Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [vb base] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If patterns emerge then the school can start to explore causes of absence and perhaps remedy them . |
| 2 | Sharing and co-operation between siblings can be observed , and if fights break out the method of handling by the parents provides on-the-spot evidence of management skills . |
| 3 | If branches take up the suggestions made in this paper they may find themselves having to increase annual expenditure . |
| 4 | This provides a file that is well packed ; however , if conditions change later the file needs to he respecified . |
| 5 | Well it will be for a for a month at least until people find out the number |
| 6 | These key points can then be carefully monitored for time accuracy and if delays seem likely the programme can be reconsidered or at least its effect shown in a new programme and the client advised . |
| 7 | This is an urgent task , because people know once the cholera comes , the poor communities will suffer . |
| 8 | Certainly it would n't be because staff sit around the lounge at night and make guests the butt of practical jokes . ’ |
| 9 | Here , you must also treat the dog 's bed and bedding , and possibly the carpet , because fleas breed off the dog in its environment . |
| 10 | Fish tucked into crevices peer out , while crabs scavenge over the reef and probe soft corals for food . |
| 11 | Moreover , while there are good reasons for concern about the availability of services for ‘ revolving door patients ’ during the run down of the old psychiatric hospitals and while doubts remain over the capacity of district general hospital units to provide appropriate care to people in crisis , the relocation of the long stay population of psychiatric hospitals is achieving some successful results . |
| 12 | While cats slink along the wall |
| 13 | Policemen are trained to seek out evidence and interview suspects in the rough and tumble of criminal enquiries , whereas prosecutors lack both the training and the inclination for this task . |
| 14 | They suggest that , within the family , women take on the expressive role of nurturing the other family members , while men take on the instrumental role and go into the outside world to earn the family 's wage . |
| 15 | The demand was heavy , for a payment of one-sixth on the goods of the laity and of one-third on those of the clergy , and some men refused payment outright , while others put forward the plea that they could not afford to pay . |
| 16 | With this method some structures take on a purple coloration while others take up the red counter-stain . |
| 17 | When you reach the end of it the second time , you start driving down it again and now you can see some things which seem to have changed considerably while others seem exactly the same . |
| 18 | Some people find it easier to speak about personal matters if there is background noise , be it music or the hum of conversation , while others find even the slightest noise distracting . |
| 19 | At Columbus Circle , for instance , a ship with billowing sails is repeated ( the ‘ Santa Maria ’ ? ) while beavers march along the walls at Astor Place ( John Jacob Astor made his fortune trading in beaver pelts ) . |
| 20 | When O put down the phone at the end of this first call , he did not know how to say goodbye to Boy ; he did not know what name to use . |
| 21 | When waves crash over the reef , the fish swims into a crevice , sticks up its bony trigger and locks itself in place so firmly that neither ocean currents , hungry predators nor inquisitive skin divers can extract it . |
| 22 | The guideline for division of any race is usually when entries reach double the safety factor , but the Dunston have sensibly taken the decision to divide their Maiden even though the original entry of 29 falls one short of this maxim . |
| 23 | Hadleigh 's winner came eight minutes before the end when Keys set up the chance for Smith to score his second with a shot on the run . |
| 24 | As officials move up the hierarchy they may be more involved in policy advice rather than managing budgets or people . |
| 25 | She may have acted over-cautiously in rejecting the proposals but Ms Radice was obviously on her best behaviour as legislators work out the budget for fiscal year 1993 , which begins 1 October . |
| 26 | When stories appear along the lines that in another life you were a peasant girl who starved to death during Ireland 's potato famine you know you 've arrived . |
| 27 | They face a race against time as fears grow over the health of the whales and the possibility of their becoming beached . |
| 28 | The New Year feast is only one of a number of sumptuous meals that follow as relatives arrive over the next few days . |
| 29 | Tony 's mother had made them for this occasion , and though recipes vary slightly the end result is a large currant biscuit . |
| 30 | However , the same criteria should be applied to all rugs when assessing the suitability of the pile material and the clarity and permanence of the dyes , as there is no uniform improvement in the quality of these as items move up the price range from nomadic to masterworkshop . |