Example sentences of "[vb -s] [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the location is , as it were , accidental , and contributes nothing to the tension between Circe and Persephone as it has been teased out , in this passage along with others , by Guy Davenport ( see his ‘ Persephone 's Ezra ’ , in New Approaches to Ezra Pound ) . |
| 2 | Thus the illustration contributes nothing to the text , which runs ‘ Edward [ actually Edgar ! ] lightly sprung aside and avoided the cut aimed at him , and then delivered a blow with all his force just in front of the ear , and the man dropped again as if shot . ’ |
| 3 | I never use plonk — it contributes nothing to the recipe and can ruin a dish . |
| 4 | ( Araceae ) , which offers nothing to the ants . |
| 5 | Husameddin offers nothing in the way of specific evidence to support his statement either about Molla Yegan 's resignation or about Molla Fenari 's appointment , however , and is indeed at pains to say that in spite of much research he has been unable to find any signatures of Molla Fenari 's dating from this second kadilik . |
| 6 | And he thinks nothing of the travelling to and from training . |
| 7 | Wisden says he is nearly 82 ; he still looks nothing of the kind , but lately he has started to feel it a little more . |
| 8 | The action begins in the Vatican papal apartments , where all the cardinals use mobile phones , the head of security is a Mafia hood from the Bronx , and Pope John Paul II ( Berwick Kaler , who looks nothing like the real pontiff ) is suffering from acute paranoia . |
| 9 | The problem is that in its juvenile form it looks nothing like the adult specimen . |
| 10 | Certainly the lateral geniculate nucleus in rats looks nothing like the lateral geniculate nucleus in monkeys . |
| 11 | One owes respect to the living ; but to the dead one owes nothing but the truth . |
| 12 | The implication of this , however , is that directors should be the sole arbiters of the appropriateness of their working methods ; the suggestion that ‘ rational shareholders would not have it otherwise … for their welfare is maximised by decisions that yield the highest profits net of the costs of gathering information and making the decision ’ , adds nothing beyond the empirically unsupported assertion that on balance , if left alone , managements will make decisions in the most cost-effective way . |
| 13 | Thus the dilemma of the polluting industry is that controlling pollution is expensive , but adds nothing to the value of the goods produced , and is bad business for any firm whose main concern is to maintain profitability in a competitive situation . ’ |
| 14 | But as Cohen suggests , echoing Miller 's point , there are also cases where an individualist account adds nothing to the explanation . |
| 15 | If reliability is defined in terms of the production of truth , it adds nothing to the first condition once we restrict our attention to the particular case . |
| 16 | If it is defined in terms of justification , it adds nothing to the third . |
| 17 | Reg. v. Grant and Hewitt , 12 J.L.R. 585 , although it adds nothing to the established principles , is an example of inconsistent previous statements wrongly withheld by the Crown at the trial but properly , if belatedly , disclosed on appeal , so that a conviction depending on evidence of identification was quashed for want of a fair trial . |
| 18 | This helps to explain why they do not publish consolidated opening statements : ‘ cost of the services of the organization ’ adds nothing to the fund operating statements ; the measure of performance has no meaning ; and , of course , there are no balances included to be carried forward to the new year which are not included in the balance sheet . |
| 19 | It is a very effective package , paperbacked with a threatening kind of picture on the cover ; it has a subtitle ( ’ The fight to save children from damage by lead in petrol ’ ) which begs the question , and although it contains nothing but the truth , it certainly does not contain the whole truth . |
| 20 | Her apparent cry of anguish last week that John Major has treated her legacy without due reverence is not convincing ; the old bat cares nothing for the well-being of the Conservative Party or indeed Conservative government . |
| 21 | Denethor clearly will not submit to the Enemy , as Saruman did , but he also cares nothing in the end for his subjects , while his love even for his sons would take them both to death with him . |
| 22 | Wearing 175/60 Continental tyres , it has nothing like the grip of a 205 GTi , nor does it have the Peugeot 's steering feel . |
| 23 | Charity workers have recently returned from Romania after completing a survey of the hospital and Mr Paul Stage , chairman of the organisation , said : ‘ It has nothing in the way of modern conveniences . |
| 24 | i , but it needs two of us , it needs somebody on the inside and somebody on the out just to stop them flying through it . |
| 25 | It is not a happy precedent and if Mr Major is to avoid it , he needs somebody at the Treasury who commands confidence , and who deserves it . |
| 26 | I usually make her coffee , and if she runs out of fags or needs summat from the shops , I go for her . |
| 27 | She has plenty of the proper sort . ’ |
| 28 | The test machine contains a 10-kW turbine and a 4-metre rotor , which is turned by both incoming and outgoing tides ; it will be anchored to the sea bed and therefore needs none of the costly and environmentally damaging civil engineering works associated with other tidal power schemes such as barrages . |
| 29 | But Braque 's work contains none of the expressionistic violence of Picasso 's . |
| 30 | In contrast , the portrait of Ahmed has none of the disdain which could be observed in the writer 's article about Michael X. Ahmed 's bluffs are called , but they are understood , and carefully related to his earlier life on the island . |