Example sentences of "[det] [pron] [vb base] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ What 's this I hear about the dreaded Wullie ? ’
2 By this I refer to the acknowledged limitations on the ability to infer the contents of consciousness from any number of behavioural or physiological observations .
3 As life speeds up like this I move among the urban people , in the urban setting , the city 's metal and mortar , its sharper interactions , with more grit and bite in the gears .
4 All this I learn from the official match programme , price sixpence and now something of a collector 's item .
5 The result is a ludic collapsing of autonomous theoretical systems on the basis of structural similarities or ‘ slips ’ from one to another which point to the common ‘ story ’ underlying them .
6 As we progress up the scale of profit-taking , we find others who sell at small craft fairs and those who find an outlet through local shops , until we come at last to the favoured few who sell at the prestigious crafts fairs which Hugh prefers .
7 As was pointed out in the previous chapter , the plan of the Victorian house and the Victorian city have this in common : that both are so designed that the few who live on the privileged side of the divide need know nothing of the many who are crowded beyond it into a fraction of the space .
8 How much you pay for the eurocheque service depends on the number of cheques you issue , but there is an annual fee of £5 for your eurocheque card .
9 In moments of crisis like that you reach for the old dependables .
10 Structures where economic relationships are primary we call class societies , and in these we refer to the different unequal groups as classes .
11 4/I continue to work in small areas across the paper , making each one blend into the next .
12 I continue to work in small areas across the paper , making each one blend into the next .
13 The farm is one of the best in the county and its steading high above Dunure is a well-known landmark for all who sail on the lower reaches of the Clyde estuary .
14 Many children , it was said , ‘ actually begin their downward course of crime by reason of the burglary and pickpocket scenes they have witnessed ’ : ‘ All who care for the moral well-being and education of the child will set their faces like flint against this new form of excitement . ’
15 A calculation can be made to pass such costs ( or benefits ) onto all who enter into the forward contracts by an adjustment to the prevailing spot rate to give a forward rate .
16 Behind the scenes , many who sit on the Conservative Benches are betraying their concern even before the Bill has received its Second Reading .
17 You see , in spite of all you read About the nasty banks , We ‘ re mostly very nice indeed But seldom get the thanks .
18 The form is all you have in the initial stages , and if you do n't erm fill it out sensibly then you do n't get as far as the interview , when of course your individual personality can start to come through .
19 In the former we look for the objectionable and unacceptable features in the book and use these as the basis of rejection , and in the latter we look for the meritorious and desirable features in the book and use these as the basis of selection .
20 All we have in the General Secretary 's report is one page .
21 All they want from the wrecked car is the log book , which they can transfer to the stolen car , ’ says Mr Sloan .
22 Dual-subject degrees exist in both the universities and polytechnics , but their place in each is subtly different ; in the former they are seen largely in relation to the single honours degree , which constitutes a kind of academic gold standard , whereas in the latter they come under the general rubric of ‘ combined studies ’ .
23 The above provisions are those which apply in the normal case .
24 Only the public expenditure costs have been counted , not those which fall within the private , domestic domain ( Rimmer , 1983 ; Parker , 1990a ) .
25 Prevalent winds are those which blow with the greatest frequency at any place .
26 Among the more common methods are those which depend on the colligative properties of dilute solutions .
27 Drugs : Both medically prescribed drugs and those which come under the general heading of ‘ non-medical substances ’ can cause impairment of mental faculties .
28 We can also speculate that at least some ‘ non-negotiable ’ transfers are brought off more rapidly than those which go through the lugubrious procedures maintained by various State bodies and foreign trade organisations .
29 All others are available except those which lie at the extreme top end of the compass ( say above including the shake on G and A ♮ ) .
30 The most suitable are those which tuck on the same needles for two or four rows .
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