Example sentences of "[det] [conj] [vb base] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ignore this and focus on the false antithesis of punctuation versus gradualism , with no mechanism to explain either , is to engage in a scholastic war of words largely devoid of scientific content . |
| 2 | Do not open this and drive at the same time . |
| 3 | Some of these children , if they were given this attention over a two year period , could overcome this and go into the secondary school able to cope and take their place alongside the other children , and this is desperately important . |
| 4 | Just work on this and forget about the restrictive diet side of the equation . |
| 5 | Go through this and continue on the good track into the woodland , passing a ‘ crossroads ’ with a wall and gate on the right . |
| 6 | You start with one vowel , go on to another and end with the third . |
| 7 | Avoid these and go for the grilled items — possibles are poussins or chicken breast , game such as pheasant , partridge or guinea fowl , or , if you do n't have ethical qualms , lean veal . |
| 8 | ( c ) The ruined huts are all that remain of the old crofting settlement of Borreraig , an extreme example of the eviction of crofting communities in the 19th century . |
| 9 | Liam just decided to ignore it all and hope for the best . |
| 10 | As a consequence , greater virulence should be favoured if enough offspring of other wasps can be infected to more than compensate for the subsequent loss of extra offspring from the current host . |
| 11 | At that time women were still employed underground in Cumberland filling the baskets as well as at surface tasks , while the wives of Staffordshire pitmen were said seldom to " do more than attend to the necessary calls of the Family " except for helping with the harvest . |
| 12 | In 1977 , the Labour Health Secretary David Ennals said : ‘ In the present economic climate the Government can do little more than provide for the increasing number of old people , leaving a small margin for improvements in method of treatment . ’ |
| 13 | Many employers did little more than comply with the bare regulations . |
| 14 | Those that resonate with the strongest vibrations will suffer the most damage . |
| 15 | There are a few that are changed before that and there are those that go beyond the legal limit . |
| 16 | This view characterises most sociological explanations of crime , including those that fall into the third category of causal explanation : invention . |
| 17 | Stage 3 Making Operating Decisions — Operating decisions are those that focus on the efficient use of resources available to the firm in the short term and will be embodied in plans , conventionally referred to as budgets . |
| 18 | Some of the holidays that cater for the younger element may still be slanted towards pairing people off , but those that cater for the older age groups are not . |
| 19 | Those that live in the deep south of Thuringian hills even refer to themselves as the ‘ Mountain Republic ’ , and for those that speak German , their rolling accent can be fun to try and mimic ! |