Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | CO molecules adsorbed in the vicinity of this charge will , to a first approximation , have their orbital binding energies rigidly downward-shifted , allowing increased electron transfer from the substrate into the lifetime-broadened CO 2 antibonding orbital . |
| 2 | We tend not to notice this because in TNC the curriculum proposals came before the discussion of testing and assessment . |
| 3 | When the Secretary of State endorsed the curriculum framework proposed by Munn he also intimated that the assessment proposals foreshadowed in the Dunning report would be implemented . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the reactor 's core was seriously damaged , radioactive fission products escaped to the environment , and there was considerable public alarm , leading to a spontaneous evacuation of the area by a large number of people . |
| 5 | defence insurers argued against the order 14 summons on two counts ; first the plaintiff could not obtain summary judgement because there were two defendants and one might escape liability ; secondly the first defendant sought leave to amend his defence to argue contributory negligence because the plaintiff had not worn a seat belt . |
| 6 | Paper seller Gerard O'Hare , 18 , had just got home when two members of the outlawed Ulster Freedom Fighters burst into the house with guns blazing . |
| 7 | Boys and girls from Stirling District primary schools competed in the schools soccer challenge . |
| 8 | ‘ All the same , ’ he said , when the spring buds burst on the seven trees that grew in Mafeking Street , along which Wendy had once half-run , half-walked , on her way to give birth to Apricot , ‘ it would be nice to be somewhere different , just for a time , just for a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 9 | Silver cross belts blazoned battle honours across their chests and silver spurs gleamed under the table . |
| 10 | The fighting groups overbalanced into the shallower water and continued struggling there , ignoring the arrows beginning to fall from the following ships of the line , swinging up , oars flashing to fill the breadth of the river . |
| 11 | However , from the mid-1980s onwards , a series of research projects emerged on the consequences of the programme , particularly within the Partnerships . |
| 12 | Such a slope form has been variously attributed to the effects of lava flows emitted from the summit crater , the changing angle of slope stability in response to a change in the particle-size characteristics of the tephra ejected , and the effects of slumping . |
| 13 | As for the merits of the original illustrations as works of art , to my own taste at least the first impressions were of a certain period quality — with Wade 's occasional curvaceous nudes and sports car profiles intruded into the abstract geometries bringing memories of Victor Vasarely 's more lamentable lapses into commercial vulgarity , In the end , however , Wade 's sheer enthusiasm and invention persuaded me into a renewed fascination . |
| 14 | Car bombs exploded outside the Soviet and Chinese embassies on Oct. 26 . |
| 15 | In particular , incendiary devices and car bombs exploded in the city centre of Belfast on Jan. 5 , 21 and 31 , causing major damage but no injuries . |
| 16 | Car bombs exploded near the police headquarters in Burgos on Aug. 17 , injuring 48 people slightly ; at Bilbao docks on Sept. 2 , killing a civil guard and one passer-by and injuring two people ; and outside a civil guard barracks in Cartagena , south-eastern Spain , on Sept. 11 , injuring eight people including three civil guards . |
| 17 | Moiré patterns drifted around the console . |
| 18 | The fighting cocks lived in the house with us , sleeping under their owners sarongs , and periodically exploded , at all hours , with stentorian " cock-a-doodle-doos " — or , rather , their Indonesian equivalent , for here , of course , the animals speak differently . |
| 19 | A joint government and opposition commission had been set up in late September with the aim of preventing a repeat of the first-round chaos ; however , two opposition parties withdrew from the commission on Oct. 11 . |
| 20 | The country 's failure to ban such fishing methods led to the US adopting an embargo on Mexican tuna in 1991 , followed by other European and Asian nations [ see EDs passim ] . |
| 21 | A pair of pied wag tails alighted on the path . |
| 22 | The practice questionnaires asked about the presence of 16 items of equipment on the premises . |
| 23 | They include substance P and neurokinin A that are both derived from processing of the precursor polypeptides encoded by the preprotachykinin A gene ( PPT ) ( 2 ) . |
| 24 | She reached for the desk lamp and was just about to turn off the light when the sudden glare of car headlights flashed into the office , illuminating everything . |
| 25 | Third-World countries appealed to the USA to reconsider its stand , saying that unless it did so , countries which had not signed the Montreal protocol would be unable to do so , rendering efforts to save the ozone layer fruitless . |
| 26 | Treaty , Ireland submitted that such measures were justified having regard to article 56(1) on the ground that the protection of the rights of local fishing communities fell within the concept of ‘ public policy . ’ |
| 27 | Three of the four opposition seats went to the Singapore Democratic Party ( SDP ) and one to the Workers ' Party . |
| 28 | The three killer dogs burst from the trees in hot pursuit , their gleaming white fangs bared for the attack . |
| 29 | Here there was room to have a dig at ‘ trade unionists … too , screaming abuse and interfering with others on their way to work ’ , alleging that excitement on picket lines and at rock films amounted to the same thing : ‘ These are all manifestations of the primitive herd instinct . ’ |
| 30 | As a result , unit labour costs grew during the year , particularly in comparison with the other Asian newly industrialized countries ( such as Taiwan , Hong Kong and South Korea ) . |