Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My knuckles and hands were a mass of windblown cuts and boils which meant that whenever I clenched my fists the gashes opened . |
| 2 | In the second half of 1934 and in 1935 the movement all but collapsed as a national force , and to revive its fortunes the fascist political programme was de-emphasized and instead more attention was paid to fomenting local and regional grievances in populist campaigns . |
| 3 | Unless Labour develops its policies the next election will be a battle between two parties with virtually identical economic policies . |
| 4 | I 'd certainly like to know which bookshops the trials are being held in . |
| 5 | Parish Council chairman Peter Foster yesterday said so many people were booking their plots the village was running out of burial space . |
| 6 | But as I rode out with the nation 's most prestigious hunt , I found its members the model of politeness . |
| 7 | ‘ And these fellers used to go to sea like that ; and in these boats they were gone ten and twelve weeks , and they slept in little bunks , and they never changed their clothes the whole time . |
| 8 | yeah , absolutely , erm I think partly those things are to in when people pump out loads and loads of references , partly it 's to indicate which studies the ideas , information , evidence have come from |
| 9 | Comecon was introverted , denying its members the benefits of open and proper relationships with third countries . |
| 10 | The frequent complaint that ships , once requisitioned , were not actually used for several months , thereby denying their owners the use of them in between times , was not always the fault of the wind or weather . |
| 11 | While he has his backers the nature of Mr Birt 's shake-up at the corporation , introducing distinctly Thatcherite market-forces into an organisation at least as set in its ways as the civil service , but many times more internally political , means there are many ready to use the episode to raise other questions against him . |
| 12 | Considering that Ubogu had started the game with a wide bandage protecting his ears the injury was surprising and could only have been caused by heavy treatment from something metallic . |
| 13 | David began signing his letters The Boss and I think he quite liked it , ’ says Charman . |
| 14 | In such a case better to accept whatever penalties the Church might impose , however harsh , for theft and deceit , rather than fall into the hands of the secular law , my law , ’ said Hugh firmly , ‘ where murder is a hanging matter . |
| 15 | The reason for this is that the sooner you can pursue your debts the greater will be your chances of recovery . |
| 16 | Police now believe the couple met their deaths the following day , when their red Vauxhall Astra van was found abandoned at Manchester Airport . |
| 17 | The University of Keele offers its students the option of an initial broad , foundation year before embarking on the three-year course ( Iliffe 1968 ) . |
| 18 | But taking out your own cover may not be necessary if you belong to a trade association which offers its members the benefit of confidential advice if they run into difficulties at work . |
| 19 | So the universe he is trying to build is one which offers its inhabitants the possibility of moral action ; one which challenges its inhabitants to transcend it . |
| 20 | Battling Nottingham turned the table upside down with a priceless 18–9 win against Northampton that could keep them in division one and deny their visitors the championship . |
| 21 | Parents deny their children the outdoor play that they themselves enjoyed . |
| 22 | On completing their inquiries the police submit a report to the procurator fiscal who , on the basis of the report , determines whether charges should be brought . |
| 23 | Sarella murmured sleepily , allowing her lips the luxury of pressing against the muscles of his bronzed shoulder in a banquet of sensation . |
| 24 | When granting the abbey of Holyrood a foundation charter , David I had given its canons the right to build and profit from a burgh of their own , in what has since become the Canongate . |
| 25 | When she asked her pupils the name of one of the disciples quick as a flash came the answer , " Matthew … cap'n . " |
| 26 | Miss Bedwelty had said she would come over to see their horses the following week . |
| 27 | Those of us who draft these clauses have to look at similar cases , to see which restraints the courts have upheld and which they have declared void . |
| 28 | There are some who have raped virgin teenage girls in the darkness of an alley way , there are some who have taught their children the liturgy and practices of the church of the Seventh Day Adventists . |
| 29 | Ever Dennis Peck 's Bad Boy , Sun Microsystems Inc chief executive officer Scott McNealy got some mileage out of the fact that Sun , DEC and Hewlett-Packard all made their announcements the same day last week : ‘ there 's a lot of noise out there right now , ’ he told his satellite audience . |
| 30 | The teacher thus : added to the information she already had became aware of a different information source learned how to use that source used the source to present information in a different way and the class : also became aware of the information source responded actively to the on-screen presentation of statistical material could all use the material at the same time manipulated the material easily , moving to and from different parts of the database as they thought appropriate to support their arguments The viewdata presentation therefore : allowed ease of display and manipulation of information in a way in which a chalkboard , flip chart or handout could not and became a kind of electronic chalkboard provided a catalyst for discussion of subject matter related easily the subject matter to the students ' own geographical and social environment encouraged the development of oral discussion based on evidence inferred from information rather than expressed , but unsupported , opinion |