Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adj] [prep] the [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Regroup your substitution items into groups each with the same tone patters , and try each group again in the same frame to see if the items do in fact have the same tone pattern ( see right-hand column ) .
2 But it was obviously impossible to deal with a nation-wide emergency such as lorry-drivers ' strikes , and equally impossible to respond properly to a rash of major disputes all at the same time .
3 It had sat trembling in his hand , its brown eyes full of the same terror he saw now in Ann 's .
4 The success of Windows is due in part to its ability to keep several applications active at the same time — each in its own screen or window .
5 Some of these private banks issued too many notes and caused banking panics as large numbers of their own customers ( and holders ) presented notes all at the same time for redemption in gold .
6 Perhaps in conjunction with a yacht , motor-cruiser or smaller water craft the aeroplane would provide a smashing day out for the high-achievers in any organization , make an unusual fishing expedition to normally remote waters , take more passive passengers sightseeing , or allow access to many such widely-separated leisure activities all on the same day .
7 Healing , I would n't give it penicillin if had Vietnam of toothache and in-growing toenails all at the same time .
8 Yes er Mr Chairman we have , at the moment , two intergovernmental management agencies involved in the same building in .
9 they are bodies corporate in the same group ; or
10 FSA does not apply to any transaction between a principal and another person if they are bodies corporate within the same group or the transaction is in connection with a joint enterprise in which they are , or propose to become , participators .
11 Here we have what is clearly a well set-up series of dialogues : Wilekin with Margery ; Wilekin with Dame Sirith ; Dame Sirith with Margery ; only in the last five stanzas do we get anything more complicated , with three characters present in the same scene .
12 ‘ No will shall be valid unless — ( a ) it is in writing , and signed by the testator , or by some other person in his presence and by his direction ; and ( b ) it appears that the testator intended by his signature to give effect to the will ; and ( c ) the signature is made or acknowledged by the testator in the presence of two or more witnesses present at the same time ; and ( d ) each witness either — ( i ) attests and signs the will ; or ( ii ) acknowledges his signature , in the presence of the testator ( but not necessarily in the presence of any other witness ) , but no form of attestation shall be necessary .
13 It 's simpler to obtain large amounts of it and one hopes that if one finds out something of the mechanism through this enzyme one would be able to apply it to other enzymes dependent upon the same coenzyme .
14 Everyone renewing their membership in 1987 will receive a surprise free gift as a ‘ thank-you ’ for their continuing support , and — for 1987 only — if you can enrol five totally new members all at the same time your own membership will be free .
15 Raeburn Place stages one of the few morning games tomorrow when the Scottish Classics take on their Welsh counterparts at 11am .
16 when did one team have two keepers sent-off in the same game … it could only happen at Hereford …
17 Before last Tuesday Darlington 1 were only five points clear on the same number of games and could not afford to lose a match .
18 Like 1-2-3 and SuperCalc , Quattro Pro lets you see the different sheets on-screen at the same time , but you can have as many windows as you like — tiled , tiered , or whatever !
19 Troops mopped up the last pockets of resistance by men loyal to the former rebel movement , Unita .
20 Of the sixty-six British envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary during the same period forty-seven can be classed as aristocrats ; while of the sixty-four French ambassadors and ministers who served in 1814 – 30 ( admittedly a period when aristocratic influences were untypically strong in France ) only ten were non-noble .
21 But to the Mesolithic hunter-nomads they formed a forest kingdom , a race of forest creatures , saviours , oracles , and tormentors all at the same time ; they arose in the mythogenic unconscious both to explain nature 's hostility to the people 's actions , and to express the hope of survival against the unknown .
22 How can you listen to music and listen to the Three Billy Goats Gruff at the same time ?
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