Example sentences of "[noun pl] or [vb base] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would stretch round the equator 97 times or reach to the moon and back five times . |
| 2 | The students may measure the cans or refer to the information sheet for dimensions . |
| 3 | We still work in the same building , so we 'll often pop into each other 's offices or talk on the phone , although Peter often blips me on my computer . |
| 4 | Too often people throw up ideas — ‘ Let's have so-and-so as a speaker on Tuesday and a dance on the Wednesday and a banquet on Thursday ’ — without ever stopping to think how any of these will help reach goals or fit into the overall time . |
| 5 | They participate in large numbers in the political arena — they always have — but they do not define their own demands or decide on the direction of movement . |
| 6 | Children with mild learning difficulties may attend ESN(M) special schools or pass through the normal educational system . |
| 7 | Her head did not precisely ache , but it felt hollow and somehow precarious ; and she found it hard to make her muscles work so that she felt as though she might trip over her own feet or walk into the furniture . |
| 8 | You can even feel the deck shift beneath your feet or shiver in the ice cold arctic wind . |
| 9 | Cos it people come off the sites or go to the corner shop , do n't cross the road . |
| 10 | But if all you want to do is sit in the gardens or laze by the pool , they will allow it ! |
| 11 | The present study then is concerned to explore the role of the emotions or affect in the social life of the Tolai of Papua New Guinea , a group well-known in the ethnographic literature with whom the researcher has himself worked earlier . |
| 12 | Oh , I felt tempted to wander , to spend one day , one night in my old haunts or slip across the river to the stews and brothels of Southwark but Benjamin insisted I follow my own advice . |
| 13 | You can get free NHS wigs and fabric supports or help towards the cost if you 're in one of the two groups of people shown below . |
| 14 | If you stand where King Harold 's men awaited William 's troops or walk through the actual battlefield you can almost sense the battle all around you . |
| 15 | The children should be allowed to make things or play with the wood as they wish , but other materials may extend the possibility for experiment . |
| 16 | Vertical restraints imposed by the manufacturer can in principle control all these problems or deal with the externalities involved . |
| 17 | Unable to hold the stage in any other way he set out to organise a ‘ popular demand ’ for immediate independence without trusteeship , and having succeeded beyond his expectations now finds himself in the position of having to deliver the goods or recede from the front of the political stage and lose all hope of fulfilling his personal ambitions . |
| 18 | Customers can register their organisation names or apply to the Registry for a unique set of IPX addresses — or both . |
| 19 | Outward investment may be banned because it weakens the balance of payments and allows the life-blood capital to leak out of the system , whilst inflows of currency may be repulsed because they cause the exchange rate to rise to unacceptable levels or add to the domestic supply of money and thus threaten inflation . |
| 20 | If these responsibilities be shirked , valuable and important work will either be held up for want of teachers or fall into the hands of those ill qualified to deal with it … |
| 21 | Most career jobs expect people to work more than nine-to-five hours , to travel abroad or move house if necessary , maybe to attend conferences at weekends or socialise in the evenings ; in short , to put work before family . |
| 22 | And so I 'm not sure where it is , what time it is I do n't have no contact for it to get in touch with , and I 'm wondering if anybody , any of your listeners either members or know of the Guild . |
| 23 | Byford had only to read the newspapers or listen to the barrack-room talk to know the figures : over 400 police stations destroyed so far in 1920 alone and two senior police officers assassinated . |
| 24 | Rinse the pourgouri or bulghar under the sold tap , then add to the casserole . |
| 25 | This is less important than in a share sale where the difficulty of the purchaser , without an express damage statement , is to show that the shares are worth less than the purchaser paid for them , as a reduction in the assets or increase in the liabilities does not necessarily reduce the price of the shares . |
| 26 | This degree of knowledge will not guarantee immunity from mistakes or deceit at the hands of unscrupulous dealers , but it will help to combat the more obvious attempts at misinformation — far more likely than outright deception — and assist in assessing the integrity of any dealer or expert whom one may need to rely on for advice . |
| 27 | And the more they become integrated , then they would expand out , join the Scouts , the Guides or go to the local youth club , so be part of the , the er , growing up process which they have n't been afforded . |
| 28 | This might be legal assistance to recover unpaid fees or help with the negotiations after a cancelled engagement . |
| 29 | Conversation consisted mostly of routine theatre talk — the request for instruments or comment upon the operation itself . |
| 30 | In 1984 , it became common for bail conditions , following arrests during the strike , to require those charged not to visit any premises or place for the purpose of picketing or demonstrating in connection with the current trade dispute between the NUM and the National Coal Board other than peacefully to picket or demonstrate at their usual place of employment . |