Example sentences of "[adv] [noun pl] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You seem to think that 1960s ' antitrust law enforcement was wonderful because the government ‘ took on giants the size of AT&T and IBM and broke up a merger of Procter & Gamble and Clorox . ’ |
| 2 | They are nonetheless a big comedown from the 1960s , when federal trustbusters took on giants the size of AT&T and IBM and broke up a merger of Procter & Gamble and Clorox . |
| 3 | Voice Of The Beehive are tonight 's special guests but they do n't turn up ‘ til nine so fillers The Janasen and Genius Feak go onstage and get lost in the chaos . |
| 4 | If there is a serious departure from these laid down guidelines the auditor may refuse to accept that the accounts are a ’ true and fair view ’ of the financial affairs of the company and accordingly qualify the accounts to that effect . |
| 5 | The steps are always performed in boots or heeled shoes so ali the movements look stronger and often heavier . |
| 6 | If you have not used something for literally years the chances are that it wo n't come in useful for a rainy day ( the hoarder 's excuse ) and that you probably wo n't ever use it . |
| 7 | So whats the problem ? |
| 8 | Abbado ( DG ) comparably exploits the work 's dynamic extremes , but so often seems ill at ease , or simply indifferent to the idiom . |
| 9 | It contains wonderful substances like Secretory IgA , which literally coats the baby 's gut with an antiseptic paint to protect it from bugs . |
| 10 | Carb heat makes the air less dense , and so richens the mixture without using the mixture lever , which should remain in its cruise position . |
| 11 | The new system so outrages the hospital 's casualty consultant — Nigel Le Vaillant — that he resigns . |
| 12 | After a comprehensive introduction to the basics of Excel such as how to start the program , move around the worksheet and use the pull down menus the reader is gently introduced to more advanced functions . |
| 13 | Mr Major — salary £76,234 — hopes that with Ministers taking a lead in the bid to keep down wages the nation can be persuaded to swallow the bitter pill . |
| 14 | In only moments the pursuers were in turn coming down to the ford , and in much more disciplined order , professional English cavalry-men , not mosstroopers . |
| 15 | Just two mops were placed on the tank floor , and as the water depth was only 6½″ the mops did not take up too much tank space . |
| 16 | The boys talked nostalgically about the way fighting had been a part of their fathers ' world ; ‘ about the time old man MacIlroy , half-pissed , had taken on ali the men folk of his very extended family , at his sister 's wedding , and stili had time to call for more beer . |
| 17 | Of course in both cases their technology covers system software not applications the way 88open 's does . |
| 18 | The censor on the other hand claims a moral and élitist superiority in his or her actions , and whether intentionally or not credits the user with virtually no powers of discrimination . |
| 19 | This was because human beings worked things out in their minds in terms of concepts and moral rules , and these concepts and rules were not things the individual made for himself on the spur of the moment . |
| 20 | They can not police the place for themselves or teach for themselves , yet 400 teachers face redundancy this year . |
| 21 | Pretending that general practice is something that it is not runs the risk of people remarking on the emperor 's new suit of clothes . |
| 22 | You might be wondering why a word mask merely reduces rather than eliminates the word-superiority effect , since it effectively short-circuits the operation of the target word 's detector . |
| 23 | In Truelove Lowland lakes aquatic algae and bacteria begin photosynthesis as early as February , when snow still mantles the ice and less than 1% of available light penetrates ( Hobbie , 1962,1964 ; Holmgren , 1968 ) . |
| 24 | Obviously , the more calories you excrete the more calories the body is deprived of , and the more speedily you force it to shed weight . |
| 25 | The Act further outlines the scope of the duty owed . |
| 26 | This clause formally demises the premises to the tenant , referring to the rights to be granted with the demise and to the exceptions and reservations in favour of the landlord . |
| 27 | Following revaluation , a six month window was allowed for lodging appeals against the new figures ; but there are still ways the ratepayer can minimise payments . |
| 28 | He always tales the issue head-on , there and then . |
| 29 | Take the following example from Julius Caesar where Brutus ostensibly debates the ground for killing Caesar : |
| 30 | The more pineapples we grow , the more dollars the government has to pay its bills . |