Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] [adj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something about the tide unleashes upon one the suspicion that Mr Tim is not , himself , as it were , English . |
| 2 | A true performer needs patience to cope with all the waiting in the wings and general hanging about while some director chappie takes his pick of the talent . |
| 3 | Sedimentation goes on all the time , for ever moving from place to place , for ever cannibalising itself . |
| 4 | Largely through his patient , persistent advocacy , the government of ( Sir ) Winston Churchill appointed in 1944 the Scarbrough commission , which , on the basis of evidence he submitted and marshalled , recommended a great expansion of the provision in British universities for the study of the languages , history , and cultures of Asia and Africa , and development of the school as the main centre . |
| 5 | As thoughts turn to booking a place in the holiday sun , Money Guardian looks at both the costs and savings of taking a break . |
| 6 | Comparison with the original ring-of-two current stabiliser of Peter Williams ( WW September 1966 ) reveals that V Lakshminarayanan has over simplified the circuit to such an extent that it no longer works as a current stabiliser ( EW + WW July 1991 ) . |
| 7 | Mrs Rundle also sent a squashy parcel addressed to all the three children . |
| 8 | In normal intestine sodium absorption occurred from all the solutions ( Fig 5 ) except for the low sodium UK-ORS ( p<0.002 ) . |
| 9 | From the window ledge in the living room I saw men dressed in dark clothes and wearing dark hats knocking on all the doors in the street . |
| 10 | ‘ As the managing director of a large commercial organisation , I employ solicitors to work on all the legal issues arising from the operation of my business and to advise me about all the new developments in legislation and case law . ’ |
| 11 | the legs account for half the total height of the figure . |
| 12 | the legs account for half the total height of the figure . |
| 13 | The creature was sketched and the drawing witnessed by all the crew before it was decapitated . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , there is little pipe — so you would need quite a standardisation between nut sizes large selection of open-ended spanners to cope with all the nuts you might find . |
| 15 | The property of a partnership belongs to all the partners in common , since the partnership itself has no legal personality . |
| 16 | The United States soon followed and , by Act of Congress , the Smithsonian Institution became in 1879 the US National Museum . |
| 17 | If that continues during the 1990s , inflation averages 5% , and homes account for half the value of all bequests , Mintel thinks property transfers between generations will rise from perhaps £16 billion in 1990–91 to £25 billion in 1999–2000 . |
| 18 | The rest of the time , it 's largely down to Pat to attend to all the kennel duties . |
| 19 | Nabiyev agreed to all the US proposals for weapon control , specifically to restrictions on sales of arms components , and gave assurances that Tajikistan would not sell uranium for the use of weapons production . |
| 20 | No , it is the sale Scots make for all the girls and boys |
| 21 | When I went to visit him we sat in his book-lined study surrounded by all the trappings of an academic career but in his garage there were untreated specimens and a range of specialist tools . |
| 22 | Ann stands for all the women of common-sense , warm affection , and practical piety that Edward repeatedly attempted to sketch realistically or to record in dream-like settings in his essays and sketches . |
| 23 | The mixing of geographical information from different map scales and sources is a key aspect of GIS functionality , but it does raise the question as to what effects the combination of different levels of data uncertainty has on both the output maps and on the data derived from spatial query and analysis . |
| 24 | The dun 's handler plucked a tail feather and held the down at the quill-end against a neck wound to staunch the blood . |
| 25 | But I chose the wrong time when prices were depressed and there was n't a great deal to come after all the expenses were paid . |
| 26 | I had recently been working on Orwell 's radio scripts in the BBC 's Written Archive Centre at Caversham , one of the most important archives for modern British history outside the Public Record Office , and here in this room in Sackville Street were books written by all the authors and broadcasters I had grown familiar with , who were working at the time George Orwell was broadcasting and before . |
| 27 | It is possible to write a general solution , in terms of the applied torque , the relevant longitudinal shear modulus G , the twist per unit length , and a form factor F , thus F depends on both the shape of the specimen , and on the symmetry it possesses ; for isotropic or transversely isotropic materials ( such as hexagonal symmetry ) , some examples of the value of F are : |
| 28 | While I am proud to acknowledge my sponsorship by the Union of Shop , Distributive and Allied Workers and my commitment of faith as a Methodist , I address the House today as merely one voice in a large and growing all-party coalition ranging from all the Churches to trade unions and consumer groups , all seeking a genuine consensus solution to the Sunday trading shambles . |
| 29 | Coun Mrs Harker said : ‘ I would very much like to see more speed limits on all the roads coming into West Auckland . |
| 30 | The nationality of the owner was the criterion applied by all the member states of the Community . |