Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , in an effort to once and for all give you the facts on why we 're Fun Factor Number 1 , we 've called in a few experts to run through the complete bizzo . |
| 2 | Concern with the nature and structure of knowledge is a continuing if not always explicit aspect of many subjects , but few discussions go beyond the single discipline or field . |
| 3 | Some prisoners benefiting from the general amnesty of March 7 had been detained following earlier incidents in October 1987 and October 1988 . |
| 4 | Noticing some birds feeding near the Inner Voder , we made a detour and were delighted to find a party of Manx shearwaters . |
| 5 | as if that was n't enough , Patrick Eggle himself telephoned within a few minutes to confer on the requested changes . |
| 6 | Rain spent a few minutes sympathizing with the psychic 's frustrations and then suggested that she try Maureen again , but with a specific request for a set of keys . |
| 7 | A lovely path goes up alongside amongst trees and in a few minutes leads to the open corrie and an impressive mountain scene : directly ahead is Beinn Dearg , the high mass on the left is Beinn Alligin and on the right is the last satellite of the Liathach range . |
| 8 | The century had been one of tremendous change and older views , like the emphasis on individualism , were being modified and in some cases challenged by the closing decades of the century . |
| 9 | Well I reckon it 's gon na take us three and a half hours to get to the other end , so two and a half hours to it and an hour on it if it 's not too bad and then of course we 've got to go up from there to Ipswich , Woodbridge but it 's dual carriageway all the way now you see . |
| 10 | Just time for a few hours sleep before the early morning call in the biggest beds you have ever seen . |
| 11 | As Ramaphosa was beginning discussions with members of the National Peace Secretariat ( who had offered to act as intermediaries in talks with the Ciskei authorities ) , some marchers broke through the razor-wire border fencing and started moving towards Bisho . |
| 12 | While some prodigies struggle without the right challenges and others burn out on reaching university , there are a few who face another obstacle — parental jealousy . |
| 13 | He spent some months hiding in the Western Isles and perhaps in Ireland . |
| 14 | Troops commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Henry Clinton stayed for some months co-operating with the Portuguese garrison . |
| 15 | Some jews went in the opposite direction by expropriating a territory in Palestine ( on the grounds of an historical occupation ) to substantiate their claim to being a nation . |
| 16 | Sir Geoffrey Howe , Deputy Prime Minister and a potential successor , also signalled strong disapproval of what Sir Anthony last night called a challenge to ‘ a leader who claims infallibility ’ — and what some supporters likened to the mass Tory abstention which dislodged Neville Chamberlain in favour of Winston Churchill in 1940 . |
| 17 | The precedent suggests a reference to persons under the Tenant 's control in order to exclude mere callers , but where the clause refers to servants of the tenant ( which some precedents do despite the archaic nature of the expression ) it may be as well to qualify this with the words in the course of employment in case it is claimed that a servant will , by the nature of the expression , always be under the tenant 's control . |
| 18 | Between about 1785 and 1805 some pianos made in the Viennese tradition were designed with a check and others without . |
| 19 | The street lamps were already lit , and a few cars crawled through the rough-mirror streets with their lights on and their wipers flapping to and fro . |
| 20 | There were few headlights coming in the opposite direction beyond the barrier , and few travelling in his direction . |
| 21 | And while some parents complain to the head teacher about their children becoming involved with the RUC , at least one headmistress was reported as being committed to the community relations programme , telling parents that she was responsible for their education and that they could move their child if they objected to the way this was done ( FN 10/2/87 , p. 7 ) . |
| 22 | A few steamers lounge in the blue water . |
| 23 | But now there was only one thing left for him to do , and that he did , before the shock of Glendower 's assault sheared deep into his ranks , hardly slowed by the few casualties caused by the English archers . |
| 24 | For the most part the scribes who copied the Pentateuch were very careful , and it would seem that very few errors crept into the Hebrew text . |
| 25 | Amato 's Cabinet was predominantly composed of members of the PSI and the Christian Democrat ( DC ) party , with some posts going to the Social Democrats ( PSDI ) and the Liberals ( PLI ) . |
| 26 | It is one of the few companies exposed to the full blast of petroleum revenue tax but , as a recent National Audit Office report showed , the whole offshore tax system is in a mess . |
| 27 | Null depth varies in practice , because some antennas respond to the electric field component of the wave as well as to the magnetic field component . |
| 28 | One always had to start with some ideas based on the available information . |
| 29 | Few appointments made by the Civil Service Commission in recent years will be so crucial , not just to the efficient running of the welfare state , but to the progress of the most significant Civil Service reform this century . |
| 30 | Some versions substituted for the front pair a .5 Browning heavy machine gun , and some jeeps had a single Vickers fitted in such a way that the driver could operate it . |