Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The Terminator game , which costs £40 , has jumped straight into the Top Ten best-selling list . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 " . |
| 8 | The role of users within the mental health system has developed rapidly over the past 10 years . |
| 9 | Clearly , this process has developed considerably during the late twentieth century . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The reason is not that I now disagree with the stance I took ten years ago , but that in this past decade my own understanding of the work of the Holy Spirit in the individual and in the Church has greatly developed , and the whole charismatic or renewal movement , then comparatively young , has matured enormously within the life of the Church at large . |
| 13 | In Brossa 's opinion , the transaction processing monitor market has matured considerably over the last eight years . |
| 14 | He has guarded fiercely against the band 's tapes being made public but listening to them years on , it is difficult to understand his uneasiness and it seems a loss to fans . |
| 15 | If a woman needs to go underground from the unsafety of her own home , she can find sanctuary in the network of " safe houses " set up by the Women 's Aid Federation . |
| 16 | However , the coastline has altered drastically in the last 10,000 years . |
| 17 | The island of Puerto Rico has altered substantially in the last 40 years . |
| 18 | With this is mind our Eastern European specialist , Ernest Lee , has travelled extensively throughout the year identifying those area where LCCIEB can contribute to the development of a well qualified workforce . |
| 19 | The author , an American journalist , has travelled widely in the Balkans , and has lived in Greece . |
| 20 | For Charlie is one of Scotland 's best known pipers and has travelled all over the world with the Black Watch to play at social and diplomatic functions . |
| 21 | The Inland Revenue has commented further on the tax treatment of ex gratia payments made on the termination of an office or employment , as set out in Statement of Practice SP 13/91 . |
| 22 | During 1912 , when numbers had reached 172 , it was decided that entry would have to be restricted for the next year , as " the Board of Education has commented adversely on the size of several of our classes and has refused to countenance it " . |
| 23 | Japan has taught much to the Western business world . |
| 24 | Pierre has taught all over the world — next month he 's running a course here at the Lygon Arms Hotel in Broadway . |
| 25 | Chinese parents do , of course , shower love and attention on their children but it is always made quite clear that child's-play has to remain well within the limits of normal social behaviour . |
| 26 | But it is Damon , fourth from the top , who has vaulted ahead of the others , thanks to the cutting-edge characters he developed for Keenan 's show : an angry circus clown , a flamboyant film reviewer , and , riskiest of all , Handiman , ah , uh , differently abled super-hero . |
| 27 | A LITTLE boy has flown halfway round the world to learn to walk . |
| 28 | The detection rate is well down and has fallen steadily in the past four years — the detection rate for burglary in dwellings is now less than 20 per cent . |
| 29 | In fact , there seems to be some feeling here that China has fallen right behind the rest of the world in matters of language study and language teaching methodology , so I found myself , on one day , giving a résumé of Linguistics in the west over the past 50 years ! |
| 30 | I am pleased to say that unemployment in all these areas has fallen dramatically in the last 12 months-by 21 per cent . |