Example sentences of "[coord] [det] [prep] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this region the integration of the drainage pattern is so good that practically every point in the area can be assigned to one or another of the former drainage basins . |
| 2 | Although there is a very wide range of coldwater fish which may be kept in a garden pond the majority of pondkeepers choose Orfe or some of the many varieties of goldfish . |
| 3 | Since the distance and aperture remain the same , only more or less of the same picture is being shown , just as if a camera in a museum or on an animation stand were moving in and out on an oil painting . |
| 4 | Lower courts will be bound by that precedent , while superior courts or those of the same rank will not upset it without reasoned consideration . |
| 5 | Policy statements which emanate from government departments are often , in practice , the product of prior consultation and negotiation between the centre and one or more of the many associations — not least the professional bodies , which on occasions serve to ‘ unite ’ civil servants and local authority employees . |
| 6 | Do n't be tempted to buy three or more of the same species . |
| 7 | If any readers know anything of the current whereabouts of Tin Tin , Milly Molly Mandy , Jennings and/or Derbyshire , Rupert Bear , any of the Famous Five or Secret Seven , Billy Bunter , My Naughty Little Sister ( presumably now in freelance tax-free employment round the back of King 's Cross ? ) or any of the many others , I 'd like to hear about it . |
| 8 | I 'm no braver than Mrs Smith or Mr Jones , or 2-year-old Tommy , or any of the many people who have cancer . |
| 9 | Or both at the same time ? |
| 10 | Theology in all its guises should step down from its exalted position and take its place alongside all other human activities and contribute to an autonomous religion only what is relevant , and that with no more authority than is accorded any other sphere of human endeavour . |
| 11 | And on the walls , cemented into place , are these three stone tablets , 5ft by 10ft , each a little different , and each in the same style — the first writing found in the ancient civilisations of the Andes , ’ Mr Savoy said . |
| 12 | Visit the celebrated pyramids and Sphinx , the Egyptian Museum and some of the many mosques that characterise the region . |
| 13 | It was only some years later , when the over-expansion he had forecast had materialised , and some of the more obscurantist leaders of the industry had been replaced by new men , that the industry came to terms with the problem ( see pp. 212–17 , below ) . |
| 14 | Currently four Japanese companies are shareholders in Unix Labs — Fujitsu Ltd , NEC Corp , Oki Electric Industry Co and Toshiba Corp — and some of the same companies — Fujitsu , NEC , Toshiba — are shareholders in Novell KK , Novell 's Japanese subsidiary . |
| 15 | Oh , bit hard carrying the dinner and this at the same time . |
| 16 | Yet , you may well be doing just that when you write one press release for the former magazine and another on the same subject for the latter because both publications are on your public relations media schedule as targets . |
| 17 | To cord the blind , cut one length of cord approximately twice the length of the blind , and another to the same length plus the blind width . |
| 18 | Since the nature of the taboos varies between one society and another and even as between one situation and another within the same society , there is no particular action which is universally considered to be sinful in all circumstances : to kill a neighbour is a crime , to kill an enemy may be a duty . |
| 19 | And all about a few roses . |
| 20 | Tracey made a tree with an equal number of rods protruding from each side and all of the same size . |
| 21 | It is a primeval wilderness tamed only where men built boundary walls two centuries ago , finding and cutting the stone they needed , feeding and sleeping on the site , and all for a few pence a day . |
| 22 | Who would n't jump at the chance of spending a free six months in the Southern Hemisphere , flights paid , car provided and all for a few afternoons coaching ? |
| 23 | Everyone will be working for free , and all with the same goal , to try to save as much of the island 's wildlife as they can . |
| 24 | And all at the same time . |
| 25 | Course , Derek Weintraub just sat there , totally gormless and I-know-it-all at the same time as only a fifth-year O-level repeat can be . |
| 26 | You really do seem to be trying to have your cake and eat it ; being anti-cruise , anti-Thatcher , anti-Foot , anti-SDP/Liberal Alliance and anti-CND-all at the same time ! |
| 27 | They 'd told her , on no account was he to be allowed to cry for a feed , but that at the same time he was n't to be put to the breast unless he really wanted to . |
| 28 | They argue that they have a strong commitment to the environment and are making major investments to improve efficiency of water consumption , but that at the same time they also have a commitment to their customers . |
| 29 | He said that the basic principle for a compromise should be that " all extreme proposals , such as dismantling the project , should be ruled out , but that at the same time the Danube should not suffer irreversible damage " . |
| 30 | The implications were that I had no physical characteristics of my own , but that in the same way as I ‘ had ’ my father 's nose , or my grandmother 's eyes , I somehow inhabited a body which was not mine but a replica of my mother 's , and over which , therefore , I had no control . |