Example sentences of "[det] [verb] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the tin-glazed pottery made in Europe from the Renaissance onwards was produced in many styles : that made in the Low Countries ( known as Delftware ) is of a specific range and type which varies from one production centre to another and is different again from the maiolica of Italy and the lustreware of Spain . |
| 2 | Asserting , what was palpably untrue , that ‘ There are probably few people in India who do not sincerely regret that you should have made it impossible for any government to leave you at liberty ’ , he handed down a sentence of six years ' simple imprisonment , pointing out — the crowning touch-that the sentence was the same as that given to the nationalist hero Bal Gangadhar Tilak , twelve years before . |
| 3 | What they definitely do indicate are the extremes of weight problems ; where your weight falls higher than the amount given under the large-frame weight for your height , or lower than that given for the small-frame weight for your height , then you have problems . |
| 4 | The most graphic statement of the dual role , though some would call it an overstatement ( e.g. Pearce , 1982 ) , is that given by the National Association of Head Teachers ( NAHT ) in response to a document on the role of the advisory service issued by the Society of Education Officers and the National Association of Inspectors and Educational Advisers : |
| 5 | So you have a very particular view of the constitution , that given by the founding fathers and one which is still in force some seventy eighty years later as America headed towards its most momentous and divisive crisis in its history . |
| 6 | The most frequently quoted definition of non-natural user is that given by the Judicial Committee in Rickards v. Lothian , ‘ It must be some special use bringing with it increased danger to others and must not merely be the ordinary use of the land or such a use as is proper for the general benefit of the community . ’ |
| 7 | I could not restrain myself from hastening to view one of those Druid circles , of which there are so many in the Isle of Lewis ; that given in the small vignette is the first one I reached . |
| 8 | And how does that compare with the same period last year ? ’ |
| 9 | He confirms the analysis of western society given in Chapter 2 : " The problem for most RE teachers is … that the minds of the pupils are tightly closed against the possibility that reality might plausibly be seen in any other way than that transmitted via the dominant culture . " |
| 10 | The store will be quite separate from that planned by the Central Electricity Generating Board to house spent nuclear fuel before it is reprocessed . |
| 11 | But it remains the case that the current rate of increase in unemployment is considerably lower than that experienced in the early part of last year . ’ |
| 12 | If it is assumed that the expected volume of output is roughly equal to that experienced in the previous year , , then the higher is , the greater will gross investment tend to be . |
| 13 | That led to the Hundred Years War , and in the summer of 1346 , Edward III landed in Normandy and that led to the battle of Crecy on 26th . |
| 14 | That led to the Royal arms we know today — England or Scotland in the first and fourth quarters , Ireland in the third quarter and Scotland or England in the second . |
| 15 | Articles in journals , a chapter in books on research methods and collections of conference papers ( such as that highlighted in the last edition of Observations ) , were available , but nothing that had quite the focus and range of explaining background , methodology and queries as well as providing sufficient examples . |
| 16 | No , that goes over the other side of it , that 's the other corner . |
| 17 | That goes for the well-meaning GPs , health visitors and breastfeeding counsellors as well as the woman down the road who fed four babies herself until they were two years old ! |
| 18 | Then , like a shoal of fish moving within a net , Rose and the girls started to clear the table , to brush away crumbs , to wash , to dry , to return each thing to its own place , all done with a muted energy ; whispers , jokes , little scolding asides — ‘ No , that goes in the other place ’ or reminisce how they had made the same mistake before in order to soften any harshness in the scold , bending low in apologetic laughter . |
| 19 | On the other hand there are , in some people 's opinions , sinister overtones of being able to keep tabs on a person 's movements , though how that differs from the present system I am not quite sure . |
| 20 | Answer guide : The answers to this should encapsulate the idea of the static nature of a stock measure , and the way in which that differs from the dynamic nature of measures covering periods of time . |
| 21 | Yugoslavia was without a federal budget until June 1991 , because Croatia and Slovenia could not agree on what percentage of the budget to allocate to the military , or on what contributions they should each make to the federal budget . |
| 22 | If the transferred employee insists on moving into bigger or more ‘ up market ’ accommodation , the excess mortgage allowance is based on the price of housing comparable with that owned in the old area . |
| 23 | The debts shown in the Accounts relating to the Business ( less the amount of any provision or reserve calculated on the same basis as that applied in the corresponding accounts for the preceding three financial years ) were good and collectable in full in the ordinary course of business and have or will realise the net amount thereof . |
| 24 | After participation in the CU , and the adoption by the CU of CET against non-members equal to that applied by the domestic economy before the union , then the commodity will be imported from the union partner . |
| 25 | That points to the great success of Conservative health service policies . |
| 26 | Indeed , this person 's role would not have been dissimilar to that undertaken by the present-day funeral director . |
| 27 | Personally I am convinced that unless initiatives like that undertaken by the Urban Studies Centre ( see page 95 ) are adopted , we will continue to train teachers who , though they have impeccable paper qualifications , lack the real life experience which will give credibility to the certificates , degrees and diplomas they have so earnestly won . |
| 28 | Player A's expected payoff in each period will therefore tend to a value which is less than that received by the dominant strategy type for any positive rate of discount . |
| 29 | The Programme will be the same as that organised for the 9th Jan . |
| 30 | What this illustrates is that , notwithstanding the progress made in the past two years , the reforms in themselves have done little to compensate for the long term underfunding of the NHS . |