Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This magnetotail could steer larger quantities of charged particles on to the near side than on to the far side . |
| 2 | Unfortunately some of this work was done without a proper appreciation of the fact that the presence of tree growth , and the shade it gave , prevented or at least discouraged the growth of water weeds , the existence of which could form an even greater obstruction than much of the tree growth . |
| 3 | As a result of social investigation there was greater recognition than before of the causes of unemployment , in particular of the distinction between the chronic underemployment of the casual poor of big cities and the recurrent temporary unemployment of large numbers of superior workers in periods of depression . |
| 4 | One of the main differences comes about through contact with Scotland , through seasonal emigration : it has left its mark both in technical features ( in the bowing , for example ) and in the repertoire of tunes — and to my ears , brought up in Scotland to ear fiddling at many Highland gatherings , the Music does have a more familiar ring than much of the rest of Irish music . |
| 5 | But where they and the study immediately differed was where , as , group finance director at John Menzies , said , it ‘ set off on a diverging track ’ from what they perceive is already best practice albeit only among the major companies . |
| 6 | Flynn delays naming his side until shortly before the start but I believe young Kevin Jones will be asked to make way for one of the two vastly experienced defenders . |
| 7 | On May 11 the United Malays National Organization ( UMNO ) , the largest party at national level , won a seat in the Sabah State Assembly for the first time , defeating the candidate of the ruling United Sabah Party ( Parti Bersatu Sabah — PBS ) which had been part of the UMNO-led National Front central government coalition until just before the October 1990 general election [ see pp. 37780-81 ] . |
| 8 | I could n't swim , never have been able to , and I did n't go out on a boat because along with the rest of the family I have always been afraid of water . |
| 9 | The greater degree of digestion of the isolated teeth is due to their greater exposure to digestion while still in the predator 's stomach ( as suggested earlier for the molars ) . |
| 10 | And my mother , they were keeping six cows there after churning , old Jane made the butter and er taking it to erm Mrs from who used to buy my grandmother 's butter my my mother took her stock as well on the Thursday to market . |
| 11 | furniture , oh I think that was at the front I quite like that for the boys bedroom as well with the bed set in |
| 12 | There has however been a slowdown in the French nuclear programme though not for the usual reasons of safety problems and public opposition . |
| 13 | All parties will have been aware from the inception of the management buy-out that the investor would seek to realise its investment as soon after the buy-out as an appropriate return on investment could be achieved . |
| 14 | and you 've a number inside the car as well on the bottom of the car on the floor so er some of them no , they do n't so some of them take the mickey of them and putting different plates on of a written off car from a scrap yard so you can have like a brand new Sierra smashed up in a scrap yard and you buy it for like a thousand pound and you this Sierra with a brand new Sierra , so you change all the plates over and do all this on the car and then you got a bloody Sierra worth about nine or ten thousand pound |
| 15 | It is not necessary always to think of the interview as only of the highly standardized sample type . |
| 16 | Leaving on an interior light as well during the night can also discourage a potential burglar . |
| 17 | The effects of the net changes in social class have been modelled explicitly for the university sector in a number of forecasts ( Diamond and Smith , 1982 , 1984 ; Diamond , 1985 ; AUT , 1983 ; Collins , 1983 ) as well as implicitly by the DES ( 1984a , b , 1986b ) .4 These effects have been the most important single factor for which data have been available at a national level albeit only for the university sector . |
| 18 | The web of diplomatic contacts which had developed in western and central Europe over the last 200 or more years was now being extended further east by the full incorporation in it for the first time of the great new emerging state of Russia : henceforth events in eastern Europe were to be far more significant in the calculations of statesmen in the west than ever in the past . |
| 19 | A similar situation exists with African migration where especially with the early stages of migration , out-migrants are mostly young adults ( Roberts 1978 ) . |
| 20 | No initiatives will be taken by the Irish FA international committee until early in the New Year after they have discussed all aspects of the post including the financial situation . |
| 21 | Transcripts are also available on demand to support any student in job hunting while still on the Course . |
| 22 | Their greater height posed no problem for spore dispersal : if anything , it was a help since up in the tree tops , spores were more easily caught by the wind and carried away . |
| 23 | Erm would you have to do a lot of cleaning work as well in the kitchens ? |
| 24 | In its own way the co-operative was quite a success story if only for the fact that it had kept going more or less continuously for almost five years . |
| 25 | A man short , the Fourth Division side held their more illustrious opponents at bay with no great difficulty until midway through the first half , and the crowds had fallen into an apprehensive silence when Drinkell revived their spirits . |
| 26 | Like other young people , they want change if only for the sake of it . |
| 27 | In his will Barclay also remembered numerous nephews and cousins , some of whose descendants were active in his bank and brewery until well into the twentieth century . |
| 28 | But there were warnings that nobody should make any firm investment decision until just before the actual float as any fall in the market could wipe out chances of an opening premium . |
| 29 | Today we have less confidence than before in the power of more external , socially oriented ideologies to change the world . |
| 30 | Now that the Apple Computer Inc v Microsoft Corp lawsuit has been defanged and the only thing standing between Bill Gates and world domination is the Federal Trading Commission — see page three : there may be more truth than not in the observation that Microsoft wants IBM to have OS/2 so they ca n't be accused of being a monopoly . |