Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Regardless of the changes the near future may bring , the central importance of the head as an exemplar of personal and professional qualities will remain . |
| 2 | It was said to be Philip who chose to send his sons to Gordonstoun , regardless of the effects the school 's strict regime might have on them — a regime that might , along with their father 's exacting standards , have contributed to their inability to sustain loving relationships . |
| 3 | What it said sounded very much like the words the woman had just used . |
| 4 | And all along the Cages the other eagles scuttered and muttered , some staring silently at the Men taking the oldest and most venerable among them away , others pretending not to look . |
| 5 | And you get a high tide in the seas nearest the moon and also oddly enough in the seas the furthest away . |
| 6 | Perhaps over the generations the interaction between a particular cultural context and the energy pattern at a place could build up a strong image or archetype . |
| 7 | Someone had sent him a jacket almost exactly like the ones the famous bomber pilots all wore during the war . |
| 8 | Just behind the charges the effect of the opposite charge is minimal so the field lines resemble those of an isolated charge . |
| 9 | Our long-term aim is to shift the burden of taxation away from the things the country needs more of — income , savings and value added — and on to the things we want less of , such as pollution and resource depletion . |
| 10 | Away from the dunes the machair level rises gradually before falling again towards wet hollows or lochs at the landward edge . |
| 11 | Away from the territories the birds remain gregarious . |
| 12 | It began : ‘ Already in the fields the snow is melting and the swollen rivers herald Spring . ’ |
| 13 | Elsewhere in the Lakes the tourist industry was having a last determined autumn fling , but not here , not in this quiet and relatively undiscovered cul-de-sac . |
| 14 | Shortly before the elections the federal government had released details of an alleged plot to take Sabah out of the Federation . |
| 15 | The Court concluded that the Association 's arguments were directed largely to the benefits the agreement gave the UK market . |
| 16 | Although there were aunts and uncles on the London stage somehow over the years the contact was lost and never re-established . |
| 17 | From the outside it looks the same as the broader opportunity garden , but once through the gates the entrant sees that it is only a narrow strip . |
| 18 | Once in the glasses the cream will not spoil nor sink nor separate . |
| 19 | Gradually over the years the term has come to mean the minimum number of members who must be present if the meeting is to transact business . |
| 20 | It was a shrewd thrust , bringing home to the sceptics the Pascalian contrast between the littleness of man , for all his ingenuity , and the immensity of the universe . |
| 21 | In holding that the ban was not ultra vires , Sir Denys Buckley J. made the points that the order-making authority should put clearly before the courts the considerations which led to the making of the order . |
| 22 | Also over the years the fortunes of different approaches to fusion have varied . |
| 23 | When the Luggage appeared behind him and started to lurch confidently down the steps the customers at the rough wooden tables , as one man , looked suspiciously at their drinks . |
| 24 | Predictably , couples had sex most often at the weekends the favourite day being a Sunday . |
| 25 | Talking about that , did you see that programme , I heard it on the radio actually two days ago about the fiddles the banks have been working ? |
| 26 | Even through the contacts the cold dragged tears from her ; they froze on her lashes . |
| 27 | But even for the Iranians the Hellenistic era meant a change in appreciation : the prophet Zoroaster took the place of King Cyrus as the most characteristic Iranian figure . |
| 28 | Even for the socialists the road to proletarian triumph ran through a fully developed capitalism . |
| 29 | I think , I 'm not going to encourage debate on that I think we 've heard what Kenneth said particularly about the trusts the working done by the trust and would suggest that we ask Granville to take that on board as well and be within the presentations too . |
| 30 | But even under the Conservatives the Americans still found much to criticize . |