Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | as in this case we go down the three column , the three is a in the numerator N one , right , till we reach seventeen , right , and now test to see if it 's three point two right , so if we |
| 2 | Another critic who took up the moral cudgels against the ‘ spicy ’ jokes and suggestive songs described how ‘ this kind of garbage is part and parcel of the repertoire of nearly every music hall in the kingdom … it puts decency and clean-living at a discount , and it glorifies immorality all round ’ . |
| 3 | You are the first of the king 's officers to know that Lord Grey of Ruthyn is carried off prisoner into Wales , and if this moment you turned out the muster of every shire between here and Denbigh , and loosed them into Clocaenog forest , do you think you would find hide or hair of a Welshman there ? |
| 4 | At this point we take up the experience of those who returned to their former jobs . |
| 5 | From this it is deduced that one who is seised must have an estate , and unless he claims through some gift which cuts down the estate then it will be a fee simple … |
| 6 | Layton put it somewhat differently when he added that ‘ the two great qualities a young writer has are his arrogance and inexperience , ’ and on another occasion he picked out the twin characteristics of ‘ precocity and independence . ’ |
| 7 | Navjuvanov was dismissed , accused of corruption , and it appeared to have been this event which sparked off the rallies outside the parliament building in Shahidan ( " Martyrs ' " ) Square . |
| 8 | Incest was another area which pointed up the growing convergence of opinion between purists , women 's groups , the police and the Home Office . |
| 9 | At the end of this month I hand over the care of the diocese to Bishop John Crowley . |
| 10 | In this way one goes up the scale gradually instead of in leaps as in the centesimal scale . |
| 11 | That application form put him on the ladder , not only to the top of the Japanese profession , but to international recognition — on 1 January this year he took over the chairmanship of the International Accounting Standards Committee . |
| 12 | The memorandum of association is of crucial importance to the company , for it is this document which lays down the boundaries of the company 's activities . |
| 13 | We are particularly interested in the comparative statics , and for this purpose we write down the equations of change . |
| 14 | Dr Newton , Harwell 's deputy head of biomedical research must give regular samples for analysis , as does his fellow volunteer , Eric Voice , along with regular sessions under this detector which picks up the gamma rays given off by the plutonium . |
| 15 | Dr Newton , Harwell 's deputy head of biomedical research must give regular samples for analysis , as does his fellow volunteer , Eric Voice , along with regular sessions under this detector which picks up the gamma rays given off by the plutonium . |
| 16 | Just how good it is depends mainly upon how much care one takes over the cream sauce . |
| 17 | For the second time that day I scrambled down the slope of the hill towards the sad little car . |
| 18 | " But that policeman who brought in the exhibits said that she was only eighteen . |
| 19 | At each stop he noted down the shapes and stitch work of other traditional working men 's jumpers . |
| 20 | It was the same story which brought about the downfall of another huge yard — Tyne — in October 1989 . |
| 21 | At the same time it plays down the dangers of pollution . |
| 22 | At the same time it set up the Seiji Togo Memorial Museum , which now occupies the forty-second floor of the spectacular headquarters tower in Tokyo , and houses pictures by Chagall , Gauguin , Picasso , Renoir and Grandma Moses . |
| 23 | He had very little response to that memo you sent out the other week , I 've taken no phone calls whatsoever |
| 24 | Each year it belches out the sum of 325,000 tonnes of sulphur . |
| 25 | That way we kill off the competition while we scoop the pool ourselves . |