Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [coord] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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31 He described to me the glen in a storm — the darkness that mantles it , the springing into life of untold hosts of runlets , the careering in mad fury of the burns as they break through and tower above the channel wherein they are wont to flow ; the showers , the careering of the clouds , the thunderings and the lightning-flashings , and the artillery of the winds , as the air-gusts meet the peaks and explode in the hollows of the darksome corries .
32 They were soon denounced to the authorities but escaped with the printed sheets up the Rhine to Worms , where the New Testament was published in 1526 .
33 The others pardoned were two intelligence officials — Duane R. Clarridge , the former head of the CIA 's European Division , who was awaiting trial on charges of having misled Congress [ see also p. 38428 ] , and Alan D. Fiers , a CIA official who had pleaded guilty in 1991 to withholding information from Congress , but who later co-operated with the authorities and served as the prosecution 's chief witness at George 's trial [ see p. 39043 ] .
34 British consul David Hook was in Waco liaising with the authorities and checking on the health of the three British children released earlier and now recovering in the care of the local child protection agency .
35 Gould resigned from the service of the Zoological Society but agreed to act as a ‘ corresponding Member ’ , so that his letters and discoveries could be read aloud at the meetings and published in the proceedings .
36 The coupled signal causes the current I and potential difference V to fluctuate about the values and corresponding to the point O. Assuming that the capacitor exhibits negligible reactance at the operating frequency so that it couples the signal properly , Thévenin transformation reveals an effective signal circuit connected to the nonlinear network terminals comprising e.m.f. in series with resistance .
37 Defeat for the Welsh All Blacks , particularly at the fortress that is The Gnoll , is a rare occurrence , hated by the players , frowned upon by the coaches and detested by the increasing army of fans who continue to pack the ground .
38 Birds chattered among the vegetables and splashed in the water .
39 He crossed the road well ahead of the militiamen and rode into the encampment where the wedding was still being celebrated .
40 About 1 pm they got the signals and moved round the curve into Northgate tunnel and headed for Llandudno .
41 Like a sea-anemone it will close down to a blob if touched , and it feeds on small organisms which brush past its tentacles , by shooting out special poisonous threads to paralyse its victim , which can then be collected by the tentacles and drawn into the hydra 's mouth .
42 Miss Jarman was heaving herself out of the carriage with the help of the crabbed old driver ; marching up the steps and rapping on the front door shouting :
43 David Rosen came to the steps and peered into the darkness as though into a room where he had no right to be .
44 I walk back up the steps and stand in the open doorway with the gun smoking by my side .
45 Two or three pairs of hands roamed sensuously over the alloy frame , tentatively flexing the brakes and fiddling with the gear shift .
46 He kissed her briefly on the lips and came into the flat , a slightly-built sandy-haired man in his mid-thirties wearing a heavy black overcoat over a sweater and cords .
47 She kissed him lightly on the lips and rose from the bed to get dressed .
48 Due to the overcrowding of thoughts , emotions and subconscious patternings , our attention is drawn down from its princely abode between and above the eyes and plays among the tattwas , gross and subtle , of the physical realm .
49 Contact the solicitor or secretary of your local County or District Council to ask if you can visit the offices and talk about the job to one of the solicitors .
50 She often dawdled along the Walks and strolled on the banks of the river , which ran past the rear of the Manor .
51 Local man Paul McAllister heard the screams and raced to the scene with a ladder which he used to reach a bedroom window .
52 These are connected vertically to the idol along the spinal column , over the chakras and end at the head .
53 ‘ And I guess that a player like me is loved by one half of the fans and hated by the other half .
54 And this excitement , and the feeling of being involved in a half-guessed-at mystery , became her private obsession as she went about the house , visited the shops and looked after the children .
55 The afternoon was spent in Winchester wandering around the shops and going to the cathedral .
56 Damage can be done , particularly to young people in a choir or music group , if their director does not support the clergy and join in the worship , or does not receive Communion , for example .
57 Usually , this is granted to publications written by the clergy and approved by the church — in our case , it was awarded for services to the lesbian and gay community , and for generally being a good magazine .
58 Early one morning they tied their stripy woven bags of Tibetan salt on to the yaks and left for the south .
59 There was a marvellous audacity about a ruler who had decided to enter the lists and joust against the elements .
60 That evening is I crouched at the back of the slit trench , swatting the mauses and listening to the sound of shells passing over and the rain dripping steadily in through the entrance to the trench , I stared at the pool of water getting larger and hoped that the rain would soon stop , if it does n't I 'm in for an uncomfortable night .
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