Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | say by the way Jim you could have fixed that boiler take everyone off the pipes |
| 2 | The timetable we had to work to meant there was little opportunity to do anything with the draft scripts except change factual errors . |
| 3 | If it can be shown to the satisfaction of the jury that the defendant had the intention , he has very little opportunity to exculpate himself on the grounds that he lacked mens rea , as will be explained further presently . |
| 4 | But Mr. de Lacy submits that both it and the previous cases which it applied are clearly distinguishable from the instant case because they all rested upon the critical circumstances that the lender or creditor in each case left it to the principal debtor to obtain , in such a way as he thought fit , the execution of the document . |
| 5 | It is the responsibility of each employee to acquaint themselves with the full details of these and any local arrangements . |
| 6 | ‘ And with that David kissed me on the cheek . |
| 7 | Got killed when that horse kicked him in the head . ’ |
| 8 | Investigations of this kind reveal something of the structure of poverty by indicating those who were kept going by the poor rate , the only eighteenth-century tax which was redistributive . |
| 9 | The savings on operating costs alone were immense , some experts putting it in the order of £2 million a year . |
| 10 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 11 | I hope you will not be too disappointed and would take this opportunity to thank you for the interest which you have shown . |
| 12 | I hope you will not be too disappointed and would take this opportunity to thank you for the interest you have shown . |
| 13 | I would like to take this opportunity to inform you of the high standard achieved by your service engineer , Dick Churcher [ Healthcare Atherstone ] for his attitude and appearance whilst working at our depots . |
| 14 | ‘ There would need to be an awful lot of call-offs before the five players untried at this level found themselves on the field at the same time , though , ’ said the coach . |
| 15 | The Prince is also very keen on deer stalking , another pull to keep him in the Highlands for as long as he can manage . |
| 16 | It flaps its wings a few times to lift itself off the ground , then simply rises up , using whatever thermals and air currents it comes across . |
| 17 | But another sister followed me at the Dowsons when I left to get married . |
| 18 | The striking of the half hour alerted me to the incoming tide of darkness . |
| 19 | But neither should we enable this sympathy to blind us to the greater truth that more persons suffer , many fatally , from corporate crime than ‘ conventional ’ crime . |
| 20 | As you drive , this NVH manifests itself in the form of tiny vibrations fed back through the steering wheel and the gruff , uninspiring sounds from the SE-FHE engine . |
| 21 | This description introduces us to the tramp and gives us a rough picture of him . |
| 22 | But it is worth noting that though the problems this produces for validation of theory are still not resolved in the social sciences , some researchers comfort themselves with the argument that different theories may agree at least on common working definitions , while a significant body of methodological writers has learnt to love the thorny creature by arguing ( after Max Weber ) that the theory- or value-component is a crucial positive factor in social-science explanation . |
| 23 | Briefly explain what the result of this experiment tells you about the function of the title in this poem ( see p. 56 ) . |
| 24 | Good luck to all those , and there are dozens , who this spring find themselves beyond the dressing-room doors . |
| 25 | In a nationwide poll conducted in the second week after the massacre , the question was asked : ‘ Some people believe that this tragedy says something about the problem of male violence towards women . |
| 26 | Do you think that this tragedy says anything about the problem of male violence towards women ? ’ |
| 27 | This force possessed none of the gentle , coaxing qualities associated with telepathic races . |
| 28 | This chapter confines itself to the intangibles . |
| 29 | Notice that this condition says nothing about the possibility of proving that a topic referred to on a given occasion is the same as the topic referred to on a different occasion . |
| 30 | This episode leads me to the idea that at the physical level , there is a need for a philosophy to overcome disasters and fear , and also to help that majority of people who do not fulfil all their biological needs , and who have to sublimate them . |