the idea , implicit in much feminist theory , of an authentic self which is said to be socially conditioned by patriarchal power , and argues that this idea owes much to a tradition in Western philosophy which dates back to the Aristotelian distinction between actions that are voluntary and actions which are coerced , a tradition that can be traced through Descartes to the present time . |
| 26 | This small site is simply a three-sided plot which extends down to the road , its largest border merging into a vast hectarage of vines which have to be grafted in order to survive the threat of phylloxera . |
| 27 | We took them to lunch at the Bull Inn which dates back to the 15th century , and afterwards explored the local market . |
| 28 | The akroteria included mounted Amazons , a theme which carries on from the metopes . |
| 29 | This is a process which goes back to the two questions raised on page 66 : |
| 30 | The result is an oxygen linkage and a molecule of water which goes off in the sap . |