Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pron] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have provided an access fund to the institutions to enable them to deal with the few cases of hardship that genuinely occur . |
| 2 | Now distance receptors provide information about a possible event in the immediate future such that , through neural connections to innate movement controllers , an animal may make ‘ precurrent ’ reactions enabling it to adjust to the new information , for example , by approaching prey , or by preparatory behaviour for escape in relation to possible alarming stimuli . |
| 3 | ‘ The experts say it dates to the first century , ’ Anna Sabatini had said when she 'd noticed Caroline admiring it . |
| 4 | During fierce street fighting around the temple of Myrmidia , the warrior goddess of Estalia , a group of knights found themselves surrounded by the dreaded Black Guard led by Emir Wasr the Cruel . |
| 5 | What proposals has he to put before the House this afternoon ? |
| 6 | He felt the glass being tweaked from his fingers and opened his eyes to see her disappearing into the kitchen . |
| 7 | She was seen by neighbours as she made her way along Athelstane Road towards her home , minutes before passers-by found her lying on the pavement . |
| 8 | In equal isolation at the Intercontinental Hotel , 16 miles away , Lebanese journalists found themselves restricted to the parliament 's two opening statements and a diet of gentle assurances from Prince Saud al-Feisel , the Saudi Foreign Minister , that optimism was the order of the day , but while he had heard of some disputes in the parliamentary chamber , he had every reason to believe the Lebanese would accept the Arab League peace plan . |
| 9 | Good manners forbade you to riffle through the pile , lift the layers until you found one you liked the look of . |
| 10 | His blue eyes implored her to take off the gag . |
| 11 | Often enchanting , occasionally frustrating , this account ( supposedly written by young chemist Jim Elgar ) must inevitably leave many readers wondering which twists in the plot are genuine , which characters are real , which pieces of dialogue are plausible The use of authentic details — such as the likely origin of the Penicillium on Alexander Fleming 's famous plate , from C. J. La Touche 's Laboratory — makes for even greater difficulty in assessing happenings that have not been documented elsewhere . |
| 12 | New regulations for setting up political parties required them to register with the government for a year , have at least five elected office holders , and own property of more than 10,000,000 New Taiwan dollars . |
| 13 | According to General Accident , about 50,000 drivers find themselves stranded on the autobahn every year . |
| 14 | The poolside bar provides you with vital liquid refreshment and snacks to keep you going through the day and there 's a supermarket close by . |
| 15 | I recoiled so much I thought I was going to topple backwards but the cable round my legs kept me anchored to the beer keg . |
| 16 | As she moves , the ears on her legs keep her oriented in the direction of the call . |
| 17 | She marked the paths of birds and insects , pointed to the homes of lizards and carried a fishing line which she would occasionally cast , watching for the rough bobbin to lurch , winding in a small , flat saafi fish which danced on the hook until she released it and tossed it back . |
| 18 | He jogged every morning with lead weights slung on his chest , back and thighs to get him used to the extra poundage of the armour . |
| 19 | Mr Notice , 32 , of Welling , Kent , undefeated before detached retinas forced him to retire from the ring , appeared before a special magistrates ' court in Reigate , Surrey . |
| 20 | Dorothy Sayers , discussing the literary tastes of one of her characters , the Russian exile Paul Alexis , said of the Ruritanian type of story that ‘ the greater European powers of the League of Nations had nothing to do with the matter ’ : |
| 21 | Even though their losses forced them to merge before the end of the year , the assumptions on which TV had been organized could never be quite the same again . |
| 22 | The influence of these broad parameters makes itself felt in the opening pages of the Report , to the extent that the Committee is prepared to revise its very terms of reference in the light of its wider concerns . |
| 23 | This suggests that tantrums have something to do with the normal development of a child 's personality , rather than with the way they have been brought up — although the way they are handled can make things worse . |
| 24 | Mr David Irving and other historians who question the scale of crime and the methods have nothing to do with the British National Party . |
| 25 | ‘ If the fans see you working with the right attitude , they 'll get behind you . |
| 26 | Keegan knew his side would face Barnsley 's stifling three-man central-defensive formation , yet the attempts to counter it bordered on the banal . |
| 27 | Some of his feats make him sound like the Bionic Man . |
| 28 | The lepers made him think about the two who lurked in the cemetery of St Erconwald . |
| 29 | When at last his parents find him sitting among the teachers in the Temple , they ask him what he is doing . |
| 30 | At the moment the er the regulators ask us to go to the to the customers , and this we have done , and produce something called market plans . |