Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were both guests at T'zin 's house — two among fifty or so of the Khans and Noyons who , apart from Burun , were probably the most powerful and influential men in the Khanate . |
| 2 | Fifty or so of the females formed a tight cluster , joined hands and walked backwards until they formed the circumference of a large circle . |
| 3 | In terms of the definition of er what is historic York I think again an issue we went over for some length of time at the greenbelt inquiry , I would draw your attention back to my earlier comments that York is basically a modern industrial city with a very precious historic core , that historic core er represents no more than actually five percent of the built up area , that something like eighty five percent of the city was built after eighteen hundred , the view that was expressed by the County in N Y Two , in terms of the definition of the greenbelt , the Greater York greenbelt and its purposes was not accepted by the City Council , we do not accept that all of the func elements of the York greenbelt contribute towards preserving the character of the historic city , we rely on the the fact that the two comments the Senior Inspector made at this , the the green wedges and historic core itself that establish the historic character of the city , there are many parts of the edge of York which could repli be replicated in many cities , historic or otherwise around the country and finally just coming back to the issue of scale of development erm the point I should have made earlier about the house builders figures for the city of York is that the house builders did suggest a figure of four thousand for the city , erm , I 'm not aware on what basis that was made , but clearly my evidence would quite clearly indicate that I believe that could not be accommodated , certainly on any known sites within the cit current city boundary , thank you Chair . |
| 4 | However , what can we say with confidence about the beliefs of ordinary people , either in the nineteenth or even in the late twentieth century ? |
| 5 | The current 300,000 youth training places in the United Kingdom compare with the lamentable 7,000 or so under the last Labour Government . |
| 6 | It was impossible to judge whether she was asking because she was interested or merely for the sake of politeness . |
| 7 | And four coming to light argues forty or more in the dark , most likely for good . ’ |
| 8 | Around 30 or so of the larger lakes remain , mostly composed of heavy crude oil which is solidifying into a sticky , semi-viscous non-porous layer . |
| 9 | Natural law and rights theories , positivism and contextualism , are in this sense no longer incompatible theories of the law but enter into the legal languages or dialects which are spoken in different or even in the same legal systems . |
| 10 | The Staff in the Department play a full part in the extra-curricular life of the School , as it is important that the children do not see Learning Support as in any way different or apart from the mainstream of school life . |
| 11 | It is clear that all around the world , Rottweilers seem to have been discovered all at the same time . |
| 12 | THE Big Apple 's the location for a special programme where inventions are even wackier than here in the UK . |
| 13 | ( BBC 1 , 7.30pm ) THE Big Apple 's the location for a special programme where inventions are even wackier than here in the UK . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , there is no doubt that Guevarism and other currents of thought have been influential in forcing established Communist parties to rethink their role and recognise the need to be far more responsive than hitherto to the specific circumstances of their own country . |
| 15 | The Northern Foods shares are lower than they should be , because the stock market has got it into its head that competition is tougher than ever in the food business . |
| 16 | It is among the least publicity-seeking and therefore among the least well known of the major firms , but enjoys a very high reputation within the executive search industry itself . |
| 17 | The timetable will need to be agreed with court officials and will be affected by this and also by the fact that petitions are usually only heard on Mondays . |
| 18 | Other works from this and even from the earlier phase will be discussed in the last section of this chapter , on relief and architectural sculpture , since that is the area in which the formation of the ripe archaic style can most clearly be traced . |
| 19 | And if you look back at the minutes and then Yona I think she 's great as the secretary because she does n't let anything go but on the other hand she 's pretty informal about and the way th that over the weeks you know somebody er Julie or June or Mervia Ann come up with the suggestion that they maybe feel why do n't we do this and then by the next week it 's turned into a a rally or a big picket or or a record . |
| 20 | In particular , the research should seek to develop theories about the process of ageing and particularly about the management of age-related transition such as exists from the labour market . |
| 21 | The tow held steady , but the weight of it was forcing him further and further off the wind . |
| 22 | People who had driven him further and further into the woods that slope down from the Common towards the mam road to the south-west . |
| 23 | As the years passed , I would watch his passion for adhering to the bedu principle remove him further and further from the society around him . |
| 24 | It took his appearance and speech on 30 September 1942 to dispel such rumours , only for them to recur in the winter of 1942–3 and especially after the Stalingrad disaster . |
| 25 | At Ayr today , Tom Troubadour , denied a run when slightly injured just before the Ritz Club Trophy Chase at the Cheltenham Festival , should be fresh and well for the William Hill Scottish National , which appears a more comfortable assignment . |
| 26 | The petals of the flowers had dropped , and spilled brown and carelessly over the floor . |
| 27 | On one of them , the leather sole had been built up fairly high and yet by the sheer elegance of the design the modification scarcely showed . |
| 28 | But the lifts of the pen came regularly at every fourth letter — Middlemass had never found a forger who remembered to vary the interval at which he lifted pen from paper — and the dot above the i , high and slightly to the left , and the over-emphatic apostrophe were almost a trade-mark . |
| 29 | With Ruggles and Parkinson hitting high and hard in the third , Partners held a 14–11 advantage but again failed to capitalise , although a couple of refereeing decisions left them puzzled . |
| 30 | Backpackers need to keep the weight high and close to the back , but ski-mountaineers and climbers need the weight to be kept lower to increase stability , although weighty things should be kept close to the back . |