Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A way of starting in shallow water that involves stepping on to the board with the rig already in the sailing position . |
| 2 | Many salespeople believe that the most efficient routing plan involves driving out to the furthest customer and , then zig-zagging back to home base . |
| 3 | She sits curled up on the couch in the sitting room of her house high above the ocean in Malibu , and gets just slightly dewy-eyed as she talks about her family and the early days . |
| 4 | She sits curled up in the corner of the sofa with her feet tucked under her and her half-written letter to her cousin waiting in her lap . |
| 5 | 10.7.6 In respect of the due exercise of any right or licence ( i ) confirmed or granted or ( ii ) agreed to be granted under the provisions of Clauses 10.7.2 , 10.7.3 and 10.7.4 , each Party ( i ) grants or ( ii ) agrees to grant respectively a licence under any intellectual property rights in respect of results and ( i ) grants or ( ii ) agrees to grant respectively to the extent reasonably necessary for such due exercise a licence under any background intellectual property right , and undertakes to procure like grants or agreements to grant from its Related companies . |
| 6 | LHX lacks instant appeal and involves swotting up on the options available . |
| 7 | The Terminator game , which costs £40 , has jumped straight into the Top Ten best-selling list . |
| 8 | It is quite evident that in some areas farming has become a distinctly precarious occupation but , in exchanging the effects of the EC 's Common Agricultural Policy for the need to produce results in a rugby field , Hare may find that he has jumped out of the frying pan into the fire . |
| 9 | You can count on the fingers of one hand the times Mr Kinnock has jumped in among the public . |
| 10 | An ancient city which has plunged right into the midst of the twentieth century , Bangkok is a fascinating mixture of ancient and modern values — noisy markets right next to the high walls of turreted royal palaces , serene gardens overlooked by modern hotels and the notorious Phatphong Road for discos , massage parlours and outrageous floorshows . |
| 11 | This patient just wants to sit miserably by the fire , warming the back , or to lie tucked up cosily in bed , and does not want to move around or to make any effort whatsoever . |
| 12 | In Latin America a second wave of nationalism , which may be regarded as a continuation of the national independence struggles against the Spanish and Portuguese empires in the early nineteenth century , has developed vigorously in the present century in opposition to American economic dominance , and has been connected more or less closely with socialist and reforming movements directed against the internal domination of these societies by an upper class composed of landowners , and more recently , of elements of a national bourgeoisie . |
| 13 | Alan Hingston , Executive Director of IDB 's Marketing Development Division , said : ‘ Scandinavia has long been one of IDB 's target regions and business for Northern Ireland companies has developed steadily over the past decade . |
| 14 | Science , as it has developed right across the board since the end of the sixteenth century , has operated with the axiomatic assumption that events in the material world , out there , external to human minds , are governed by regularities which are so coherent and consistent that they can be treated as " natural laws " . |
| 15 | The role of users within the mental health system has developed rapidly over the past 10 years . |
| 16 | Clearly , this process has developed considerably during the late twentieth century . |
| 17 | There is no doubt that the industry has developed sufficiently in the past decade for an MBO or similar venture capital-financed transaction always to be on the vendor 's agenda if a disposal is being contemplated . |
| 18 | Well quite a lot of the lakes and streams have lost their fish , of course that 's the , that 's the most important thing , between , particularly salmon and trout , and we have discovered that they are killed not so much by the acid , but by the aluminium which has leaked out of the soil by the acid water , the acid rain , and er that er the fish find this very hard to tolerate . |
| 19 | Corgi is trying a new approach and has broken away from the single figure on the cover , giving this one an old master oil painting reproduction which makes it more sophisticated . |
| 20 | Unsure of whether she does owe him an explanation , of how much of her perspective she can get across in a conversation , and unwilling to let go of the London Kate who has broken through to the surface , she is ashamed of her suspicions of his reasons for asking her back to his place and agrees . |
| 21 | An argument has broken out over the royalty rate paid to artists for each copy of both DCC and another new format , MiniDisc . |
| 22 | With the plunge in cost , a major outbreak of phone wars has broken out across the country , with dealers offering spectacular cut-price deals . |
| 23 | Civil war has broken out among the poets of Ireland , which is why Patrick Kavanagh , bohemian and rural bard , now has two graves in Inniskeen , the County Monaghan village where he was born 85 years ago . |
| 24 | A LIVELY debate has broken out among the knot of people gathered in the GMTV studio concerning the future of Britain 's newest breakfast television channel . |
| 25 | Violent rioting has broken out in the camps many times in recent weeks . |
| 26 | Can the party really survive much more of the rancour that has broken out in the past few days over Labour 's tax policy ? |
| 27 | While skirmishing has started in the Senate , which will not consider the economic plan for a few weeks , something like open warfare has broken out in the House . |
| 28 | In hospitals the system has broken down under the pressure of numbers and new teaching methods are only slowly being found , but teaching in general practice has remained close to the tradition in which older generations of doctors learnt their skills . |
| 29 | Anyone whose car has broken down in the middle of nowhere will appreciate the value of belonging to a motoring organisation that 'll come to the rescue at any time of the day or night . |
| 30 | The fuselage has broken off behind the pilot 's seat , the propeller shaft and gearing , having fallen away from the engine on impact , lie nearby . |