Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [Wh det] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An argument at Formby 's works between a boy , John Carter , and a horse driver led to what the local paper called " A brutal attack upon the boy " . |
| 2 | Another kind developed in which the elaborated worm did not attach itself to the sea floor but continued to crawl about and secreted a small conical tent of shell under which it could huddle when in danger . |
| 3 | The crystallization of enzymes , the invention of the electrical method called electrophoresis which separates molecules according to their size and their electric charge , the development of very high speed centrifuges in which the larger proteins are separated from smaller ones as they spin , and later the application of X-ray crystallography to large molecules have all contributed to progress . |
| 4 | Every year the gap widens between what the Trust raises from traditional sources of income , such as farm rents , investments and membership subscriptions , and what is needed to maintain properties , pay staff salaries and acquire new properties . |
| 5 | The original position seems to presuppose not just a neutral theory of the good , but a liberal , individualistic conception according to which the best that can be wished for someone is the unimpeded pursuit of his own path , provided it does not interfere with the rights of others . |
| 6 | A great deal depends on what the computer was programmed to ask and the criteria for writing the programme might not prove acceptable to all Old Testament scholars . |
| 7 | This practice , which is much more common in the United States , has acquired its own descriptive term , ‘ defensive medicine ’ , a term suggestive of the notion that an unnecessary and destructive tension exists between what the doctor thinks is good medicine and what the law requires of him . |
| 8 | Not only does the rhythm fit with what the poet is saying , it plays its own central part in creating the mood and meaning of the poem . |
| 9 | Use a Lifebuilder Bible study to dig into what the Bible shares . |
| 10 | Until the lonely hour arrives in which the philosophical proof of the truth of history is produced , then history will inevitably continue as a representation and interpretation of the past — rather than Marxist truth and the false or limited interpretation of all other historians . |
| 11 | Every year after I became chairman of British Steel we set aside one board meeting at which the objectives of the organisation were raised . |
| 12 | In the case of a buy-out , disclosure should be made at the first board meeting at which the proposed buy-out is considered , and should be made to the full board and not to a committee of it . |
| 13 | Then came the disgraceful ‘ leaked minutes ’ of a BBC review board meeting in which the good name of the breathtakingly beautiful Selina Scott was traduced by a cad called Peter Estall . |
| 14 | From the Reagan administration 's first decision to listen to what the Israelis were saying , the Iran-contra affair had found its firm foundation in political and diplomatic illusion . |
| 15 | Willingness to listen to what the subordinate is really saying and trying to understand what lies behind the spoken word |
| 16 | In moments of mature reflection the farmer may pity the ‘ townie ’ — a pity based upon what the farmer regards as the dehumanized and alienating quality of life in the larger cities — but that genuine twinge of concern is easily swept aside by the nightmare of being ‘ invaded ’ , ‘ swamped ’ or ‘ overrun ’ by a ‘ mass ’ of ‘ ignorant ’ daytrippers and holidaymakers . |
| 17 | The warming phase was interrupted by a cold snap in which the first flip from warm to cool took only three years . |
| 18 | The interactivity lies in the computer 's capacity to respond to what the user does . |
| 19 | I appeared on the Front Bench in the Committee Sitting in which the hon. Gentleman referred and received an assurance from the Minister that getting a dispensation would not be a problem . |
| 20 | A seven-hour battle ensued in which the guerrilla , Issam Barahma , and an Israeli soldier died ; three other Israeli soldiers were injured . |
| 21 | She gave one group of male volunteers a new colour vocabulary to learn in which the terms were centred on the four basic colours . |
| 22 | This difference remains however constantly or quickly a judgement ensues on what the advocates of the theory call a ‘ sensation ’ or ‘ impression , . |
| 23 | precisely Mr Chairman if I could answer that the , the , the once the inspector comes back to the Fire Service and reports again and he is due back in June , we will then look at the matters he raises at that time and he will look at the progress report er what , what has happened since his last inspection and then we will have the opportunity to look at what the Inspector has , has to say after his visits , not very far away er , their Chief Officer will go on with this programme |
| 24 | They had no need to worry about what the National Consumer Council called ‘ manageable commitment ’ , in which the customer operated a system of precisely monitored deferred payment , only ‘ overcommitment ’ and ‘ unmanageable commitment ’ . |
| 25 | But then came the ‘ troubles ’ and a series of body blows from which the village is now only beginning to recover . |
| 26 | Fatialofa is L'Aquila 's ‘ foreign player ’ but on the other side of the scrum there is a South African of Italian descent , Gerardo Lepera , who does not count as a foreign player and has the right to play as what the Italians call an oriundi . |
| 27 | A proportion was allotted to the Crown ‘ in severalty ’ , varying according to the area of the forest wastes in which the property in the soil belonged to the Crown . |
| 28 | the classic spreadsheet package combining from which the vast majority of PC-based business graphics are generated . |
| 29 | Instead of an equality , a no-arbitrage band emerges within which the prices of the spot and future can move without creating index arbitrage opportunities . |
| 30 | The Soviet Union is said to contain more than 1000 towns where its own permissible levels of atmospheric pollution are exceeded five-fold or more and 20 per cent of the population live in what the head of the Academy of Sciences ' biology institute calls ‘ ecological disaster zones ’ . |