Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In every production there comes an awkward jerky stage when the cast abandon their books for the first time , but for The Hooded Owl it seemed to be going on longer than usual . |
| 2 | There 's probably a straightforward explanation for the impossible weariness I feel . |
| 3 | The contractor is paid for the actual costs he incurs plus a previously agreed lump sum for his overheads and profit . |
| 4 | While the Ibrox club can be thankful for the estimated £4m they will receive in total from participation in the European Champions League , |
| 5 | For the reader about to abandon the book this may easily uncover previously undisclosed information ; for the committed reader it can add to his overall perspective on the book , thus helping him understand the relation of the parts to the whole , e.g. D. Marquand , Ramsay MacDonald ( 1977 ) , is about more than a former Prime Minister . |
| 6 | Soft muslin cloth for the odd time I do n't want the work to get too hot . |
| 7 | For the mutual inductance it is not needed . |
| 8 | Economic circumstances have been poor and for the chemical industry they were absolutely diabolical by the middle of the past year . |
| 9 | Her appearances have been singular for the genuine interest she has shown on all occasions and have been made with the avowed object of giving encouragement and , if possible raising money . |
| 10 | In learning to account for its difference from non-Europe , it also had to account for this supremacy , for the unquestionable success it had had in imposing its hegemony on ‘ inferior ’ cultures . |
| 11 | The real choice could be enormous , for the geographical reasons we 've discussed . |
| 12 | We have , just in this fact , an argument that if we had to choose one of the two strategies for the indefinite future we would do better to choose pragmatism , because it is so much more adaptive . |
| 13 | Bettinson , a director of education in Stockport , had booked an appointment with his superior yesterday to ask for the unpaid leave he would have needed to complete the tour of Papua New Guinea and New Zealand next summer . |
| 14 | Bettinson , a director of education in Stockport , had booked an appointment with his superior yesterday to ask for the unpaid leave he would have needed to complete the tour of Papua New Guinea and New Zealand next summer . |
| 15 | Mr Lauder made use of the track for the diving business he runs , Lord Coulsfield said in a judgment issued yesterday . |
| 16 | A ‘ hard case ’ — and I am not disputing that for the Bland parents it is indeed a very hard case — has been found which can , and I believe will , be skilfully exploited to justify the ‘ dignified ’ removal of a subtly-expanding range of people who will be deemed to be living lives which are below some ‘ expert 's ’ criterion of an acceptable standard . |
| 17 | Moving silently up behind him , she hesitantly touched his back and was quite unprepared for the violent start he gave . |
| 18 | Such sources are valuable for the wide-ranging data they provide and , particularly , for the historical dimension they add to primary data that is necessarily bound to the present day . |
| 19 | We believe the police in general should be commended for the professional way they conducted themselves in the face of provocation . ’ |
| 20 | For the above sub-heading I have deliberately copied from the title of a recent publication by Cecily O'Neill and Alan Lambert ( 1982 ) , for it is a manual offering guidance to teachers in their planning of projects for drama . |
| 21 | For the time-varying case we still define voltage by the relation |
| 22 | It would of course be possible to give them to clarinets and bassoons ( let us hope that no one would wish to use an oboe for the top note of the chords — it would be terribly nasal and obtrusive here , on its bottom notes ) , but the low-placed clarinets would sound rather hollow and ‘ woody ’ for the rich effect we have in mind . |
| 23 | he 's he 's er , she 's goes for the rich guys you see . |
| 24 | The SCDC Arts in Schools Project , although spoken of by the one LEA in the sample which was a participant in terms of gratitude for the support the Project 's staff had given , was criticized by staff in the other LEAs for the limited help it had given to them . |
| 25 | This is where a sales idea could come in , but for the right reasons it could be good , but also , for the bad reasons , it could be totally wrong . |
| 26 | After some time of searching for the right facility they have had to go back and build something anew . |
| 27 | Who said : ‘ I am deeply sorry for the unkind things I said about Liverpool . |
| 28 | This was achieved when Russia was rewarded for the benevolent neutrality she had maintained while Prussia redrew the map of central Europe : in 1870 she was able to renounce the clauses without risking diplomatic isolation . |
| 29 | I felt under the dash for the dangling keys I had Dreamed there . |
| 30 | The levels are also important for the wintering wildfowl they attract , particularly Teal and Wigeon . |