Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb -s] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the runners arrive and the sustained technical difficulty takes over the interest . |
| 2 | But as soon as the animal sits down , a photoelectric cell switches on the air stream , so stopping the pig from getting cold . |
| 3 | Main picture : The uncluttered bedroom sums up the atmosphere of the house |
| 4 | Exhibition-train revenue makes up the final 4 per cent . |
| 5 | Before detailing the two main components of LMS , this introductory chapter sets out the general framework of change . |
| 6 | A moaning wind frisks down the coast , kicking up a roaming layer of top-sand in its wake . |
| 7 | This framework brings in the concepts of ego , super-ego , id , and the repressed , which had always been used in Freud 's system before the advent of the ego , super-ego , id , model . |
| 8 | The reason for this , he argues , is that the older the average age of women at marriage the greater the equality between the sexes , the greater the commitment to feminism , and the smaller the age-difference between husband and wife : ‘ Cultural take-off brings about the disappearance of the child-woman and thus of the child-wife ’ ( p. 17 ) . |
| 9 | This theoretical framework opens up the possibility of analysing the process of technical change in a dynamic disequilibrium context and of integrating work in economics , management and technology . |
| 10 | Half a MURMUR in this COTTAGE sounds out the next stop . |
| 11 | Lepage performs some of the text from this letter , and with dizzying theatrical vertigo tumbles down the skyscraper blocks projected onto the screen behind him . |
| 12 | The Old Testament lays down the fundamentals of a Christian social ethic in three major ways . |
| 13 | This chapter takes up the theme of industrial determination introduced in relation to the Northern Region in Chapter 3 . |
| 14 | This chapter sets out the debate surrounding pluralism as it emerged in the 1950s and 1960s in the context of the community power debate in the United States . |
| 15 | The first section of this chapter sums up the differences which have emerged between legacies and trusts in the course of this book , and goes on to consider whether or how far or in what sense classical law can be said to have reached a fusion of legacy and trust . |
| 16 | Crafts : Our Cultural Future sets out the party 's plans to further links between craftspeople and industry and also increase public awareness of the crafts . |
| 17 | After her act another blonde in black , thigh length leather boots , studded belt , bra and pants strutted onto the stage , removed her top and stepped up to the front row , where the Koreans stuffed dollar notes down the front of her knickers . |
| 18 | This Act lays down the matters to be stated , and reports to be set out , in a prospectus issued when an offer or invitation is being made to the public . |
| 19 | This work holds out the promise of a much wider project : |
| 20 | The balance of this manifesto sets out the Liberal Democrat vision of the future : our long-term programme for government . |
| 21 | Children are often socially rewarded for playing with toys of the appropriate gender , and this process lays down the basis of future adult pleasure in relation to similar objects — full-size washing machines , cookers and dustpan and brush sets . |
| 22 | This specimen sets out the form of report to be issued where a formal valuation report is required . |
| 23 | This picture sums up the Falklands campaign . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ This picture sums up the film . |
| 25 | This overview sets out the origins of case management , its transformation into care management , and the principles guiding its practice . |
| 26 | The surface of a warm , damp body takes up the wet-bulb temperature of the air around it . |
| 27 | Identification of this group opens up the problem of the date of the king 's baptism , and by extension the chronology as well as the interpretation of the second half of his reign . |
| 28 | This quotation sums up the reason for the publication by WACC of Few Voices , Many Worlds . |
| 29 | This surplus pushes up the yen , which ought to boost imports . |
| 30 | This business makes up the remaining 25% of group sales . |