Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The country 's six largest construction companies , which together spend between $14 million and $16 million a year on earthquake research , met the extra costs of including base isolation in the structures . |
| 2 | The Breton later became part originator of the Canadian breed , so that it is possible that the genes of the extinct small Cornish cattle are perpetuated on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean . |
| 3 | On the distribution side , it has been building greenfield warehouses on the Continent and recently paid £10m to buy a facility in Warrington out of receivership . |
| 4 | It had developed contingency plans before the incident and put them into effect when water in the mine began to overflow . |
| 5 | Freight delivery times to the Continent could be reduced substantially by using rail transport through the Tunnel rather than road haulage to one of the North Sea ports although the degree of benefit is dependent on British Rail 's as yet unannounced charges for its new Continental freight services . |
| 6 | The Labour Party itself , in sponsoring vigilante sleuths within the social security system , was implicated in this political realignment of wage-earners against the wageless . |
| 7 | If you are using stocking stitch for the main part , or any double bed pattern knitted using a 1x1 setting , then a 1x1 rib will probably be the one you choose . |
| 8 | Early in 1983 , a consensus seemed to be emerging among theorists using computer models of the atmosphere that this material , now spreading across the northern hemisphere , would lead to a cooling of perhaps half a degree Centigrade , with the peak effect occurring in the late summer of 1983 or the winter of 1983–84 . |
| 9 | This paper gives details of the experience of the Electricity Council in using computer facilities during the negotiation of a Job Evaluation Scheme for 30,000 technical engineering staff . |
| 10 | The government is formed by the political party enjoying majority support in the House of Commons ; while most ministers are members of the Commons , a number are drawn from the House of Lords , and legislation requires approval by both houses before enactment . |
| 11 | Children may be given tetanus vaccination in the first few weeks of life and its importance is underlined by its inclusion in the primary recommended vaccination schedules which begins at two months . |
| 12 | At all ages , dog-whelks feed on discrete , easily identifiable , macroscopic sedentary prey ( upon which they remain for many hours or days ) which not only renders predator/prey investigations in the field possible but also facilitates the maintenance of these animals in aquaria . |
| 13 | Since the distribution of H-thymidine labelling indices was normal , Student 's t test for unpaired data was used to compare index values among the groups of subjects studied . |
| 14 | I joined one of the work-parties and helped rebuild cleits and repair storm damage around the cottages . |
| 15 | The problem is that the company has only limited ISDN capacity at the moment because of the way that it is implemented at telephone exchanges . |
| 16 | The final section deals with using immunoassay techniques in the agrochemical industry , and applying different immunoassay formats to a variety of analytical problems , with specific examples . |
| 17 | This was ultimately conceded in 1964 when teachers were given majority representation on the Schools Council for the curriculum and examinations . |
| 18 | The object is to promote stem growth in the desired direction line , but this will not be achieved if , as sometimes happens , a dormant eye emerges as two or three buds , or as not infrequently occurs on too weakly pruned stems , growth emerges in a completely wrong direction from lower buds . |
| 19 | New students are taught foot patterns from the basic horse stance . |
| 20 | The prevalence of cimetidine use around 1979 — that is , the proportion of the population using cimetidine anytime in the period 1977–81 — was calculated in 10 year age groups using population data of 1 January 1980 , and the prevalence of use of ulcer drugs around 1989 was similarly calculated using population data of 1 January 1990 . |
| 21 | The Commission 's role was understood to include supervising implementation of the peace accord , and organizing national legislative and presidential elections to be held in 1992 . |
| 22 | Councils will set rents at a reasonable level , reflecting income levels in the different regions and localities . |
| 23 | Indomethacin , at doses that are known to inhibit cyclo-oxygenase , failed to inhibit chemiluminescence production by the inflamed colonic mucosa ( Fig 7 ) . |
| 24 | I remembered my own boyhood watching cavalrymen sticking tent pegs at the gymkhanas , and tried knights on shining white chargers , complete with shining white bascinets , breastplates , leg armour and gauntlets doing the same thing to my inside , but they never really filled the role . |
| 25 | Path analysis usually refers to a technique of modelling relationships between variables using regression coefficients as the measure of the strength of effect . |
| 26 | In the case of Xenopus oocytes , there is indirect evidence that InsP 3 generated in the surrounding follicle cells in response to angiotensin II diffuses across gap junctions to stimulate calcium release in the oocyte . |
| 27 | The Commons Committee made field visits to the areas highlighted by FoE , and reported that in Cumbria 's Whinlatter Pass ‘ Forestry Commission officials have observed extensive dieback of shoots on Scots Pine , evidenced by browning of needles … |
| 28 | Japanese car makers have mostly played an altogether less prominent part in bringing car safety to the forefront of public attention . |
| 29 | It 's a joint venture between the French firm Bertrand Faure and its Japanese partner Tachi-S , and will make car seats for the Rover 600 , built at Cowley , and the new Swindon-built Honda Accord . |
| 30 | The army were drafted in to help prepare car parks for the heavy trucks used by TV companies . |