Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hours of wrangling over the protocol of such matters was squandered during both the preparation and the course of the pair 's ceaseless round of state visits to ever more obscure countries . |
| 2 | It is only with such a system that uneconomic jobs or work types can be identified and stopped for either the fee basis to be renegotiated or the amount of work done reassessed . |
| 3 | The little room at the end of the paddock , where scores are received , became for once the centre of attraction . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ But I have n't done anything — except be an absolute misery , ’ she added honestly as she realised for perhaps the first time what a wet blanket she had been . |
| 5 | This greed for status reinforces the wife 's role as child-bearing domestic slave or chattel , and spoils for ever the chance of a real relationship . |
| 6 | They sold for twice the price of a ‘ black label ’ record . |
| 7 | They encompass all kinds of visual material and account for both the aesthetic and non-aesthetic response . |
| 8 | Government services account for approximately the same share of national output as manufacturing . |
| 9 | Further analysis showed no differences in results between schools in which the projects were taught for only the minimum time compared with those that taught it for longer . |
| 10 | The funding for the survey 's marine programme was slashed from $24 million to $13 million a year — money intended for both the Atlantic and the Pacific sections . |
| 11 | Printed by Imprimeries Réunies , Lausanne , the books are intended for both the general public and scholars . |
| 12 | The sensitivity , specificity , and efficiency of the sweat spot test were calculated for both the sweat spot test score and the percentage number of abnormal subareas , and receiver operating characteristic curves were drawn for both parameters . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , Mr Porter ! ’ ( 1937 ) , with Will Hay the stationmaster of Buggleskelly , is regarded as both the popular and critical pick of the genre , and has been favourably compared with the work of the Marx Brothers . |
| 14 | Enjoying a fantastic location in Kos town , you 'll find the Hotel Catherine set just back from the lively , bustling harbour , right in the centre of town and ideally placed for both the beach and nightlife . |
| 15 | In both London and New York , the play has survived the departure of Pauline Collins , justifying for once the usually pretentious term of monodrama . |
| 16 | Left penniless when her husband dropped dead suddenly one Monday morning as he was putting his horse between the shafts to go to the country on his weekly door-to-door round , her pride had not allowed her to accept for long the charity of the community 's Board of Guardians . |
| 17 | The Maria is a small , friendly hotel , ideally located for both the nightlife and the beach . |
| 18 | But there is — for all our reflection — so much we do not know about even the simplest town scene . |
| 19 | Erm and had he had he patented it or I do n't know about exactly the timing , he might have made himself an absolute fortune . |
| 20 | Anyone who does know about either the Letts or Swain case is asked to contact police at Milton Keynes |
| 21 | Of those who voted , virtually all voted for either the Conservative or Labour parties ; 3 . |
| 22 | Only by qualifying for either the English Tourist Board crown grading and quality scheme , or one of the other nationally recognised quality schemes , can establishments be singles out with the relevant symbol and this is the result of independent , objective assessment by trained inspectors , not as a result of decisions by council staff . |
| 23 | She now writes for both the British and American press . |
| 24 | Its HSTs are provided from a combined pool of trains based at Neville Hill Depot ( Leeds ) used for both the Midland and East Coast main line services . |
| 25 | ‘ Many parents of premature babies and people with disabilities must be horrified at this report which seeks to cheapen their lives by measuring their value solely in terms of the money it costs to provide for even the most basic human rights such as education . ’ |
| 26 | One of the things that has been hardest for me to deal with in coaching is runners who want to train for both the marathon and the mile at the same time . |
| 27 | Yes , well the good news is , that there 's actually something called waiver of premium on the plan , which looks after exactly the , looks after exactly that case . |
| 28 | In the United Kingdom , Derry/Londonderry was the first and their game was called The Maiden City , presumably in order not to alienate that half of the community which did not approve of either the name Derry or Londonderry . |
| 29 | When formulating policy , governments are being put under increasing pressure to ensure that their financial sectors do not lag behind either the needs of the economy as a whole , or the rigours of a fast changing international financial environment . |
| 30 | All these can act against only the aquatic stages , that is to say they are ‘ larvicides ’ and , as I have already emphasised , malaria control by such an attack is likely to be effective only in limited situations . |