Example sentences of "[noun] [det] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Net margins on sales may be better than those of their foreign counterparts ( see table ) , but they have to employ more capital to build the new prettily-lit , out-of-town shops that the British want . |
| 2 | Under an agreement with the mostly Pakistani residents , the trust bought for £1 each the dilapidated Grade II-listed homes , dating from 1848–51 , after they had been threatened with demolition . |
| 3 | Under an agreement with the mostly Pakistani residents , the trust bought for £1 each the dilapidated Grade II-listed homes , dating from 1848–51 , after they had been threatened with demolition . |
| 4 | I do not see any basis for the figure that the hon. Gentleman advances . |
| 5 | One sees at a glance all the blue period of Picasso — the wild horses of Chirico — the extraordinary landscapes of Dali — the Italian primitives — Botticelli . |
| 6 | As soon as the slimmer returned to normal eating all the lost weight would return , plus more because the metabolic rate is reduced when subjected to a starvation diet . |
| 7 | My modest er surprise at the beginning Mr Mayor was purely in recognition actually of my er colleagues presentation , bearing in mind all the previous criticism about being specific . |
| 8 | Dave Smith put County in front , but Peterborough levelled through Bobby Barnes and after the break all the hard work looked like being wasted . |
| 9 | Lieutenant George Yates Finlayson had displayed cowardice in the face of the enemy all the previous week . |
| 10 | And yet we know the conditions under which the sequence was written and notice how fragile it is , how much a willed order , and how dependent upon a bravura performance — and suspect that it is from these elements that the permanent value of the poetry springs . |
| 11 | That will substantially help those who are in the circumstances that the hon. Gentleman mentions . |
| 12 | Here in Deptford half the male population do n't have what you 'd call a regular job . |
| 13 | Send the expert all the available evidence . |
| 14 | It was from those halcyon days that the following story dates . |
| 15 | Over his mouth and nose was a white mask of the sort that the Japanese wear in the streets of Tokyo . |
| 16 | During this period all the dated maria impacts occurred . |
| 17 | It certainly lived up to its ‘ revolutionary ’ claims : it tool all the hard slog out of concrete and mortar mixing . |
| 18 | Within a couple of weeks all the important wreckage was at Farnborough and the rest was disposed of as scrap at Lusaka . |
| 19 | The only change that I have got here are minor things that were references from a previous meeting all the difficult stuff comes from the Quiff and the suggestion forms that I have not looked at yet , and so if you want to do that around a table because I do n't know whether that s right . |
| 20 | Anne stayed in her room all the next day . |
| 21 | Now let's say let's say your mum came in and she said how many for this pizza and we said oh just the three of us and she cut it cut it up into three pieces three pieces all the same size . |
| 22 | Eight so we 'd have eight pieces all the same size and what would that be called have a guess ? |
| 23 | By the time Wardle Wood came in sight Virginia was tired and was wondering whether there was anything she could do that would save her pushing the bike all the long way home . |
| 24 | No , she took on there she 's gone ooer all the fucking way round . |
| 25 | but should you have , should you have doubts about that my Lord then er what we urged your Lordship to do would be in your judgment er to include a consideration of the strength of the case er your Lordship is seized of the matter now , if your Lordship er considers that there are issues of law which require clarification from the European court of justice and in competition cases all the European court candid on references is to give guidance on questions of law , your Lordship identifies questions of law which need to be i which need to be resolved and you think that it is the most appropriate course to refer a question , then we would ask that your Lordship consider in the interim the position of the , the Lloyds Act clauses there are sort to be challenged by the defences because it will be |
| 26 | Samples of the soil , and in some cases all the excavated soil , may be kept for dry sieving or wet sieving in order to retrieve environmental evidence and very small finds . |
| 27 | It was a masterpiece of international cinema which brought Korda all the financial backing he could need and a dream deal with United Artists that led eventually to a partnership in the American company . |
| 28 | well of a net , that to deal with claims er prospective claims , the future claims , of course all the existing policy holders have been paid and the premium trust funds are there to meet the future liabilities without |
| 29 | What was that play all the amateur dramatics people used to do ? ’ |
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