Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During 1934 the emphasis in Left politics began to shift from domestic to international affairs . |
| 2 | During 1934 the advantage in rural Spain was allowed to swing violently back to landowners , landlords and employers , many of whom seized every opportunity to reverse by means of sackings , wage-cuts and evictions labour 's modest gains of the previous two-and-a-half years . |
| 3 | During 1934 the Music master , Mr. William Sidebotham , retired after 46 years ' service . |
| 4 | er the communists would n't be very happy about that the ownership of production is this is , this is the problem . |
| 5 | I 'm sorry about that the room , erm , okay the six pads that you 've got . |
| 6 | One of the exciting things about the erm introduction of this into schools is that we might actually begin to get , from a very early age , erm children clear about that the need to communicate their intentions , and that that 's what actually that 's what mathematics and similar formal systems has always been about . |
| 7 | It also puts money into the Yorkshire and Humberside Development Association which is wholly involved and has been for the last two years in trying to get large scale erm strategic inward investment into the county , and erm it is a erm awkwardness I think that it 's best to be open about that the planning policy of the county is out of tune with the day factor activities of the economic development side of the of the county council . |
| 8 | So how do you feel about that the fact that there are more coloured people |
| 9 | For each the example pattern you compute er this input tuple vector . |
| 10 | Unfortunately for Froggy the outsider romped in , the unexpected bonus of nearly £100 led to ‘ just one drink ’ to celebrate , and by throwing out time that night all the money had gone and Froggy was legless . |
| 11 | As for the Radicals , during 1935 the party began to break up under the strains of the relationship with the CEDA and a succession of financial scandals . |
| 12 | It is , in my judgment , putting it too high to say that the interim relief claimed covering only five weeks before the main hearing , must be treated as pre-empting the court 's powers of decision at the eventual hearing . |
| 13 | And Moses said , This shall be , when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat , and in the morning bread to the full ; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings , which ye murmur against him : and what are we ? your murmurings are not against us , but against the Lord . ’ |
| 14 | Giving her reasons for that the mother said that she wished access to be resumed at some point in the future , that D remembered her as the natural mother , and there was a bond between them which would be cut off or damaged by adoption . |
| 15 | The Support Force crossed the great divide and for that the profession ought to be grateful . |
| 16 | Nathan cheered up a touch when he had eaten his way through half the menu , and was even able to smile at the prospect of spending the night in our corridor-like room . |
| 17 | Debate on the Church went on through half the time available for discussion in the entire session , and revisions still had to be brought back for approval . |
| 18 | I got through half the book . |
| 19 | Labour 's spokeswoman on the economy , Margaret Beckett , says the Chancellor has n't stolen her Party 's cloak , and says that if the government had taken her Party 's advice a year ago , the economy would n't have gone through half the pain it has . |
| 20 | You had to search through half the estate to gather a pound of coffee for 2 colones . |
| 21 | I thought about this the day after Pike went crazy . |
| 22 | These exploratory adventures are conducted in the safe knowledge that they are carried out within sight of a parent , and if there is ever any doubt about this the infant can throw the occasional backward glance for reassurance . |
| 23 | Genuine enough , he pulled your arms out for half the race until you asked him to quicken , when you found there was nothing in the tank . |
| 24 | For half the quantity , a smaller dish must be used . |
| 25 | The rest will do a nine-hour day — after which , I imagine , they will be seeing potatoes in their sleep and grabbing at phantom clods of earth for half the night . |
| 26 | I had taken a package tour to Moscow and Leningrad primarily for the White Nights Festival of the Arts in June — an annual event of Soviet cultural life when the sun hardly sets for a fortnight and old men sit in the public gardens for half the night playing speed-chess . |
| 27 | After tossing restlessly for half the night , she managed to get a couple of hours ' sleep , and woke up in the morning feeling very angry with herself . |
| 28 | A phone call confirmed that the company would indeed , under option three , settle the account for half the debt . |
| 29 | Birmingham 's Swift boxed for half the fight one-handed after damaging his right fist . |
| 30 | For half the year , he would sleep at The Kilns . |