Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stress it is which poisons the innocent spangles of daisies , dissonantly warps the song of the idiot birds or leers gibberingly over the useless privet . |
| 2 | If the guitar does not play , or buzzes severely along the first few frets from the nut , slacken the rod slightly to remove the crown . |
| 3 | As pointed out by the report of the Law Commissions , this requirement causes problems whenever property either does not pass at all , or passes independently of the transfer of the bill of lading , or where the transfer of the bill is not causative of the passing of property . |
| 4 | The two members , Simmel emphasized , are interdependent , for ‘ the secession of either would destroy the whole ’ social unit , and its ‘ affective structure is based on what each of the two participants gives or shows only to the one other person and to nobody else ’ . |
| 5 | If an authority misdirects itself in law , or acts arbitrarily on the basis of considerations which lie outside its statutory powers , or so unreasonably that its decisions can not be justified by any objective standard of reasonableness , then it is the duty and function of the courts to pronounce that such decisions are invalid when these are challenged by anyone aggrieved by them and who has the necessary locus stand I to do so . |
| 6 | With regard to secondary benefits , we need worry about secondary benefits or costs only to the extent that market prices fail to reflect marginal costs and benefits . |
| 7 | Everyone inside knows or speculates endlessly on the politics of power implicit in the most minute gradations of change . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , the situation is made more complicated by variations in the design : several of the objects have four eyes or nipples instead of the expected two , so there is probably some additional layer of symbolic meaning that has yet to be penetrated . |
| 9 | When a Goblin unit breaks or flees past during the turn , there is no need for the Orcs to test for panic . |
| 10 | When a Goblin unit breaks or flees past during the turn , there is no need for the Savage Orcs to test for panic . |
| 11 | Do n't choose a colour for its safety , because it is acceptable , or sells well at the art society exhibition . |
| 12 | In a side that trades heavily on the commitment of a classy midfield quartet , the cool defender 's ability to score vital goals has often proved a trump card for Charlton . |
| 13 | Chairman er ca n't really use that refers directly to the Council . |
| 14 | Now there 's the machine is g there the laminated copper er these commutators and it 's on main shaft that goes right through the generator and the turbine . |
| 15 | It was supposed to have gone into a cave that goes right underneath the house |
| 16 | I know , but it 's a dish that goes away with the spoon love |
| 17 | I certainly do not doubt the sincerity of the right hon. Gentleman 's remarks , but throughout modern economic history , when any Government have sought to misdirect national resources in a manner that goes completely against the grain of the marketplace , has not the result of such a regional policy been exactly the opposite to what the right hon. Gentleman has sought to achieve ? |
| 18 | BT could , if given the incentive and the wherewithal , take the country into a genuine information revolution that goes far beyond the plans for cable television . |
| 19 | We sent Martin over to operate our North American office because we produce a magazine that goes all over the world , and based in Canada he ran the office for us there and was doing a very good job . |
| 20 | It appends that promise to a clear and comprehensive code of conduct ( one that builds helpfully on the recently published Fleet Street set of principles ) . |
| 21 | It appends that promise to a clear and comprehensive code of conduct ( one that builds helpfully on the recently published Fleet Street set of principles ) . |
| 22 | ‘ With this I would make a simple straight skirt that sits just on the knee , and a large cartwheel hat trimmed with the suit fabric . ’ |
| 23 | The unit tries to keep the offenders out of court , an aim that sits uneasily with the government 's new philosophy that prison and punishment work . |
| 24 | A handy moulded plastic bottle that fits easily over the hand . |
| 25 | Government grants , which have supported the production of plonk that drains straight into the EC wine lake , are being systematically cut , and the only way these guys will survive is to make a product the public wants . |
| 26 | Travellers on foot , however , may continue along the road to its barren summit , and return to Dent on an ancient highway that joins here on the right . |
| 27 | I think President that covers most of the points . |
| 28 | Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera , the ghost that lives somewhere under the Opera House . |
| 29 | Finally , and most significantly , the responsibility for providing local services is shared between appointed officials and elected councillors in a way that corresponds neither to the practices found in private organisations , nor to those obtaining in other branches of public administration . |
| 30 | Romantically but not altogether inaccurately , James Emerson Tennant , Colonial Secretary to Ceylon , wrote of the island in 1859 in his book Ceylon : ‘ a pendant that nestles gently on the swelling bosom of the Indian Ocean . |