Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb -s] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | the number of virtual memory segments that are resident in real storage at the time it either finishes with the processor or exceeds the time slice allocated to it w |
| 2 | When an applicant comes into a priority category or reaches the head of a queue and is offered housing , he or she then has to decide whether to accept the offer if it does not accord with the original preference . |
| 3 | Often , if they have a disposition to broader problem-solving , the search consultant can provide views on several issues : the potential organisational structure ; how the individual would fit in ; the likely scope of his or her responsibilities ; if the tasks he or she will be set are manageable and possibly whether candidates can be found in the market who meet a particular specification ; whether the search can be a UK-based search or needs to be international ; whether any of the top candidates can be attracted for the remuneration or does the remuneration of the senior team need reviewing ; is the nationality of the candidate important ; could a woman do the job ; what happened to the last job holder ; did he or she move on to a bigger job or was he or she fired , and was that person successful in the role ? |
| 4 | Today , however , we do not really have a politics of opinion or of action — nothing is proposed that either stirs the blood or excites the mind . |
| 5 | If he does attempt to do so he either receives a negative reply or causes the officer of that other authority to send a copy of the correspondence to his own chief executive or clerk . |
| 6 | This time it 's Murray Mouse : Supercop that comes up for a lump of cheese and a quick spin on the squeaky exercise wheel that keeps the whole house awake at night . |
| 7 | The little brick-built mill has an internal iron wheel that provides the power for the two sets of stones as well as the various ancillary equipment . |
| 8 | Sustainable development — action that alters the environment so that it caters more effectively for human needs , without depleting renewable resources — is essential if the world is to be free from poverty and squalor … |
| 9 | In order to encourage your child to act in a way in which he has seldom or never before behaved , take your child through mini-steps towards a goal by rewarding any action that approximates the behaviour you want . |
| 10 | Erm , but obviously if somebody can take some assertive action that stops the fire |
| 11 | It is this action that levels the board out in flight and makes a small hop into a controlled jump . |
| 12 | Action in the majority of adventure stories is seen both to affect and to be affected by character but in the end it is action that has the final word , in the romantic happy ending in which the heroism of man is affirmed . |
| 13 | And that 's the furnace that creates the steam and the steam goes then to the turbines and a matter of half a million er Drax Drax power station and Ferrybridge their units are s s s half a million horsepower half a million or six hundred five hundred million horsepower . |
| 14 | Equally , however , it might be perfectly reasonable to use a headline that encourages the reader to read on to find out what the proposition is . |
| 15 | But this is still a rare instance , Likewise , at the in-service level , very few authorities can match the well-conceived programme of courses for teachers produced over a number of years by Geoffrey Hodson and Maureen Price of I.L.E.A. But until we can sort out our muddled thinking that surrounds the subject , there is a danger that the next ‘ official ’ report will not fare any better . |
| 16 | The hallmark of Glass 's music is a mesmeric rhythm that provides the structure in which melodic phrases , often of ethereal beauty , undergo a gradual transmutation in which time appears to stand still . |
| 17 | What is this grief that visits the Earth so regularly ? |
| 18 | The grizzled Skipper is a graphics accelerator card that replaces the standard video driver installed in your computer . |
| 19 | But , in a ground-breaking move , EIGA has struck a deal that involves the Russian Agency for International Cooperation and Development giving companies buying the cover a letter promising not to pounce . |
| 20 | It 's the early bird watcher that catches the best bird song . |
| 21 | It is the early bird watcher that catches the bird . |
| 22 | They are seen in a partisan perspective , a perception that limits the extent of their popular appeal . |
| 23 | In the end , though , it is erratic instrumental balancing that throws the performance out of kilter . |
| 24 | It believes that every vehicle should have a sophisticated exhaust that traps the lead and prevents it from reaching the atmosphere . |
| 25 | For any desktop publishing package to work properly and display correct line endings it must have a screen font that matches the font in the printer ; ie the width tables must match . |
| 26 | Mann argues that the reasoning that rejects the notion of assignability of treaties resembles that which for centuries prevented assignment of debts in private law . |
| 27 | The force that perpetuates the acceptance of living death is the negative force . |
| 28 | These patterns are associated with the Coriolis force that expresses the Earth 's rotation . |
| 29 | It is also this force that converts the motion of a turbine into the electrical output of a generator . |
| 30 | Within the nucleus of a stable atom , the interproton repulsion is overwhelmed by the strong nuclear force that binds the protons firmly together with neutrons . |