Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The left was divided and split about tactics and what the war should achieve . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ You 've got to establish the trust that staff are delivering what matters and what the public wants . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He added : ‘ There is an ever-widening gap between housing needs and what the Government allows local authorities to borrow . ’ |
| 9 | terrorists and what the Press mysteriously called " the drug scene " . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It appears , at times that there is an unbridgeable gap between what contemporary business uses and what the school does . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Instead , he has produced a little Bill which has no friends and which the House will not find — |
| 19 | Products which fall in the top left-hand group are those which are in attractive markets and which the company handles well . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | A baby so treated will grow up puzzled about mirrors and what the mirror has to offer . |
| 23 | Since a condition has a logical priority with respect to what it allows , there is a before/after relation between what know predicates and what the infinitive does , which calls for the use of to . |