Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did dream about some kittens the other night , there was |
| 2 | Indeed , once the mother of one of Greg 's friends rang up about some arrangements the boys had made together , and she said , ‘ Oh , by the way , I 've only just learned that Greg 's sister whom Richard talks about is adopted . ’ |
| 3 | Often these problems are merely irritating , but for some women the problem can be so severe that the way they live their life can be affected . |
| 4 | Often these problems are merely irritating , but for some women the problem can be so severe that they way they live their life can be affected . |
| 5 | This is condemnation indeed , but more crucial is the circumstance that in its diminished state , criminal law remains for some students the first impression of serious legal study . |
| 6 | Although the total catch of small cetaceans is only a small proportion of the total landings of fisheries products in Peru , for some ports the landings of dolphins may be very significant . |
| 7 | For some firms the most urgent necessity was simply to reduce immediate labour costs , and decentralization for them was a straight-forward way of finding cheaper labour . |
| 8 | Indeed , for some commentators the three adjectives appear to be almost synonyms . |
| 9 | The problem is that for some letters the majority of features which occur in upper and lowercase forms ( like E and e ) are different . |
| 10 | After considering this aspect of the case for some moments the Substitute remarked : ‘ You chose your man well . |
| 11 | This meant that for some countries the CET was lower than national tariffs . |
| 12 | And he removed his hat and discussed for some minutes the shortcomings of his wife Rita who had been in the land-army when they met . |
| 13 | But for some drivers the ability to cover inhospitable terrain can literally be a matter of life and death — if not for themselves , then for their livestock or their patients . |
| 14 | For some months the engineers tried to obstruct and by-pass Smith , until Hacking told them firmly that there must be a considerable change of heart by all concerned to work together . |
| 15 | For some Ajdabiyans the cases of Carnation Milk provided an amusing commentary on official inconsistency without having any practical consequences . |
| 16 | As Clinton Rossiter maintained , for some presidents the chief executive 's most difficult task ‘ is not to persuade Congress to support a policy dear to his political heart , but to persuade the pertinent bureau or agency or mission , even when headed by men of his own choosing , to follow his direction faithfully and transform the shadow of the policy into the substance of a program ’ . |
| 17 | Mass production on an artificial medium is now possible and for some formulations the endotoxin is extracted . |
| 18 | For some days the note lay untouched on the table . |
| 19 | For some days the government did nothing , shaken by these unprecedented disturbances . |
| 20 | Although for some domains the specific dictionary far outperformed the general , the overall margin , on average , was insufficient to justify their continued use . |
| 21 | For some feminists the ‘ problem ’ was the masculine culture of mixed schools , which made them problematic for girls ( Spender and Sarah , 1980 ) . |
| 22 | For some policyholders the increase is partially or even wholly offset by adjustments made to the premiums for |
| 23 | For some purposes the action project in operation can best be described directly by the development officers and their support workers ( see for example Murphy and Rapley , 1986 ) . |
| 24 | But as two months had already elapsed since the end of the previous contracts , this would mean that for some weeks the players would be getting more than the permitted £4 a week maximum . |
| 25 | With the Hammersmith team he took part in the evolution of the heart-lung machine and for some years the Melrose pump-oxygenator was the standard in Britain . |
| 26 | For some years the three-cornered parish with its three Mass centres had been looking to provide a parish centre with meeting and function rooms and to locate the priests ' house onsite . |
| 27 | For some years the family had lived on the island of Rousay , where both the Social Work and Education Departments were actively involved with them , having been alerted by the school to concerns over the welfare of the children . |
| 28 | Few of the elderly male messengers now remained , and for some years the Department had recruited women . |
| 29 | For some years the town 's symbol has been The Tower on the Moor . |
| 30 | For some years the convict prisons , already the responsibility of central government , remained technically separate entities , but both were brought under the dominant authority of one man , Sir Edmund Du Cane . |