Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very difficult in the circumstances of either Mozambique or Nicaragua to evaluate conclusively the effectiveness of policies which promote education as a means of transforming society , although in the case of Nicaragua , despite the problems , government-sponsored initiatives clearly scored successes , both in educational terms and in terms of social change . |
| 2 | Brown & Levinson point out the importance for social relationships of establishing common ground and agreeing on points of view , and illustrate the lengths to which speakers in different cultures will go to maintain an appearance of agreement , and they remark ‘ agreement may also be stressed by repeating part or all of what the preceding speaker has said ’ ( 1978:117 ) |
| 3 | Seeing Harry coming down the wet , narrow street , she knew straight away that he was bringing bad news . |
| 4 | He had learned one vital piece of information where Riddle went on the night of his disappearance — and he had no wish to persecute these youngsters , who seemed to have acted with good intentions . |
| 5 | All licensed taxis in Brighton & Hove carry either the words ‘ Brighton Taxi ’ or ‘ Hove Taxi ’ on the centre of the roof . |
| 6 | Ironically , Ernst & Young chose almost the same moment to issue a plea for a simplification of the rules governing disclosures in company accounts — if this ASB warning is not acted on , the result could be exactly the opposite . |
| 7 | Boulton & Watt gave up the gas side of their business in 1814 , and the development of more efficient gas apparatus passed into other hands . |
| 8 | the more successful attacks by Leeds came from either Kelly or Dorigo breaking down the flanks and crossing in . |
| 9 | Halfway results from Scottish & Newcastle promise much the same as last year , around the £115m mark , as the beer market remains difficult . |
| 10 | In March , David & Charles brings out The Gardener 's Guide to Growing Hellebores , by Graham Rice and Elizabeth Strangman ( £16.99 , 0 7153 9973 X ) ; in July , Batsford follows with a translation of Martha Ahlburg 's Hellebores ( £19.99 , 0 7134 7058 5 ) . |
| 11 | Than Tun stepped up the propaganda campaign to end military government . |
| 12 | This is not to say that Hewison denies outright the possibility of a career — his concentration throughout the book on the films of Derek Jarman speaks otherwise — it is more that the pessimism of his viewpoint stops him from looking for them . |
| 13 | Once Becky felt sure the ink was dry she closed the books and put them back in her satchel while Charlie prepared to lock up the baker 's shop . |
| 14 | The USA insisted that Arafat denounce both the attack and the PLF leader , Mahmoud Abul Abbas , a member of the PLO Executive Committee . |
| 15 | The fact that Bunn had both the guarantee and the charge drawn up and executed both by the husband and himself on Friday , 23 July , and his evidence that the wife 's attendance on the Monday was , so far as he was concerned , a mere formality , shows that all that remained was to get the wife 's signature in accordance with bank policy . |
| 16 | He realized that his last chance was to make his captors believe that Donna knew where the book they sought was hidden , whatever it was . |
| 17 | Although Sherek saw only the drafts of the first two acts , he agreed at once to do so . |
| 18 | By now a consequence has emerged which has been implicit from the first in the whole enterprise of grounding valuation in awareness , that Good has now the same claims to objectivity as Truth . |
| 19 | Fleet diesel sales grew by 15.6 per cent last year , and Brookman naturally wants it known that Peugeot picked up the lion 's share . |
| 20 | It was on an earlier trip to Germany that Brenda took up the challenge to pass her bike test . |
| 21 | It points out that Stalin wiped out the entire leadership of the Polish Communist Party in 1937 . |
| 22 | And we know that Gundulph built here the first buildings which became known as the Bishops ' Palace , and it is most probable that when building his Manor House he rebuilt the church . |
| 23 | Although Pentium has roughly the same performance as Mips Technologies Inc 's R4000 , a mid-range RISC processor , Pentium ‘ is going into production more than a year after the R4000 , and it has about 2.5 times as many transistors , even though the caches are the same size . ’ |
| 24 | Although Pentium has roughly the same performance as MIPS Technologies Inc 's R4000 , a mid-range RISC processor , Pentium ‘ is going into production more than a year after the R4000 , and it has about 2.5 times as many transistors , even though the caches are the same size . ’ |
| 25 | But then should I also have said that Oliver rang up the next day and asked if I 'd liked them ? |
| 26 | Negotiations for the player 's £60,000 transfer to Parkhead are ongoing with Bangor insisting that Byrne plays out the season here . |
| 27 | Second and third produced a 9–9 stalemate , so Harrogate kept up the pressure for a final place after their 13–7 home victory over Winnington Park . |
| 28 | As for the huge variability in the number of contradictory results , Moore says that NCI applies only the most stringent criteria to their decisions : a significant turnout response to a given dose in two species or two sexes . |
| 29 | The Senate 's decision meant that Durenberger became only the ninth member to be so censured , and the first since 1979 . |
| 30 | The proliferation of regional ale brands since the sector 's launch in 1988 made it difficult to build a national product that would kick-start it in the way that Perrier set off the mineral water market in the seventies . |