Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [vb base] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As 12-ounce cans of vegetables bounce off the side of my car , one of them smashing my rearview mirror and another sailing with surprising accuracy through my open car window and striking me on the shoulder , I decide to call it quits for the night and return in daylight . |
| 2 | The Master Locksmiths Association has its roots in the early 1950s , when a group of craftsmen set up the Greater London Locksmiths Association . |
| 3 | One reason for the ubiquity of chants lies in the fact that a large number of fans move around the country to support their team at away games . |
| 4 | Nothing happened until , quite independently , a group of enthusiasts set up the Folly Fellowship in 1988 . |
| 5 | A third group of carers take on the job because they feel that they have to . |
| 6 | An experiment will be carried out in which pairs of individuals bargain over the division of a sum of money . |
| 7 | Treaty on the free movement of persons cover only the pursuit of effective and genuine activities , to the exclusion of activities on such a small scale as to be regarded as purely marginal and ancillary . |
| 8 | He said no bread would be baked this Sunday in the first of a series of one-day strikes if the 9,000 workers who produce nearly 80 per cent of loaves throw out the deal . |
| 9 | He reached her bottom and let a couple of drops fall down the cleft . |
| 10 | ‘ Hordes of girls hang around the racetracks and — ’ |
| 11 | The hoards of children pile off the bus and into the playground . |
| 12 | The Rough , West Sole , Filey and Audrey group of fields lie along the periphery of the northern belt of anomalous uplift . |
| 13 | What percentage of pupils take up the offer of extra-curricular activities ? |
| 14 | The cattle thefts are five times more significant than the murder when offences are counted , but sixteen times as important when the number of offenders make up the crime rate . |
| 15 | Under these conditions , certain species of bacteria break down the waste to form methane gas . |
| 16 | However , there are also genuine grounds for the move towards abolition : the fact that some companies are virtually unauditable , especially those cash businesses under the control of a powerful sole proprietor ; the withdrawal of the Example 6 audit certificate , which gave the auditor some protection ; problems with PII cover where the level of small company audits was considered dis-proportionate ; clients ' complaints at the cost and disruption caused by the audit ; examples of overseas jurisdictions where audit is not mandatory ; and the general feeling among auditing firms that the small company audit risk/reward factors are out of balance . |
| 17 | Men with sticks beat back the scramble . |
| 18 | A small boy in pyjamas put down the basket he was weaving and looked at the face for a second or two , then turned back to his basket . |
| 19 | In this range , solutions for some initial conditions tend to one of the steady state solutions whereas those for others exhibit indefinitely the sort of behaviour that is found for all initial conditions when . |
| 20 | Floriade also has a lot more to offer than the splendid horticultural displays ; there will be varying music festivals including a jazz festival , fashion shows and even an amphitheatre where an assortment of shows will be staged by countries form around the world . |