Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , investors from outside the Community , from places such as Japan , the United States and many others , look at the European Community and decide that the United Kingdom is by far the best place in which to invest due to the stability , skills and reliability of our work force . |
| 2 | He is improving generally and his memory and concentration became normal during the 0/2 dosage . |
| 3 | In the long run , such images become coins of exchange along with pickets , football riots , and urban disturbances ; they populate our consciousness and can be recalled intact by the sheer mention of a single word or by a brief news clip from the past . |
| 4 | However I am pursuing that with the Property Services Department , who act for both the Council and the Board , and they have given authority for us to enter the land for the purpose of drilling bore-holes etc . |
| 5 | When the band became profitable on the road , it went back up . |
| 6 | For example , the placing of the head : a dynamic , powerful man should be made to fill the canvas , whereas children 's heads are better placed low on the canvas . |
| 7 | Well I do n't think that with the Romanies there is a problem , because they 're |
| 8 | Group B is tight with Crusaders and Distillery level on four points each at the top ; Crues are away to Coleraine while the Whites visit Omagh knowing defeat will let in the Tyrone men . |
| 9 | Scott had heard little of the Judge 's summing up or , indeed , of his comments after the life sentence had been passed . |
| 10 | So he and Mr Skinner started pointing at Tory MPs , appearing to be arguing about precisely how many of them had fallen asleep during the Health Secretary 's speech . |
| 11 | He must have fallen asleep during the Jane Russell film . |
| 12 | The superintendent had fallen asleep during the journey , her head gently rolling from side to side against the car seat , her front teeth prominent in her open mouth as she breathed through her nose . |
| 13 | Possibly his mother had fallen asleep at the wheel . |
| 14 | AN RAF man told a court yesterday how he had fallen asleep at the wheel of a Land-Rover before his friend died in a head-on crash with a lorry on the A1 . |
| 15 | He was shocked to think he had fallen asleep over the table . |
| 16 | Mr Levy claimed Andy Linighan was drunk and had fallen asleep in the back of the taxi . |
| 17 | The dogs have been kennelled , and the bodyguards have either gone back to bed or have fallen asleep in the hall . |
| 18 | The man had fallen asleep in the lounge when he woke to find a fire at the front door of his terraced home . |
| 19 | Finally , a dense catalogue section itemises each of the sculptures , complete with technical and bibliographical data , and includes the texts of crucial documents relating to the discovery and reproduction of the wax originals . |
| 20 | Xerox Corp , figures , page five , says it expects the European economy to remain weak for the rest of the year , but Xerox forecasts ‘ some encouraging signs of recovery ’ in Japan for the remainder of 1993 ; the plan to leave the financial services business remains on track but it might take several years . |
| 21 | times six X because normally bring that to the front . |
| 22 | This is fully tax relievable in the employer 's hands so the liability nets down to £3,393 for the employer . |
| 23 | As early as 1950 Norbert Weiner had predicted that automation would result , within twenty-five years , in a depression that would make that of the 1930s seem like a pleasant joke , and in 1965 an Oxford University professor was quoted as saying at one of the OECD conferences : |
| 24 | In 1983 , in an effort to get the ball rolling on realistic cuts , the Scandinavian countries proposed a 30 per cent reduction in sulphur emissions by 1993 , using 1980 as the baseline year . |
| 25 | Using 1980 as the base year , sulphur dioxide reduction aims are as follows : 20 per cent by 1993 , 40 per cent by 1998 and 60 per cent by 2003 . |
| 26 | Our tips — the Damon Wayans vehicle ‘ Mo Money or Ice-T and Ice Cube trying to go mainstream in The Looters |
| 27 | The production of up-to-date Class Lists has been delayed due to the tardy response of teachers to requests for current details . |
| 28 | But because this ruled out all danger or adventure , Eternity became destructive to the spirit , and the bureaucrats had themselves to be destroyed . |
| 29 | Although there was an attempt to introduce some competition for BT , this has been limited due to the natural monopoly position of parts of the telecommunications industry . |
| 30 | These remain unused for the entire time that the child is in nappies . |