Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] the [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new company is to be set up by Sanken Electric of Japan , and the Gooding Group of the UK , to manufacture special types of power supplies for the electronic and computer industry . |
| 2 | He doubts ‘ whether the significance which the certainty of the law has for the smooth and efficient working of economic life can be exaggerated ’ and suggests that ‘ there is probably no single factor which has contributed to the greater prosperity of the Western world compared with the Orient than the relative certainty of the law which in the West had early been achieved ’ . |
| 3 | St George 's Channel lies between the Welsh and Irish coasts so , unless Captain Bunsby is even more confused than he appears , he must be referring to some smaller channel off the eastern coast of Kent in DS 23 , since the Goodwins and the Downs are both in that region . |
| 4 | The male looks after the first and the female the second . |
| 5 | The ‘ higher order ’ unfolds into the lower or ‘ explicate ’ , meaning the known world of substance . |
| 6 | Erm , so that that was put in the meeting to show a balance , if you like , between , yes they 've achieved an eight percent but over last two years the providal unit have run deficit and erm one interacts with the other and that was , that was also something that er that 's |
| 7 | The historic town of Great Malvern , 7 miles away , came into prominence through its spa waters in the 18th and 19th centuries , although its origins as several disconnected villages are much earlier ; indeed its beautiful priory church was completed by craftsmen in 1460 . |
| 8 | We have already traced the development of CD information media from their origin in CD Audio but it is important to re-emphasise that much of the prospects for multimedia 's future success lies in the established and fast-growing base of CD Audio players . |
| 9 | The linguistic significance of the ‘ family context ’ lies in the ethnic and linguistic work environment that the minorities created for themselves . |
| 10 | The contradiction between the forces and relations of production lies in the social and collective nature of production and the private and individual nature of ownership . |
| 11 | For them a central reason for concentrating on civil society lies in the social and emotional significance of the home . |
| 12 | It stands in the open and can be left unused for some time and is then required in a hurry ! |
| 13 | The blue-ringed octopus , which lives in the subtropical and temperate shallow waters off eastern Australia , is comparatively small , with a diameter of only 20 cm ( 8 in ) . |
| 14 | Well off the main road , Upper Buckton , a gracious Georgian farmhouse , nestles in the remote and tranquil hamlet of Buckton and overlooks the river Teme . |
| 15 | The citation mentions that the trust and respect that SPECS has in the industrial and academic communities in which it acts as intermediary in the supply of new and unusual chemicals . |
| 16 | They will treat the mining industry and the country in a responsible way and will maintain reserves of fuel which the country so badly needs in the medium and long term . |
| 17 | INFORMAL Like most of the staff at the home activity coordinator Mrs Georgie Goodall , does not wear a uniform , which adds to the relaxed and informal atmosphere . |
| 18 | The study focusses on the economic and social consequences both for women themselves and the societies in which they have settled . |
| 19 | The Shipman 's portrait in the General Prologue is a case , like that of the Yeoman , where a distance and unfamiliarity between " Chaucer " and the pilgrim is conveyed by a naive curiosity with which " Chaucer 's " description focuses and lingers on the sharp and pointed or menacing aspects of the pilgrim 's accoutrements . |
| 20 | It stands on the slight and indefinite watershed at the head of Glen Shiel and has its own group of Munros in the high country dividing it from Glen Affric to the north . |
| 21 | These both include many steps with the so-called ‘ dotted ’ rhythm i.e. in 3/4 the dancer steps on the first beat , holds on the second and briefly takes weight on the other foot on the third before stepping onwards . |
| 22 | This corresponds to the second and third of the definitions of eurocurrency given earlier in the chapter : |
| 23 | What the maker has done has been to start with a 12-fret guitar design ( not a guitar with only twelve frets , but a guitar with a neck that joins at the 12th as opposed to the 14th fret ) and then he 's combined this with a deep cutaway on the treble side to open up the whole fingerboard for exploration . |
| 24 | Bill looks at the Danish and then at the dog , its eyes fixed on the Danish . |
| 25 | The second of our John Paul Jones analyses was requested by Rob Scholes of Sutton Coldfield , and looks at the 4th and 5th 12-bar sequences of the ‘ quiet ’ section in the middle of The Lemon Song from Led Zeppelin II , just before the concluding uptempo choruses ( CD time 4.33 to 5.34 apparently ! ) . |
| 26 | The visitor , seeing an orchard in blossom , thinks wistfully of the autumn fruit harvest , knowing that by then he will be far away ; but the resident looks at the pink and white flowers with delight , for when these lovely petals fall he will see the young fruit growing until , when September comes , the orchard is once again beautiful . |
| 27 | Jill Goolden looks at the Gallic and Germanic influences on Alsace wines |
| 28 | Carl Gardner looks at the corporate and creative statement made by Fitch-RS 's new King 's Cross headquarters , designed by its own architectural division , Fitch Benoy |
| 29 | The legislation now allows for the temporary or permanent modification of statements ( and in the case of non-statemented special needs pupils , to make temporary exceptions ) . |
| 30 | ‘ The recent flirtation of nods and winks between the Labour and Liberal campaigns would become a way of life , ’ he added . |