Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carter had advocated deregulation , but he approached reform via legislation whereas his successor sought the same end primarily through administrative action . |
| 2 | It is a good idea to practise this technique using the same piece of music each time and the length of one side of a cassette or record ( usually about twenty minutes ) is just about right for this exercise . |
| 3 | Try to depart from your model trial just sufficiently to prevent counsel using the same speeches and the same questions to witnesses . |
| 4 | The shell plays the same role for a snail as the stone house does for a caddis larva . |
| 5 | Four bars leading up to the chorus using the same notes as before , but a more basic pattern and an octave down , until the chorus comes in loud and heavy , a complete contrast with its barrages of driving sixteenth notes . |
| 6 | ( Note , though , that once prices have risen , people will need more money to conduct the same amount of transactions . ) |
| 7 | As both the active and the passive sentence mean the same thing , it is reasonable to ask why we need both . |
| 8 | The proofs of purchase remain the same , of course , but the dealer is in a position to take care of installation and so forth for those of a nervous disposition . |
| 9 | Students at the Belfast campus have the opportunity to enjoy the many social and recreational facilities available in the capital of Northern Ireland . |
| 10 | Students at the Belfast campus have the opportunity to enjoy the many social and recreational facilities available in the capital of Northern Ireland . |
| 11 | I warmly welcome the opportunity to debate the many forward-looking suggestions the APB has put forward . |
| 12 | If we now increase the current in the opposite direction B will decrease further reaching zero at R , and negative saturation at S. The other half of the curve STUP displays the same behaviour . |
| 13 | Since the distance and aperture remain the same , only more or less of the same picture is being shown , just as if a camera in a museum or on an animation stand were moving in and out on an oil painting . |
| 14 | Does your description stay the same ? |
| 15 | The processing time was approximately 3 seconds per sentence using the same computer ( a Sparc 4/75 with 48 MBytes of memory ) , and LISP system ( KCL ) as the ANLT investigation . |
| 16 | We would like to take this opportunity to thank the many people who have written to us . |
| 17 | Flagstad gave the songs their première , so it 's intriguing to hear her successor bring the same kind of broad sweep , sincerity of purpose and rewarding breath-control to them . |
| 18 | Church & Co has been producing shoes in Northampton since 1873 and here is an excellent opportunity to see the many processes that make up the manufacture of men 's welted shoes . |
| 19 | This will give people the opportunity to see the same actors play three different parts , and it will give me that essential ingredient of a good farce : strong ensemble acting . ’ |
| 20 | The further out from York the new settlement goes the less self contained it will be , the more the tendency will be for travel into the city , which is the main service centre to be car based . |
| 21 | The task is directed to a user using the same options as a mail message . |
| 22 | When the females were promiscuous , the sperm of each male would have to compete with those of other males , and the male producing the most sperm was most likely to generate offspring . |
| 23 | A proportionate tax distributes these burdens as a ratio of income : each taxpayer contributes the same proportion of income in tax . |
| 24 | The girl 's bike has the same specification as the boy 's but comes with mudguards and a carrier at the back . |
| 25 | The Mazda text has the same feel of awkwardness and lack of orientation about it as Halliday 's constructed example . |
| 26 | Therefore , since the cost reduction has the same effect as the price reduction but has other effects in addition , it is more worthwhile to strive after , if it is equally easy to obtain . " |
| 27 | I suppose it 's too much to expect a senior Queen 's Counsel to work the same hours as ordinary folk , ’ Bragg said grumpily . |
| 28 | One of the most significant recent developments is the emergence of Muslim youth groups , united by their desire to see Islam enjoy the same protection as Christianity . |
| 29 | Honey contains some sucrose as well as glucose and fructose ; 1 teaspoon of honey has the same amount of calories as one teaspoon of sucrose . |
| 30 | Almost always considered secondary to his poetry , Masefield 's fiction has the same basic theme , man 's search for beauty — in nature , in ideas and , often , in the ideal of womanhood . |