Example sentences of "[det] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It records the developing relationship between the leader and the follower and teaches each about the other . |
| 2 | The blood is contained in three cylinders ( each about the size of a panatella cigar ) which run the length of it . |
| 3 | To make the arms , roll several small balls of icing , each about the size of an olive , and flatten them to 5mm ( ¼inch ) thickness . |
| 4 | Make six small balls out of the red marzipan trimmings , each about the size of a pea , and press them gently into the red base , spacing evenly apart . |
| 5 | Newquay and Ilfracombe are each about an hours drive and worth a visit . |
| 6 | Martindale is another valley which seems to have altered little for a century or more . |
| 7 | Working on a conveyor belt or as a human cog in a vast industrial machine does little for a sense of personal fulfilment . |
| 8 | It was the merest trickle , four cubic metres a day according to Bertie , precious little for a monastery of thirty monks and related workers arid visitors . |
| 9 | Condensed it sounded very little for an afternoon 's talking but simultaneously it was a surprising amount from a man who had started the day denying everything . |
| 10 | The Single European Act , fully in force from 1992 , will be a bonus for business but will do little for the rest of us . |
| 11 | His flashy marketing campaigns have done little for the success of Midland 's new products . |
| 12 | ‘ The music scene is very male dominated and there is little for the girls ’ he said . |
| 13 | There was little for the crews to do . |
| 14 | Maybe it has been charging too little for the uncertainties involved , but that is another matter . |
| 15 | Timeshare is not normally a solution SAVE would recommend for a historic house because so much of the expenditure goes on pure marketing , leaving too little for the building , but where it is well organized the outcome may be satisfactory . |
| 16 | Until recently he believed that ‘ the magnificent State of Britain' had done little for the Science upon which her wealth , power and very existence depended ; except to provide security and freedom in a country its citizens could be proud of , and this had indeed been enough . |
| 17 | It did little for the image of a man who has been part of the backbone of the team for so long , and was playing in his eighty-seventh Test . |
| 18 | But 3p off a litre of petrol will do little for the men at Ford who need their jobs . |
| 19 | On a hot day the engine-out rate of climb did little for the blood pressure . |
| 20 | If the room be too mean , and too little for the books ; if it be too much out of repair ; if the situation be inconvenient ; if the access to it be dishonourable ; is the library keeper to answer for it ? … |
| 21 | This remarkable volte face did little for the president 's public reputation , was the cause of much scathing comment in the media and , not surprisingly , a poll revealed that 86 per cent of Americans , ‘ had no confidence in the ability of the President to manage the economy ’ . |
| 22 | If a flagrant oversight like this could occur it says little for the prospects of men of lowly status being correctly recorded . |
| 23 | That will do little for the Vance-Owen plan 's chances of success and little , therefore , for the vigour of the principles of international conduct . |
| 24 | Although Nicholas 's victories over the Persians in 1828 and the Ottoman Empire in 1829 had made him temporarily safe from international complications in this area , they did little for the extension of Russian control over the peoples who lived to the north of Georgia . |
| 25 | Your mag promotes and encourages all this ; reading an analysis of Joe Satriani 's playing , for example , probably does little for the confidence of most readers ( I myself found it quite stretching at first ! ) . |
| 26 | Erm I think they , I think they do that during the day and then in the evening it 's on for anybody else who wants to see that take-off on cheeses . |
| 27 | When you pray for us please pray that not only will we all have a safe , energetic yet relaxing holiday but that during the course of the venture our faith in and walk with Jesus will be deepened . |
| 28 | We will know by the first of April this year rather more than we know at the moment but you 're right it can go up and down , but there are lots of budgets in Social Services which are subject to this and it 's part of our job to try and manage that during the course of the year . |
| 29 | The Kremlin said later that during the course of the conversation , Mr Yeltsin had invited Mr Clinton to a Moscow summit and had also suggested further reductions in nuclear weapons . |
| 30 | It 's worth mentioning too , that during the year , er , Dr Tim , the general practitioner , who is seconded with er , Social Services , has been doing work on hospital discharge , making sure that the arrangements are , are working , and his reports have been picked up by the respective authorities , and , er , there has er , a sort of action plan has been put together , which is , which is intended to try to improve the er , existing hospital discharge arr arrangement , making sure that people are discharged from hospital and that the er , right type of care is available for them in , in the community . |