Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [modal v] [verb] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm my , I have n't had the time to really absorb what is in them and obviously the board would feel the same . |
| 2 | There is also provision for ABWOR to be provided at the request of a magistrates ' court or a county court by a solicitor within the precincts of the court for purposes other than the provision of ABWOR , where the court considers that the case should proceed the same day and that the client would not otherwise receive representation . |
| 3 | The common sense of individualism voiced by Adam Smith won for it judicial acceptance , the high point being Smith v Hughes ( 1871 ) LR 6 QB 597 where Cockburn J said : The question is whether , under such circumstances , the passive acquiescence of the seller in the self-deception of the buyer will entitle the latter to avoid the contract . |
| 4 | The photocopier will do the latter job for you . |
| 5 | At this stage the male will show the same aggressive tendencies that go with most of the bubble-nesting anabantoids . |
| 6 | Later , people would come along , dig him up and remove him to a more permanent resting place where the vicar would say a few words and it would all be over , except for those who remembered him . |
| 7 | By launching their cruise missiles , US and NATO commanders would hope that , at best , the Soviet Union might sue for peace , and , at worst , that the West could gain a few extra days when its conventional ( non-nuclear ) forces might be able to stem the tide . |
| 8 | Even so the president could do no more than test the reaction of the ambassador to some of the advice and conclusions of his own government machine . |
| 9 | There would still be the difference between the two sections that , whereas section 5 plainly places the probative burden on the defendant , under section 4 , the defendant would have no more than an evidentiary burden to raise the issue , in which case it would be for the prosecutor to establish that he knew that witnesses were present . |
| 10 | In the investigation of crime a considerable lapse of time between the initial investigation and the re-investigation could rob the latter of some of its usefulness . |
| 11 | Assume , purely for ease of calculation and exposition here , that the rival can achieve the same learning rate , that demand is not price-sensitive and that , if the rival enters the market , sales will be divided equally between the two rival companies . |
| 12 | The problem is that although the typeface may have the same name — indeed it may even come from the same original — it may not have been coded up in the same way . |
| 13 | Beyond pouring oil on troubled waters , the Queen can do no more than dig in for the long wait , guided by her husband . |
| 14 | OK , the mic-stand might cost a few bob to repair . |
| 15 | The answer is that the ownership will remain the same . |
| 16 | a tin of beans in the south will cost the same as a tin on beans in the north . |
| 17 | There is , however , an alternate explanation : the universe might look the same in every direction as seen from any other galaxy , too . |
| 18 | The boy would spend a few weeks at a time with his father and when Sheila one day came to collect Scott , she mentioned that she felt she might well marry again . |
| 19 | I am sure that my right hon. Friend the Chancellor will need no such encouragement . |
| 20 | The computer totals the number of responses and the correct answers ; then when the child can supply no more words a full list of all possible words will be displayed , with the child 's answers in colour . |
| 21 | During any year most staff members of the Institute will spend a few weeks , if not two or three months , in erm some developing country , or perhaps several , and of course we 're also heavily involved in international agencies . |
| 22 | On television that evening Mobutu said that the conference could do no more than write the new constitution , and could not adopt it . |
| 23 | But of course the minister in his speech earlier went far wider than that er he seemed to imply that it was n't just er th er duty on the accountant er acting in capa his capacity as an auditor but er the the accountant would have the same duty if acting as an accountant , tax advisor or indeed in any other capacity . |
| 24 | I think I will and I think the rest of the team might have a few erm sherbets tonight , I do n't know . |
| 25 | The singer would show the same sort of decisiveness when she left Ton Ton Macoute and headed for London , where she and husband John Reynolds , from whom she is now separated , set up home with their baby son Jake . |
| 26 | Michael Fallon , who is defending Darlington for the Tories , said the town would have the same status as a parish council if the proposals went ahead . |
| 27 | The plaintiff can give a little assistance to those who dress her and when she 's got out of bed she can stand with the assistance of one other person . |
| 28 | The distinction would give the latter types freer rein , since they are not ‘ complete ’ carcinogens and their effects are not as patently threatening . |
| 29 | Once each has had a turn , the group may spend a few minutes discussing possible methods of achieving any identified learning needs . |
| 30 | Glen-Gery in the US and the pulp side should turn around this year but David Taylor at UBS Phillips & Drew thinks that by paying interest instead of receiving it the group will make a much-the-same £10m this time , and may cut dividends to 4p . |