Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The significance of the site in terms of faunal diversity , time span covered and complexity became clear in the course of preliminary work ( Heal , 1970 ; Stanton , 1973 ; Bishop , 1974 , 1982 ) . |
| 2 | Once the alternative assessments ceased to be enforceable , the taxpayer became liable to the tax assessed , and this was not capable of any serious challenge . |
| 3 | The geostationary communications satellites placed high above the Pacific to link the banking and trading centres of South-East Asia , Japan and Australasia with those of North America preside over a ‘ window ’ of the planetary territory of geometrically fixed size — rather as if a cone , a dunce 's cap , the height of which is equivalent to the altitude necessary for a satellite 's geostationary orbit , had been set down over the ocean . |
| 4 | In the circular helix not only their ratio but also their actual values remain unchanged along the entire curve ( Figure 3 ) . |
| 5 | John Brown 's shipyard at Clydebank became famous with the launching of Cunard 's liner Lusitania , followed by Queen Mary , Queen Elizabeth and , ultimately , QE2 . |
| 6 | New heart became evident in the town . |
| 7 | The boy laughed as if he knew something Gina did not , and his teeth gleamed white in the dark hallway . |
| 8 | It was not until the eighteenth century that the word Champagne became synonymous with the sparkling wine of the region . |
| 9 | A.J. Wilson , the President of the National Deaf Club , and the first deaf person to drive a car back in 1896 , got another ‘ first ’ that was most unwelcome when he became the first deaf driver to fall foul of the road traffic laws and be fined for speeding . |
| 10 | A goldfish lay low in the water , coloured like a slice of tinned peach . |
| 11 | The World Bank extended to Iran its first loan since 1978 ( prior to the Iranian revolution ) on March 16 , a loan made possible by the US decision to remain neutral on the matter . |
| 12 | In their view this Soviet withdrawal , and the policy of ‘ Finlandisation ’ which Finland ostensibly embarked on , had been enabled by Sweden 's decision to remain neutral after the war . |
| 13 | So structural constraints do not turn officials and others who run the state into the mere implementors of policies made inevitable by the system . |
| 14 | Such competition would be designed to reduce administrative costs and increase politicians ' information until a bureau 's budget became optimal for the politicians . |
| 15 | Epping Forest , a vast tract of woodland made available to the people of London by Queen Victoria , provided a much needed source of refreshment . |
| 16 | Thus whereas the bare infinitive allows for the incidence of its event to a support situated within the confines of event time , the mechanism of incidence provided for by the verb form itself is inoperative when called upon express an incidence to a support situated prior to the time contained in the event . |
| 17 | Local authorities remain responsible for the basic costs and the task of collecting household waste . |
| 18 | Yellowfin became elusive after the El Nino current change affected the availability of food supplies over the last two decades . |
| 19 | Their fur became soaked with the dew . |
| 20 | A parachutist narrowly escaped death after his canopy became tangled with the landing gear of the light aircraft he was jumping from . |
| 21 | However , the form of section 2(2) means that with regard to liability for animals not belonging to a dangerous species the position will be fundamentally the same as at common law , since the damage must be of a kind made likely by the characteristics known to the keeper . |
| 22 | The roots of these activities remain unconscious to the performer whose attention illuminates the product more than the underlying process . |
| 23 | Acquiring these advanced linguistic skills goes hand-in-hand with the study of the culture of France — mainly of its literature , but also of its cinema , and of modern French society and politics . |
| 24 | The later history of the Daily Express suggests not : when the Express became hostile in the 1920s , Younger raged " when I think of the large sum of money this office has put into that gutter print it makes my blood boil " . |
| 25 | Wilson left the application ‘ on the table ’ in Brussels , but it was only in late 1969 that progress became possible on the extension of the EC to new members . |
| 26 | Housing associations received a major boost from the Housing Act 1974 when a new once-and-for-all capital grant became payable at the outset of each scheme ( Baker 1976 ; Lansley 1979 ) . |
| 27 | Paleontologists became aware of the need to explain the radiation of the mammals at the beginning of the Cainozoic era in terms of the apparently sudden disappearance of the dinosaurs and other great reptiles at the end of the preceding era . |
| 28 | My heart turns red In the expanding now |
| 29 | This distinguishes the position from that in Expenses where it was more difficult for isolated protesting States to remain aloof from the actions of the Organisation . |
| 30 | Unfortunately , when one of the climbers became stuck in the ‘ MOUNTAINEERING ’ section the rest had to rescue him and the search was abandoned . |