Example sentences of "[noun sg] [n mass] [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This particular political failure of the post-war welfare policies , to provide equality and not just the opportunity for individual achievement , was set in its turn against the dislocation that my mother 's 1950s represent : welfarism in one country did not embody the desire people felt for the world that had shaped them . |
| 2 | At a musical evening of the Upton Liberal and Radical Association , Nicholson attributed unemployment to the lack of confidence people had in the men who were directing the destiny of the world ( SE 1 February 22 ) . |
| 3 | All through the hot week people crept along the streets , hugging the edge of shade that buildings provided , half a foot and one side of an arm at least out of the burning sun , though still sweating . |
| 4 | If X died leaving an estate of £1,150,000 and under the variation £150,000 went to the children and £1M to the widow and subsequently ( not as part of a preordained scheme ) the £1M was transferred to the children and the widow survived the normal seven years , no inheritance tax would be payable . |
| 5 | Finally , although both tRNA species competed with the ds LTR rather efficiently ( lanes 11–14 ) , NCp7 bound the tRNAs less strongly than either the RNA or the DNA species . |
| 6 | You could tell that the real reason people came into the shop was to hang out . |
| 7 | However , the only disaster occurred inside the Tower , where the duty staff dived to the floor when it looked as if the port wing was going to come through the window and a bottle of red ink emptied itself down the right sleeve of Flt Lt Dunlop , the Officer in Charge . |
| 8 | Our training staff came from the 3rd Squadron , which had returned from the war in Chad three months before . |
| 9 | One of the busiest streets was Fisherton for hundreds of country people flocked into the City , taking advantage of the very economical Saturday tickets offered by the railway . |
| 10 | Orchard House old peoples home in Sandford won a major safety award five months ago for the way staff looked after the residents . |
| 11 | The construction works led to the severe exploitation of exiles , soldiers , cossacks , peasants and horses . |
| 12 | 2.3 The current figures of full time staff graded on the GS grades are : = |
| 13 | The seeds , however , had one interesting effect : well over 300 separate plant species arrived in the wool , and when flushed away into the Gala Water began to grow profusely along its banks . |