Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | We were given a lot of work to prepare in our spare time and I remember trying to keep warm in the daytime in an overcoat and scarf while I wrote an essay or struggled with Latin composition . |
2 | He counted the seconds , one , two , three , four , and then it hit the tent with a fury that he had never known , he inside in his sleeping bag with his feet braced against the dome pole facing the onslaught . |
3 | Pieces of material much longer than the vice jaws should be gripped between two wood strips and held in the vice with the addition of a G-cramp or screw at each end ( fig.2 ) . |
4 | In the tower was a belfry containing one bell with the inscription : Parish of Sego A.D. almost entirely rebuilt and enlarged by the addition of a chancel and south aisle designed by Sir Thomas Drew . |
5 | Work done in 1881 included the addition of a gallery and the church was restored in 1879 and an addition to the churchyard was consecrated in 1901 . |
6 | The addition of a bubble-up or other filter filled with carbon , to the stored water , also removes chlorine and quite a few of the other nasties that may occur ( though charcoal/carbon is far from a panacea for all ills — it DOES NOT remove ammonia , nitrites , and nitrates despite some manufacturers ' claims ) . |
7 | The ‘ splash ’ effect of a harp glissando is much enhanced by the addition of a stroke or roll on the cymbals with a soft stick . |
8 | PERMISSION for the addition of a bedroom and bathroom at Long Reach , 12 Lymington Bottom Road , Four Marks has been granted by local planners . |
9 | The addition of a language and reading specialist is also clearly appropriate . |
10 | ‘ Closure of the USM may prompt a rush of restructuring by USM companies that decide that this is the opportunity for an MBO or a delisting , or even to maximise shareholder value by break-up or sale , but the current recession may not be the ideal timing for any of these options , ’ says PW 's Nigel Crockford . |
11 | Still a win is a win and a most popular one at that with the majority of a crowd that was building towards 25,000 , mindful of the previous Saturday 's events at Lansdowne Road where the eclipse of England remains the season 's highlight . |
12 | Nowadays the term paradigmatic is normally used for this type of relationship , on the model of the grammatical notion of a paradigm , a tabular representation of the conjugation of a verb or the declension of a noun or adjective . |
13 | and it worked , and it got over to Australia , it got unpacked and it still worked when it got to Australia , and it went on the stand and it stood on the stand for a week or however long it was . |
14 | Then the toot of a trumpet and the clown with the enormous sorrowful eyes was coming at her in her ring-side seat and she wanted to run away . |
15 | But medieval England , no less than now , was full of all manner of self-appointed scholars , administrators , and general schemers with a vested interest in obfuscation ; and with what pleasure , by 1651 , says the OED , was it ‘ applied contemptuously to the language of scholars , the terminology of a science or art , or the cant of class , sect , trade , or profession ’ . |
16 | After spending one night at the Hilton he reserved the suite for a week and paid in advance . |
17 | Vivian Ellis of Mr Cinders and Bless the Bride talked enchantingly about Joyce , whilst Reggie and family and Simon Williams and other chums queued down the stairway for a hug and a plastic cup of champagne . |
18 | Mash the avocado to a pulp and stir in the oils . |
19 | … the sound of a cat 's footsteps , the roots of a mountain , the breath of a fish , the beard of a woman and the spittle of a bird . |
20 | They like the complexity of a deal when in the end all the bits fit neatly together . |
21 | He managed to increase the staff in two ways ; first by getting the endowment for the chair of Greek freed from the attachment to a canonry and then the endowment of the canonry used to give a second professorship of theology ; secondly by persuading the vice-chancellor to find money for a lectureship in New Testament studies . |
22 | In early periods of feudalism , the link between a noble and his peasants was maintained in the form of a personal agreement which ended upon the death of either party . |
23 | What a way to spend the morning , hammering away at the base of a bomb that is likely to go off at any moment . |
24 | Further , discomfort is much more prevalent at the base of an organization than it is at the top , both physically and psychologically . |
25 | A majority of climbing plants coil right handedly , in the direction of a woodscrew as it is driven into the timber . |
26 | However , Bridge of Orchy station is a very convenient starting point , and after crossing beneath the railway line a prominent path leads you up the hill in the direction of a gully that divides Beinn Dorain from its sister Munro , Beinn an Dothaidh . |
27 | He was , however , unable to exert sufficient influence to change the direction of a game that Forest had controlled from the start . |
28 | Letter from the Water of Leith Conservation Trust stating that the provision of a speaker and/or a display would be put to the trustees for their consideration . |
29 | Letter from the Water of Leith Conservation Trust stating that the provision of a speaker and/or a display would be put to the trustees for their consideration . |
30 | Such time was expensive — ‘ not just in costs to the parties themselves ’ but in the provision of a court and the expense and inconvenience to 12 jurors . |