Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Comprising some 275 paintings , plus 150 works in other media including fifty découpages , thirty sculptures and a selection of drawings and illustrated books , it will occupy the entire first and second floors of the museum , temporarily displacing the permanent collection to the galleries normally used for loan exhibitions . |
| 2 | In the centre of Cardigan an earth mover used to try to reach a trapped mother and child overturned , and the occupiers eventually scrambled to safety . |
| 3 | After Frankfurt , the cities worst affected by mob violence are Hamburg , Berlin and Munich . |
| 4 | But at first the cities simply increased in number , grew in population and became more densely packed . |
| 5 | The general muddle was discussed in Chapter 6.2(c) above : in principle , a person whose conduct was caused by mental disorder should not be liable to criminal conviction , but in practice the narrow and antiquated defence of insanity is rarely invoked in England ( a handful of cases each year ) , and the courts normally proceed to conviction and then select a medical disposal where appropriate . |
| 6 | All that can be done is to point to the factors that the courts commonly take into account when calculating the multiplier . |
| 7 | Nor were the Germans much amused by M. Mitterrand 's initial coolness towards reunification and his trip to Mr Gorbachev in Kiev in December 1989 to try to stop it . |
| 8 | Through the Double Cross Committee , usually known as the XX Committee , these turned spies sent back to Germany a steady stream of fictitious information garnished with sufficient truth to give it credibility , which the Germans apparently accepted without question . |
| 9 | One of its paws gently brushed Lowell 's neck , a feather-light touch , the claws neatly encased in fur . |
| 10 | The strategies naturally varied from case to case , but all addressed the broad goals outlined above and all included a publicity programme of meetings , brochures and media coverage . |
| 11 | The woods most used in construction were elm and ash , both very hard and durable . |
| 12 | The existence of valid objections to the deposit copies and or to the proposals subsequently issued by county or local planning authorities by way of desired changes to deposit copies , also militates against the operation of the doctrine of emergence in relation to that area . |
| 13 | Although the final decision was with Cabinet , it would be most unlikely that they would overturn the views of a committee which had spent a number of weeks going through the proposals almost line by line — particularly given that half the Cabinet were on the committee and the Prime Minister was in the chair . |
| 14 | Her home-made toffee apples were the real thing even though more often than not , when the coating was licked away , green fruit would be revealed and the sticks always look like cut down kindling wood , as they probably were . |
| 15 | First asked for ideas for alternative employment to replace the arms industry , Mr. Browne suggested that it was the job of business not governments to provide employment , but he hoped some of the technologies currently used in defence could be deployed for civilian use . |
| 16 | The authorities then appeared to back down , accepting the students ' own nominees . |
| 17 | The taxes now levied on enterprise net income are essentially equivalent to value added taxes , although they are not completely uniform across republics and provinces . |
| 18 | The coaches gradually increased in size , length and weight , until overhang at the ends and a sag in the middle necessitated a third set of wheels . |
| 19 | Prince and the Buttholes both play with sound in the most wanton fashion , disfigure , aggravate and dismember it . |
| 20 | The goals commonly attributed to management , in no particular order , are status , power , salary , and security . |
| 21 | Together with spiders , snakes are among the animals most feared by man , although most species are harmless . |
| 22 | The Tans immediately began to prance around him , laughing and howling . |
| 23 | Fraud appears to have increased rather than decreased , and it can not be argued that this is merely a matter of greater success in detection , as many of the frauds only come to light when investors find that they are unable to obtain their funds ( or the directors of the institution are found to be in sunny climes abroad , with little intention of returning to the UK ) . |
| 24 | The branches above murmured in supplication and let through a sudden , spiralling shaft of light . |
| 25 | Happy daze are n't here again , for the new album is a crucial one for the lads once hailed as Factory 's finest . |
| 26 | In so far as the polytechnics today do in fact offer a wide range of advanced courses on different bases of study , they can also be said to live up to the description of being ‘ comprehensive ’ in that respect . |
| 27 | And given the extensive fear of denunciation for critical or defeatist comment , it is hardly surprising that negative remarks about the speeches rarely came to light . |
| 28 | The neutrons thereby produced in turn produced 14 C by interaction with 14 N. This simulated natural cosmogenic production , albeit in large bursts , and roughly doubled the atmospheric 14 C content as measured in about 1965 . |
| 29 | A new entrance capable of allowing these larger ships into Imperial Dock was completed in September while the fitting out quay at Victoria Shipyard incorporating new gates on the slipways also came into use during the year . |
| 30 | Animals call out loudy , even the frogs here shout for attention . |