Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] [vb -s] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From these four words she believes the men were white and local . |
| 2 | A complete microcomputer system will generally comprise : i ) the computer/processor itself , with a large amount of memory a workspace for storing instructions and data ; ii ) a screen and keyboard ; iii ) probably a printer ; iv ) some kind of external storage device — usually disk drives There is one major difference between microcomputers and other larger computers It concerns the way in which information is stored by the computer . |
| 3 | Loud noise ( usually delivered as " white noise " — a wide-band mixture of tones , sounding like a monotonous hiss as from a N set unconnected to an aerial ) is a potent arouser , and in rested subjects it has the effect of focusing attention in a dual component task . |
| 4 | In other words it provides the context , but the actual shape and form of local politics is the outcome of a whole number of processes operating at both the local and the national level . |
| 5 | In other words it leaves the format open to the department concerned ? |
| 6 | It 's difficult , cos I know Adam does n't like the idea of employing secretaries he likes the idea to sort of to , to maximize by having somebody that does both . |
| 7 | For both parties it monitors the number of users logged into software , how often its used and reports back licence infringements . |
| 8 | In some respects it resembles the wartime leadership style of Lloyd George ( 1916 — 22 ) and Winston Churchill ( 1940 — 5 ) . |
| 9 | The survivor in the haulage business is deemed to be the licence holder if within two months he notifies the licensing authority of the event and within four months applies for a new O licence . |
| 10 | But ICI reckons that in a number of key areas it has the edge over the competition . |
| 11 | Bruce is aware that with something like 85 per cent of ‘ Melinar ’ going into bottles he faces the marketing man 's nightmare , the one-product material . |
| 12 | For a bank(s) it reduces the element of interest rate risk associated with fixed rate loans . |
| 13 | For Bolivia and its miners it means the loss of hard fought for democratic rights and freedoms and the emergence of a new era of lawlessness , inequality and poverty . |
| 14 | In the meantime left-handed Trevor is nursing the wounds he claims the nurse did n't detect . |
| 15 | Blasting through the grey language that usually cloaks such matters he accuses the Fund of corruption , self-interest and deceit . |
| 16 | By then introducing smaller helpings of loose feed at regular intervals it keeps the fish interested and , more importantly , it gradually preoccupies them with that particular item of food . |
| 17 | In some poems she praises the beauty and accomplishments of other women , though in a manner which foregrounds heterosexual courtship . |
| 18 | They are a little smaller , club-shaped and covered with a shiny brown fluid which neither hardens nor evaporates , but remains liquid for the three or four weeks it takes the eggs higher up the twig to hatch . |
| 19 | With some notable exceptions it assists the process of individual growth and development but does little for collective growth and development . |
| 20 | ‘ Every six or seven years it overruns the Humboldt . ’ |
| 21 | For years he keeps the kid hidden away like the greatest secret in the galaxy , and now he 's showing him off for everybody to see . |
| 22 | If the mortgagor is a lessee for years he effects the mortgage by a sub-lease . |
| 23 | As breeder and exhibitor of budgerigars for the past 12 years he finds the joke wearing thin , but it has n't dampened his enthusiasm for his hobby . |
| 24 | Now we have clean power with unlimited sources it takes the heat off yet another area of national and cultural competition . ’ |
| 25 | On difficult questions he takes the opinion of counsel , and he also prepares briefs for counsel in legal proceedings in which counsel are employed . |
| 26 | He 's got great feet he can pass the ball superbly and he he sees things he spreads the play . |
| 27 | In furtherance of these aims he represents the MMRC on the Academic Standards Committee ( ASC ) . |
| 28 | With writers it takes the form of writing . |
| 29 | Population growth not only increases the supply of labour ; in favourable conditions it increases the demand for both food and manufactured goods . |
| 30 | In his memoirs he answers the charge : ‘ Some Tories , like me , are criticised for this supposed failing ( of being patrician ) which is said to lead to moral softness , in contrast with the toughness of those who have had to fight their way in life . |