Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pers pn] the [det] " in BNC.
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1 | He adds : ‘ In the last year , most restaurants have brought their prices down or kept them the same as last year . |
2 | Varig is the airline that offers you the most alternatives in departure times and flights between Europe and Brazil — 29 in all |
3 | make the point you know I 'm sure you found this useful , what particular area was the one that excited you the most , yeah ? |
4 | She was very much as she had expected to be , having found in her marriage nothing to surprise her nor to cause her the least distress . |
5 | For those who work outside the home , out of many choices , it was their ‘ relationship with colleagues ’ that gives them the most satisfaction ( 80% ) , with flexibility of working hours ( 68% ) and pay ( 60% ) trailing behind . |
6 | ‘ What is it about work that gives you the most pleasure ? ’ |
7 | I 've given you the two , er , the one that gives you the most space for the day , on the basis that if you have too much space for daily planning , it 's maybe irritating . |
8 | Yes , it uses eight watts against a hundred , well I say probably against seventy five , eight watts instead of seventy five and given us the same amount of light out . |
9 | Most fax software lets you define a group of names in the fax phone book , and send them the same fax at the click of a button . |
10 | He held for Alice altogether a great fascination , but she steadfastly refused offers to go and see him in the nursery , and ignored him the few occasions he was on show . |
11 | Thomas Mayer and his son , Thomas Walton Mayer of Newcastle-under-Lyme , sent to every veterinary surgeon in the United Kingdom the draft of a memorial addressed to the governors of the London College , with the ultimate objective of gaining a Charter of Incorporation ‘ to protect us from illiterate and uneducated men , and to afford us the same privileges and exemptions which other professional bodies possess ’ . |
12 | For them , the solution to the problem of pro-government bias is simple : the broadcasters should treat government and governing party as one and the same , and give it the same coverage as the main opposition party . |
13 | it is generally best to quote the nearest authority first and to allot it the most space , the other cases can be brought more casually into the discussion , as you have time . |
14 | It is neither possible nor desirable to fix any language at one point in time and keep it the same ever afterwards . |
15 | At er well this week you sort of look back and say yeah but erm in about ten years time if you come and ask me the same question I would be able be in a better position to give you an answer . |
16 | By now , though , he was tired of Barbados , particularly its narrowness of spirit ; they expressed their appreciation of his runs by refusing to allow him , as a black man , to practise at Kensington Oval , and he believed there were still those who resented his success and thought him the same ‘ bighead ’ as at school . |
17 | The government refused the paramilitaries the political status which they requested , and offered them the same terms as those given to surrendering drug traffickers : a reduction of prison sentences in return for confessions to crimes . |
18 | As soon as he entered the first field to be cut his mates up-ended him and gave him the same treatment which stopped only when he shouted ‘ Beer ! ’ . |
19 | Reliability is much to , much more to do with replicability , it 's , it 's another if another researcher went in and did it the same way , would they get the same results ? |
20 | After they have gone to the ball , Cinderella , with a giggle , picks up her broom and gives it the same lesson , using it as a partner . |
21 | Remove the dumplings with a slotted spoon and serve them the same way as the fried dumplings . |
22 | He lifted and carried her the few necessary steps , until she felt the yielding softness of his bed beneath her back . |
23 | ‘ But ask me the same question tomorrow and I could give a whole litany of things . |
24 | The best time to do this is first thing in the morning , after going to the bathroom , wearing your night clothes or nothing at all , but keep it the same every day . |
25 | Eliot 's vision of the urbane savage was very different from Arnold 's , but gave him the same privileges as his Romantic predecessor . |
26 | He was then attacked by James , but gave him the same treatment . |