Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 Activation of this third type of neurone has the effect of increasing the amount of neurotransmitter released at the synapse between sensory and motor neurones , for each nerve impulse travelling down the axon of the sensory cell .
2 In another case Mansfield spelt out the advantages of certainty , that merchants could then depend upon rules , ‘ easily learned and easily retained ’ , rather than upon ‘ subtleties and niceties ’ or ‘ upon speculative refinements from the law of nations or the Roman jus post liminii ’ .
3 My hon. Friend was also right about some Opposition Members talking down the economy .
4 During this period Churchill took over the coal negotiations and displayed a vigour for settlement which had been entirely lacking in the Prime Minister .
5 Another rain squall blotted out the harbour and water cascaded down the window panes .
6 The purchaser who relies solely on this mortgage report takes on the risk of unexpected building defects .
7 At this point Shakespeare brings back the Duke , disguised as a Friar , who sets in motion a complex plot involving several substitutions : of Mariana for Isabella , in Angelo 's bed ; of the head of Ragozine , ‘ a most notorious pirate ’ , for Claudio 's ( IV.iii.69 ) .
8 hoping to dominate … the world of athletics this weekend is Gloucester hammer thrower Lorraine Shaw … she 's UK champion … the first from the city 's club ever to win a senior outdoor title … this weekend Lorraine takes on the best in the world as she competes in the AAA championships in Birmingham … the amazing thing is that up until this year she was a discus thrower …
9 Trying to write a quality procedure to describe each management process flushes out the ‘ motherhood ’ statements and causes the re-examination and refinement of each process until a simple management procedure can be drafted which is clearly understood and accepted by operators .
10 It could only be left to each Group Organiser to weigh up the pros and cons of the situation .
11 That month Coleridge kept up the radical cry by publishing some of his Bristol lectures from earlier in the year , under the title Conciones ad Populum , and in late December he embarked on an altogether bolder enterprise .
12 It 's those telephoto lenses talking down the pound .
13 Moreover , the effect is perpetuated as each birth cohort advances up the age scale , especially if its mortality rate is greater or less than that of previous cohorts .
14 Which is why it 's a very good idea when you next go into your offices this afternoon , to rock the receiver , like this , because any camp ons put on the wrong extension on the ‘ ring no reply ’ camp on will be matured , on a first come first served basis , so that 's how people get to talk to you .
15 Salomea was at the Cadby Nursery when , at short notice , several refugee nurses took up the chance of emigrating to America .
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