Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [adv] [vb -s] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some actors find the character initially in the posture , the clothes , or the make-up , but Dustin almost invariably works from the voice , perhaps because his own is rather nasal , flat and nondescript . |
| 2 | Professor Hall somewhat misleadingly refers to the ‘ very meagre resources ’ of the department . |
| 3 | Unlike Lacan , Lyotard very rigorously distinguishes between the image-based ( in perceptual memories ) signification of the unconscious and the discursive signification of the ego . |
| 4 | In the more usual case , strength as well as authority is called for ; but the UN too often shrinks from the hard decision . |
| 5 | Central authority has been progressively weakened since the outbreak of civil war in 1975 , and real political power in Lebanon now effectively rests with the leading figures of the rival militias which are organized along religious lines . |
| 6 | But with banks and investors wary , the company may have little choice — unless , of course , Walt Disney once again comes to the rescue , as it did by deferring its management fee . |
| 7 | It is an extraordinary fact that in 1954 the hero of a bestselling novel like Lucky Jim never once gets to the point of making love to any of the girls he pursues . |