Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | CO molecules adsorbed in the vicinity of this charge will , to a first approximation , have their orbital binding energies rigidly downward-shifted , allowing increased electron transfer from the substrate into the lifetime-broadened CO 2 antibonding orbital . |
| 2 | We tend not to notice this because in TNC the curriculum proposals came before the discussion of testing and assessment . |
| 3 | When the Secretary of State endorsed the curriculum framework proposed by Munn he also intimated that the assessment proposals foreshadowed in the Dunning report would be implemented . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the reactor 's core was seriously damaged , radioactive fission products escaped to the environment , and there was considerable public alarm , leading to a spontaneous evacuation of the area by a large number of people . |
| 5 | defence insurers argued against the order 14 summons on two counts ; first the plaintiff could not obtain summary judgement because there were two defendants and one might escape liability ; secondly the first defendant sought leave to amend his defence to argue contributory negligence because the plaintiff had not worn a seat belt . |
| 6 | In 1977 , I had crouched in the corridors of Beaufort as Christian militia shells crashed around the castle walls . |
| 7 | Pupils from 16 Colchester schools went to the University of Essex to take part in the 43rd annual Colchester Schools ' Music Festival . |
| 8 | In the face of government determination to enforce the February 1911 laws more than eight thousand Aube growers marched through the streets of Bar-sur-Aube carrying on their backs paniers de mannequin ( grape harvesting baskets ) full of tax-forms which they ceremoniously set fire to . |
| 9 | This is the view the Swindon fans had of the West Ham match and in the first half their hearts must have almost stopped as Town were hit hard by the Hammers … keeper Nicky Hammond played a blinder … |
| 10 | Paper seller Gerard O'Hare , 18 , had just got home when two members of the outlawed Ulster Freedom Fighters burst into the house with guns blazing . |
| 11 | Boys and girls from Stirling District primary schools competed in the schools soccer challenge . |
| 12 | ‘ All the same , ’ he said , when the spring buds burst on the seven trees that grew in Mafeking Street , along which Wendy had once half-run , half-walked , on her way to give birth to Apricot , ‘ it would be nice to be somewhere different , just for a time , just for a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 13 | Three dull-red baby Edam bombs sat among the gleaming cutlery . |
| 14 | Silver cross belts blazoned battle honours across their chests and silver spurs gleamed under the table . |
| 15 | The fighting groups overbalanced into the shallower water and continued struggling there , ignoring the arrows beginning to fall from the following ships of the line , swinging up , oars flashing to fill the breadth of the river . |
| 16 | However , from the mid-1980s onwards , a series of research projects emerged on the consequences of the programme , particularly within the Partnerships . |
| 17 | Such a slope form has been variously attributed to the effects of lava flows emitted from the summit crater , the changing angle of slope stability in response to a change in the particle-size characteristics of the tephra ejected , and the effects of slumping . |
| 18 | As for the merits of the original illustrations as works of art , to my own taste at least the first impressions were of a certain period quality — with Wade 's occasional curvaceous nudes and sports car profiles intruded into the abstract geometries bringing memories of Victor Vasarely 's more lamentable lapses into commercial vulgarity , In the end , however , Wade 's sheer enthusiasm and invention persuaded me into a renewed fascination . |
| 19 | Car bombs exploded outside the Soviet and Chinese embassies on Oct. 26 . |
| 20 | In particular , incendiary devices and car bombs exploded in the city centre of Belfast on Jan. 5 , 21 and 31 , causing major damage but no injuries . |
| 21 | Car bombs exploded near the police headquarters in Burgos on Aug. 17 , injuring 48 people slightly ; at Bilbao docks on Sept. 2 , killing a civil guard and one passer-by and injuring two people ; and outside a civil guard barracks in Cartagena , south-eastern Spain , on Sept. 11 , injuring eight people including three civil guards . |
| 22 | Moiré patterns drifted around the console . |
| 23 | The fighting cocks lived in the house with us , sleeping under their owners sarongs , and periodically exploded , at all hours , with stentorian " cock-a-doodle-doos " — or , rather , their Indonesian equivalent , for here , of course , the animals speak differently . |
| 24 | A joint government and opposition commission had been set up in late September with the aim of preventing a repeat of the first-round chaos ; however , two opposition parties withdrew from the commission on Oct. 11 . |
| 25 | By 1929 , ten WEA branches existed in the area — seven more than in 1920 . |
| 26 | The country 's failure to ban such fishing methods led to the US adopting an embargo on Mexican tuna in 1991 , followed by other European and Asian nations [ see EDs passim ] . |
| 27 | A pair of pied wag tails alighted on the path . |
| 28 | The practice questionnaires asked about the presence of 16 items of equipment on the premises . |
| 29 | Men from the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders berthed on the ship and on one occasion she had war scars inflicted on her when a bomb fell on Portland Place and debris rained down on the top deck gouging pieces out of the timbers . |
| 30 | The race went on , and the other two Mercedes cars stayed in the race . |