Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He argued , convincingly , that noun phrases taken as a whole may quite often have a different temporal assignment from that of the verb which they accompany , as in : ( 37 ) I used to be a good friend of the police chief The underlined phrase may be understood as past relative to the time of utterance ( and hence in agreement with the time indicated by the verb ) or as present ; the two different time-values correspond to the two different continuations in : ( 38 ) … before he joined the force … until he was shot for corruption The first continuation would be compatible with an expansion of the subject phrase to the man who is the police chief , while the second would support the man who was the police chief . |
| 2 | T n regions are not affected by the antibiotic and that the major cleavage products correspond to the two GC steps . |
| 3 | Up to two adaptors attach to the 200 at £386 each . |
| 4 | These cavities correspond to the seven chakras or energy centres in the human entity . |
| 5 | Isolated pockets of Labour support for lesbians and gays continued , but the rest of 1987 saw Labour silent in the face of renewed homophobic attacks by the Tories — the reference to the Positive Images issue in the 1987 election propaganda , the advocacy of traditional family values in the Department of Education and Science circular on sex education . |
| 6 | Over 80% of Africa 's proved oil reserves lie in the four OPEC countries Nigeria , Algeria , Libya and Gabon and these countries will account for over 50% of oil consumption in the year 2000 . |
| 7 | Malaysia 's Industrial Master plan also represents such thinking , though many question whether the goals set for the twelve priority sectors of development strategy can be achieved . |
| 8 | For any infinite sequence of symbols 1,2,3 and 4 allowed by Fig. 6.6b we can find a vertical line of points ( arrived at by taking away " two-thirds ' of an interval an infinite number of times ) from which trajectories pass through the four shaded areas in the prescribed sequence . |
| 9 | A number of recent books deal with the 1945–51 Labour government . |
| 10 | Heads call for the three Rs |
| 11 | It 's billed as a dog agility extravaganza , as hundreds of pets compete across the Three Counties showground in Malvern.Over the next six days the dogs will be leaping over hurdles , jumping through hoops , and careering through tunnels . |
| 12 | Within each grouping , the two columns correspond to the two definitions of ‘ correct ’ given above . |
| 13 | They are likely to be revised as the circumstances of mothers ' lives change through the 1990s . |
| 14 | Several other first-century texts speak of the two ‘ orders ’ of bishop and deacon ; the title bishop is also applied to people called presbyters . |
| 15 | United States bankers object to the CMI's use of the UN/EDIFACT standards because they use ANSI X12 . |
| 16 | SATURDAY , AM Neighbourhood clean-up patrols gather by the thousands to sweep up the mess . |
| 17 | Many of these models date from the 1960s and 1970s and contain a ‘ cold war ’ vision of the world . |
| 18 | Sheffield Eagles stick with the 15 which did duty at Wigan last Monday for their clash with Warrington at Wilderspool . |
| 19 | The multi-primitive lattices fall within the seven crystal systems . |
| 20 | Its movements relate to the four points of the compass , and a great number of movements have to be remembered . |
| 21 | Strictly speaking not all of the measures within these areas fall within the 1992 programme but given their inter-relationship they need to be looked at together . |
| 22 | You 've heard about this symbol of the brotherhood of man set in welcoming Perugia with its ancient traditions of hospitality , where every year bright-eyed , bushy-tailed youngsters come from the four corners of the world to study Italian culture and promote peace and international understanding . ’ |
| 23 | It is likely that a good many protestant loyalists oscillate between the two and still have to come to their moment of decision , one that is likely to be forced on them by future events . |
| 24 | Typically , these governments talk on the one hand of establishing socialism , and on the other of wanting to work within the constraints of a democratic constitution . |
| 25 | If that view is correct , as I take it to be , then the non-use of gas is one area in which the laws-of-war approach on the one hand , and the deterrence approach on the other , may have complemented each other . |
| 26 | Please do not send bookings for the free places direct to the two colleges . |
| 27 | The periodic nine hour reviews continue throughout the 96 hour period . |
| 28 | LEFT : Bonds Mill was originally built in the early 18th century although many of the buildings date from the 1887 rebuilding . |
| 29 | The buildings date from the 1870s and are recognized as one of the best , if not the best , surviving groups of commercial buildings of that time . |
| 30 | Many of the applications result from the 1991 Planning & Conservation Act , which requires owners of mineral rights to register Interim Development Orders granted between 1943 and 1948 . |