Example sentences of "[noun pl] [Wh det] [vb -s] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a song in the repertoire of Scottish football fans which reflects unkindly on the character of those gallant heroes who have made untold sacrifices to represent their country . |
| 2 | Knowesouth provides a locally based service for the population of the Eastern Borders which consists mainly of the towns of Jedburgh , Hawick and Kelso . |
| 3 | On windswept lonely Chesil Beach — that great ten mile long pile of pebbles which stretches westwards along the Dorset coast from Portland — one can still explore the pillboxes and anti-tank defences which were built in 1940 to resist the threat of invasion . |
| 4 | Rather , it will denote a general mode of thought , an orientation — an orientation towards Jesus and his teachings which derives ultimately from the original Nazarean position , as articulated by Jesus himself , then propagated by James , Jude or Judas Thomas and their immediate entourage . |
| 5 | Now I have to tell you that last year we raised a hundred and thirteen million pounds and of that over ninety per cent , that 's a hundred and four million pounds were actually spent on projects for children and I 'm very proud of that ratio indeed and I think it ought to give you , the raisers of money , a great deal of comfort because for a fund with two headquarters buildings which operates all over the world this is a distribution of funds of which to be proud . |
| 6 | The east end was altered in mid-twelfth century by an early chevet design with turrets and flying buttresses which blends admirably with the earlier work ( 264 ) . |
| 7 | One of the enduring terms which speaks directly to the academic culture is that of the ‘ community of scholars ’ . |
| 8 | David Lee has provided a textbook for undergraduates which focuses primarily on the " world-view " of texts . |
| 9 | The calyx ( or joined calyces ) then continue into a stalk or pedunculus of nerve fibres which ends deep in the brain by a complicated root system composed of a recurrent alpha-lobe , a beta-lobe and sometimes even a third gamma-lobe . |
| 10 | This produces a distribution of chain conformations which differs significantly from the most probable distribution , and as this is an unstable state the chains will rapidly recoil when the stress is released in an attempt to regain their original shape distribution . |