Example sentences of "we [verb] [vb pp] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've broken through the two |
| 2 | I fear however in view of what we 've heard from the two sides of the table , you will have rather more difficulty in coming even to a recommendation as to specific guidance on which sector of Greater York , this new settlement should be located if indeed you are minded to recommend in favour of one at all . |
| 3 | Perhaps symbolic is the typical picket line of today ; people in high spirits shouting slogans and singing to the beat of a salsa band as they march defiantly under the eyes of the police contrast with the solemn processions of strikers we had seen in the 1940s , walking through the streets in silence and in proper order , as if to create any disturbance was a mark of poor breeding . |
| 4 | What we have seen in the 1980s is a process by which poverty has been redefined as to do with the ‘ inner city ’ . |
| 5 | This assumption is hardly ever challenged ; yet it is clearly the case that many scientists are as incompetent in the humanities as many humanities graduates tend to be in the sciences ; it is perhaps a mark of the enormous divide we have made between the two areas that ability in one is often considered to preclude ability in the other . |
| 6 | On growth , the Labour party ignores the evidence of independent forecasters that , on top of the substantial growth rates that we have achieved in the 1980s , our growth rate will be just as good as the G7 average and faster than Germany 's in the second half of next year . |
| 7 | It is sadly not practicable to feature all the 200 plus entries to the competition so we have concentrated on the four teams who received gold awards in the finals . |
| 8 | We have concentrated on the three most important diagnostic signs : upward or downward straggle in individual batches ( figure 11.2 ) , wedge-shaped data where batches with higher medians have greater spread ( figure 11.3 ) , and curvy lines in a scatterplot ( figure 11.11 ) . |
| 9 | Like the experiments we have discussed in the two previous sections , these , too , lead to the conclusion that each sentence in discourse is processed clause by clause . |
| 10 | Royston was one of the best players we have had since the 1930s . |
| 11 | It is quite possible clearly that that number could be reduced , during the consultation process on the on the local plan , I think that 's an important point because of the issue of windfall that was mentioned by Mr Davis , and was raised yesterday , reference to historic trends in the city of York do show that erm we have exceeded structure plan targets by substantial amounts , I think the figure is is forty percent or or more , er the County Council could confirm that , slightly difficult calculation to do because I 'm sure you 'll be aware that to our eternal shame , the City Council has not to date adopted a formal local plan , with reference erm to your question on day one er as to whether or not we might calculate contribution of windfalls in the past , we have looked at the nineteen eighty seven residential land availability er study , which was agreed with the house builders , adjacent districts , and of course the County , and in the five year period of that study , by comparison with the sites that we agreed in the study , an additional four hundred and thirty dwellings came forward and were completed on sites that had not been identified in the study , now I 'd I would say very clearly that that level of windfalls erm would not continue in the future and it could not be a reliable basis for erm looking at windfall contributions in the city in the future , clearly the supply of development land in the city is a is a finite resource , er given given the constraints that are current holding , and although some additional windfalls to the two hundred I 'd suggested in my H One may come forward , on the other hand I suspect some of the sites suggested in the draft local plan could fall out of the equation . |
| 12 | We shall be there thanks to the excellent monetary and economic management that we have enjoyed in the 1980s and will continue to enjoy for the rest of the 1990s under a Conservative Government . |