Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb -s] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What is true , ’ writes mason investigator Stephen Knight , ‘ is that the philosophic , religious and ritualistic concoction that makes up the speculative element in freemasonry is drawn from many sources — some of them , like the Isis-Osiris myth , dating back to the dawn of history . |
| 2 | Any programme that holds out the hope of eradicating the underclass must be built on the foundation of re-establishing full employment . |
| 3 | There 's a castle , and a cable car that soars up the mountains to an area that has been dubbed ‘ the botanical gardens of Italy ’ . |
| 4 | A dull thud of hooves resounded through the valley as the horses checked pace and descended from the pasture on to the tree-shadowed bridleway that slants down the hillside to the ford at its base . |
| 5 | The hills are mine , and the living streams and the wind that breathes in the valley and the tiny white flowers that only I know because only I lie so close to the earth that I can see them move . |
| 6 | It is the statute that marks out the field and dictates to the citizen the rules by which he is to play and the goal at which he is to aim . |
| 7 | The book has been written very much with the busy clinician in mind and conveys only the most superficial impression , an approach that is less than satisfactory for the serious researcher or specialist . |
| 8 | Dietary fibre is a sponge-like material which absorbs and holds water as it is chewed in the mouth and passes down the gastro-intestinal tract . |
| 9 | 6 Make sure that the chosen spokesman has thoroughly prepared for the interview and knows both the answers to difficult questions and the positive points he wants to get across . |
| 10 | he said that will all look bad on him he said if he sold it and er do n't I , he , he said he 's got two choices , he either sells that car and pays off the loan in both your names or he , he sells that car and gives you half |
| 11 | Taylor ( 1987 ) points out that in the United States during the 1980s , the Reagan Administration , pursuing similar policies to those of the Conservatives , presided over a decline in crime and asks why the United Kingdom was different . |
| 12 | Or as Marshall P. Knutt , the conscientious sanitary engineer who gets mistaken for a hot-shot and ends up the hero of Carry On Cowboy . |
| 13 | This type of noise is often from a diff and travels down the tubular propshaft to sound as if it comes from the gearbox and gets louder as the roadspeed increases . |
| 14 | In the end Frodo does want to destroy the Ring but has not the strength . |
| 15 | On the face of it , this seems like a happy ending that ties up the loose ends . |
| 16 | The er the county council came forward with these policies as a result of comments that er districts made a number of years ago and perhaps er over a passage of time erm makes at least validity your point but I I remain of the the view that there is in the there is nothing in the county structure plan that sets out the basic objective of protecting the countryside and still feel that 's a valid objective within the structure plan erm within the structure plan er context . |
| 17 | Clarke would do us all a big service if , in his next book , he could produce a law that sorts out the predictions that are too spineless from those that assume the human race to be capable of too much , |
| 18 | The cold truth is that such captures are all too rare and it is a daily influx of petty offenders and successfully detected trivia that makes up the major part of the detective 's world . |
| 19 | It may be the song of the curlew that recalls childhood holidays on the moors and dales , the calls of oystercatchers that bring to mind the seaside , the smell of the salt , the sunshine and ice cream ; or the song of the thrush that brings back the memory of a walk , a place , a friend who shared a memorable day . |
| 20 | ‘ Another thing that we 've had a lot of use from was the baby bouncer ; it 's the type that hangs on the door frame . |
| 21 | here so if you get a a heavy cold , some of this gunge that runs down the back of your throat gets into this tube and |
| 22 | Cos I 'm sure the girl that comes down the sh , I 'm sure she 's Betty 's daughter . |
| 23 | Onstage are a set of eccentric instruments , a bank of valve-powered electric equipment and a clumsily daubed monolith that blocks out the familiar Marquee logo on the stage back-drop . |
| 24 | Yet the Discovery has a classy , Conran-designed interior , excellent seats and ride-comfort and a wonderful , rumbling V8 engine that emits just the same blue-blooded burble as a Range Rover . |
| 25 | Hence the rather long question that makes up the sub-title of this section . |
| 26 | Consulting either an architect or a builder , the purchaser then works out an internal plan and discusses how the exterior should look . |
| 27 | I am beginning to doubt our sanity when he finds good ice and sets up the belay . |
| 28 | Robyn opens a drawer in her desk and takes out the appropriate chit . |
| 29 | In fact when the cleaning lady has an ‘ audit ’ of his desk and tidies up the heaps , it is a ‘ nightmare ’ , taking him up to half a day to get back on track . |
| 30 | Pretending nothing unusual is happening he gives his wings one flutter , lifts the sunken foot and puts down the other — and so it goes on . |