Example sentences of "[det] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may have prevented some children of artisans falling into poverty as a result of the decline of skilled occupations , but it did little for the lowest stratum who were always the most vulnerable to severe poverty . |
| 2 | And to hide the microphone under a table or behind a curtain , while guaranteeing the naturalness of the content , does little for the acoustic quality — and of course raises an issue that President Nixon memorably pioneered . |
| 3 | Thus the real cost of £1,000 worth of BES shares to anybody earning more than that during the fiscal year , which starts on Monday , would be only £500 . |
| 4 | Nigel was determined to have none of that during the next Parliament . |
| 5 | Proof of republican involvement in NICRA prior to 5 October 1968 actually says very little about the civil rights movement . |
| 6 | Many researchers fail to make the best possible use of libraries simply because they know so little about the bibliographical tools that are available to help them . |
| 7 | In the production or processing of discourse with a low degree of reciprocity ( for example , a manual , a road sign , a circular letter ) we can say very little about the individual identity of the person or persons in communication with us ; their name , gender , age , personality , appearance , and so on . |
| 8 | The Labour Party has done precious little about the political education of its members ’ . |
| 9 | Last year the workshop session that followed Mr Barker 's presentation revealed that most publishers appeared to know very little about the financial realities of retailing . |
| 10 | Being able to machine knit gives no indication of the personality of the worker , in the same way that being able to drive a car shows very little about the actual driver . |
| 11 | The difficulty here is that central planning may know very little about the actual way of working of the different departments , so a theoretically superior plan may be impracticable . |
| 12 | Leeson , by nature taciturn , had told her very little about the original photograph and nothing at all about the research he and the Bristol archivist had done on it . |
| 13 | Police still know precious little about the dead man , least of all why anyone should want to kill him . |
| 14 | First , the approach says very little about the precise actors involved in the growth of government . |
| 15 | If you do that through the cheapest method which is the stand alone system it wo n't pull that off . |
| 16 | In 1971 the small group of regular journalists at the Old Bailey received £150 damages each for the intolerable insult of being collectively described in " The Spectator " as " beer-sodden hacks " . |
| 17 | Along with a Chinese freelance photographer , Cavell had called for her that morning and whisked her round some of Taipei 's famous landmarks , the all-marble Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial , a colourful Buddhist temple , and the Grand Hotel with its magnificent Chinese architecture , pausing only long enough at each for the young man to take the photos that would help introduce Maria to the Taipei public , before escorting her back to the apartment and approving the outfit she planned to wear to the dinner the radio station was hosting for the rest of the local media that night . |
| 18 | Again , I remember a great many rehearsals , sixty or seventy each for the first performances of the Bach or the Beethoven . |
| 19 | Others require two bound copies , one each for the main university library and the departmental library . |
| 20 | In brief , they want slot machines of their own : 500 each for Turf Paradise and the Phoenix Greyhound Park , 250 each for the smaller tracks . |
| 21 | And every two months try my physical tests on pages 78–80 — there are 3 tests each for the Three S's — Strength , Suppleness and Stamina . |
| 22 | Finally , to help you formulate your business plans and guide you through the first years , The Institute of Business counsellors is offering ten business counselling sessions for the first three prize winners and five each for the three runners-up . |
| 23 | They cost around £10–£15 each for the battery-operated models . |
| 24 | Under the federal Constitution adopted in 1901 , legislative power is vested in the bicameral Parliament , comprising a 148-member House of Representatives elected for a three-year term and a 76-member Senate ( 12 seats for each of the six constituent states and two each for the Northern Territory and the Capital Territory ) . |
| 25 | Under the Federal Constitution which came into force in 1901 , legislative authority within the Commonwealth of Australia is vested in a bicameral Federal Parliament consisting of the Senate whose 76 members ( 12 from each of the country 's constituent states and two each for the Northern Territory and the Capital Territory of Canberra ) are directly elected for a six-year term and retire by rotation , one-half from each state on June 30 of each third year ; and the 148-member House of Representatives elected for three years ; each state has its own legislature , government and constitution . |
| 26 | That about the first weekend . |
| 27 | You have to admit that about the sexual act . |
| 28 | And think of that as the upper tonic . |
| 29 | In the end I 'll have to see him , but I want to keep that as the reserve move . ’ |
| 30 | I take that as the hon. Gentleman 's first spending commitment , except that he is making it on behalf of employers and businesses . |