Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The geostationary communications satellites placed high above the Pacific to link the banking and trading centres of South-East Asia , Japan and Australasia with those of North America preside over a ‘ window ’ of the planetary territory of geometrically fixed size — rather as if a cone , a dunce 's cap , the height of which is equivalent to the altitude necessary for a satellite 's geostationary orbit , had been set down over the ocean . |
| 2 | It is of particular relevance in the construction of chain-linked index numbers where the comparison is made as a sequence of year-to-year ( or month-to-month , etc. ) indices using either of the index numbers described . |
| 3 | In the circular helix not only their ratio but also their actual values remain unchanged along the entire curve ( Figure 3 ) . |
| 4 | The boy laughed as if he knew something Gina did not , and his teeth gleamed white in the dark hallway . |
| 5 | So structural constraints do not turn officials and others who run the state into the mere implementors of policies made inevitable by the system . |
| 6 | Whilst these notes repeat much of the material covered in the " Statements and Functions " section , additional information has been added and they are presented in a more readable order . |
| 7 | Local authorities remain responsible for the basic costs and the task of collecting household waste . |
| 8 | You will notice all five fingering patterns placed one after the other . |
| 9 | The roots of these activities remain unconscious to the performer whose attention illuminates the product more than the underlying process . |
| 10 | Acquiring these advanced linguistic skills goes hand-in-hand with the study of the culture of France — mainly of its literature , but also of its cinema , and of modern French society and politics . |
| 11 | Paleontologists became aware of the need to explain the radiation of the mammals at the beginning of the Cainozoic era in terms of the apparently sudden disappearance of the dinosaurs and other great reptiles at the end of the preceding era . |
| 12 | This distinguishes the position from that in Expenses where it was more difficult for isolated protesting States to remain aloof from the actions of the Organisation . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , when one of the climbers became stuck in the ‘ MOUNTAINEERING ’ section the rest had to rescue him and the search was abandoned . |
| 14 | In the library she saw an exhibition dedicated to the war poets and plans for the library extension ; she met students and researchers using some of the library 's on-line and interactive computer systems . |
| 15 | FIG. 2 Results of gel retardation assays using several of the mutant MetJ repressors . |
| 16 | The discussions got stuck on the question whether agreements reached at these meetings should remain purely informal or should be translated into Euro-directives . |
| 17 | Since the acquisition of beautiful paintings and objects became one of the ways to clambering up the slippery social slopes this sort of chatter has become jet-propelled . |
| 18 | The trains , running non stop every fifteen minutes , were formed from Mk 2 airconditioned coaches made available following the changeover to HST operations on the Midland main line ; the locomotives are Class 73s . |
| 19 | Quins led 20–7 at the break , but Rugby scored 22 points in the second half to record their second league win . |
| 20 | He fought to make his fingers remain closed on the dagger , but they would not obey him . |
| 21 | I am confident that we will deliver projects and programmes using all of the city 's assets to do just that . |
| 22 | There are a vast number of potential meanings made possible by the volatility of language . |
| 23 | He appeared and re-appeared snapping everything that moved or did n't — such as the bowler whose fingers got stuck in the three finger holes when attempting to launch . |
| 24 | This decision to pass obliquely across the Paris defences became evident to the French on the morning of 3 September , when British air reconnaissance revealed that his First Army was no longer moving toward Paris but had wheeled southeast toward Compiègne . |
| 25 | The authorities became worried about the threat to public order and decided at last to act against both fascist paramilitary provocation and anti-fascist counter-violence , a decision influenced by deputations to the Home Secretary from the London Labour party and the Manchester watch committee . |
| 26 | Increasingly , the authorities became concerned about the adverse effects of this trend and viewed it in a dimmer light . |
| 27 | The proximal tentacle pores are large with rounded tentacle scales becoming scale-like on the proximal edge of the pore and number as follows : . |
| 28 | MIND is now a large ‘ direct-care ’ organization , that is , it receives money in grants from NHS and local authorities to provide some of the elements of the total service described in Chapters 7 and 8 , and it employs a large number of staff to support and enhance the work of the volunteers . |
| 29 | The conversion into owner-farmers of those who had hitherto been tenants or agricultural labourers provided many for the first time with genuine prospects of making a decent living , unburdened by debts , high rents or heavy taxes . |
| 30 | From inside the house the scratchy gramophone burble of " Muskrat Ramble " was providing an incongruous counterpoint to the screech of the wild birds wakening unseen in the roof of the surrounding jungle , and Duclos sighed and closed his eyes to concentrate better on the music . |