Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb base] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Draw up a life table for a cohort of 5000 students showing , for each year of study , the probability of leaving and the expected remaining stay calculated on the assumption that one-tenth of the leavers in any year depart at random times during the year and the remainder go at the end of that year . |
| 2 | The courts look at the effect that costs will have on that person 's financial position and decide on the facts whether severe financial hardship will be suffered . |
| 3 | In my judgment , as a matter of principle the colore officii cases are merely examples of a wider principle , viz. that where the parties are on an unequal footing so that money is paid by way of tax or other impost in pursuance of a demand by some public officer , these moneys are recoverable since the citizen is , in practice , unable to resist the payment save at the risk of breaking the law or exposing himself to penalties or other disadvantages . |
| 4 | Will the period be extended , or will the trade union be almost forced to concede what the employers want at the end of 16 months ? |
| 5 | Questions concerned with access to the curriculum lie at the heart of any whole-school policy . |
| 6 | I could feel the hairs rise at the back of my neck as I said , ‘ You 've seen her ? ’ |
| 7 | Now you think I 'm joking , but in fact in the States , people in the States sue at the drop of a hat . |
| 8 | The rDNA repeat at the end of chromosome III was always placed incorrectly next to the rDNA repeat at the beginning . |
| 9 | The rDNA repeat at the end of chromosome III was always placed incorrectly next to the rDNA repeat at the beginning . |
| 10 | Handrails most often come loose when the wallplugs fail at the point where they are fixed to a wall on a bracket . |
| 11 | During the Saturday rush at the exhibition , I took breaks from working my way round the stalls to draw a model in the calm of the Hesketh Hubbard stand . |
| 12 | During the Saturday rush at the exhibition , I took breaks from working my way round the stalls to draw a model in the calm of the Hesketh Hubbard stand . |
| 13 | I 'm partly agreed with you the fact that the stock take at the end of the day we got it right , but all I 'm saying it was very difficult |
| 14 | To facilitate these demands , as well as to preserve the files of historical documents currently being transformed into machine-readable form for the use of future generations , an Historical Data Unit has been established as part of the Data Archive at the University of Essex to collect , store and disseminate machine-readable data of interest to historians ( Anderson 1992 ) . |
| 15 | Similar instructions go for the F note at the start of bar 5 . |
| 16 | The Cherrys kneel at the altar of the Chili Peppers and bare their bellies for a spot of sacrificing . |
| 17 | This may suit some since , as the authors note at the end of their hard-hitting proposals , ‘ none of these suggestions offers easy solutions ’ . |
| 18 | Brief biographical details about each of the authors appear at the back of the book , as do comprehensive Teacher 's Notes . |
| 19 | For those that understand such terminology it might be said that the remedies work at the level of energy and not of matter . |
| 20 | The money from the sale of the products is put into a trust fund , so that when the youngsters leave at the age of sixteen to make their own way in the world they have the means to purchase a flock of sheep or a horse and cart , giving them a vital start in whatever activity they take up . |
| 21 | Visitors to the library are encouraged to give to the donations box at the entrance to allow the book purchasing policy to be kept up . |
| 22 | THE BEATLES are suing Sony over their release of an archive bootleg , ‘ The Beatles Live At the Star Club — 1962 ’ . |
| 23 | It does not take much imagination to understand the depth of grief that the parents feel at the loss of their baby . |
| 24 | It is not defined how an opportunity should be used , nor can the head or the teacher know at the outset whether any development or new insight will emerge . |
| 25 | Entries for the awards close at the beginning of October . |
| 26 | If the nest is underground some of the workers gnaw at the soil of the floor , carrying it away cradled in their forelegs and dropping it outside . |
| 27 | The book is brimming with little aperçus : why , if dogs eat only meat , do their breaths smell of fish ? ; why , when the credits roll at the end of a film , are more songs listed than one can remember having heard ? |
| 28 | Half the population die at the end of the third period , leaving no wealth ; the other half die at the end of the second period , leaving an ‘ unplanned ’ bequest . |
| 29 | There you are look the fast the r the number changes to yellow and the colours come at the bottom when you normal |
| 30 | The little energy the muscles supply at the beginning of a stride is what we contribute to our locomotion ; gravity does most of the work for a walker . |