Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh det] [vb -s] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much later in the books of Samuel we find another story concerning the ark which reminds us of the battle with the Philistines . |
| 2 | The relatively high completion rates for the ‘ Other NSEs ’ reflects the fact that this includes students with ‘ professional , nursing , technical or secretarial qualifications ’ The pattern which emerges is that students who have been selected on the basis of success in some form of study which prepares them for the demands which will be placed on them in higher education respond as least as well if not better than the traditionally qualified A-level entrants , while those with less evidence of success of this kind find the transition to higher education difficult and are more likely to drop-out . |
| 3 | Traditional examinations rely on a single mark or a grade to indicate the level of performance relative to other pupils , although it is an indication which says nothing about the nature of the achievement . |
| 4 | Again after the middle ten lines there is another break which takes us into the last section of the poem with the words ‘ at last ’ . |
| 5 | Laurie , known to the boxing boys as Lol , believes boxing can give ‘ lads with fire in their belly ’ an ambition which keeps them on the straight and narrow . |
| 6 | ‘ I have been disappointed with our results , but I would like to stay on and honour my contract which keeps me in the post until December 1994 , ’ said the Dutchman . |
| 7 | Women lawyers are challenging the chauvinism which bans them from the higher echelons , reports Fiona Sutherland Omitted from the useful introductions to clients , business lunches , meetings and golfing sessions , women solicitors fail to acquire the vital ‘ client base . ’ |
| 8 | I have time to discuss only one lexical myth : this is the signpost which points us in the direction of precision . |
| 9 | Towards the end of the second year some major or joint students of History undertake a six-week period of placement or work experience in a record office , museum or folk park ; others follow a specially-designed short course which prepares them for the final year and for the world of work . |
| 10 | Other satellites are in a near-polar orbit which takes them over the Arctic and Antarctic regions . |
| 11 | One does come across entrepreneurial academics , but there is still something slightly suspect in the academic world about making , as distinct from earning , money which manifests itself in the grey area of consultancy . |
| 12 | There is also a sizeable literature on explaining the size distribution of income which concerns itself with the specific shape this takes ( positively skewed ( right-hand tail ) and leptokurtic ( hump-shaped ) or leptokurtic lognormal ) , both over different time periods and in different countries . |
| 13 | It 's the brusque boulevards of the imagination ; it 's that untaken , sauntering path between toupeed cottages ; it 's the trompe l'oeil cul-de-sac which bluffs you into the belief that you 're entering some smart avenue . |
| 14 | He has a vision of it as a vehicle which prepares us for the presence of God . ’ |
| 15 | It then passes under a roller which presses it against the master copy , leaving a positive image on the copy paper . |
| 16 | And I have a job which keeps me in the public eye . |
| 17 | The continuing emphasis on family relationships may well affect the way Japan copes with the rapid ageing of the population which faces her over the next three decades . |
| 18 | Ironically , Gough 's rash challenge on Ferguson at Tannadice resulted in a booking which carries him over the disciplinary points threshold and costs Rangers the services of their captain when they visit Arbroath for the Scottish Cup , quarter-final tie on 6 March . |
| 19 | She expects him to be an untidy swimmer , but is irritated to find that he has a smooth powerful crawl which takes him through the water swiftly and seriously . |
| 20 | They may also be concerned with relating these types to the symbolic meaning of each code within the community ( an aim which brings them within the scope of ( 3 ) below ) and even seek to establish a theory with predictive power , i.e. the ability to predict instances of switching within a stretch of discourse . |
| 21 | Well did one writer say : ‘ The evidence for the resurrection is the existence of the Church in that spiritual vitality which confronts us in the New Testament . ’ |
| 22 | He catches me watching him and smiles a naughty smile which thrills me to the core . |
| 23 | The court which sentences him for the latest offence will have to decide whether to return him to prison to serve a period equal to the balance of the sentence which remained on the day the offence was committed . |
| 24 | The top is quickly reached from the grassy nick which separates it from the nearby Roaches . |
| 25 | The Holy Alliance which ties them to the USSR and to one another is the principle of Party infallibility , not the fact , and the certainty that the principle will be upheld — if necessary , by Soviet tanks . |
| 26 | Glastonbury , however , would challenge the most hardened hearts , a place of mystery and mysticism which catches you by the throat and provokes the mind to strange dreams . |
| 27 | There is an ‘ Essential ’ Chamber Music series with the peerless performances , and an ‘ Enterprise ’ collection which takes us into the worlds of Szymanowski , Berio , Ligeti , Schoenberg , Poulenc , Franz Schmidt , Stravinsky and others . |
| 28 | This remarkable tool , which costs so little , is fashioned with several features other than its point and the flat which locates it in the needle bar . |
| 29 | Solid and secret behind a high stone wall it remains a world apart from the crawling traffic which skirts it on the routes out of town . |
| 30 | Maybe part of the daisy 's popularity lies in its shape , a yellow disk fringed with white petals ( correctly ray-florets ) , a simple arrangement which reminds us of the sun . |