Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [vb base] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The courts treat it as a question of fact and take an ad hoc approach . |
| 2 | The danger of criticizing the appointment of particular judges was shown when in June 1980 a Belfast jury awarded £50,000 damages to a Northern Ireland county court judge for a libel contained in an article in the Economist suggesting that his appointment had been based , as The Times put it in a leading article , not so much on his ability but on the fact that he was a Roman Catholic . |
| 3 | Where do evokes the infinitive as a reality , the modals evoke it as a potentiality . |
| 4 | At the top the beetles have discovered the dead mouse ; they bury it by tunnelling beneath it and removing the earth from below so that it drops down into the excavation ; at the bottom as the mouse sinks down into the earth the beetles roll it into a ball ready for the reception of their eggs . |
| 5 | sitting there doing paper work and the ki erm the kids use it as a a an office and what have you , there with their paper work , Sarah does her homework there and we have our meals in there so erm sort of it does n't really matter but er you know it saves them all coming out for a meal , and having to do it cos trouble is it 's too small to keep an eye on people to see if they want anything , everything 's alright and what have you |
| 6 | The umpires check it at the end of every over . |
| 7 | The words cut me like a sword . |
| 8 | Once you 've found the words ring them with a pen , cut out the wordsquare or photocopy it if you do n't want to damage your magazine , and send it to us here at : Make sure you also enclose your address and boot size . |
| 9 | The Jews provide us with the single most illuminating incident of the episcopate of Avitus . |
| 10 | Even when lightning lit the skies and the floodgates opened when she was still twenty miles from her destination she merely flicked on the car 's wipers and peered out into the black night , letting the piercing beam of the headlights guide her along the road . |
| 11 | The Gospels present us with a picture of Jesus of Nazareth searching out those left on the edge , and bringing them into the heart of God 's kingdom . |
| 12 | The feathery and delicate fronds of the ferns make them among the most beautiful of the foliage plants , and they attract a fanatical group of devotees dedicated to growing exotic species in inhospitable cities . |
| 13 | But disabled people who use them say the workshops provide them with a sense of dignity as well as permanent paid work . |
| 14 | Venezuela stands in sharp contrast because the banks see it as a better bet than Mexico . |
| 15 | The policemen controlling the pedestrians beckon them across the road . |
| 16 | The Cattle of the Cottagers are impounded when the Forest is driven by the Keepers , as all other Cattle are ; and when the Owners take them from the Pound ( paying the usual Fees to the Keepers ) they turn them again into the Forest , having no other Means of maintaining them … the Cottagers … are detrimental to the Forest , by cutting Wood for Fuel , and for building Huts , and making Fences to the Patches which they inclose from the Forest ; by keeping Pigs , Sheep etc. in the Forest all the Year ; and by stealing Timber . |
| 17 | The strings provide us with the most expressive and appealing medium ( with perhaps the exception of the human voice ) that exists in the whole range of music . |
| 18 | If that is the case , then the only feasible way of including such shares is if the holders assent them to the scheme by separate undertakings . |
| 19 | I shall have the prefects chase you down the corridor and out of the front-door with hockey-sticks ! |
| 20 | At least the days of Friday night being the night the neighbours report us to the NSPCC for malicious blinding of offspring with intent are over . |
| 21 | To abuse my hospitality in such a way , take advantage of my trust — never enter this house again , I will have the servants throw you in the street — ’ |
| 22 | The teachers treat me as an adult , but I 've always been very mature for my age . |
| 23 | I used an MVP brace , which was made of carbon , titanium , graphite , velcro and other highly technical but very strong lightweight substances — it resembles scaffolding , but the Americans wear it as a fashion accessory on top of the trousers ! |
| 24 | Kick him in the bollocks kick him in the head . |
| 25 | The friends accompany me to the jetty . |
| 26 | And yeah another one connected to this whole lifestyle , aspirational argument the image the brochures give us of a couple si sitting on a terrace with , you know , you can almost hear the music in the background , the sun setting over the sea . |
| 27 | ‘ The bishops keep it within the circle . |
| 28 | The girls join them for a final splash in the pool . |
| 29 | Quite apart from this , fortunately I examined the BATch file first to see just what it would do , the instructions leave you with a system that does n't always operate correctly anyway . |
| 30 | The cases fall into two categories : those in which the disposition described in the problem is evidently a legacy , yet the petitioners describe it as a trust ; and the opposite case , where the petitioners describe as a legacy what is really a trust . |