Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb -s] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although fourteen answers to the fragmentation question concern housework , the housewife rarely thinks about the work she is actually doing . |
| 2 | This process will continue until a price level is reached which is so low as to make so high as to ensure that the effective labour demand function eventually coincides with the notional labour demand function . |
| 3 | This notice does not constitute an admission either that the Act applies to this hotel or that liability thereunder attaches to the proprietor of this hotel in any particular case . |
| 4 | Packages like Omicron 's XIS and Multisoft Premier Plus offer multicurrency facilities in all of their accounting and distribution ledgers , whereas the Sage Sovereign general ledger only works in the user 's chosen base currency , although its sales and purchase ledgers are multicurrency . |
| 5 | The hope only emerges as the narrative proceeds . |
| 6 | A fixed-term contract naturally expires at the end of the contract period . |
| 7 | Emma Thompson will continue her rise in Remains of the Day and Much Ado About Nothing . |
| 8 | The superstition that the third light from a match brings bad luck apparently originates from the first world war , when German soldiers in the opposite trench would notice the first light , take aim at the second and fire at the third . |
| 9 | Should we assume that the meaningfulness of such a hypothesis necessarily depends on the possibility ( in principle , at least ) of turning the relevant propositional schema into a meaningful singular proposition , viz. by replacing the " bound " variable ( the variable governed by the " existential quantifier " ) with an appropriate name , or a naming phrase ? |
| 10 | Again moving from a reach towards a rung the boat effectively turns underneath the rig and the sail stays at that same angle . |
| 11 | The winner seems to be determined by how strongly the extension adheres to the wall , and the cell eventually moves to the site where the attachments are strongest . |
| 12 | There is a sense in which this task has remained the same since libraries began ( clay tablets were gathered into organized collections in Mesopotamia at least as early as 2700 BC ) but modern librarianship properly dates from the nineteenth century , from Panizzi 's reign at the British Museum , from the spread of the public library movement in Britain , the USA and Scandinavia , and from the new techniques initiated by such creative geniuses ( in their day ) as Melvil Dewey and Charles Amni Cutter . |
| 13 | This situation is a common occurrence in stronger winds when the inexperienced sailor lacks the technique to sheet in fully , so he edges along partly ‘ closing the door ’ , and as a result slowly turns into the wind . |
| 14 | The intuition is that , as delivery approaches , the future slowly turns into the spot . |
| 15 | In a statement yesterday , the police chiefs said : ‘ The association wholeheartedly agrees with the views expressed by Mr Adair . |
| 16 | If a car suddenly swerves round the corner while I am standing in the middle of the road , the right thing for me to do is to jump for the pavement as spontaneously as a cat . |
| 17 | The strain on the pound only adds to the pressure on interest levels . |
| 18 | This form of characterisation greatly contributes to the enjoyment of this novel . |
| 19 | As reminiscence naturally proceeds from the past to the present , it can often give the counsellor an indication of where , and at what period , to focus attention in the search for the origins of the counsellee 's particular mental state or circumstances . |
| 20 | Natural hazard research necessarily focuses upon the interrelation of geophysical events and human activity and as such is an important feature of recent research and one that some such as Parker and Harding ( 1979 ) have proclaimed to be of central and traditional concern to geographers and their view is included in Table 6.2 . |
| 21 | The Royal Mail generally evokes in the reader 's mind an image of a coachman with horn , and an armed guard , dashing through the night behind a team of six or more lathered horses . |
| 22 | Regional planning guidance already exists in the south-east and East Anglia . |
| 23 | And following N C V O recent reorganisation , the policy development department broadly consists of the following . |
| 24 | Osteosarcoma is not usually classified with hormonal cancers , but its onset largely coincides with the final hormonal growth spurt in teenagers . |
| 25 | The term normally appears on the right-hand side in place of . |
| 26 | The label print facility is very comprehensive , and as ever , print speed largely depends on the kit you 're using . |
| 27 | The identification of the nucleotide sequence recognized by a protein generally relies on the characterization of mutations that interfere with binding of the protein , analyses of protein-DNA complexes using various footprinting techniques and on a comparison of the sequences of different binding sites . |
| 28 | Their development as a popular force largely depends on the musical direction they follow . |
| 29 | Eventually teachers were able to shake themselves free of the legal requirement to supervise at lunchtime , though the responsibility tor the good management of the school during the break still remains with the headteacher . |
| 30 | The degree of confusion usually reduces with the passage of time , although it can be heightened at any point in life as a result of threat or adversity . |