Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [prep] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The syllables heard at the two ears differed only in the initial consonant or only in the middle vowel . |
| 2 | Climbers make a great mistake , however , in imagining that each of these groups aspires to the dizzy heights of dangling . |
| 3 | The eyebrows go up in an arch that would make a complete circle if they carried on down , the lids over those eyes , likened to a cobra 's by Candice Bergen , narrow to a slit ; the gleaming white teeth flash through the pursed lips in what Vogue editor Diana Vreeland called a ‘ killer smile ’ . |
| 4 | Therefore we would expect a forward contract and a financial futures contract with the same specifications to have the same price . |
| 5 | Alternatively , he could sell a futures contract at the current futures price and , at the end of T years , buy the asset in the cash market to deliver it into the futures market to fulfil the contract . |
| 6 | The establishment of the NIRC was a political act aimed at trying to contain trade union power within particular rules prescribed by the Industrial Relations Act 1971 . |
| 7 | The clash of ginger on pink as a small skipper butterfly lands on petals of camp ion ; gorse pods popping in the hot sun ; small striped snails creeping out on to the wet path after a cloud burst ; soldier beetles gathered on the white umbels of wild carrot : these sights and sounds I can enjoy at my pottering leisure — whilst the hordes of laden hikers tramp by with stern faces and never a glance to left or right . |
| 8 | This supply response takes a variety of forms depending on the institutional arrangements within particular labour markets , but the Lucas model postulates that there will be a diminished demand for holidays and other leisure activities and an increased demand for overtime or weekend working . |
| 9 | It 's not clear how many people participated in the event in Britain or elsewhere by carrying out local ascents , raising sponsorship for the ten lifeline projects designated by the United Nations . |
| 10 | The first cases heard by the special courts had been on Sept. 6 , involving charges of financial irregularities against three former ministers , Jehangir Badar ( whose case was dismissed on Sept. 12 on grounds of insufficient evidence ) , Khwaja Ahmed Tariq Rahim , and Ahmed Khan Maneka . |
| 11 | And while the Führer and his army could claim the glory for military successes , the increased — and often voluntary — efforts of members of Party affiliates to cope with the social problems of individuals or groups particularly affected by the war tended to bring contact with disgruntled ‘ people 's comrades ’ but few plaudits and little prestige . |
| 12 | At Oxford United a person occupying such a role would have been one of six or seven boys who were always at the front when conflicts arose with the rival fans . |
| 13 | When the sick and exhausted Armenians reached Beirut after the Ottoman collapse , they were allowed to build shacks on the swamps of Bourj Hammoud in the east of the city and then to erect houses which look to this day curiously Balkan , their wooden balconies hanging over the narrow streets of Camp Marash . |
| 14 | There were fish lying damply in old wooden crates , their scales gleaming with the sickly colours of an oil stain , then rows of chickens with their throats cut , feathers clinging to the legs , and the sawdust was stained with blood and flies , and she began to run , frantic to reach the air outside and breathe . |
| 15 | All the way from the shrine down the hillside and through the pine trees , hundreds of flames glowed like the roving eyes of night-prowling animals . |
| 16 | However disagreements arose between the two parties and after taking legal advice Mr Manners challenged the terms of the Licence and argued that his occupation had all the rights of a protected tenancy . ’ |
| 17 | All parties to the Afghan conflict had been invited to talks , which were postponed after disagreements arose between the rival groups over the conference . |
| 18 | If six garages are now placed over the five cars on the top shelf ( leaving one garage empty ) , and four garages placed over the four cars on the bottom shelf ( all garages being full ) , then about one in three four-year-olds now maintain that the bottom shelf has more cars . |
| 19 | In the early spring , Peckham will meet the health minister , William Waldegrave , to present him with a set of firm plans developed over the past months . |
| 20 | Melossi ( 1985 ) discusses how social discourses change with the various stages of what he calls the political business cycle . |
| 21 | In this study , sulphate reducing bacteria must have been absent , or their activities limited in the non-methanogenic samples tested , because it is highly unlikely that methanogenic bacteria will displace sulphate reducing bacteria for this mutual growth substrate given an adequate supply of electron acceptor ( sulphate ) . |
| 22 | Finally , after 90 minutes tumbling with the large clasts , the postcrania fragmented still further : four out of five femora remained as chipped proximal ends ( Fig. 1.9d-f,1.10C ) ; one proximal end and two shafts of tibiae ( Fig. 1.9j-1 ) ; four out of five humeri remained as two distal ends ( Fig. 1.10H ) , one proximal and one shaft ( Fig. 1.9 r , s ) ; and all four ulnae remained , one still intact and the others represented by a proximal end and two shafts ( Fig. 1.9 v , w ) . |
| 23 | Perhaps , in the fourth century , Christians recognised , far more clearly than their modern counterparts , how closely such attitudes conformed to the historical facts . |
| 24 | Life is full of ups and downs and I know that there are going to be bad times to go with the good ones . |
| 25 | The roofs of houses drained into the internal courts , the water being collected in a cistern beneath . |
| 26 | She flinched as Stephen laid his hands on her naked shoulders and planted a hungry kiss on the side of her neck his fingers fumbling in the thick folds of the towel , seeking her breasts . |
| 27 | Bush said that Iraq should designate military commanders to meet their coalition counterparts within the next 48 hours to arrange for the military aspects of the ceasefire . |
| 28 | Crowds gathered outside the main mosques and there were huge demonstrations ; spontaneous , according to the Moslems , organized according to Owen . |
| 29 | The blackout extended to news of the war and the German advance on Paris ; newspapers suspended publication temporarily and crowds gathered round the official bulletins pasted on the walls as rumour raced round the city . |
| 30 | It hears complaints and appeals brought by or against EC institutions , member states or individuals , and gives preliminary rulings on cases referred by the national courts . |