Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.

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1 There were many people about working at the common land between the walls , and more than a few seated outside the few inns they passed .
2 The distinction between recall and recognition is clearly an important one , in that the human memory is so much superior in the latter function .
3 And as I say as I say I do n't ken how long it had been there but that see that likely about the same time as the as the mill was heightened and er the kiln would 've been putting on .
4 He mentioned the many shapes created by nature , pointing out how different all birds are even though they are all subject to the same aerodynamic rules .
5 Similarly , there are thousands of fish varieties , all subject to the same laws of hydrodynamics .
6 Around the main house were many smaller buildings , all white with the same red-tiled roofs that made the house so elegant .
7 The atomic electrons occupy discrete energy levels and the various ‘ thresholds ’ , or wavelengths at which absorption begins to occur , enable us to distinguish one element from another , even if they are all present in the same specimen .
8 From experience , and depending on the species selected , it has been found that with these numbers of large cichlids all present in the same tank , there is not the space for any of them to be able to establish a permanent territory and fight off all invaders .
9 Yet democracy , both in ancient Greece and in the politics of the past two centuries , has never been achieved without a struggle , and that struggle has always been , in good part , a type of class struggle , even if it is very simply characterized , as it was by many Greeks , as a struggle of the many poor against the few who are rich and well-born .
10 One is to design functionally independent modules that all carry out different functions , the other is to have a number of identical modules , all capable of the same functions .
11 And they are all available at the same time .
12 It is necessary , in my judgment , to look at the facts somewhat closely to see what amounts to a discharge and how far the reasoning can be applied to the case , not of joint and several debtors , but of several debtors alone , albeit all liable for the same debt .
13 She imagined showing her parents round a home of her own decorated in the same way .
14 But it is not long before another pair appears and summon their own young in the same way .
15 That reasoning applies as much to several debtors each liable for the same debt as to debtors jointly and severally liable for such a debt .
16 Most notable among the latter were numerous gold bees or cicadas , which appear once to have adorned a cloak , a small bull 's head , also made of gold , and a signet-ring , which identified the occupant of the tomb .
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