Example sentences of "a [noun] [subord] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't swim , never have been able to , and I did n't go out on a boat because along with the rest of the family I have always been afraid of water . |
| 2 | Their greater height posed no problem for spore dispersal : if anything , it was a help since up in the tree tops , spores were more easily caught by the wind and carried away . |
| 3 | Questions could be asked about the so-called Maidenhead factor , which relates to the apparently higher level of affluence of the population that is likely to be affected by a flood than elsewhere in the United Kingdom . |
| 4 | Jessica had been getting out of the house for a while since just after the youngest of the boys had begun at school . |
| 5 | Balance Health & Beauty Salon is open seven days a week until late in the evenings and the emphasis there is on rebalancing mind , body and spirit . |
| 6 | However , to manage an artisan workshop at very least implies a possession of the knowledge side of a craft if not of the actual making . |
| 7 | She was used as a model until far into the nineteenth century and was still carrying an admiral 's flag in 1848 . |
| 8 | Although both these samples suggest that there was a decline until well into the fifteenth century , followed by a recovery , there are two further points which need to be taken into consideration . |