Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the prizegiving a platform had been built at the back of the stands where the Princess Royal , assisted by Jackie Stewart , presented the prizes to the teams and individuals . |
| 2 | Erm we select the stands where the treasure 's going to be because some |
| 3 | Inherently continuous sequences Although the key sequence in a new file is often continuous , gaps will usually soon occur . |
| 4 | The teams are performing as self managed units although the manager will agree clear objectives with the team . |
| 5 | The maritime antarctic as a whole has 20% more lichens than the continent and 150% more mosses ; in addition it has 25 taxa of hepatics to the continent 's one , and two species of angiosperms that have not yet been found on the continent . |
| 6 | Around 1900 many deep results were obtained especially by the Italian geometers although the validity of some of their methods was not always apparent . |
| 7 | Ministers may claim that the final decision was influenced by some other considerations than the objections of MPs . |
| 8 | Tai chi has far fewer styles than the hand system of kung fu , only a handful in fact . |
| 9 | Important as it is to recognise that the notion of abuse has wider connotations than the physical , not much purpose seems to be served by struggling to define more precisely such elusive matters as emotional interactions . |
| 10 | Although he may receive more help in the first few months than the widow usually does , he may find that his sudden change in life-style is a considerable shock . |
| 11 | There 's still money to be made producing more efficient and sophisticated solutions than the ones Microsoft provides . |
| 12 | These were more powerful nuclear units than the Magnoxes and they had a combined potential output of almost 6,500 HW . |
| 13 | The other two become beaters once the net is set . |
| 14 | They apply to both county and voluntary aided schools although the extent of change for the latter is less marked as the governing body was already the official employer of most staff at the school . |
| 15 | All ministries except the Defence Ministry would have to achieve a 3 per cent cut in operating expenses , and old-age pensions in the national insurance scheme would be reduced . |
| 16 | GP fund holders placed contracts for more MRI sessions than the district health authority … so their patients have a better chance of being seen quickly … in about three weeks instead of about four months.But hospital managers deny that means two types of care … |
| 17 | There is a remarkable cycle on Gilles Binchois ' ballade ‘ Deuil angoisseux ’ , in which material from all voices of the song informs other voices than the tenor alone . |
| 18 | In times gone by Dutch cattle were dual-purpose types , as meat was required from the dairy herd as well as milk , but since the early 1970s there has been an increasing use of American Holstein-Friesians in the Netherlands to increase the milk yields of the Dutch Friesian ( which has lower yields than the Holstein type but a higher proportion of solids in the milk ) . |
| 19 | The squid has many fewer tentacles than the nautilus — only ten — and the octopus , as its name makes obvious , has only eight . |
| 20 | Increasingly these instructions are becoming more important in determining the power and flexibility of computers than the machines ' electronic parts or hardware . |
| 21 | And yet , many will draw some sour satisfaction from the fact that the stockbroking trade , with its air of effortless mystique and superiority , is clearly no better at computers than the rest of us . |
| 22 | It will cost more to repair the burnt valve seats and valves than the saving on fuel . |
| 23 | In pursuit of land reform , in a country without large inequalities in ownership , party militants shot any old man they could find who had a few more acres than the rest , or whose social position , as arbiter of disputes , set him apart from others . |
| 24 | AcBT-2/6/NS1/7 expressed BTV proteins although the level of VP2 expression was lower than the other three proteins as shown in Figure 2 . |
| 25 | It is often easier to chart the high points of labour disputes than the realities of everyday life . |
| 26 | Others , visiting Paris , would sit in Notre Dame to observe the pulpit techniques of French preachers although the listeners would have found it impossible to order a bifteck from a tolerant waiter . |
| 27 | Interestingly , the dementia from this disease has different characteristics than the symptoms of Alzheimer 's . |
| 28 | He added that the work for London 's glaziers could last for at least six months once the emergency tasks have been completed . |
| 29 | It could also be built in 18 months once the car park work was complete . |
| 30 | Nothing better illustrates the social balance in the party and the fierce independence of the local parties than the argument about the selection of working-class candidates . |