Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pos pn] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The University of Keele offers its students the option of an initial broad , foundation year before embarking on the three-year course ( Iliffe 1968 ) . |
| 2 | Unless Labour develops its policies the next election will be a battle between two parties with virtually identical economic policies . |
| 3 | If the wind blows and snow fills your footprints the safe way between the crevasses will be lost . |
| 4 | Parents deny their children the outdoor play that they themselves enjoyed . |
| 5 | The next time the girl opened her eyes the young officer was staring straight into them , his face strained and anxious . |
| 6 | Hahnemann described her as his best ever student and her deep love for him surely withheld the manuscript to deny his critics the opportunity of judging the 6th edition even more eccentric than the 5th . |
| 7 | Considering that Ubogu had started the game with a wide bandage protecting his ears the injury was surprising and could only have been caused by heavy treatment from something metallic . |
| 8 | To say that the plaintiff suffered his injuries the moment after his birth rather than in the period leading up to his birth involves a legal fiction . |
| 9 | Dr ROBERT Answers Your Queries The advantages of wireless systems are well-known , but there are disadvantages too . |
| 10 | DR ROBERT Answers Your Queries The big question this month is sound : it 's muffled ; it 's too directional ; it oscillates or it 's just not quite bluesy enough … |
| 11 | When your own practice starts it is of the utmost importance to give your cases the most meticulous attention of which you are capable , and particularly , before going into court , to familiarise yourself with the various procedural contingencies . |
| 12 | As officials began their investigations the board of directors of Pearl , led by chairman Einion Holland , said AMP 's takeover bid ‘ is unacceptable and totally inadequate because it fails to reflect the group 's financial strength and prospects ’ . |
| 13 | Zimbabwe 's Andy Ferreira gives his boys the low down … |
| 14 | Most mothers have n't the heart to deny their children the care and comfort they have given them all their lives and many continue to run round them long after they are old enough to look after themselves . |
| 15 | It 's the only lifeboat in the United Kingdom to offer its passengers the chance to take the wheel and helm and even perform sea rescues , with stuffed dummies , not the real thing , of course . |
| 16 | ( They also do this when they bring their owners dead birds from the garden , an action normally done only as part of the food-training routine when mother cats show their kittens the kind of prey they must later attack . ) |
| 17 | He did n't approve of people abusing their bodies the way in which Sooty did . |
| 18 | As you 'll recall , in the March issue of the Clothes Show Magazine , Wella offered our readers the fantastic opportunity to win a complete hair makeover . |
| 19 | The nettles were bolder , they bravely marched right up to her very door bringing their friends the docks with them . |
| 20 | In previous times , mothers taught their daughters the skills of agriculture but this tradition is beginning to die out . |
| 21 | The whole question was given a fresh airing in the March issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics , and if ethical considerations prove indecisive perhaps legal pressures might exert an untypically beneficial influence in persuading all doctors to give their patients the best professional counsel . |
| 22 | ‘ While it is true the majority of sales staff at our 19 sites are women , we select our people purely on merit to offer our customers the very best in service and care . ’ |
| 23 | Belle gave her sons the idea that it was capricious irresponsibility . |
| 24 | It comes about that the merchant has to go to the fair at Bruges on his business , and while he spends part of a day before departure in his counting-house reviewing his affairs the monk meets and converses with the wife . |
| 25 | Sir Colin Marshall , BA 's chairman , said last night : ‘ We are delighted that Secretary Pena and his team have given us the opportunity to offer our customers the facility to travel on a global network with simplified booking and check-in procedures . ’ |
| 26 | Managing to repair the Time-Space Visualiser he acquired from the Space Museum , the Doctor affords his companions the unique opportunity of viewing history as it happened . |
| 27 | However , as soon as this female lays her eggs the male deserts her , leaving her to rear this brood by herself . |
| 28 | Police now believe the couple met their deaths the following day , when their red Vauxhall Astra van was found abandoned at Manchester Airport . |
| 29 | Often they lacked day-to-day knowledge of the firms they had invested in , and had a tendency to sell their shares the instant a firm hit trouble . |
| 30 | Paul calls his children the Tribbles , after the small furry creatures that make strange cooing noises and seem to reproduce at an alarming rate . |