Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The active principles of cannabis were not purified until well into the twentieth century , but one of Kraeplin 's pupils was among those who made early studies of mescaline , isolated from the Mexican Peyote cactus in 1896 . |
| 2 | ‘ He needs top of the ground and I 'll wait until later in the week before deciding whether to run , ’ added the trainer . |
| 3 | That nineteenth-century diplomatic services should have remained small and unambitious , confined until late in the century to traditional functions and with no desire to expand their horizons or the scope of their activities , is not surprising . |
| 4 | This , approximately one-fifth of the nation 's farmland , was expected to keep engineers in the newly formed water authorities fully occupied until well into the next century . |
| 5 | She had many upper garments of different materials and styles which she changed according not to the weather but to her mood : she had large woollen jumpers and little skimpy vests , lacy or patterned blouses and voluminous T-shirts ; shirts of chiffon and shirts of linen . |
| 6 | Such a change would entail the creation of a clearing house , presumably in Brussels , whose job would be to reapportion VAT receipts to ensure that revenue is accrued as now in the country of consumption rather than production . |
| 7 | The absorbed varieties , which are now rare , included the red-and-white colour-sided East Finnish ( Itä-Suomalainen Karja , or ISK ) , the red West Finnish ( Länsi-Suomalainen Karja , or LSK ) , which contributed as well to the creation of the Estonian Native in the USSR , and the white colour-pointed North Finnish ( Pohjois-Suomalainen Karja , or PSK ) , which was similar to the Swedish Mountain and is probably now extinct . |
| 8 | Recommended as best of the classy kids ' shows : The Red Balloon , Albert Lamorisse 's Fifties French fable of a small boy and his big red friend , adapted and stylishly staged by Anthony Clark at Contact Theatre in Manchester for primary school age . |
| 9 | From the comfort of the stand , it still felt very close , even at 14-0 , but not one scoring chance was missed until late in the second half and by that time the game was over . |
| 10 | The class gets used to performing at a particular speed and also the movement becomes greatly disturbed if not at the right tempo . |
| 11 | She said Mr Mandela told them that he had written a document setting out his views on negotiations , the prospect of which President de Klerk has been promoting since well before the National Party returned to power in the 6 September elections . |
| 12 | Whites price was obviously done whilst NOT in the first team . |
| 13 | ‘ As I 've said before directly to the Labour Party , ‘ You must make up your minds . |
| 14 | done as well at the same time |
| 15 | If the parish-based Poor Law was operating as well for the settled poor as modern historians seem to suggest , then more generous relief and serious attention to the provision of work and cottages may well have led to a decline in subsistence-driven migration . |
| 16 | This behavioural plasticity and mental agility , optimized as always in the young , began sooner or later to express itself in a new mode of subsistence , namely , hunting . |
| 17 | The Conservatives did not do as badly in the South East as elsewhere ( average swing to Labour , 4.7% ) , whereas Labour performed much better in another traditional area of weakness , the South West , with the Conservative vote dropping substantially in Bristol ( -6.7% ) , Exeter ( -8.8% ) , Penwith ( -11.6% ) , and Torbay ( -17.4% ) . |
| 18 | We 'll do as well with the two of us do n't you think ? |
| 19 | May be she did not do as well in the major championships as in previous years but in 1990 she still managed to win one Australian , get in to the final of the French and the US Opens , and the semi final of Wimbledon . |
| 20 | The prize is seen as well worth the effort . |
| 21 | As the rats moved around the arena , the relative perceived positions of the landmarks in egocentric space would have been likely to change as much in the fixed as in the varied condition with , for example , L+ being seen as often to the left or right of L- both within and across trials . |
| 22 | A simple reason why the younger activists are not seen as often on the picket line as their elders were , is that they are too busy pursuing the same goals by other means . |
| 23 | Yet not only could such a rearrangement be brought about , with the will to do so , but it might come to be seen as greatly to the general advantage of the school . |
| 24 | The provision of musical instruments in church should not be seen as solely for the accompaniment and embellishment of singing , but also for solo and ensemble playing before , during or after a service . |
| 25 | And the time came when all round the world people started talking about the Costakis collection with reverence . |
| 26 | Ralph Nader 's Study Group on Air Pollution estimated that the implementation phase would not be completed until well into the 1980s and the Air Quality Act was criticized for providing the Department of Health , Education and Welfare with only very limited powers to press the states into faster action . |
| 27 | The governor will probably be told to wait until later in the month , after a meeting organised by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . |
| 28 | He called his acceptance of human sexuality and respect for the female energy Red Thread Zen , acknowledging that life itself would not exist if not for the umbilical cord that connects us to the feminine . |
| 29 | Jack knew that his father 's head was buried as deeply in the world of rugby as the world of medicine . |
| 30 | He ought , whether he remains technically an employee or is treated as a partner or is classified as somewhere between the two ( eg taxed under Sched D on his " salary " ) , to be in a position to know enough about his firm to judge what amounts to a reasonable restriction and not to need the court 's protection if he should have agreed to covenants in stringent terms . |