Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [noun] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defence doctrine pointed out the risks to the country posed by regional conflicts in the former Soviet Union . |
| 2 | As the hydrogen bonds break down the denser liquid phase is thus formed ( see section 2.2 ) . |
| 3 | At Local Government reorganisation in 1974 he was appointed as the Field Officer to set up the innovatory Biological Databank . |
| 4 | I assume it 's a piss-take of the scum song of the same tune about the welsh git running down the wing ( football field wing that is and nothing whatsoever to do with aircraft ) . |
| 5 | Last night — or was it the night before ? — I was in the House of Commons Library when a number of hon. Members commented when the Ceefax screen put up the headline ’ Soviet Union to end on 31st December . ’ |
| 6 | The kitchen windows looked out the wrong way anyhow . |
| 7 | Water pouring through into the kitchen water pouring down the electric wire of the lamp in the study ! |
| 8 | However , when the account is used in conjunction with a credit card — which has an annual fee of £25 — the investor can use the card for purchases and the cheque facility to pay off the card account at the end of each month . |
| 9 | Just occasionally , she caught sight of the cooking pots bustling down the wagon towards Gabriel and pinning him in a corner , and then she would laugh and heave them back to the top of the cart . |
| 10 | In a petition of 1756 the weavers of the West Country pointed out the consequences of wage reductions being imposed by their employers : " insomuch that weavers can not get above fourpence for sixteen hours labour … whereby their families are thrown upon and become burthensome to the parishes " . |
| 11 | There are tantalising descriptions of buildings now demolished — ‘ a wonderful high ceiling in the banking hall going up the equivalent of two storeys ’ — plus accounts of lunchtimes and commuting . |
| 12 | It is the fight choreographer working out the moves for Leonard 's struggle to the death with Otto . |
| 13 | The overwhelmed sensation any understudy had when picked out of the chorus line to take over the leading role , the star having suddenly collapsed . |
| 14 | The champagne atmosphere brought out the best in the Australians . |
| 15 | As they settled themselves on the trunk Silas switched off the torch . |
| 16 | Even the fishing fleet came down the harbour as expected from intelligence reports , and might have choked the narrow 100 yards wide entrance if a burst of tracer from a destroyer had not turned them aside as they grasped the situation . |
| 17 | The survey also contains information on the action employers take on the expiry of the time limit . |
| 18 | The silver ball sped up the slight incline lighting up the Bakelite mushrooms as it struck them , ricocheting back and forwards , up and down , before vanishing down the hole in the corner . |
| 19 | One advantage of using a hearing-aid is in hearing one 's own voice ‘ from the outside ’ — the aid microphone picks up the voice of the user as well as voices of other people . |
| 20 | The owner of the sandwich bar swabbed down the counter again and whistled an aria she recognised from La Traviata . |
| 21 | In order to compensate for this the Borough Council took on the responsibility for payment of the Parish Clerk 's salary and the maintenance of parish playing fields . |
| 22 | Once back on the ground the ambulance service took over the medical side of the operation . |
| 23 | The ambulance doors closed out the white face of my recently acquired 17-year-old husband . |
| 24 | Her passenger said the car headlamps lit up the bike . |
| 25 | Now she stood looking out of her bedroom window , feeling lonely in spite of the car headlights crawling up the avenue of tall cypresses towards the villa 's ornate façade and the first arrivals climbing the twin stone staircases to the central entrance . |
| 26 | The car tyres bruise along the tarmac and the cabin is full of unspoken hurt . |
| 27 | To minimise potential bias , the study investigators set up the ventilators but were not involved in the clinical management of patients . |
| 28 | They advocated the promotion of party schools at the guberniia level to speed up the educational attainments of local leaders so that they really could set the tone in political culture in sufficient numbers without having to depend so much on shaky agents . |
| 29 | Well cos I letting the ships go and they , that was a night time and course I do n't know what happened over , over the argument but anyhow these boatmen they lost their job , they n never been happened since cos the then the Dock Commission took over the erm roping the ships in , come under Ipswich Dock Commission . |
| 30 | The practice note sets out the auditors ' reporting responsibilities and the contents of the auditors ' report in some detail , and provides some guidance on qualified reports . |