Example sentences of "[pron] [indef pn] [vb mod] [verb] the " in BNC.
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1 | So the only place to put such a black hole , in which one might use the energy that it emitted , would be in orbit around the earth — and the only way that one could get it to orbit the earth would be to attract it there by towing a large mass in front of it , rather like a carrot in front of a donkey . |
2 | In a strategy pioneered by the affluent-worker study in Luton , which one might call the optimal-case approach , a site was chosen for the research which was not representative , nor claimed to be , but was particularly germane to the topic of the investigation . |
3 | Brancusi was almost a peasant when he arrived in Paris but he looked behind appearances at a more profound reality , which one might call the eternal reality in things . |
4 | As Morton ( 1978 ) pointed out , a third input system ( for recognising pictures ) is needed : this kind of picture recognition system , which one might call the pictogen system ( or , more strictly , the input pictogen system ) was first discussed by Seymour ( 1973 ) . |
5 | The other interesting mixed show this week is the Bluecoat Christmas Annual , in which one may sense the up-and-coming nature of work in all media by Liverpool artists . |
6 | And yet we have seen that the topography of Sligo ( to which one should add the topography of at least one part of London , Bedford Park ) is illuminating for the reader of Yeats . |
7 | At the end was an opening , now almost closed by the crowding trees and bushes , through which one could see the glimmer of the sea and the northernmost hill of the broch islet . |
8 | There was frequently a hair-tidy of the same design on the dressing-table , a little dish with a lid , and a hole through which one could push the hair that came out on the comb . |
9 | It 's not something on which one could fault the Victorians , for instance . ’ |
10 | Total history seeks to reconstitute the overall form of a society according to some fundamental principle , law , or form , be it metaphysical or material , while general history despite its name is by no means concerned to produce a general theory of history , nor even a cohesive or comprehensive view , but rather to conduct a historical investigation according to particular problems , opening up a field ‘ in which one could describe the singularity of practices , the play of their relations ’ . |
11 | A limitation is placed upon the accuracy with which one can specify the amount of energy transferred together with a knowledge of the time at which the transfer took place . |
12 | There are places in which one can sense the numinous , the presence of spiritual forces more easily than others . |
13 | Despite there being no mention on the sleevenotes , it 's the kind of album on which one can sense the contribution of MTV and American radio programmers retained as ‘ production consultants ’ . |
14 | There is perhaps only one situation in which one can envisage the majority speaking , and it is not a voice which one wants to hear . |
15 | One problem in analysing party programmes derives from the fact that there is no unambiguous index by which one can assess the extent of " real " choice between them . |
16 | Identifying the need for a transformation , however , does not tell us which one will do the best job of achieving the five goals mentioned above : so far we have guides to diagnosis but not to cure . |
17 | It 's hard to say which one will take the most careful handling , especially in view of the fact that Calder is reported to be considering backing the building of the new radio station . |
18 | At this stage , what began as an expression of pure assimilation , in which anything could provide the basis for the child 's construction of images , turns increasingly into games with a much stronger accommodative element , as a genuine resemblance is required between the signifier and the signified , and the actual characteristics of the village or wedding observed must be taken into account . |
19 | The non-profit making body — known as MAS , or Musicians Against Success — was formed by JUNIOR GISCOMBE , THE MEN THEY COULD N'T HANG , an MC who no-one can remember the name of , and DREAM ACADEMY 's lighting man , as a direct response to recent developments in the charts . |
20 | For in a monarchy , as Beethoven remarked of Handel , one knows to whom one must bend the knee . |
21 | If there is a speech therapist treating the client with whom one can discuss the problem , that can be very helpful . |
22 | At first sight it is unremarkable ; a simple Formica-clad cube , but as one draws closer it can be seen that the top face is transparent and through it one can view the tracks in the cloud chamber — the long thin lines due to cosmic rays and the short stubby ones due to alpha particles . |
23 | In it one can trace the origin and development of social , political , and philosophical ideas , as well as of taste , fashion , and outlook . |
24 | The foreman 's office was partitioned off from the shop floor and from it one could see the men at work on the machines — five or six of them — but part of the floor was screened off by large canvas sheets suspended from the roof trusses . |
25 | But I think trick or treat itself , maybe has got a bit perhaps distorted from what one might imagine the American idea originally was . |
26 | If they are what one might call the ‘ young ’ elderly , who are still keeping afloat very happily in the mainstream of life and enjoying their independence , the problems are few . |
27 | Two were also Products of what one might call the orifice revolution , i.e. gaining entry to the inside of the body other than by cutting into it from the outside . |
28 | ‘ I suppose , ’ Hawkins said , ‘ that that would be what one might call the grand-daddy of them all ? ’ |
29 | This account is couched in computational terms , which are objective rather than subjective but which relate to what one might call the ‘ structure ’ of phenomenology . |
30 | So far as the whole personality does not fall victim to the pressures either of the external environment or what one might call the internal environment of its own parts — in the form of various lusts and obsessions — it achieves its only conceivable goal , that of prosperous possession , in the fullest manner , of its own nature . |