Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It comprises two parallel rows of council houses tacked on the end of a neat little avenue of ‘ Nash ’ houses build just after the war .
2 Weiner regards this as irrational and a root of Britain 's weakness ; in fact these values fit closely with the dominance of other kinds of capitalistic activity in land , finance and empire .
3 Sharp icicles fly out from the caster 's hand and strike the first unit or model in their path .
4 The tickover burbles and barks , but blip the throttle and the whole car twists with the torque reaction and the birds fly out of the trees .
5 A detailed study of figure 1 will show that in the first three minutes after outbreak , the height of the flames grow approximately to the height of the ‘ level ’ of racking on which the fire started , by five minutes some four levels have been involved , and by seven minutes to eight minutes the flames will be breaking out at the top of the racking .
6 As the coaches slip quietly through the tolls on the Severn Bridge , the Royal Military Academy itself is beginning to come to life .
7 But if researchers home in on the record as the first level of access , ignoring the surrounding administrative context and archival structure which forms part of its meaning , will understanding be fostered or impaired ?
8 Later ( most accounts say early in the morning ) the students returned and compelled Sukarno and his family , and also Hatta , to come away with them ; their destination was the Peta barracks at Rengasdenglok , about 70 miles away .
9 In practice , of course , these constitutional norms fit uneasily alongside the realities of political life , especially in those authorities divided on party lines .
10 That the services they provide are relevant to environmental groups , and in that way to help environmental groups plug in to the kinds of advice on fund raising and er , management and all sorts of other aspects of running a voluntary organisation , which , at the moment , of , er a lot of , er social service organisations plug into , but so many environmental groups .
11 Unsuccessful suitors copy the songs of the successful ones , and so the songs change steadily through the breeding season .
12 In presence of cAMP-CRP , however , the two proteins bind cooperatively to the DNA and the cooperative DNA binding is mediated by direct protein-protein interactions between the cAMP-CRP and CytR ( 6 , 10 ) .
13 For a while they walked in silence , retracing their steps back up towards the house .
14 But the winners make up with the size of their winnings what they lack in numbers .
15 The berths were practically dry at low water and vessels lay aground on the mud bottom whilst loading and discharging their cargoes .
16 Hurst nodded and started to pin the team-sheets back up on the board .
17 WHEN darkness falls , Kalashnikov-toting Iraqi Shia fighters slip home across the border from safe havens in Iran .
18 Two hopeful crabs line up for the start of the race .
19 And when old words die out on the tongue , new melodies break forth from the heart ; and where the old tracks are lost , new country is revealed with its wonders .
20 Michael looked up from where he knelt on the floor in front of the old armchair , his books spread out on the chair .
21 This had been one of the demands put forward by the Eco-glasnost group at public protests in Sofia in October 1989 .
22 The National Executive had recognized , temporarily , most of the organizational demands put forward in the paper since its foundation .
23 Lords , ladies , dukes and duchesses figure prominently among the names as well as more ordinary mortals of obviously substantial means .
24 Sugars also attach to proteins to form ‘ glycoproteins ’ , and it now seems that most proteins function only in the form of glycoprotein .
25 Similarly , conferences , where several speakers address many delegates , are also one-to-many , because the speakers act sequentially in the communication process .
26 Cheeks dripping white , the kids walk back to the car , happy and contented .
27 And when old words die out on the tongue , new melodies break forth from the heart ; and where the old tracks are lost , new country is revealed with its wonders .
28 Please bear in mind , however , that we can not accept responsibility for the contents of the reports as the valuers act independently from the society — except in certain parts of the country where we employ in-house valuers .
29 The theorems indicate that the results to be expected from bargaining sessions depend heavily on the institutions which govern the manner in which the bargaining takes place .
30 But more popular tunes and words figure largely in the collections compiled , and partly composed , by the Nuremberg doctor Georg Forster ( c. 1510-1568 ) and originally published during 1539–56 .
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