Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her red lipstick was smudged and she had n't bothered to pin up her hair properly at the sides . |
| 2 | In a remarkable inversion of Soviet vocabulary , he accused radicals of pressing for power using the " neo-Bolshevik tactic " of taking the political struggle on to the streets . |
| 3 | Tantalisingly , at night , I might hear the plaintive hoot of a tawny owl somewhere in the trees , beyond my little world . |
| 4 | The car gave a roar , then slowly moved out of the garage ; the dim side-lights showed a pale flicker on the back of the house , then swung around for an instant on to the gardens . |
| 5 | It is passing the market-makers ' responsibility on to the companies ' own stockbrokers , who will match buyers to sellers . |
| 6 | Those who are outside the party machine , jettisoned in the interests of moderation , have taken the fight on to the streets to capture grassroots support . |
| 7 | The servant who passed the story on to the firefighters had been standing nearby taking in all that was being said until a glance from Meredith Putt through the partly open door sent her scuttling upstairs to complete her work , filled with apprehension by what she had just heard . |
| 8 | Now when Simon saw that the spirit was bestowed through the laying on of the apostles hands , he offered them much money , saying , give this authority to me as well , so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 9 | Now when Simon saw was bestowed through the laying on of the apostles hands , he offered them money saying , give this authority to me as well so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit . |
| 10 | When Simon saw that the spirit was bestowed to the laying on of the apostles hands it was n't just something he conjured up in his imagination . |
| 11 | He did however attempt in his Sermons Chiefly on the Theory of Religious Belief ( 1843 ) and The Grammar of Assent ( 1870 ) an analysis of the nature of religious belief which shows some affinity with Coleridge , and includes Newman 's own original idea of the ‘ illative sense ’ by which we find it possible to proceed through probabilities to certitude ; and in his celebrated Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine ( 1878 ) struggled with the problem of change and continuity in the expression of Christian faith down through the centuries in a fashion which has helped many others to grasp something of the questions , if not in most cases to accept his answers . |
| 12 | ‘ Personally , I would liked to have done a little bit better in the Tests . |
| 13 | She turned slowly to face the forbidding figure standing in semi-darkness halfway up the stairs . |
| 14 | where defendants conduct leads plaintiff to incur expense in the reasonable belief that the action will proceed to trial regardless of the plaintiffs delay , the defendant is estopped from claiming that the action should be struck out for want of prosecution on the grounds of delay — even if the E limitation period has expired . |
| 15 | where a defendants conduct led the plaintiff to incur expenditure in the reasonable belief that the action was to proceed to trial regardless of the plaintiffs delay even where the limitation period had expired , the defendant was estopped from claiming that the action be struck out for want of prosecution on the grounds of the plaintiffs delay . |
| 16 | We lead more private lives today than ever before , a defence perhaps against the masses who press against us in the tubes , in the office , at school . |
| 17 | Where the inner band had stuck to the hair all around the sides and back , she had to chop the hair off right to the skin so that he finished up with a bald white ring round his head , like some sort of a monk . |
| 18 | Pontin 's , for the second consecutive year , have agreed to stage and sponsor the championship , assisting the women 's game , which desperately needs the financial input and widespread television coverage enjoyed at present only by the men 's game . |
| 19 | Except in those cases where contracts are population-based , which is not apparently envisaged in the new proposals , providers will have a responsibility only to the patients they treat and will have no responsibility for any particular population . |
| 20 | In Mark Frame , from Paisley in Scotland , the first President of the Scottish Regional Council , a worthy successor was found ; but he assumed responsibility only for the duties of Secretary . |
| 21 | Ronan Rafferty : " I let Christy down on the greens . |
| 22 | The demised property may be part only of the premises on which the tenant carries on business and in such cases the turnover may need to be apportioned . |
| 23 | 5.9.2 Not to assign [ underlet ] or charge part only of the Premises [ and not to underlet the whole or any part of the Premises ] |
| 24 | … ( 6 ) In this section ‘ costs ’ means costs as between party and party , and includes the costs of applying for an order under this section ; and where a party begins to receive representation after the proceedings have been instituted , or ceases to receive representation before they are finally decided or otherwise receives representation in connection with part only of the proceedings , the reference in subsection ( 2 ) above to the costs incurred by the unassisted party in the proceedings shall be construed as a reference to so much of those costs as is attributable to that part . |
| 25 | A crystallised charge will bite on all the assets covered by the charge since normally a floating charge does not provide for crystallisation over part only of the assets to which it relates . |
| 26 | The first train at 0830 on December 22nd will celebrate the return of steam-hauled passenger trains after 32 years and is an addition especially for the enthusiasts . |
| 27 | The wire ends , suitably cleaned of enamel , then go through the board along with the pins and are soldered into place where indicated . |
| 28 | The Casa Republicii was the symbol of Ceauşescu 's indifference to the well-being of the current generation of Romanians as much as Versailles was the embodiment of Louis XIV 's quest for glory regardless of the sufferings of his own people . |
| 29 | ( a bit long in the pasterns ? ) |
| 30 | ‘ It is morally the right thing to do , ’ said McFarlane , dropping it like a swift brick in among the parentheses and qualifications and regrets . |