Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would not , in my opinion , be open to an investor to retain the purchased shares and , under section 5 , to claim back the purchase money less the financial value of the retained shares . |
| 2 | ‘ Took the grandchildren to the safari park only the other ’ |
| 3 | Feeding : When kept in an aquarium the species will thrive on brine shrimp even the freeze-dried variety . |
| 4 | Example 4:3 Index-linked rent : upwards only YIELDING AND PAYING the annual sum of £ … ( " the basic rent " ) payable quarterly in advance on the 25th of March the 24th of June the 29th of September and the 25th of December in each year and in addition such sum payable on each of the above dates in advance ( " the index-linked rent " ) as bears the same proportion to one quarter of the basic rent as is borne by the figure shown in the General Index of Retail Prices ( " the index " ) for the month immediately preceding the months in which payment of any particular instalment of rent is due to the figure ( which is the figure shown in that index for the month of … ) minus one quarter of the basic rent PROVIDED THAT ( 1 ) if after the date of this lease the index is calculated by reference to a different base date or base figure then the index-linked rent shall be calculated as if that change had not taken place ( 2 ) if the index ceases to be published or if for any reason it becomes impossible or impracticable to calculate the index-linked rent then either the landlord or the tenant may by notice require the rent to be thenceforth reviewed at such times and in such manner as may be agreed between them or in default of agreement be determined by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors who shall have regard to market practice prevailing at the time of such notice in relation to new lettings of property of the same type as the demised property ( 3 ) in no circumstances shall the total rent payable under this lease be less than the basic rent |
| 5 | What I 'm suggesting really , is let's get it on the agenda for budget review whenever the next meeting is , to be considered in depth , and if that gives an extra couple or three weeks for officers to write the report , fine , if it goes beyond the next policy and resources a week or two wo n't matter in the scheme of things , it 's detailed consideration I 'm looking for , rather than a fast fix in ten minutes at the next P and R. |
| 6 | An eruption of violent anti-Israeli protest spread throughout the Gaza Strip where the Arab victims lived . |
| 7 | The material is presented at the undergraduate level thus the simplified approach adopted is commendable . |
| 8 | of the first floor , running with its adjoining search room almost the whole length of the building . |
| 9 | If your Big Boss ends up against an enemy character then the two will tend to cancel out . |
| 10 | Nostalgia ruled at a Liberal Democrat campaign launch in Ripon on Tuesday night when the former Liberal MP for the old Ripon constituency , Mr David Austick , turned up to support candidate Coun. Richard Hall . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know how much longer we can hope to keep this a clandestine relationship , ’ Luke said sardonically one Friday night when the immediate edge of the savage hunger for each other that built up during their partings had been soothed by a wildly abandoned reunion . |
| 12 | Hardly had the King reached Balmoral on the Saturday morning when the Prime Minister sent a message that it might after all be necessary for him to return to London . |
| 13 | A short ceremony to mark the move has been organised for 9am on Saturday morning when the first patient to cross the threshold of the new hospital will be handed a bouquet of flowers . |
| 14 | If a bank 's CD offers a 10% yield then the additional costs imposed by reserve requirements is 31 basis points ( 10%/0.97=10.31% ) . |
| 15 | Assuming the investor does decide to remain within the equity market then the second implication of MPT is that the process of diversification is essentially an effort to combine shares in such a way as to eradicate non-market risk . |
| 16 | This study assessed symptomatic gall bladder disease rather the total occurrence of the condition . |
| 17 | The more one 's reasoning abilities are developed the better one 's anticipation of the syntax and vocabulary of English , and the greater the field independence then the better the performance in sign language tasks . |
| 18 | The NZRFU did not follow Otago 's cancellation line , but a special meeting of available councillors met in Wellington and virtually demanded that South Africa clean up its drug act otherwise the All Black tour was in jeopardy . |
| 19 | On the common law side only the busiest barristers have any devilling to give : they will themselves do all that they possibly can . |
| 20 | Sometimes , when he thought he might die , as Eileen had died , some deep and insatiable curiosity about life and living in him , some craving to take with him a deeper knowledge of women and their essence made him long to lie in love with her , to taste the sweetness of her mystery , to see the world just once from a vantage point where the lost and lonely flesh that is man and woman comes together in a healing synthesis . |
| 21 | If a good view demands squatting , climbing or even lying flat or crawling to gain a vantage point then the professional need should prevail over personal comfort . |
| 22 | Well , the only racing writers who were at Down Royal for the two day July meeting when the new stand was put into use for the first time were Tony and Peter O'Hehir and myself . |
| 23 | The coiled wire above the fences that surrounded the A area where the plutonium was worked , and the B area where the chemical explosives were fashioned , and the contaminated areas , and the waste storage areas , all separated by their own grey wire barricades . |
| 24 | Penfold 's , one of Australia 's leading producers , produce this sparkling wine using the transfer method whereby the second fermentation takes place in bottle , like the methode champenoise . |
| 25 | infant and child mortality particularly the deleterious effects of short birth intervals on survival chances : this work is of considerable policy relevance , attracting attention from a number of international agencies ; |
| 26 | There are certainly divergences in prosperity apparent between the different regions of the country , with the South East clearly the dominant region , both in terms of its size and economic performance . |
| 27 | At each such decision point only the highest scoring path need be retained since what follows has no influence on the scores of paths leading up to A. |
| 28 | In the Dialtext product virtually the entire Macintosh desktop has been blocked off from the user in order to prevent potential disasters like the erasure of disks or files . |
| 29 | Above dpc level both the outer leaf of facing bricks , and the inner and thicker leaf of common bricks or blocks , are built as independent structures separated by a cavity 2 to 4in ( 50 to 100mm ) wide . |
| 30 | Its aim was to provide a convivial meeting place where the enlightened could help formulate a programme to teach the uninitiated the nature of the enemy which was undermining the country . |