Example sentences of "[det] [vb -s] the [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you drive along the A338 at night and come to the hamlet of Shefford Woodlands , look for a wide track that once was a Roman road , that crosses the main road at right angles , near the picturesquely thatched pub , the Pheasant . |
| 2 | ‘ That turns the first part of the system off , ’ she explained . |
| 3 | That causes the red leather of the ball to run enough to cover over the marks — but it is all cosmetic . |
| 4 | Neither has the commanding influence in the air that guys of their size should have . |
| 5 | The increase among men is about 40% Note that a standard measure of sherry , spirits and beer each contains the same amount of alcohol — 100ml . |
| 6 | But it is the solar eclipse on the 24th that holds the greatest potential for you : an addition to the family or change of location could be on the cards for next year . |
| 7 | That holds the two halves of the mast together |
| 8 | That has the double advantages of being |
| 9 | And sometimes this fits the ethnographic facts in a quite straight-forward way . |
| 10 | The first demarcation is between what is and is not ‘ higher education ’ ; this constitutes the general boundary within which knowledge and curricula are structured . |
| 11 | This constitutes the Bajocian Stage of the Middle . |
| 12 | This subdivides the whole field of science and technology into about 60 000 subdivisions . |
| 13 | A phrase from the Conservative 's manifesto last year , we are the only party that understands the need for low taxation , has now returned to haunt them , for an MP in a marginal constituency this evokes the electoral ghost of George Bush , so he firmly rules out increases in income tax , but would n't mind putting V A T on newspapers and books . |
| 14 | This evokes the Nazi pogrom against the Jews in November 1938 , and depicts the burning synagogues , photos of the artist 's own German/Jewish relations , and the Horsemen of the Apocalypse . |
| 15 | Following the PERT conventions this displays the logical dependences of the project activities very clearly , as indicated in Chapter 6 . |
| 16 | This displays the latest version of the module currently known to LIFESPAN . |
| 17 | This underscores the paradoxical nature of these investments : while they invest in notoriously volatile markets , the returns they produce are extremely solid , as befits an investment which is also a hedge . |
| 18 | This involves the controlled conversion of the complex odorous organic molecules into much simpler molecules , ultimately forming biogas , a mixture of methane ( 60–70% ) , carbon-dioxide ( approximately 30% ) some hydrogen sulphide and other trace products . |
| 19 | This involves the two groups plus a host of other musicians pooling their talents and putting out their releases . |
| 20 | For He did swim across the river : This involves the virtual person of the infinitive occupying the same position(s) in time as the actual person which specifies its rank in the auxiliary , and so to is not necessary . |
| 21 | This involves the active use of structures and vocabulary introduced by the video . |
| 22 | This averages the current score of a path over its length . |
| 23 | This represents the largest area of externally contracted testing services . |
| 24 | He recognized that he could be accused of a conservative , ‘ indeed reactionary ’ , direction for the universities , and of condemning the public sector to second-class status , but ‘ unrepentant I shall believe that in the long run this represents the logical development of both the Robbins principle and the binary policy ’ . |
| 25 | The Labour Party claims that this represents the first stage in a policy of full market rents . |
| 26 | In patients without a gall bladder the biliary related complications have been negligible and probably for the elderly and or debilitated patients , this represents the optimum method of management . |
| 27 | This represents the agreed contribution of £250 per year for 1990 and 1991 as outlined in my letter of 13th August 1989 . |
| 28 | To some extent , this represents the current state of NLP system development : there are several examples of programs that demonstrate the effective application of some aspect of linguistic knowledge , but very few practical theories regarding the use of world knowledge . |
| 29 | This represents the literal approach to the construction of the section , which stipulates simply that the court , ‘ after hearing the evidence and the parties , shall convict the accused or dismiss the information . ’ |
| 30 | This represents the last entry to be proofed with all entries lying between the two headwords also being proofed |