Example sentences of "[det] [be] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this were so in the present case , he concealed the fact with remarkable aplomb ; but my impression was that he rather welcomed this degree of personal contact , as if it provided some sort of relief from the heavy intellectual conversation repeatedly forced upon him . |
| 2 | This is splendidly unlike the early thirties , when Lady Mendl published her Recipes for Successful Dining . |
| 3 | The sooner this is over with the better . ’ |
| 4 | This is rather like the big bang at the beginning of time , only it would be an end of time for the collapsing body and the astronaut . |
| 5 | Although bank loans are a vitally important source of finance , this is not to the complete exclusion of equity issues . |
| 6 | This is not in the long term interests of global capitalism , and TNCs through their governments have been known to put pressure on dictators for the purpose of creating or restoring pluralist political systems . |
| 7 | This is not unlike the former position for companies and this too produced many circumstances where organizations chose not to follow professional prescription and there did not appear to be the power or the will to enforce compliance . |
| 8 | This is firmly in the long-standing tradition which sees someone getting credit — and notably credit carrying interest — as needing special protection . |
| 9 | ‘ This is just between the three of us . |
| 10 | this is up to the eighteenth ah , ah , this is up to the eighteenth |
| 11 | this is up to the eighteenth ah , ah , this is up to the eighteenth |
| 12 | This is also from the same book , this design being called ‘ Sheherazade ’ . |
| 13 | Single person over the age of 65 ( this is instead of the younger single allowance , not in addition ) £3400 |
| 14 | If this is anywhere near the true figure , would n't it be nice if Mr Dobson made a substantial donation to help fund treatment for the three-year-old handicapped boy , say £2,500 , plus another £2,500 for the echocardiograph appeal ? |
| 15 | ‘ Do you think this is really about the Spanish Civil War ? ’ he enquired . |
| 16 | ‘ This is really for the whole family , everybody who knows me and the people of Leeds . |
| 17 | This is now in the piloting stages . |
| 18 | This is only about the possible er partnership of two of the largest unions in Britain . |
| 19 | This is so despite the subsequent shelving of the deal . |
| 20 | Well , we 've clearly seen that this is out in the open now and people are going to have to deal with it . |
| 21 | This is home for the forgotten . |
| 22 | ‘ But the question whether the gross profit resulting from a particular transaction arose in or derived from one place or another is always in the last analysis a question of fact depending on the nature of the transaction . |
| 23 | This was just in the first half kids . |
| 24 | And this was just in the excavated part ; by extrapolation , the researchers conclude that the total sett consisted of about 880 metres of tunnels , with 124 open entrances . |
| 25 | As the following table shows , this was well below the required numbers , as was the availability of places in foster homes and private lodgings . |
| 26 | But this was n't like the other times . |
| 27 | ’ I had explained that while this was probably in the best of taste and unlikely to be very illegal , it was already being done in California and he 'd be pushed to get third party insurance cover . |
| 28 | As for the claim that the older acts and the common law had allowed the imposition of harsher penalties , this was not for the simple fact of combination but for activities linked with industrial disputes that could have attracted prosecution for riot , intimidation , assault or destruction of property as much after 1799 as before . |
| 29 | This was not in the public interest . |
| 30 | This was more like the usual Taff . |