Example sentences of "[det] [be] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the reasons for that are in the general principle that people are responsible for the consequences of their actions . |
| 2 | The pressurized water reactor ( PWR ) predominates in most national nuclear power industries with some notable exceptions , including the UK ( some advanced gas-cooled reactors or AGRs but mostly gas-cooled reactors or GCRs ) , Canada ( the Candu type of reactor which uses heavy water as the coolant ) , and the USSR ( half are of the light-water graphite reactor or LWGR type ) . |
| 3 | A few are by the main road , but most are quiet . |
| 4 | Additionally an optical output is provided ; as supplied , this is via the standard Toslink connector but an AT&T output is available for an additional premium . |
| 5 | the circumstances I wonder how well this is to the current debate as opposed to amendments which I suspect will be moved later on . |
| 6 | On the whole , this is to the great benefit of government , especially conservative governments which thrive on secrecy , paranoia , a paternalistic control of information and protecting us from outside harm . |
| 7 | If GP fundholders can get consultants to their surgeries , this is to the clear advantage of patients , who have less far to travel . |
| 8 | The common solution is for both creditors and debtors to be excluded from the sale and to remain with the vendor as this is to the clear advantage of the purchaser . |
| 9 | The second wave occurs at puberty when the young person looks for a sexual partner , and if there has been minimum conflict during the phallic phase this is of the opposite sex . |
| 10 | This is of the same order of magnitude as Connell 's ( 1961 ) observation that N. lapillus could manage I.l 5. balanoides a day in summer , whilst consuming fewer at other times ( Table 4 ) . |
| 11 | This is on the black market Russian . |
| 12 | And again , you see this is on the one hand , on the other hand there is some justification in both views . |
| 13 | Er another scripture here to suggest whether this , this is on the same sort of er apart from that 's it , chapter thirteen and Luke |
| 14 | You can connect your spur cable into the circuit at any existing conveniently-sited socket , so long as this is on the main circuit and is not already supplying a spur ( see ADDING EXTRA SOCKETS ) . |
| 15 | What 's he asking to record a vote , the the this is on the main motion , could could I ask you to keep quiet just while we 're doing the voting please cos it 's very difficult to hear . |
| 16 | This is at the opposite extreme from those occupations that are inherently invidious , those that place the individual directly under the command of another , as in the case of the doorman or the household servant , and those involving a vast range of tasks — street cleaning , garbage collection , janitorial services , elevator operation — that have an obtrusive connotation of social inferiority . |
| 17 | As we have noted , this is at the opposite pole from the extreme classical view that wage-earners save little , and that the primary source of accumulation is saving out of profits . |
| 18 | But as we have seen , this is at the very heart of the problem of the survival of free institutions , because if this policy is pursued it would be impossible to stop the drift to totalitarianism . |
| 19 | All of this is with the avowed intent of improving his company 's products . |
| 20 | This is for the sensible reason that the last thing ministers want to do is to listen to an argument about figures being wrong . |
| 21 | But this is for the bass player who goes widdlywiddlywee … |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't worry , ’ said Margaret , ‘ when all this is over the only thing that matters is your family . ’ |
| 23 | This is over the same event that we 've recorded how the speed is changing , it is n't , |
| 24 | One possible way of accomplishing this is through the erosional thinning of the crust when it is elevated during the period of uplift . |
| 25 | It also tends to attract a lot of magic since this is about the only thing your opponent can rely on to slow it down . |
| 26 | This is about the fifth meal you 've made ! |
| 27 | This is about the fourth time we 've played |
| 28 | This is despite the great effort put into scanning for commercial information by their individual business units . |
| 29 | This is despite the near completion of a £70,000 five year project set up to save the paths . |
| 30 | Of this vast quantity of building which was achieved between 146 B.C. and A.D. 476 only a small fraction exists today and often this is in the best condition in the provinces of the Empire , despite the fact that the examples were generally less magnificent . |