Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The groups of women artists who met and worked collaboratively during the same period are less clearly referenced in standard texts . |
| 2 | To celebrate this , OUP has found 1,000 new phrasal verbs from somewhere for the latter publication to take the tally to 11,000 entries . |
| 3 | He was quite capable of building a locomotive as I have a working steam model threshing engine , on about the same scale , that also came from the old office . ’ |
| 4 | I 'm on on about the same subject . |
| 5 | The authority had coincidentally tested the water for toxins on about the same day as the officer cadets had used it . |
| 6 | But you must have , you know , do n't ramble on about the same thing , right , cos , for , for , for any more than a couple of sentences , cos then , you know , you c start entering into sort of diminishing marginal returns very , very quickly on these short answer questions , what you want to , do is sort of say a sentence about as much as you can rather than go into in depth discussion about erm , any particular aspect . |
| 7 | Later on during the same meeting I was attached to another working group whose task it was to revise the standard format of what was then called the ‘ Summary of the Report ’ . |
| 8 | Extra midwives had been taken on for the same reason . |
| 9 | It is usually noticeable that when a masochist has for years felt hard done by , often over-controlled by their partner , and then for some reason the tables are turned , he or she metes out punishment as if this has to go on for the same length of time that the masochist 's suffering was endured . |
| 10 | The simplest one is that the world would be a better place if people were better able to talk coherently about the many language problems which arise in contemporary society . |
| 11 | As you can see there , the model is breaking down during the latter period of our sample . |
| 12 | The vicar had two sons much about the same age as my brother and myself , so we were often invited into the vicarage to play . |
| 13 | Potential and confirmed breeders of tropical fish really should see this one if only for the many tips they 'll acquire . |
| 14 | A single national centre is appropriate only for the few services which involve delivery to all addresses in Britain ( e.g. mail order ) , very occasional visits ( e.g. specialized medical advice ) or a particular type of service or activity with a client group that lives close to it and is not represented elsewhere in the country ( e. g. certain elements of central government , the national media and business services ) . |
| 15 | Possibly because of its immensely larger bulk , antarctic ice has changed far less during the same period . |
| 16 | The cost of connection for the new service will be about 20% more per minute , but should still cost the user less for the same operation . |
| 17 | They demanded bracket construction for the overhead wires , but this was turned down for the same reasons as those in Mitcham . |
| 18 | But this also breaks down for the same reason and so we resolve the problem by taking what is valid from thesis and antithesis to form a synthesis . |
| 19 | Placebo effects are also seen in allergy , perhaps for the same reason . |
| 20 | We talk about whatever interests us perhaps for the same reason that Willis draws it and paints it . " |
| 21 | ‘ Perhaps for the same reason I foolishly asked you to stay with Anna in the first place , ’ he snarled . |
| 22 | However , the whole matter was another aspect of one of the storms in a set of teacups that accompanied the whole unhappy Profumo matter and has continued to do so for the many years since it was first raised . |
| 23 | Still , it was true in the main , so for the few weeks she was to be in Venice she would take the greatest care to have as little to do with him as possible . |
| 24 | A common result of this is that when the philosophers deny autonomy to women , they do so for the same sorts of reason that they deny it to children and cite lack of rationality , capriciousness and vulnerability among their characteristics . |
| 25 | Booze companies fear that tobacco 's closest relation may be in for the same treatment : there have been rumours that a directive is being prepared . |
| 26 | but still have to four phone in for the same purpose , are you with me ? |
| 27 | After dinner we continued to fiddle around with tackle and were joined by Mr. Ferguson and his son , Paul , who were also booked in for the same week . |
| 28 | But so about the same time as the mill was heightened , I think that th land was drained . |
| 29 | A case for seasonal adjustment exists where recognisable seasonal variations occur year after year with a fixed period and where the increases and decreases occur at about the same time and in about the same proportion each year . |
| 30 | Two substances that look about the same under light , or in other words , reflect light in about the same way , may be totally different in regard to how much sound they absorb or reflect . |