Example sentences of "[vb pp] the [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A draft European Community regulation proposing that producers label their food-stuffs with a Protected Graphical Indication ( PGI ) or Designation of Origin ( PDO ) has been given the thumbs-down at the consultation stage with trade bodies describing it as ‘ protectionist and unnecessary ’ . |
| 2 | And in fact the evidence suggests I that in the three years remaining till ninety six , it is most unlikely that those twenty five thousand dwellings will be developed , given the alteration at the present time . |
| 3 | Sun Tzu had placed the subject at the end of his thirteen-chapter work with good reason . |
| 4 | Much of its strength can be attributed to the vigorous support of the church , which has always placed the family at the centre of Christian living . |
| 5 | The tribunal rules that Barclays discriminated against her by making her retire at 60 , when a man who had joined the bank at the same time could work until 65 . |
| 6 | In his student days , he had been careful never to become involved in any radical movements , had joined the Komosol at the age of sixteen and become a card-carrying Party member before his 21st birthday . |
| 7 | PABULUM Consultants and its Postmaster point-of-sale system has won the contract at the three Thames Television sites at Euston , Teddington and Tottenham Court Road , London , operated by Sutcliffe Catering . |
| 8 | O'Brien had approached the Prince at the end of 1984 because he wanted support for a particular project , called Fullemploy . |
| 9 | He had expected the sack at the time , but strangely enough he had had more than his share of work from that day on . |
| 10 | The body of the animal occupied the cavity at the end of the spiral — the living chamber . |
| 11 | The 1861 census enumerator had caught the family at the height of its expansion ; 10 years later they were down to two children , one of whom would be leaving home very shortly . |
| 12 | Friends said that the couple , from Maesteg , Mid Glamorgan , booked the trip at the last minute . |
| 13 | In fact , only one serious relationship lay behind her , with a Wellington actor who read news bulletins in order to eat , and it had died owing to lack of feeling , disappointing them both at the time , but Maria had philosophically absorbed the lesson at the heart of the sad experience . |
| 14 | Interestingly , however , the SD went on to note that after unusually large audiences , prompted by heavy propaganda , had attended the film at the outset , the numbers rapidly dropped off , and there were comments that the film would bring nothing new , that people had had enough of the Jewish theme , and that many were nauseated by the depiction of ritual slaughter scenes — some fainting , and others leaving the cinema in disgust . |
| 15 | We went in the Gra Grand just done the lounge at the Grand and when we had our first car and I went round to see mother and I said come on , we 'll go up to the , take you up to the Grand and have a drink . |
| 16 | Erm he is obviously aware that er by not having the vehicle taxed it 's going to cost him considerably more than if he had er taxed the vehicle at the right , correct and proper time . |
| 17 | Erm he is obviously aware that er by not having the vehicle taxed , it 's going to cost him considerably more than if he had er taxed the vehicle at the right , correct and proper time . |
| 18 | Edward , installed by then with his brother in the Garden Tower , was informed of the turn of events by Brackenbury , the protector not having visited his nephews since the day he had accepted the crown at the Guildhall . |
| 19 | Her God had made the dark at the same moment as the light . |
| 20 | Do you , he was as close to death if he had n't have gone in se to Ipswich and seen the specialist at the time he did er |
| 21 | ‘ You might have seen the girl at the Wychwood Forest Fair , last year . |
| 22 | The movement of this reminds me of er stage set and the figures on the bench could almost be actors and actresses and with the figure at the bottom here , the male at the bottom , well its not quite at bottom , tucked away at the side there , he , he , he looks like erm , like a harlequin figure , maybe a mischief maker , er I , I felt there was a lot of fun in this painting and a lot of erm , er gravado and , and stage specs , that kind of thing , so this poem is called for obvious reasons People Of The Nile , and I 'll read it twice , probably be the best way Ancient people drawn on a vase , tell a tale , warn a friend , man dressed in red holds back a curtain , over hears and tells , they are gossiping people , playing Chinese whispers , so I , I , I quite wanted to give that er a , a contemporary updated feel , erm , I read that again for the people who may of just seen the picture at the back People Of The Nile , Ancient people drawn on a vase , tell a tale , warn a friend , man dressed in red holds back a curtain , over hears and tells , they are gossiping people , playing chinese whispers , erm , the next one , we 'll have to put you on wheels I think |
| 23 | We 'd seen the hare at the 4th and it reappeared again , dashing around right in Lee 's vision as he was putting , which cost him a stroke . |
| 24 | Twice she 'd begun to tell Marlin about the meeting in and outside Bloomingdales ; twice she 'd re-channelled the conversation at the last moment , unable to face his benign condescension . |
| 25 | Though Dr Runcie and his party could not take Holy Communion at the papal mass , he had earlier celebrated the eucharist at the Anglican church in Rome after three demonstrators rose from the congregation as he ascended the pulpit ; the visit has been dogged by protests from supporters of the Rev Ian Paisley . |
| 26 | We have n't got the money at the moment we have |
| 27 | So , you know , there 's no point in having all these systems set up if you have n't got the support at the branch level for it . |
| 28 | I 've only got the window at the front , so the dining area is quite dark |
| 29 | More analysis of the deregulation lessons for Europe ( which will not finally happen until 1997 ) from the US experience would have helped the student at the start of 1993 . |
| 30 | If he had n't eaten it , I would have bought the cake at the auction and got rid of it . |