Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last twenty years the importance of migration has been reinforced by the decline in rates of natural increase ; now that births and deaths are almost in balance , migration is the crucial determinant of whether population grows or contracts even at the national level . |
| 2 | ‘ Guinea pigs and rabbits should be kept in sheds or garages out of the way . |
| 3 | Neglected children were sent to special schools and never allowed to see their mothers or fathers or nannies again for the rest of their lives . |
| 4 | The [ defendants ] do return forthwith to [ their ] London branch or branches from which such documents emanated any documents or copies thereof of the type described in paragraph 1(a) of this order which the [ defendants have ] already removed from the jurisdiction in connection with the said subpoena , and [ defendants are ] hereby restrained until trial or further order without the prior written consent of the plaintiffs from delivering up or disclosing such documents to the said grand jury or any other third party . |
| 5 | And it observes that the use of regulation or taxes instead of the market creates inefficiencies and slows economic growth . |
| 6 | No robots or computers anywhere in the world can imitate the complex functions of your human body . |
| 7 | If the Scatter dice is an arrow the stone has landed in the direction shown 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 or 10″ away from the aiming point as shown on the Artillery dice . |
| 8 | If the scatter dice is an arrow the shell has landed in the direction shown 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , or 10″ away from the aiming point as shown by the artillery dice . |
| 9 | If the scatter dice is an arrow the shell has landed in the direction shown 2 , 4 , 6 , 8 , or 10″ away from the aiming point as shown by the artillery dice . |
| 10 | There should be no more nonsense about one or other of them moving out for a matter of days or weeks only for the unsatisfactory relationship to resume just as unsatisfactorily as before . |
| 11 | However , without the attendance of a senior member of the family and his appreciation of the value of the training , the younger members might not be able to put their training to best use or to introduce new techniques or ideas on to the farm . |
| 12 | Above all , this must come from the head teacher and from the senior staff of the school ; from any special needs specialists or teams already in the school ; from members of the new advisory and support services , as well as from educational psychologists , social workers and any health professionals who may be involved . |
| 13 | The opportunities for using knowledge to shop around successfully for good-value credit involve both choosing between different types of credit ( bank loan versus H P , say ) and choosing between different terms or arrangements even within the same credit type . |
| 14 | After training sessions , keep any literature or handouts together with the forms so that you build up your own references to guide you . |
| 15 | Even though there is n't much space for plot or characters in between the authorial wisecracks , at 435 ill-written pages Gridlock is about four times as long as it needs to be . |
| 16 | It is important for the prosecution case to try to identify the tyre by taking the tyre or batch number which will usually be something like 824927 E , on the tyre wall in letters and figures about I cm high — in about a quarter of all checks the number is nonexistent or illegible and the police officer should try to remember other forms of identification such as marks or scratches etc. on the tyre . |
| 17 | Lord Simon showed what a difficult concept this is when he reviewed various possible definitions of " quasi-arbitrator " in Arenson v Casson Beckman Rutley & Co [ 1975 ] 3 WLR 815 at 824 G. He said that it could mean ( 1 ) a third party whose duty it is , in deciding a question , to " hold the scales fairly " and who is " likely to be shot at by both sides " this was formulated three different ways ; or ( 2 ) " an arbitrator at common law in contradistinction from one under the Arbitration Act 1950 " [ an obscure conceptpresumably only for oral arbitration agreements or agreements specifically excluding the operation of the Act ] ; or ( 3 ) " a person who is not an arbitrator under the Arbitration Act 1950 but nevertheless acts in a judicial capacity or character or fulfills a judicial function . " |
| 18 | It is also important that the areas where the varnish is being applied are dust-free and that you are not wearing clothes which will shed dust or fibres on to the surface . |
| 19 | Thus an ‘ owl ’ will often pursue his hobbies or interests late into the night so that his preferred life-style will accentuate the natural tendency of his clock . |
| 20 | There were no youthful revolutionaries , they were all , in the main , mature men — some of whom had fought in '16 — and all of whom had advanced the Irish cause either with funds or arms down through the years . |
| 21 | Two years elapsed before , as a matter of right , torpedoed seamen became entitled to " one month 's wages , or wages up to the date of arrival in the United Kingdom , whichever is the greater " , and also compensation for lost effects . |
| 22 | He had supposed Debbie and her cronies painted flowers , or bowls of fruit , or landscapes up on the Ridge . |
| 23 | Hering stated that a cure should proceed : from above , downwards — from the head or upper regions of the body down towards the feet ; from within , out — from the internal organs out to the joints or skin ; from more important to less important organs — from the liver , heart or lungs out to the joints or skin ; from the present backwards in time — going back into the patient 's medical history . |
| 24 | ( a ) conducted in a lawful and orderly manner such that no nuisance or annoyance is caused to the University or others lawfully on the University 's premises and that the University 's name or standing is not brought into disrepute . |
| 25 | Gone are the days when a couple furnished their house from top to bottom in a style that fitted in with the tastes of friends , neighbours , colleagues at work , or cronies down at the pub or tennis club . |
| 26 | Grinder car 752 is used traditionally to grind wrinkles or corrugations out of the track with its carborundum shoes , and is seen here in Red Bank Road , Bispham in 1964 . |
| 27 | He had been shooting since he was about five years old ; there were few clubs or competitions around at the time but the Scorton was one of the leading ones . |
| 28 | According to social security legislation , a " seasonal worker " is a " person whose employment is for part or parts only of the year and those parts fall at approximately the same time each year . " |
| 29 | Paul smiles , raises his own thumb and ducks out of the room . |
| 30 | So you thought gliding was a pleasant way of spending leisure time away from the cares and woes down on the ground . |