Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [modal v] [vb infin] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 SHADOW Health Secretary Dave Blunkett vowed that Labour would keep up the fight to stop the Tories ruining the NHS .
2 The lysosome is called a ‘ suicide bag ’ said Prof Mayer , not only because it digests any waste materials by the use of powerful enzymes but also because this cocktail can kill off the cell .
3 This research will carry out the first national random sample of Labour Party members .
4 Rick hopes this attitude will spread up the school as these pupils grow older .
5 Some individuals can take up the suggestions of the hypnotist to the extent of becoming deaf or blind or unable to smell ; they may withstand pain without a murmur , re-experience being a six-year old , or even forget everything that happened , after hypnosis , until given a prearranged ‘ release ’ signal .
6 In their sales pitch for such stocks , some dealers would make out the recommendation hailed from their own research department , but by coincidence , The Times had seen fit to tip the stock as well .
7 After a further series of internal meetings taking several days , they eventually agreed to pay half the sum , provided another organisation would put up the other half .
8 They had pointed out that a road in this area would open up the rainforest to clearance by settlers , with the consequent loss of habitat for gorillas , elephants and other threatened animal species , and the disruption of the livelihoods of traditional tribal peoples in the area .
9 It is a point at which those who analyse conversation in terms of ‘ turn-taking ’ ( Sacks et al. , 1974 ) would suggest that another speaker could take over the turn .
10 Why was it right to train a fellow and you knew , or you felt that , you could not go to the flight commander or the wing commander and say a think this fellow should go down the pits , " or a think we should remuster him to the Army or the Navy " .
11 This project will carry out the first longitudinal study of the relationships between health and health related behaviour ; education and training ; and employment in men .
12 Three-quarters of providers were confident that " this unit can take on the competition " and two-thirds believed they were in good shape to do so .
13 This utility will total up the number of bytes each directory is using across a given path .
14 Only positive action by government in this regard can break down the wholesale and , in many cases , bitter mistrust of the police by black people , for , in the end , complete integration of different ethnic groups is a political issue .
15 This essay will take up the theme of dominant ideologies and local communities as a part of the wider methodological problem of how we , as anthropologists , consider the nature of the relationship between the communities we study and the wider world they inhabit .
16 Such companies may receive back the piece-parts for internal assembly or be supplied with the completed article .
17 The reality has been that our core funding , like that of so many other bodies , has been progressively reduced , by City Hall in our case , and we are constantly threatened with having our funding removed entirely , the premise being that BAT will pick up the bill .
18 The Nation 's Schools , Butler 's official pamphlet of 1945 , gestured vaguely towards freedom and liveliness , but not much else : ‘ Free from the pressure of any external examination these schools can work out the best and liveliest forms of secondary education suited to their pupils . ’
19 These devices can back up the whole system or only those parts which you specify , and are very fast .
20 These foods will make up the calories they are losing when cutting down on their saturated fat intake .
21 You can see that I am representing any vector V as a superposition of two standard vectors 1 and 2 , with coefficients ( as we say ) given by the numbers unc and unc [ For the modern mathematician these numbers would make up the ordered pair (
22 Brilliant you see , he 's done it for so many years can work out the space and everything .
23 Many people would take up the opportunity to train in a completely new craft .
24 10 a ) How many small squares will fit in one row across the large square ? b ) How many rows will fit down the square ? c ) Therefore how many small squares will fit into the large square ? d ) What is the area of each small square ? e ) What is the area of the large square in mm2 ? f ) Now complete the sentence : 1 cm2 is made up of … mm2 .
25 That messenger can pour back the ale near as fast as yourself , Lachlan , ’ she laughed .
26 More time could finish off the country . "
27 However , there is a danger that the fish 's own field could block out the electrical chatter of others .
28 Each reader should find out the services provided by the main banks in his own country .
29 Choosing between Shellac and Splendid Career is made more difficult by the draw , as both colts will run up the stands rails from low numbers .
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