Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will not get it into their heads that what the military wants is military information , not the phone number of some general 's girlfriend . |
| 2 | But unfortunately er it seems to fall on many deaf ears and we the Society as other many charities who deal with animals are left to pick up the pieces . |
| 3 | No , it 's got to be right , right , er big and I 'm going to stuff it with a plank of wood and put I 've got about two bushes and what the problem is , is you 've got get |
| 4 | Much depended in the last resort , too , on the power with which the negotiators went to the negotiating table , what goodwill there was between parties and what the strength of the bargaining power was . |
| 5 | The left was divided and split about tactics and what the war should achieve . |
| 6 | He 'd repeated several more times that everything the boy had said was drunken nonsense . |
| 7 | So just go for that I mean you see you 're looking for the pattern , you ca n't know ninety odd elements and what the carbonate of every one does , what the sulphate of every one , what the nitrate of each one , bicarbonate , hydrogen carbonate of each one . |
| 8 | ‘ You 've got to establish the trust that staff are delivering what matters and what the public wants . |
| 9 | Each day of the dispute , at 7:45 am , amicable banter among a handful of pickets and what the union jokingly calls its ‘ gallery ’ stops . |
| 10 | He added : ‘ There is an ever-widening gap between housing needs and what the Government allows local authorities to borrow . ’ |
| 11 | terrorists and what the Press mysteriously called " the drug scene " . |
| 12 | I would be very grateful if you could let me know if we are able to make use of the tracks and what the cost would be . |
| 13 | Everyone assumes that students know how to make and use their notes , and yet time and time again a piece of work does not receive the grade it deserves because crucial material or ideas have been left out ; often this is information which the lecturer gave out in classes but which the student did not note down . |
| 14 | The stairs and bannisters were the ones she knew , the door to the sitting room and the one into the kitchen were in their familiar places but there the resemblance ended . |
| 15 | She 'd tried to keep the newspaper story hidden from her because she did n't want to discuss it until she 'd had more time to get her thoughts in order … but of course mother had found it and started questioning compulsively about abortion , what exactly was the law on it now , how did you get one , where did you go , what did it cost , things she must have heard Dorothy and her friends discussing a hundred times but which the newspaper report had triggered into today 's obsession . |
| 16 | Either this plaster board holes or whatever the house well the trouble is it costs such a lot of money |
| 17 | In ancient Greek myth Harlequin made his first appearance as Hermes ( or Mercury ) , the messenger of the gods and himself the god of all animals and travellers . |
| 18 | There is the Laundry Room on the second floor , scene of trysts and quickies and what the team here call knee-tremblers , which is when you do it standing up . |
| 19 | Ian falls victim to a disease which , for a long time , has been killing the Sensorites and which the Doctor traces to the city 's water supply . |
| 20 | Throughout that year the committee met as a whole only every two or three months , and it seems that much of the running was made by the deputy head , who described how he visited every department to explain the new arrangements and what the library could do for them . |
| 21 | It appears , at times that there is an unbridgeable gap between what contemporary business uses and what the school does . |
| 22 | At times ( for example , under Mr Heath ) governments have abandoned economic pricing as part of an anti-inflation programme ; at other times , notably over the price increases in gas between 1980 and 1982 when the Thatcher government each year raised prices 30 per cent above the current rate of inflation , above ‘ economic ’ pricing levels and what the board wished . |
| 23 | Perhaps she never realized quite how deep-seated was this need , but shop , as well as factory staff , could not fail to be impressed at the way both she and Bernard always knew their names , asked with interest about their home life and would always try and help if there was a problem by sending taxis , flowers , hot meals or whatever the crisis demanded . |
| 24 | Before the ballet started , an announcement was made in front of the curtains that what the audience would hear was the composer 's full intention , and not the orchestra playing incorrectly . |
| 25 | The second level of partnership — the exchange relationship — is characterised by a more direct connection between what a donor or sponsor offers and what the institution offers in return . |
| 26 | Instead , he has produced a little Bill which has no friends and which the House will not find — |
| 27 | Products which fall in the top left-hand group are those which are in attractive markets and which the company handles well . |
| 28 | This brief has been fulfilled with distinction , and every three or four months for the past 20 years the office has produced an objective , well-documented , literate , and attractively presented booklet encapsulating the known facts about subjects ranging from suicide , rabies and heart disease , to the cost of running hospitals and what the public expects from the NHS , always adding a few percipient comments and conclusions of its own for good measure . |
| 29 | There is wide agreement that the recent forest damage can predominantly be ascribed to atmospheric pollution even if there remains uncertainty concerning which pollutants are to blame at which locations and what the response mechanisms are for triggering damage , as well as over how the contributing natural stress factors should be weighted ( Hinrichsen , 1986 ) . |
| 30 | There are many different designs of reception board used in hotels but whatever the style the purpose is the same : to provide the receptionist with up-to-the-minute information on the status of every room . |