Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] the [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parents , friends and students came along to see the many activities and interests available to the mentally handicapped in this part of Kent . |
| 2 | Grandfather had been rich enough to buy the many diamonds it took to make it up . |
| 3 | It did n't take her long to pack the few clothes she would need , even though her mind was far away in the past . |
| 4 | Unhappily now we are older it has all disappeared , and we must fight again just to retain the few rights we still have , such as state pensions and what is left of the health service . |
| 5 | At the same time , great advances have been made in finding out how best to use the many drugs now available . |
| 6 | He joined the Puffin Bookshop in the summer of 1985 and quickly established himself as someone with a deep interest in books for children , especially for the very young , and won the hearts of customers , fellow members of staff and publishers visiting the shop , not to mention the many authors and illustrators who gave their time freely for the events and signings at the bookshop . |
| 7 | Finally we can obtain an estimate of the yield There are other , similar measures with slightly different definitions , but the aim is still to estimate the same quantities . |
| 8 | The sales office where Riba worked was full of her colleagues and friends at her farewell presentation , with a table set aside to hold the many cards and presents which she received . |
| 9 | … an opportunity publickly to acknowledge the many obligations I lie under your person . |
| 10 | Between 1882 and 1894 he was also chairman of the Basic & Dephosphorizing Patents Co. , which was set up to safeguard the many patentees with interests in the dephosphorization process and the agricultural disposal of the phosphorus-rich basic slag . |
| 11 | On Saturday morning I was in such a hurry that I only said a quick goodbye to my family , before setting out to walk the few miles into town for the London coach . |
| 12 | Sydney : Early buying petered out to leave the All Ordinaries index up 3.9 points at 1,775.6 . |
| 13 | If we were now to consider the many sonnets of celebration of the Friend where the Thou outweighs the I we would find a similar dedication to the other without , I feel , any disabling by modern tastes — self-abnegation . |
| 14 | If PR turned out to have the same results in Britain , it would be a pact with the devil . ’ |
| 15 | They 're using all this technology now to get the same sounds we used to get by turning up until it distorted . |
| 16 | Couples can also request one of the clinic 's booklets for their GP which explains how to get the same tests on the NHS . |