Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb -s] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the rate of management buyouts has slowed down with the recession those that were launched in Scotland had a good record of being completed . |
| 2 | One can only guess at how Howard and Redwood must feel about taking over a department , only to find that one of their political opponents has walked off with the money . |
| 3 | The privatisation during the 1980s of all the major British utilities has brought out into the open the whole question of the preferential treatment given by EEC institutions to publicly owned as against private organisations . |
| 4 | Chart 3 indicates that , as a result of the advertising , growth in Gold 90 balances in Scottish branches initially grew much faster , although , subsequent to the advertising campaign , growth in English and Welsh branches has caught up with the help of other communications , including the Personal Customer Newsletter and posters in branches supporting some magnificent local sales efforts . |
| 5 | The name of Lads has survived down through the years from the 15th century . |
| 6 | The actor who played Dirty Den in Eastenders has gone back to the prison where he was once an inmate . |
| 7 | It is indisputable , however , that much of the money made available by the EEC and by national governments for price support ( guidance and guarantee ) as well as for structural purposes has ended up in the richer regions . |
| 8 | One-colour borders have been enjoying renewed popularity recently , and Mr Fothergill 's Seeds has come up with the perfect quick answer to monochrome gardening . |
| 9 | Although Simmel is quoted , there is none of the subtlety of his analysis of the necessary contradictions of industrial society , and the emphasis on goals of happy homes and cohesive families appears cut off from the wider realms of social action . |
| 10 | That does not suit every executive , particularly as the growth in profits has levelled off in the second half of this year . |
| 11 | When profits fails to come up to the mark , corners may be cut . |
| 12 | EDS has stayed out of the public administration market in Italy because , ‘ up until now it 's been risky , ’ Ribas says , adding that ‘ until the system of favours [ bribes and kickbacks ] is brought under control , we 're more comfortable in the private sector . ’ |
| 13 | With the plunge in cost , a major outbreak of phone wars has broken out across the country , with dealers offering spectacular cut-price deals . |
| 14 | But , in such a statement , the fact that were sides has crept in round the back . |
| 15 | In the first contract , British Robotic Systems has teamed up with the Department of Industry 's National Physical Laboratory to sell a ‘ Linear Array Processor ’ . |
| 16 | As the number of species studied increases the simple classification into adaptive grades begins to break down as the variance within species and between species begins to exceed that between the categories described as grades . |