Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean there 's no excuse I all the jobs are quite quickly done are n't they ? |
| 2 | In Lambert v. Lewis ( 1981 H.L. ) Lord Diplock suggested that in that case someone down the chain of distribution who suffers economic loss ( i.e. because he has to pay out damages for breach of contract ) , might well be able to claim indemnity direct from the negligent manufacturer under the principle in Donoghue v. Stevenson . |
| 3 | Fortescue saw what the problem was : the defence of English interests both on land and at sea , which needed to be acted upon with a speed which only the existence of some form of permanent naval force would allow . |
| 4 | The second part of the project involves using the new insights which preferred point geometry offers to make practical the methods which both the new and existing theories produce . |
| 5 | The potential preservation of usage information as well as the potential for retaining huge quantities of communications and records suggest opportunities which even the historian of the nineteenth century can never have . |
| 6 | The glazed window which came about almost 2,000 year s ago was a luxury which only the privileged few enjoyed . |
| 7 | In selecting scholars , preference is given to projects which further the cataloguing of the Turner Bequest , but proposals of any related subject are considered . |
| 8 | Absolutely punctilious , he is prone to mood swings which only the exhilaration of activity can overcome . |
| 9 | As a consequence the struggle for Palestine has been carried out on many levels , creating a complexity which even the participants have at times found difficult to follow . |
| 10 | Moreover there were functions which only the lord himself could carry out , particularly in matters of justice , for as a baron of Scotland , Ramsay had the power of pit and gallows , conferring on him the right and duty to adjudicate in most issues not reserved to the crown , a grave responsibility for a man who took his obligations seriously , and one in which his brother could not replace him . |
| 11 | Having held a senior position in another school , the newcomer was in a position to add status to the library venture as well as filling the gap in management which both the head and deputy had identified . |
| 12 | Taken to its conclusion , this hypothesis prefigures the paradoxical consequence that the smaller business may find itself liable to pay compensation which only the larger business is realistically able to meet . |
| 13 | Newcastle were always striving to keep the ball by those machine-like movements which only the cleverest exponents of the short-passing game can exhibit . |
| 14 | This poses the interesting question which only the future can resolve : how long can values survive without the beliefs which sustain them ? |
| 15 | But great lengths of the fence had been trampled down , and of the building itself only the smoke- blackened walls were still standing . |
| 16 | Mr Reilly has now embarked on a job which even the cynical Mr Darman should applaud . |
| 17 | He recalled the desire for leisure which even the most serious and industrious of workers experienced after a period of constant application , impelling them to " indulge in idleness " . |
| 18 | The site that was identified or potentially identified by by the house builders in York was a site which both the County Council and the District Council considered performed a number of greenbelt functions , I think that it would be accepted that in any development plan land should only be allocated if there were some degree of certainty that it would come forward for development within the plan period , the site that was identified , there had been no objections made to the Southern Ryedale local plan so therefore there were no indications that it would have come forward for development within that plan period anyway , had it been identified , had it been allocated . |
| 19 | Some of the ancient fortresses and cities still harbour Dwarfs , but the connecting tunnels are dangerous places which even the Dwarfs use with due caution . |
| 20 | It amazed him such a slip of a girl could have such passion in her , and by then he had noticed the perfect contours of her body which neither the black dress nor the prim white apron could conceal . |
| 21 | We 're seeing the end of a long period of Cold War which effectively the West have won because they have kept their defences up , er and I think as Tom King , he was out here last week , has said we need to keep a strong force here to make sure that the Soviets keep their side of the bargain and er start a withdrawal at some stage . |
| 22 | So what you 're doing is making assumptions about the population from which your samples were drawn , so therefore this is known as a parametric technique Nearly there Now , another interpretation of Pearson 's R , or the correlation coefficient generally , is variants If you square the correlation coefficient it equally the proportion of variants in X accounted for by Y. Now that is actually a very good measure of how good a correlation is . |
| 23 | ‘ And the fact that this can breathe makes it all the more comfortable , ’ they will continue , indicating a hat . |
| 24 | VAG 's policy states that ‘ if you wish to do the [ removal ] job yourself then the company will meet the costs of van hire and petrol expenses ’ . |
| 25 | 3.2 Should the Company be prevented for any reason whatsoever from completing the Work in the time agreed in Schedule I then the Publisher after giving the Company reasonable notice may commission the completion of the Work by another writer on terms that the Publisher shall consider fair to all parties and the terms in Schedule II shall be altered accordingly or the Publisher may withdraw from the Agreement . |
| 26 | Though the making of contracts with crews had been required of shipowners and masters for more than a century , these had , it seems , been corrupted by the inclusion of conditions which even the courts regarded as outrageous . |
| 27 | But they were clearly under considerable stress when making their decision , which involved refusing consent for a vital operation for a baby with no other problems than those associated with Down 's Syndrome ; problems which once the operation had been conducted , would not prevent the child from an average life . |
| 28 | This , and the multiplication of that half-breed known as ministers of state , is a product of a political inflation which even the present Government has not attempted to control . |
| 29 | Continentals are unable to be butlers because they are as a breed incapable of the emotional restraint which only the English race are capable of . |
| 30 | Sharon Kreig and Jay Ardamal double-timed it up the footramp and into the waiting executive transporter . |