Example sentences of "the [adj] [noun] [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 42°C this digestion was reduced to approximately 10% of the total DNA showing only a two-fold temperature-sensitivity of the activity . |
| 2 | Pancreatic juice volume was sampled in 10 minute collection periods and the total amount collected over a 10 minute period was defined as pancreatic volume output . |
| 3 | In a similar way we can use the die figures for the early imperial bronze coinages minted at Corinth to calculate that the total value coined over a century was only about half a million denarii , or less than 5000 per year . |
| 4 | The greatest changes in sleep in humans take place during the first year of life , with the normal one-year-old showing essentially the same patterns of sleep as the adult , although in different proportions of stages , and with a recognizably different EEG . |
| 5 | The interim dividend goes up a fraction to 3.1p , from 2.9p . |
| 6 | The interim dividend goes up a fraction to 3.1p , from 2.9p . |
| 7 | Basically , the FS-77 offers control over the Quad X 's main features in a very no-nonsense fashion . |
| 8 | The broad gauge won , but the narrow gauge put up a respectable performance . |
| 9 | So far as we can tell , the men-folk ruled in every sphere ; but it may be that the further one got from the world of high feudalism the less of a slave the woman became ; it is certainly true , in a rather different way , that the Norman Conquest brought both a more complete feudalism and a fall in the status of women . |
| 10 | At the start of the C2 first heat Reneiski/Zuravski of the USSR broke a paddle shaft but still managed to finish only half a minute after the Korean pair using just the blade at the stern to secure a repêchage place . |
| 11 | The political realities of the division of Korea made the Korean people appreciate all the more the value of the assistance provided by the Soviet Union : |
| 12 | But in the end Grey does venture the overall generalization that ‘ the experience in the Korean War demonstrated again the conflict between Dominion aspirations and increasing independence in policy formulation , and the British desire to maintain their status as a great power by drawing on the resources of the Dominions in ‘ friendly cooperation , ’ while at the same time arrogating to themselves the benefits which accrued from such association' ( p. 185 ) . |
| 13 | According to the second view , inspiration was mantic possession : the divine afflatus took over the voice of prophet or prophetess , and employed the human agent as a musician plays a lyre which has no mind of its own . |
| 14 | Article 10(1) of the European Convention sets out the basic principle which the makers of common and statute law in Britain have never quite mustered the courage to adopt : " Everyone has the right to freedom of expression . |
| 15 | Last week , in a stormy session , the European Parliament threw out a voluntary code proposed by officials at the European Commission , which had been drawn up by the baby-food companies themselves . |
| 16 | For both countries , the special relationship between them is their primary foreign policy priority , and the European Community remains principally an instrument of their foreign policy needs . |
| 17 | In fact I have just received a copy of ‘ Transport in the 1990s ’ , which is an information pamphlet from the European Commission setting out the European Community 's strategy for transport . |
| 18 | KPMG has been appointed by the European Commission to carry out a survey of venture capitalists in the European Community . |
| 19 | BRITAIN is set for another clash with Brussels after the European Commission unveiled yesterday a £600 million plan to increase sales of a new generation of wide-screen televisions , mainly made in France and Holland . |
| 20 | Main picture : The uncluttered bedroom sums up the atmosphere of the house |
| 21 | The snakes and the tardy remedy make up the entirety of God 's response . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , at the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva , Portugal , the former colonial ruler of East Timor , called on Feb. 12 for a UN-sponsored international delegation to be allowed into the occupied territory to carry out an independent assessment of the situation there . |
| 23 | This really is not as difficult as it sounds as the strong lights black out the background and the cameras are surprisingly easy to ignore . |
| 24 | In the flickering candlelight , the withered features took on a grotesque appearance . |
| 25 | The retiring chairman handed over the meeting to the new chairman , John Sharp who , in accepting the post , thanked Dr. Watson for his tireless work on behalf of the Village Association . |
| 26 | The retiring chairman handed over the meeting to the new chairman , John Sharp who , in accepting the post , thanked Dr. Watson for his tireless work on behalf of the Village Association . |
| 27 | Earlier this year it was announced that the block contained an oilfield with recoverable reserves of 250 million to 500 million barrels of oil , putting it in the so-called ‘ elephant field ’ category and the largest oil find off the British coast for five years . |
| 28 | As I shall seek to show , the political culture remains predominantly an allegiant one , and the important question to be addressed is not " why has there been a decline in the civic culture ? " but rather " why has that decline not been greater ? " |
| 29 | They have n't shown the political will to sort out the problem — there has been an element of divide and rule . |
| 30 | The classic experiment requires both a control and an experimental group to which subjects are randomly allocated . |