Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , if such a procedure were adopted by the House it would be better to have it subject to agreement between the usual channels than merely on the diktat of the Government . |
| 2 | This magnetotail could steer larger quantities of charged particles on to the near side than on to the far side . |
| 3 | Unfortunately some of this work was done without a proper appreciation of the fact that the presence of tree growth , and the shade it gave , prevented or at least discouraged the growth of water weeds , the existence of which could form an even greater obstruction than much of the tree growth . |
| 4 | As a result of social investigation there was greater recognition than before of the causes of unemployment , in particular of the distinction between the chronic underemployment of the casual poor of big cities and the recurrent temporary unemployment of large numbers of superior workers in periods of depression . |
| 5 | One of the main differences comes about through contact with Scotland , through seasonal emigration : it has left its mark both in technical features ( in the bowing , for example ) and in the repertoire of tunes — and to my ears , brought up in Scotland to ear fiddling at many Highland gatherings , the Music does have a more familiar ring than much of the rest of Irish music . |
| 6 | But where they and the study immediately differed was where , as , group finance director at John Menzies , said , it ‘ set off on a diverging track ’ from what they perceive is already best practice albeit only among the major companies . |
| 7 | The Canine Defence League refuses to find new homes for abandoned animals until well after the holiday , in case the same dogs are given as presents and then dumped again . |
| 8 | Flynn delays naming his side until shortly before the start but I believe young Kevin Jones will be asked to make way for one of the two vastly experienced defenders . |
| 9 | On May 11 the United Malays National Organization ( UMNO ) , the largest party at national level , won a seat in the Sabah State Assembly for the first time , defeating the candidate of the ruling United Sabah Party ( Parti Bersatu Sabah — PBS ) which had been part of the UMNO-led National Front central government coalition until just before the October 1990 general election [ see pp. 37780-81 ] . |
| 10 | I could n't swim , never have been able to , and I did n't go out on a boat because along with the rest of the family I have always been afraid of water . |
| 11 | The greater degree of digestion of the isolated teeth is due to their greater exposure to digestion while still in the predator 's stomach ( as suggested earlier for the molars ) . |
| 12 | Parole was not a new idea , having existed in parts of the United States since early in the twentieth century , and had been canvassed down the years . |
| 13 | And my mother , they were keeping six cows there after churning , old Jane made the butter and er taking it to erm Mrs from who used to buy my grandmother 's butter my my mother took her stock as well on the Thursday to market . |
| 14 | furniture , oh I think that was at the front I quite like that for the boys bedroom as well with the bed set in |
| 15 | There has however been a slowdown in the French nuclear programme though not for the usual reasons of safety problems and public opposition . |
| 16 | All parties will have been aware from the inception of the management buy-out that the investor would seek to realise its investment as soon after the buy-out as an appropriate return on investment could be achieved . |
| 17 | Southbound looks pretty slow heading into those roadworks as well for the time being . |
| 18 | No goals as yet in the other game in group A against Charlton although as I warned you earlier , I do n't think we 'll have that score for you tonight because it is being played in Italy and er our chances of getting that score through the er computer here are remote to put it mildly . |
| 19 | and you 've a number inside the car as well on the bottom of the car on the floor so er some of them no , they do n't so some of them take the mickey of them and putting different plates on of a written off car from a scrap yard so you can have like a brand new Sierra smashed up in a scrap yard and you buy it for like a thousand pound and you this Sierra with a brand new Sierra , so you change all the plates over and do all this on the car and then you got a bloody Sierra worth about nine or ten thousand pound |
| 20 | It is not necessary always to think of the interview as only of the highly standardized sample type . |
| 21 | Leaving on an interior light as well during the night can also discourage a potential burglar . |
| 22 | He is now involved in full time pathology research , but with a schedule to suit the heavy demands when away from the books . |
| 23 | The effects of the net changes in social class have been modelled explicitly for the university sector in a number of forecasts ( Diamond and Smith , 1982 , 1984 ; Diamond , 1985 ; AUT , 1983 ; Collins , 1983 ) as well as implicitly by the DES ( 1984a , b , 1986b ) .4 These effects have been the most important single factor for which data have been available at a national level albeit only for the university sector . |
| 24 | Weobly , lying among gentle hills , its church spire visible from miles away , boasts more and finer black and white medieval houses than anywhere in the county . |
| 25 | The web of diplomatic contacts which had developed in western and central Europe over the last 200 or more years was now being extended further east by the full incorporation in it for the first time of the great new emerging state of Russia : henceforth events in eastern Europe were to be far more significant in the calculations of statesmen in the west than ever in the past . |
| 26 | A similar situation exists with African migration where especially with the early stages of migration , out-migrants are mostly young adults ( Roberts 1978 ) . |
| 27 | By the end of the year he was predicting , in research carried out for the Scottish National Party , that unemployment would have a worse impact in Scotland than elsewhere in the UK , reflecting the poorer social conditions prevalent there . |
| 28 | Some species have benefited from the change in the downland agricultural scene , and Corn Buntings and Skylarks are now more numerous in these areas than elsewhere in the county and are the most characteristic birds of the downland . |
| 29 | No initiatives will be taken by the Irish FA international committee until early in the New Year after they have discussed all aspects of the post including the financial situation . |
| 30 | From the Bloody Bush pillar retrace your steps , going back into Scotland until just before the summit of the hill you see a small cairn on the right . |