Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pottery and commercial tinplate may have roughly the same tensile strength but if a cup is dropped on the floor it will shatter , perhaps almost explosively . |
| 2 | HAVING read Mr. G. Palmer 's letter in the June 1992 Postbag , I felt the ERFSU should put forward the facts |
| 3 | British Rail should consider again the arguments for electrification of the midland main line . |
| 4 | We must be able to judge nearer the time — Parliament must judge nearer the time — whether a single currency is in the interests of Britain . |
| 5 | Each electron in an atom must have exactly the energy appropriate to one or other of the orbitals . |
| 6 | The reason for such a power is that contemporaneous reporting may prejudice either the proceedings in question ( as where the material — although heard in open court — has not been made known to the jury ) or some further proceedings which were pending or imminent at the time . |
| 7 | The Home Secretary , Sir Samuel Hoare , noted that any influx of refugees from the continent might bring together the political extremes — the fascists who had been attacking the Jews for three years and the communists and other left-wing elements who might argue that Jewish refugees were taking away Gentile employment . |
| 8 | To voters , who hope that a clear result will speed the end of the recession , an unclear result could have precisely the reverse effect . |
| 9 | Fridays she went to her nanna 's and the wind could blow away the chimneypots without having the slightest effect on her nanna . |
| 10 | All the 300dpi libraries for HP printers and the like would look exactly the same because they are designed as bitmaps . |
| 11 | Under the kitchen floor they built a brick-lined store , so cleverly concealed that anyone lifting the floorboards in a random search would see only the earth beneath . |
| 12 | Knowing that the barracuda would dart forward the moment he fired , Trent aimed halfway down the jaw . |
| 13 | This figure would meet neither the government 's own goal of balancing the budget over the economic cycle , nor the Europe-wide aim , agreed at Maastricht , of limiting borrowing to 3% of GDP . |
| 14 | A horse will pull all the more against a bit which causes him pain or if his mouth is split in the corner even though pulling makes it worse . |
| 15 | The government 's crusade against that ( often Tory ) opposition will bring forward the day when Britain can confidently return to ’ go ’ . |
| 16 | Labour will pull together the present unco-ordinated initiatives into a coherent urban programme which will strengthen local economies , generate jobs and improve the quality of people 's lives . |
| 17 | Closure will destroy both the historical and the esteemed . |
| 18 | Moreover , although private investment will play much the biggest role in the East 's economic renewal , the government in Bonn will have to give big subsidies to the East German social-security system . |
| 19 | ‘ The deal will benefit both the cricketing public and the Benson and Hedges competition , with more matches covered live and viewers enjoying a wider choice during peak hours . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The deal will benefit both the cricketing public and the Benson and Hedges competition , with more matches covered live and viewers enjoying a wider choice during peak hours . ’ |
| 21 | If you can afford one , a good plugger can benefit both the artist and the radio station by acting as a fixer for guest appearances , or providing news and creative ideas ; but like everything , some pluggers are better than others , and radio producers usually prefer to exercise their own musical judgement and not to pander to pluggers ' suggestions . |
| 22 | Hospitality and good local gossip can overcome even the most savage brewery price increases and keep the bar full in a recession , it says . |
| 23 | Suddenly Water Gypsy 's hitherto charming interior seemed claustrophobic , and she decided a brisk walk along the towpath might blow away the cobwebs and the fit of blues that bedevilled her . |
| 24 | Though it is possible that the facts of such a case might show merely the legitimate compromise of a claim to damages , on the other hand , the facts might be such as to constitute extortion and blackmail of a serious type . |
| 25 | The isolated farmstead may represent either the occupation of previously unfarmed land by a single farm or the movement of a farmstead out of a village following enclosure of the open fields . |
| 26 | Although there were divisions in the local authority as to how far the plan should redesign radically the traditional city centre , it was entirely symptomatic of the mood of the time that both the City Development Committee and Lord Reith should accept the more radical scheme outlined by Donald Gibson , the city architect . |
| 27 | He believed that the political commitment existed to ensure that the independent countries of the region would co-operate effectively to reduce their dependence on South Africa , and accelerate economic development ; and that such a new grouping could influence decisively the way that offical development assistance was used in the region , and the course of development co-operation in general . |
| 28 | Changes in stratospheric water vapour due to changes in methane and stratosphere-troposphere exchange could affect both the radiative budget and the temperature of PSC formation . |
| 29 | Thus at a car auction a categoric and clear oral disclaimer announced by the auctioneer immediately before he accepts bids on a particular car could lie an effective disclaimer in relation to the odometer reading on that car and in that case the disclaimer would protect both the auctioneer and the vendor . |
| 30 | If the explanation of affinity is true , then it is possible that spermatozoa produced by a male hybrid would contain only the paternal chromosomes , and will therefore carry the Y sex chromosome , a donkey-Y in male mules and a horse-Y in male hinnies . |