Example sentences of "[conj] [conj] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or or certainly in the long term . |
| 2 | As simple as can be , except that nowhere in the world have I encountered a door with such a gap between it and the floor . |
| 3 | It looks like wheat , except that right in the middle of this prairie is a group of small hills rising unexpectedly out of the flat plain . |
| 4 | Among the pieces of evidence advanced for the traditional view , for example , are the facts that until late in the reign of Suleyman the Muftis were considerably less well-paid than the kazaskers and that the Muftis did not sit in the divan whereas the kazaskers did . |
| 5 | One of the most significant and suggestive points about the early history of the office is that until late in the period under consideration nearly all the Muftis held the office until their deaths , that there were very few resignations or removals . |
| 6 | If q is probable given p , then p & g is more likely than and therefore in the nearest worlds where p is true , q will also be true . |
| 7 | His principal endeavour was to stay off the subject of Islam except when alone with the children . |
| 8 | I had n't bothered with landing lights and I was n't sure , any longer , where I was I only knew I had to keep climbing and that somewhere at the top was relief and safety . |
| 9 | They were talking in Spanish again so that I could n't follow what was said , only the gist of it , and that largely from the names they referred to : Iris Sunderby 's , of course , her grandfather , too , and the Connors , Sheila Connor in particular , and there was constant repetition of the name Rosalli Gabrielli . |
| 10 | He 's delighted to find my spirits high , my blood pressure low and that apart from the lumps , I remain asymptomatic . |
| 11 | Marsh notes that some 90 per cent of all rights issues during this period were underwritten and that apart from the principal underwriter ( usually the organizing merchant bank ) there were invariably 100–200 sub-underwriters . |
| 12 | On neither score is there any universal agreement , and many would deny that the objections are well grounded , holding that they rest on over-simplifications , and that even to the degree that Barth did move in the directions suggested , he nevertheless did not fall into the extreme positions of which he is held guilty . |
| 13 | The invigorating aspect of Nochlin 's work , however , is that the urgency of her earliest work is never lost in the later writing and that even in the essays of the early seventies , Nochlin recognises the importance of analysing the work and effects of ideology and representation . |
| 14 | Hess did not appreciate the significance of these strip reversals , but Vine and Matthews did , and they suggested that while the ‘ sea-floor spreading ’ concept was basically right , it could be refined and that instead of the simple kind of gigantic conveyor belt that Hess had conceived , with oceanic crust being generated at the ridges and moving away in opposite directions , the situation was much more like that of a conveyor belt-cum-tape recorder . |
| 15 | This is specifically so in the case of the findings of the Reporter in his Report on the SEELPI Inquiry , which the Reporter in her decision on the Linlithgow appeal referred to , adopted in respect of the Linlithgow land supply only , and that solely on the basis that the interpretation had not been challenged on the day . |
| 16 | I 've even known her red , and that only in the eighteen months I 've worked for her . |
| 17 | But he declared that he would be unable to recognize Roksanda , after having seen her for such a short time , and that only by the light of his master 's ring . |
| 18 | Many of the new middle class girls ' schools sought to show that they took the problem of adolescent development seriously by appointing doctors to safeguard the welfare of their charges , and until well into the twentieth century pupils attending the Girls ' Public Day School Trust schools , the first of which opened in 1872 , went to school only in the mornings so that they should avoid strain and be allowed to be at home with their mothers in the afternoons . |
| 19 | Little of the frantic and customary Neath 15-man handling movements were seen and until late in the game , three-quarters and full-backs stood motionless , until they also found the driving maul and battering game too appealing . |
| 20 | The other er aspect perhaps is if and again on the consultation leaflet and in the manual , effect on houses demolished . |
| 21 | I think just to conclude the the engine of growth argument , erm , has obviously been raised in relation to other new settlements , notably Cambridge and and this has been referred to already , erm the situation in Cambridge is different to York in in that the level of growth that 's that 's anticipated for that city is is is significantly higher , and the new settlement erm proposals there have been considered in in that regard and and just for the record C P R E have supported the the new settlement in that particular location , but it does seem to me that the returning to your basic point , that that erm if one applies those circumstances in Nor North Yorkshire it does fly in the face of of established policy in the structure plan , and the overriding er policy is is one of restraint in what is is considered to be one of the country 's most sensitive environmental areas , thank you . |
| 22 | For example : the traditional notation regarding ‘ on board ’ loading was replaced by a ‘ taking in charge ’ statement ; the traditional prohibition against transhipment was eliminated , because transhipment was of the essence in combined transport ; since the transport commonly originated and finished inland , the terms ‘ place of receipt ’ and ‘ place of delivery ’ were inserted in separate boxes , either replacing the traditional ‘ port of loading ’ and ‘ port of discharge ’ or joining them as additional specifications ; and since often times the name of the vessel was not known or could not be established with certainty at the time of issuance , the box for the vessel 's name was modified to refer to an ‘ intended vessel . ’ |
| 23 | But if even in the sciences rationality is no more than the capacity to criticize the spontaneous , where can we expect it to be anything else ? |
| 24 | But if instead of the terminals you substitute a network of personal computers or other intelligent workstations , you gain several advantages . |
| 25 | But as again in the little , later G major ‘ sonata facile ’ his playing abounds in joie de vivre . |
| 26 | At the same time — whether just before or just after the theft — Mrs Stratton died . |
| 27 | In the centuries just before and just after the Conquest , handwriting comprised a mixture of styles and letter shapes , depending on the language used ( Latin , Anglo-Saxon , Norman French ) and the importance of the book or document being written . |
| 28 | It must be admitted , though , that this very informal technique does require quite a lot of work to be done both before and especially after the interview and the researcher is always in danger of forgetting to put a point forward or not being able to understand his or her own notes afterwards . |
| 29 | There are some things not even money can buy though and even in the cash fuelled world of Formula One , that something is success . |